Vintage Build! Heller F-84G Thunderjet Plastic Model Kit in 1/72 Scale - Build & Review

[@kenkingsflyingmachines2382]

Really nice build! Other channels give me "seam anxiety", but you concentrate on developing skills other than endless filling and sanding. I love the look of a hand-painted model, too.

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks! I hate sanding and filling seams, it’s just so tedious. I do it on some builds and not so much on others, after all we should do what we enjoy right? 😀

[@mrg6182]

Good job, really like your laid back style of presentation, thank you.

[@ModelMinutes]

Glad you liked it!

[@chrishumpal3780]

Excellent job, Matt. May I give you a tip? If you paint the wheel wells first, you can mask it later with paper towels. Tear up an acceptable size and stuff them in the wheel wells. Apply water with a dropper to soften the paper towel. It makes it workable to form to the wheel bays. You'll save yourself a headache later trying to paint the wheel bays after construction and painting.

[@ModelMinutes]

That's a great idea! I will try and remember to have a go at that at some point

[@jonhill3328]

Great video! I love building older kits too. I think there is a difference between builders and modellers. Builders just want a straight forwards build. Modellers like the challenge. Not that there is anything wrong with either, just different expectations. Thanks for creating and for the channel

[@ModelMinutes]

I don’t tend to label people because that begins to gatekeep the hobby and sow unnecessary division, there are already enough people trying to say what is right or wrong in scale modelling as it is, so why not let people just enjoy it how they want without having to put people in boxes. Just enjoy what you do and help encourage others so that the hobby keeps growing

[@Damien-u2x]

Great kit....i did mine as an aircraft of the Italian "Tigri Bianci" (white Tigers) display team​@@ModelMinutes

[@jimanderson4271]

Great build Matt 👍. I have this one in my stash. It's good to see these older kits being built. Thanks for sharing.

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for watching 🙌

[@markfranks1329]

A decent job, young Matthew. Kits like these should indeed be made. Together with Esci, Heller's 1/72 a/c subjects have always had a pleasant and delicate finesse about them, especially when one considers their age. Nice to see Norwegian markings, too.

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks!

[@taylormjolsness7480]

They not only give you a really detailed cockpit it includes the forward galley, flaps and slats that can be retracted or extended and parts representing the Compressor the outside of it, and two part turbine fans in the inlet

[@ModelMinutes]

very cool

[@neilhaas]

Nice build Matt love jets the F-84 Thunderjet Norwegian Air Force, USAF

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks! It was a fun build

[@HIGGI6]

Nice kit - I`ve just put together a Heller Alpha Jet and enjoyed the build very much.

[@NielsenDK-1]

If it was in 1/72, it was the ancient Airfix kit reboxed🥳

[@ModelMinutes]

Very nice!

[@HIGGI6]

@@NielsenDK-1 yep - 1/72

[@ShuttleFactoryScaleModels]

Well done, Matt, love the chosen Norwegian Paint Scheme on the F-84G. Its lucky you did not have too many issues (minus a slight bit of flaking) with the vintage decal sheet. Keep up the great work. Also well done for also doing a bit of stash busting and making this kit. Something I really need to do with a few kits in my stash too!

[@ModelMinutes]

Many thanks! I'm sure you can get through some of those kits in the stash :P

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

Very nice kit! Doesnt take up a lot of room on the shelf yet is still nice to look at!

[@ModelMinutes]

Very true!

[@taylormjolsness7480]

Their recent airliner kits like the 757 300 I made are fantastic

[@EugeneAviation]

@@taylormjolsness7480 i love the Zvezda airliners

[@ModelMinutes]

very cool

[@NickAndrewsFaulkner]

Looks very good, refreshing to see an old kit that still makes up into a good model, suffering from Vintage Classicitus after a close encounter with the P.1127

[@ModelMinutes]

I built that harrier prototype in my youth, think I butchered it 😂

[@NickAndrewsFaulkner]

@@ModelMinutesI’ve joined that club then, it is sitting primed looking very unhappy with life, at £7 I’m not shedding too many tears about it!

[@willwoods6466]

Found your Journal at Amazon, ordered, and it should be here Wednesday. Colour me Excited!🤣

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks very much, I Hope you enjoy it! I've been keeping a track of all my builds in my own copy - I would recommend using a biro (ball tip pen) or pencil to write in it when you keep a track of your projects - the pages Amazon use are prone to a bit of ink bleed if you use something "runnier" like a felt tip, gel or fountain pen

[@dunnp12]

You should try the Tamya version. It's a real treat.

[@ModelMinutes]

So I’ve heard!

[@benmanning4340]

Love the vintage builds - they make up a huge part of my collection! Great Video Matt 😀

[@ModelMinutes]

Glad you like them!

[@mp-modelplastic]

Very good work. It looks beautiful plane, I love The F84 .

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks a lot!

[@neilmcclary]

Nice build the Revell 1/48th Thunderjet and Thunderstreak are both great kits to build and can be had very cheeply .Jets from the 50s and 60 always look great with there high vis paint jobs

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for letting me know!

[@willwoods6466]

Great video presentation, fun to watch!

[@ModelMinutes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WayneWelly]

Great review makes me want to get one myself as looks a good vintage kit

[@ModelMinutes]

You should!

[@carlclink9993]

Great video and build. It’s nice to just enjoy a video for fun and it takes away the stress from what’s going on politically here in the USA. 👏👍

[@ModelMinutes]

I think modelling should be just for fun - sometimes I find I put too much pressure on myself to do well and it is nice to step back and just enjoy the hobby. Vintage kits are great for this because that pressure feels less, they are already dated and aren't too expensive so If I mess it up, it's not too much of a problem :)

[@carlclink9993]

@ I concur with that statement. I have a stack of 1/72 Airfix WW1 aircraft which I’m planning on building soon and yes I will rig them.

[@NielsenDK-1]

At first I thought this was Tamiya's F-84, but this one is older. It looks good anyway👍🏼🍻😃

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks 👍

[@NielsenDK-1]

@ModelMinutes I got curious and found my F-84, and the plastic is actually in chrom😶 It could end up on the Christmas tree this year😃😂

[@ScaleModelAlberta]

Just found your channel, great job.👋👋

[@ModelMinutes]

Welcome!

[@MakotoAtava]

Nice end result for a kit original from 1978, but today i would prefer the hobby boss kit of the F-84G in 1/72 scale.

[@ModelMinutes]

I may look at that one at some point

[@petzi7437]

Great job. I built the Heller Thunderjet (the 2013 print I think with different decals) and the Heller Noratlas a couple of years ago. The molding was ok, considering the old tooling. Really disappointing were the decals with both kits. They were unusable, very thick, didn't stick on the surface no matter what amount of decal-softener I poured over it and then eventually broke into pieces, very frustrating. Due to that experience I would never touch a Heller kit again, even though, they have interesting planes in their range. Tamiya has also a 1/72 kit of the Thunderjet, which I built later, much better and much more fun to do.

[@ModelMinutes]

That’s a shame! I haven’t tried any modern heller kits but I really should, I’ll have to watch out for their decals

[@marcblank3036]

Beautifully done. Have the mistercraft version in the stash....hehe

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks!

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool. ✈

[@ModelMinutes]

🙌

[@anthonylichfield3540]

Hello there I have built the mistercraft version of this aircraft and this kit looks to be the same .you have made a nice job of this kit paint job looks good 👍 happy modelling everyone

[@ModelMinutes]

I think the Mistercraft version was the Inplast tooling from 1989. When I say “tooling” I mean “copy” as it would appear to be a slightly altered copy of the Heller tooling, the main difference being recessed panel lines, but a generally more questionable quality as well

[@anthonylichfield3540]

Yes you are right the quality was a bit rough but it did not look to bad after painting 😊

[@ukaszbadura5670]

I bulit this plane from HobbyBoss. I think this exact model with the Heller mold is also available from Mistercraft.

[@ModelMinutes]

I believe that is an Inplast tooling, basically a worse copy of the Heller one

[@michaelkeogh8454]

Nice job on the build. I've tried this aircraft twice but both times something went wrong. Last time I really botched the the intake which made the fuselage not go together.

[@ModelMinutes]

I think if it’s too far forwards it could cause problems

[@taylormjolsness7480]

And their a320neo is crazy

[@ModelMinutes]

nice

[@ThatAustralianBall]

I got an idea to make a build video of the Aeroflot 767 by Zvezda thanks to you!

[@ModelMinutes]

Go for it!

[@hradeckyfoto26]

Seems to be an alright kit! Have you got any airliners in your stash?

[@ModelMinutes]

No airliners at the moment, but once I’ve cleared a lot of the kits I have I could look into that

[@animalyze7120]

Actually the older the kit the less flash (Generally speaking, even back then the same issues with plastics were common). Flash is the result of 2 things the most common being cheaper recycled plastics with the heat settings on the machines not adjusted causing the cheap plastic to run between the joints as it was too thin for the designed joints on the molds. 2nd was regular plastics that got over heated usually when large batches were being created. 3rd issue was the plastic wasn't heated enough cause the plastic to be too thick to make it down all the runners resulting in what we call "Short-Shot". These days many companies use recycled plastics with older molds and incorrect temp settings which is why folks think incorrectly that the molds are worn out due to age. That may be true in ceramic molds but not metal ones. Short-shot is usually seen on the first few runs and are mostly caught and melted back down, some do get through of course.

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for the info!

[@drkisiklar190]

Yay

[@ModelMinutes]

:D

[@drstrains2574]

Hi Matt. Good video as always. I see that you used Humbrol Clear Varnish. When I recently used this product, both from a spray can and by brush from the bottle it left a milky residue all over the model, meaning it had to be repainted. Any ideas as to what I did wrong?

[@ModelMinutes]

I’ve not had any problems with the gloss, but the Matt version can leave a residue. I believe it can be caused by not enough mixing and humidity. To combat this, I’ve added either a drop of hot water, gently warmed the paint before use, or added a little gloss to the mix. These fixes seem to work. If you have that chalky finish, a gloss coat can hide it and then you can retry the Matt varnish. The best Matt varnish from humbrol in my experience is their 49 acrylic rattle can. Easy to apply, consistent and fast drying

[@drstrains2574]

@ Thanks for your reply Matt. Are you saying to put some of the gloss varnish to the paint?

[@EugeneAviation]

Where do you buy this from

[@ModelMinutes]

I believe it was an eBay purchase

[@EugeneAviation]

@ ok

[@taylormjolsness7480]

The 757 is amazing the opposite but they do give you options for winglets or none and two types of engines

[@ModelMinutes]

nice

[@warbirdgamer]

Heller are good but they don't get enough recognition

[@ModelMinutes]

I haven't built anything from them of their more recent releases, other than this my last experience of them was about 15 years ago

[@pawelpw1161]

heller were good, most of their decent recognizeable kits are from 70s and 80s. Now they have some unique objects still worh building as there is no alternative way

[@taylormjolsness7480]

Same with Zvezda they are really good but due to bias on the Russian-Ukrainian war I feel they’ve been losing recognition in the last few years

[@ModelMinutes]

I just don't tend to see them in shops when I'm out and about at the moment

[@Smaco.]

What bias? I buy them all the time, I hope that's not supporting Russia in any majour way.

[@Darcy_Actual]

@@ModelMinutes My local model shop in Leeds, cunningly called The Model Shop, has a load of Zvezda kits.

[@HelixRsix]

Yes a lot and I mean a lot of model making yt channels definitely have joined the everything UKR not RUS even down to model making I just think it’s odd so I just unsubscribe till they decide to build stuff from everyone bit childish I feel

[@NielsenDK-1]

I'm a modeller, and I stay out of ugly nasty politics😃

[@АлексейБахарев-ж3ф]

Странное у вас представление о ситуации в России. И о моделях "Звёзды" в частности.

[@ModelMinutes]

I don’t know what the context of your comment is, zvezda wasn’t mentioned in this video

[@JohnSmith-ve8mj]

​@@ModelMinutesMatt think someone mentioned zvezda in beginning of comments, that might be the reason for that comment!!

[@JohnSmith-ve8mj]

Think most of Europe has strange ideas about Russia about now, and any harm done to Russian brands is the governments doing no one else!!