Building the Tamiya F4U-1A 1/48 Scale Model Aircraft | Let's go old school! 

I had to take a two-week break due to problems while I am building another super detail model. I needed a simple and beautiful kit that I could build in those two weeks; and I chose this. Let me point out, this model and the video were finished in two weeks :) It has nothing to do with any other video or channel. Lots of navy aircraft videos will come later. Thanks for watching!

Plasmo and Scale-a-ton? This is a dream come true

plasmo and scaleaton building the same aircraft in the same week? that can't be a coincidence

Just a 12 year old dude from India in Asia, love your builds, it helped me a lot while building my B5N2 1/48 :)

The antenna work is truly unbelievable. You have immense patience and eagle-eyesight.

Love seeing this kind of detail building. The landing gear spring is out of this world! I play guitar, so whenever I change strings, I keep the old ones for this kind of detail. Easier than making from scratch, but I certainly appreciate your work!

Maybe the best weathering of an f4u ever done. You really captured the beating these birds took

Insanely good! thats what you can do when you dont have the extras, but ace the technique!!!!!! congrats...

Another OUTSTANDING build, "Thank You" for sharing this with us...

This is really an inspiring vid, as the unrelenting pressure to buy, buy, and buy more and more aftermarket products has become so overpowering (to me, anyway) over the years as to discourage many from even getting started. While they may be great products, the costs are well beyond many of us. Imagine a $125 model airplane! You've shown us that you don't have to go that route to enjoy the hobby and get great results! Many thanks.

You must be friends with Plasmo, i'm pretty sure this has happened before

Didn't Plasmo just build an F4U as well? And amazing as always!

Do a freeze frame at exactly 03:50. Now, if that doesn’t light your fire, your wood’s wet.

It’s great to see models built without having to buy EXTRA kits (photo-etch, 3D printed parts) - thank you. I don’t always have all that extra cash to throw down on those things.

It's nice to see things done the way they were when I was young, before the days of commercially manufactured photo-etched and resin add-on parts.

Very nice build, mate. I like this old school modelling so much. It reminds me my teen years when I had so much time for modelling. :-) I salute to Your airbrush skills, It's amazing to just sit and watch it.

I really like your irregular paint effect (22:48). It seems better than black basing.

I love these types of videos. Aftermarket is great and has it advantages but it comes at a price. Scratch building is more satisfying and a lot less expensive. Thank you for doing this video!

Stunning work on the fading and variety of blue hues on the camouflage - and the extra work on the gear looks stunning! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful...So much here for inspiration...and BIG thanks for the heated cotton bud (Q-tip) trick...

Just love the “old school” way of building...plenty of detailing WITHOUT getting all the expensive super detailing add on kit(s)....Just proper model making that is using “old school” techniques...BRAVO...I HAVE SUBSCRIBED...

It's very nice to hear you speak while modeling. Explaining what you are doing. I learn much more than just watching a video,

Ahahahaaa! And that, mates, is modeling! Fantasy, inventive, impromptu ideas and a lot of scratch-built details! Otherwise, what's the fun? Don't misunderstand me, today's models are in a whole different cathegory: when i started kit building, they were toys, now they are truly magnificent pieces of work but...i still like turning a decently shaped toy into a true, realistic model. That's is how it all began, after all! BTW, absolutely GORGEOUS results, Scale!!!👋👋👋

Just found this video. Best paint job and weathering I've ever seen. The detail is staggering, this is my new standard to try and achieve

Real Corsair! Amazing!

Gloriously beautiful build and finish. You provide an incredible amount of detail explaining your work! Thank you

Simply wonderful! I was so engrossed that I waited until the end.... to top up my glass!

I don't know how you even see the tiny parts you are able to make. Remarkable.

Wow, what a beautiful job with the additional detail - you are in a different league than most of us. Thank you for posting this build

I love how you use your artistic licsence to bring about the scavenging and replacement the crews had to do. Absolutely love old school, very well done, thankyou!!!

I admire your appreciation of details and you patience !

Fantastic build! Love the “old school” approach.

Great build! You have a very calm and nice voice to listen to. Thank you for sharing.

The engine was my favorite part. Those wires made it look so real

I used your video and followed your painting tips as a beginner modeler and OMG! My model looks amazing thank you for the help ❤🎉

Really liking the graphics you added to describe the tools you’re using, it’s a nice touch.

You are the modeller with the best painting skills, your work with the airbrush, different tonalities, effexts etc, are incredible

As I got older, I lost patience for detail like that. You are an amazing artisan.

It's a detail that doesn't need to be said!! It's a wonderful piece of work!!!👍👍😊😊

Wow, look at the detail! Looks amazing. Great finish 😉

I really like the way you build your models and how you add additional details. I really enjoy watching this video. Thank you for making them. I learned a lot from your video.

Wow! So many cool detail methods and how-to’s in a pleasurable video.

Beautiful model! I looked with great interest.

Really amazing. Thanks for showing. I really envy your steady hands. I love the use of different materials rather than etched parts

Wow. Your antenna work skills are at another level. Great build!

Wow!! This also was my favorite plane from WWII as a kid. Just something about the gullwings.

Finished the video today. Remarkable work. Subtle and completely convincing.

I will definitely add that light- grey to that piece. Great idea

A thing of beauty, I especially like the sun bleaching effect, though perhaps not the music at the end!

I feel a conspiracy with the plazmo plastic model. It is joke. It's very simple not an ordinary situation came out.

I've been looking for the perfect sea blue tutorial..and this is it!!! It feels like Christmas. Many thanks and my compliments on your skills

Brilliant I love your work and follow you. THIS IS MODELLING! Not simple sticking Hundreds of pounds worth of the latest can't live without resin, etched and 3d printed parts onto an already very expensive and detailed kit.Outstanding Bravo!!

GREAT Video. Old school rules!!! Thanks for sharing mate.

Educational, Entertaining, Technically skilled and well presented, I'll watch this one again and again.

Wow! You have amazing skill and patience.

This has become one of my favorite videos to learn from! Thank you for sharing.

I was impressed by the delicate and wonderful technique.

WOW!!!!! Great vid, thanks for sharing!

For such a simple kit you really made it shine- very impressive what you did with the seatbelts - overall great job 👏

Superb build and paint work.

*A big classic of WW2 fighters with the Corsair, yours is very nice one with details from scratch and excellent paint!*

Well among the best weathering jobs I've ever seen.

Music and explanation is wonderful , the model detailed build as well thank you 🙏🏽

Another fantastic build, thank you Scale-a-ton.

It's amazing what you can do with masking tape and lead and brass wires, very nice build.

Well this is beyond impressive. Superb modeling skills! Very impressive how you added all the small details. Against a backdrop, one would have to wonder if this was a real aircraft. Excellent. Thank for sharing your talents!

Best OOB 1/48 F4U-1A Corsair! The music during the build is excellent! Much better to watch with the new background music! Keep it up!

Simply stunning!! Nothing more to say.

Wow that could literally be a movie prop ! 🤯

Yet again an inspirational how to video. Some of the best instructional videos on RU-vid. Thank you, looking forward to the next instalment. Cheers Si

My favorite aircraft and you have done an AMAZING JOB!!!

Thank you so much for the content. I have this kit and this video had so much great info. Love that you went old school. Can’t wait to try these methods out!!

Unbelievable modelling, well done.

Excellent work, as always! I Love the detail you add.

With this level of detail and talent, wonder what such a finished model would sell for on ebay. Boggles the mind. Kudos, man.

Splendid job as usual .... More with old fashioned detailling.... 👏🏻

Good Lord the Patients of a Saint . Incredible work.

Master piece... cheers from Argentina my friend!

You really do fantastic and meticulous work. Thank you for many ideas and techniques.

This is just phenomenal! I just bought a Tamiya Corsair and was watching this for some tips and tricks! This might sound strange (hope not) but you voice is so soothing to listen to when watching this.

Brilliant build

Hello Rahmi! I love the old school! 🙂 This kit is in my stash too. I have a soft spot for the Corsair. It was one of my better models in my 1:72nd scale collection as a kid... Another one was the Fairey Firefly. I wished I had access to Tamiya kits back then (in the eighties, behind the 'iron curtain'...)

So I'm watching along thinking: "This is really good, but with enough practice I could do something close to this. Maybe". And then he stretches a cotton bud to make a nano-tube, and threads plastic line through it. Nope, lost me there. Just amazing.

Your skillset is just ASTONISHING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

excellent detail work

Wow, truly amazing, great video, great talent and knowledge. I really enjoyed it, I've built two of these Corsairs, thought they came out pretty decent, but when I see what you can do, it just lets me know I have plenty to learn. Thank you so much for such an incredible build, done the old school way.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

Hey you and Plasmo are kindred spirits. Same f4u’s at the same time. …is what I said 5hrs after 10 other people

Unbelievable, fantastic work

wow....absolutely beautiful work

Beautiful build! It doesn't matter, A or B released what... Its a master piece and i had tremendous fun watching This One (and all others wich i always watch), being built and painted! Stay safe!

Simply marvelous! I really like your techniques.

Great buit! Actually,almost all airplane without hydraulic control systems will stay with the elevators on the down position while parket. But dont forget to put the control stick on pich down. And the rudders pedal as well. Thank you!

Outstanding video and presentation.

Breathtaking!

Amazing build and awesome techniques, thanks for sharing. Have a great day.

Beautiful job.

Just amazing. Well done.

Perfect job !! congratulations ...

absolute amazing! I'm old, I remember making airfix kits back in the 1970s and 80s. Been thinking/looking at getting back into the hobby as an expression of art within me still .. THIS is incredible, thank you. Goddam, wish we had youtube, and artists like you (and plasmo) back in the day. Freaking awesome man! Thank you.