P-47 Thunderbolt Bubbletop - No airbrush - Tamiya 1/72 - Aircraft Model 

I think any beginner would be happy with that result, but you my friend are not a beginner, you build and modify some amazing kits.

The fact that an artist as you are is taking the time to teach the basics to beginning modelers with this model to reach a very nice finish on their builds, is highly appreciated.

The best advices for beginners are: - Try Your best - Finish the model, no matter what - Try again - Enjoy the process Eventually You will get there 🙂

I love model making but the sheer complexity and comparing my efforts to others make me want to jack it in but videos like this really Inspire me.

Plasmo builds a box-stock model with tape and bailing wire, and of course it looks amazing.

One of the top two modelers on RU-vid IMHO. You're badass with the brushes, regardless if it has air or not.

Thank you for this. I really want to get back into modeling, but want to start small with minimal equipment. This type of video is very helpful.

babe wake up,plasmo new vid just dropped

You inspired me to go back to scale models after years of not touching it, and I learned so much from your videos! Thank you for the amazing content, good sir ✌🏻

Just a comment on you in general - You, sir, are my comfort food of model building. You're like macaroni and cheese with a little bacon thrown in, with a yummy dessert as well. I put on your videos when I get frustrated in a build or when am cruising along in one. Your presentation and skills teach me and support me - and I've ben building for 40 years.

Очень полезное видео, причем не только для новичков, для "взрослых" моделистов тоже есть что подчерпнуть. Спасибо!)

The fun thing about model kits is the skill ceiling is just so, so high. I've been building for about 9 months now, and I'm still learning tons of new things. It really keeps the hobby from ever being dull. There are always new techniques to try, or new methods of doing things, or cool little tricks you can pick up. One of the reasons I love watching others build is seeing what they do and trying to apply it to my own.

I am a seasoned modeller, yet I have never used an airbrush as my hand eye coordination has struggled in the past, but I find brush painting gives very realistic results provided the correct thinning is used, I would love to see more high quality, no airbrush builds, as I know they can be done

This video was way overdue broham! A how to, back to basics and bare minimals is what was missing on you channel. Thanks!!!

There are so many tips in every video, and I can't thank you enough for sharing your first-class work with us!

I’ve watched every one of your videos. Each one is a gift. Fascinating and mesmerizing, I am stunned with what you create and grateful for all the tips and techniques. Even a video created for beginners is a treasure trove of things to consider. Revisiting the “basics” is always a good thing. Thanks for your incredible efforts.

What a lovely simple tutorial David. Just the sort of thing I was looking for when I started. Still learned some things from this one too! Thanks

Классное видео! Очень поможет начинающим и тем кто только планирует заниматься моделированием.👍

エアブラシを使用しないで塗色する作り方を紹介する事が素晴しい。 高価な道具が無くても作ることのできるKITが良い製品なのだと思います。

Funny enough my friend just recently finished this exact same kit. Perfect timing. 😄

Holy shit! I built this kit just a few weeks ago

Plasmo on uploading streak and creates a video for beginners. Am i dreaming or did this actually happen

Definitely love the concept of the very basic build. Theres still a few Plasmo touches, but even without all the advanced tools and details, the finish is still great.

I'm no beginner and I'd still be pleased with this sort of finish 😜

I do not think of this as a beginner's video but as a masterclass. There is a LOT of information to be had. Thinning the paint to brush is not an obvious step, but critical to success. Thank you for the many hours of enjoyment I have had learning from your very well-done videos, not to mention your ASMR inducing voice. I wish, however, you would build some less spectacular kits. My shelves virtually groan under the weight of Revell, Airfix, and AMT models with their flash, ejector pin marks, and yellow old decals. I try to make silk purses from sow's ears. An expensive kit is going to look better with less effort, but I'd like to see some "that's good enough" moments.

And just like that, my day is made 15 times better upon seeing that Plasmo has uploaded

Been building model kits for over 50 years and I still picked up some new tips. Well done.

One thing to note when building a kit with D-Day invasion stripes is that none of them were as straight and neat as the decals. I knew a guy who was a crew chief on 4th fighter group P-51Ds. He told me that the order to apply invasion stipes came at 9:00PM on June 5th 1944. He said it took all night and they used anything they could find to smear on the stipes, brooms, mops, even their hands. If you're going to go through the effort to build as realistic a model as you can, raggedy stripes would seem to be a must. There are two ways to accomplish this: One is to apply the decals as shown in this video, then follow up with a paint brush making the lines appear hand painted. Two, perhaps the better option, is use the decals as a measuring guide to mark where they go and paint the stripes in their entirety by hand.

It's videos like this, that will bring more people into the hobby, thank you David.

Superb - defo top 2 on youtube ( PLASMO and NIGHTSHIFT )

As expected, all great advice. Been doing this for over 30 years, and it's never a bad time to keep up with the fundamentals of this hobby. Have a great weekend.

A great idea to show to beginners how to simply deal with a model out of the box with simple but trustful techniques. You are the man David. As usual a fantastic video!

a quick tip to those who dont know. if you want your metalic/silver colored planes to have more shine, start by painting the model gloss black and then apply the silver color after the black is dry, for some reason it makes the silver more shiny most of the time

This awesome for new modelers! It’s so easy to get intimidated by all the varying tools, upgrades and techniques available today that people won’t think it’s fun.

Nice how to. Very positive encouragement for new and old hobbyists. Never seen anyone drill out the tip lights like your did. Great idea!

This is inspirational - showing that you can get really good results with brush-painting and the patience to do it with several thin coats. The wet-sponge box for paint is genius! Think I'm going to get my 1/72 Lightning out as this approach could work quite well.

Thanks so much for this video, as well as all your others! So insightful and inspiring! I’ve given up building models multiple times when it doesn’t turn out right, and looking back you addressed every one of the issues I faced! It might be time to break out the plastic cement once more 😊

Your modelling skills are insane. I love watching you work and your finished products. Cars, bikes, ships, aircraft, armour. Fantastic.

I have not built a P-47 since I got the Jo-han dual kit for my 13th birthday. That was, honestly, a long, long time ago (40 plus years). I think I will see about getting a basic model and go back to simpler times. Thank you, David!

Davide psal jsem to již jednou. Díky vám jsem začal po 30letech zase modelařit. Vaše práce je neuvěřitelná . Jsem hrdý ,jak zastupujete Českou republiku v šikovnosti a nápadech. 🙏👍

I applaud you for both your skill and for showing new modellers how to get started! I wish more channels would appeal to beginners!

I am a new modeler and this was absolutely amazing. You taught me so much within this video and inspired me to try all these techniques. I look forward to watching more of your builds.

Wonderful video, and a great introduction for newer modelers who don't have as much money and time to work. Very easy to follow and to understand. Thanks!

skvělý nápad, opakovat si některé základní postupy a budu se těšit na pokračování. Parádní práce, Davide, děkuji.

Thank you for the beginners or those who want to make models after few years of not doing models. Great videos as usual ...

what a good job, I enjoyed to watch how you made it as simply as possible, sometimes I feel disheartened after seeing how many tools and stuff it needs to realise perfect models, this is the best way to get people to approach this hobby, I hope you would do it again in the future.

Almost 5 years ago, I had the opportunity to acquire a model kit that, due to its age, was rare and usually somewhat expensive. I stumbled upon your videos while looking for tips and tricks for painting model kits, and ended up buying a cheap kit at the local hobby store to practice on. Even though the vast majority of your builds are painted with airbrush, your detail work with small brushes had enough wisdom in it to help me paint the entire thing by hand and gave me the confidence I needed to put together and paint up that rarer kit, which I still have today. You deserve a lot of recognition for the tips and tricks you show off.

Amazing as always Mr. Plasmo! It's so good to get a notification from you 😬 Thanks for sharing!

WOW!!! Mico Sol and Mico Set!!! I started using that ALMOST FIFTY YEARS ago!!! Good to see it's still around!!!

I've built models for four decades (mostly US planes and US aircraft carriers) and your video showed me some tips and tricks I hadn't even thought of! Thanks for sharing this.

Hi David- I love the “beginner “ angle that you took with this video. Anytime you give a tip, I listen very closely. Thanks as always!

Plasmo, the true mark of an artist is how something looks when they do a piece for beginners to watch and learn from. You, Sir, are a true artist. Amazing brush only build. Thank you for posting. Viele Danke!

This is brilliant, David! More tutorials for us mere mortals would be massively appreciated!

G'day David, Another great build and this time for beginners and older folk coming back to the hobby after a long break. When I was a boy modeller there were no airbrushes for our hobby and none of the other advances in tools, jigs, chemicals etc. Just glue, paint and brushes, my first 'hobby knife' was my one and only little pocket knife. These types of videos will be really helpful and keep a beginner's focus on just the model. Since I got back into our hobby, I concentrated on aircraft of the RAAF, many of which, during WW2 and afterwards, were bare metal. I found out that multiple coats of a deep, flat black primer gave the best results when doing bare metal finishes. Also, I always paint 'invasion stripes' freehand and do not pay too much attention to getting perfect straight lines between the black and white stripes. This is because I have collected many period photographs of invasion stripes being applied by ground staff using 6 inch brushes from large tins of paint, applied out in the open air. So called invasion strips were applied at very short notice and the qualified Surface Finishers were busy replacing aircraft ID numbers and roundels that had battle damage. So, invasion or 'friendly fire' stripes are never accurate when applied from decals with precise, straight lines. I was in the RAAF and I learned that aircraft flown frequently are really quite dirty and worn when seen right up close. Weathering is, of course, for each modeller to decide but, here again, during the height of big air battles, like The Battle of Britain, all aircraft endured extreme wear and tear. Of course, on small models, this realistic weathering can look way over the top. However, when doing 1/32 or 1/35 or 1/24 scale aircraft, weathering can be shown much more like it was in reality. Mostly, we have movies to blame for this trend of meticulously painted and new looking aircraft. Antique aircraft used in these big war films in the 60s and 70s just could not be artificially weathered as they were worth a fortune to restore. In war movies you can tell the aircraft that are 'on set' 1/1 scale dummy models; these are the ones that have been weathered a little and are blown up during the film. For me, I can't over stress the importance, and time saving possibilities, in doing detailed research from old photographs found in history books and even old press clippings from newspapers of the day. There are websites that archive old blueprints and technical drawings for just about every aircraft, tank, ship or submarine used in WW1 and 2. These can be valuable sources for accuracy, particularly if you need to know where the real panel lines were; or what attachments to a tank are accurate etc. Thanks you this video, I'm going to get a 1/72 aircraft kit and restrict myself to what I had as a kid; just to see if my adult experience in modelling can turn out a better, simple little kit. Thanks David and take care. Cheers, Bill

This transcends a hobby , this is art, amazing talent, beautiful work.

A brilliant guide for a beginner. As for someone who has a few years ahead of you this has a couple of hints and tips that even i didn't know specially the one with the hairdryer on the decals. Plus even I had been eyeing up the tamiya thunderbolt now ivs ordered mine.

That's so nice for you to show how to get into the hobby and how to start off that you don't need a lot of tools. Would be nice to see more video's like this to help the ones just starting and wanting to learn about the hobby , Hats off to to another well done model

A lot of great lessons in here for a beginner like me. That gem about starting off with an easy model would have really helped me lol. I just got back in to the hobby after over 20 years. As a kid I only built a couple. That advice about starting off with a good model is gold. I started off with the old revel f-16 and it was brutal. Made me question all the money I invested in tools and paint and stuff. But I was not defeated and I am more excited now to build even more stuff. Thanks for making these videos! You are an inspiration to us all!

I've tried painting my model before,it failed miserably,but you have teached me the right ways and new tricks.

Super video. Pokud je někdo modelář samouk, tak mu to hodně pomůže. Takových tutoriálů by bylo dobré natočit víc.

You are amazing, thank you! I just recently got into modelling and this answers pretty much all questions I had.

Thank you for posting this, I havent done a model since I was young and now being in my 40's it's something I really want to do again to help try and take my mind off of personal matters. I wasn't sure where to start as a lot has changed from when I last did it so this video is a HUGE help to me. Thank you

Perfect and simple… great job as always!

Thank you ❤️

What a lovely build. Great finish and all without an airbrush 😉 Great job 👌

Thanks for the suggestion of starting with a smaller scale plane. I wasn't sure where to begin. Have not built a model in some decades but I recall Tamiya was very high quality.

Incredible built step by step. Useful for beginners and even more seasoned modelers. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic tutorial! I always learn something from watching your videos, thank you so much for creating this one!

I like this beginners guide. It has all your expertise and shows how to make a great model, achieve an excellent result and all with really few materials.

@8:30 When I was a kid I built most of my planes with wheels up and hung them from my bedroom ceiling using thumb tacks and fishing line.

You sir, are an absolute modeler's RU-vid treasure, thank you!!! You are truly an inspiration, and there's no reason you won't have a million subscribers one day.

With or without an airbrush, your skills are AMAZING!!!

Excellent tutorial for beginning modeling.... You are so skilled, thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

Thanks for showing this. You can learn a whole bunch by watching your build videos, but this one has more for beginners. Tamiya spray paints are good because the nozzle is very fine. Better than paints from a hardware store.

Thank you for all your tips concerning the decals !!! That is just perfect ! 👍

Fantastic results. I think hand painting is under rated. Many of these planes, tanks, etc. didn't receive super high quality paints and finishes. Many were also touched up in the field by hand. So the unevenness you get from a well hand painted finish can produce very good and accurate results and is a lot of fun. Airbrushing is also fun, but presents a whole other set of difficulties. The worst of which is a clogged or spitting airbrush. This was a super fun build to watch.

This is Plasmo holding back. You make it very easy to follow and overall finish is good. Its a good start for beginners before moving on to advance stuff like shading/weathering.

PLASMO - you are hands down, the best airplane modeler in my book, with videos raining from absolute perfection, to "well guys here are a few techniques I've tried" I Rate You With 12/6 ! P.S. please don't stop making these videos, We all love them!

Jam-packed with great and helpful ideas.

Thank you so much for this an all your other videos. I had been building many models all my youth and had to figure out all by myself. Results were ok but not perfect. I wish I had someone telling me all the tricks. But I started when we did not have internet yet and I knew nobody who was building too. When Ifirst started we still had two toy shops in my small hometown, one had Airfix, one had Revell. Shortly after only the Revell shop was left. I didn't have decal solutions for most of the time and some Revell decals from the 90s were true nightmares. Later on, life got into the way and i stopped building models. I still have a lot of unbuilt kits on the shelf. Someday in the future I will start building again.

I haven’t built a model in years but watching your videos make me long to do it again. I’m gonna have to model vicariously through you because of kids, cats, chickens and wife lol!

Very inspiring to get back into doing these type of kits,as I've never got into airbrushing this has motivated me to try these methods

I really like this video. I often think you go too far or do too much with weathering and shading. This model strikes a nice balance. I really like that you show how to get good results with paint brushes and spray cans. Not all of us can afford a quality airbrush.

This is a great video, very informative. I myself use both methods, hand brushing and airbrush. Hand brushing has its pluses and should not be ignored.

Lots of very helpful tips. And a nice length of the video. Great job!

By far the best modeler on you tube. I love your work.

Excellent video. Lovely to go back to basics for those new to the game.

Jsem rád že máme v České republice tak šikovné lidi

Your model making skill is truly amazing 👏

amazing job David , good to see handpainting ! P-47 has lovely shape , Spitfire like eliptical wings , bubbletop etc.

This is such a great video. It is doable for those who just started in this hobby. Thx a lot!

Wow incredible David, looks amazing 👏👍

Such a beautiful plane...with awesome details...and impressive metallic shades!!👍👍

Really good tip I picked up as a beginner is that a good way to do engines etc is to paint black and dry brush the metallic colour over the top to pick out the details.

Great model. Thanks for the brush painting.

Border Models 1/32 Lancaster. Love to see you build this amazing model. They call it the most detailed model ever made. Full interior. It will have to be a multi video series. Cheers!

This is a great tutorial for beginners. Not everyone has an air brush when they start out modeling. Thanks for sharing 👍

thank you so much for making and sharing,as a brush painter i learned so much.

*The result is very good with an airbrush, congrat PLASMO! And the solution for apply decal on the engine cover is so simple ... Thanks!*

You are the best David. Or Plasmo. Realy tu es le meilleur. Merci pour le petit pot plastique et peinture. The pot and the paint in the water pot.