P-51 Mustang Airfix 1/72 step by step 

I’ve just been bought this kit for Christmas, and my first thought was.... “I wonder if David has built one of these?” ... and sure enough, there’s an excellent build here. Thank you David.

What can I say. Mr. 'Plasmo' nailed it again! I've watched this vid several times and learned some new skills and had an instant dejavu when I saw the striking red and yellow paint on certain areas. The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of the first all black airmen who fought in WWII as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Aircorps, recognisable by their distinctive P-51' s red tails and yellow bands on their wings. They flew 15.500 sorties as bomber escorts and flew with distinction, for example destroying 112 enemy aircrafts in the air . In 2007, 350 Tuskegee Airmen and their widows received the congressional gold medal.

For aerodynamic reasons the wings on these aircraft were covered in duraluminum paint before they left the plant. That being said, you do superb work in all genres of modeling. Thank you Dave!

I'm currently building this kit. The aircraft was flown by 1st Lieutenant Spurgeon Neil Ellison, USAAF, 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Group, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in WW2, and his unit was awarded 3 Meritorious Unit Commendations. The red empennage was widely known. You nailed everything except the skin color of the pilot. The 332nd was an all-black squadron. Lt. Ellison was one of the first African American fighter pilots. The Redtails are LEGENDARY in American Military Aviation.

Top dollar - I can't praise your work enough!! Thanks for taking the time to share your skills and with an excellent video. All power to you!

Got the kit as a christmas present a few years ago, will finally get down to it this weekend, your video and technique is fantastic!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

A truly beautiful build. I love your approach to post shading.

Beautifully built P51. Very well done and an excellently compiled vid.

It's quite impressive that you took the risk by spraying the postshade, exhaust, and wash by keeping the canopy totally exposed. Nice job!

Just picked this kit up. Thank you for videos. Your work is inspiring!

My mustang may have been my best build, but this trumps it for sure. Great job

Beautiful! You have most excellent skills! I notice that you use with the exception of an airbrush only the most basic tools to produce wonderful results. Very impressed with your work!

Fantastic build, Martin. You make it look so easy!! Normally I wouldn't say anything, but due to your attention to detail, the P-51s through the D at least had a plywood cockpit floor! It should be visible through the open canopy.

WOW! impressive with your paintjob and the precision

This is watching a master at work. Make me want to return to modelling.

you just do a mindblowing job with this kit - very inspiring. greets from Poland ;-)

I can't stop watching the wonderful cockpit assembly. Sheer class. Even the music works.

WOW just impressive you are a real artist , i gonna watch all your vids now :D

This is the best I’ve seen this model done!

Velmi pěkné video, jen tak dále. Já s modelařinou právě začínám, takže velká inspirace, jen pokračujte pane Damek.

Beautiful work Well done

Very neat work

Great looking P-51!

The 332nd pilots would be very proud of the way you built a model of their airplane.

Mmm, a beautiful piece of work!

nice to see red tail colors in this build the squadron achieved many honors in the European theater

Excellent video.

Mate if I could have half the skills as you do with the airbrush and detailing I would be happy. Fantastic job.

Fantastic job, great instructions. Thanks!

Super video, doufám že se můžu těšit na další :) DÍKY!

Another great build, video and music Martin, brilliant doesnt seem descriptive enough.

Great work!

wau!!!!!!!!!!!! havent seen your models before... this is stratospheric....

Hey there ! Amazing build , I've been looking at moving to an airbrush , just wondered what you use as it looks like a very smooth even coat! Much obliged 😊

It’s amazing how many people watch your great videos and don’t like and subscribe. We need to give back to this amazing RU-vidr

This is beautyful!

beautiful model. great job :-)

beautifl job congrats on that hard work

Would love to watch you build a Lancaster bomber. I/III

WOW! So perfect!!!Crazy perfect!

Great skills!

Wow you are amazing!

All that in 1/72 scale. Your the Master

plasmo you did an amazing job, it truly is beautiful, you have such talent!!!

Cool video 😃

fantastich gebaut besonders gut finde ich wie du das mit den metall farben gemacht hast weiter so:-)

Amazing work! did you seal the model with any alclad finish? I'm getting ready to use alclad for the first time and wondering if you could use a different non alclad matte clear coat. thanks and keep up the great videos!

Excellent Work! I still have a lot of learning left :)

dude u are the best of the best i build model kits also(even though I'm a preteen)but when i paint them its a mess

I just built this same kit, but in the new "Maverick's Mustang" issue, for the new Topgun movie. But I did it in Israeli colors and markings.

Super práce

I remember watching this when I was younger.

Great video! One question, what do you use and any tips for the post shading effect you do on aircraft???

I'm liking the name change for your channel. It should help get you more views.. Keep up the excellent modeling.

Nice model I like it.

Very nive work !

Great video. Will use quite a few of these techniques as I'm building this exact kit now. What putty did you use for the filler on the nose cone and what tool did you use on the panel lines?

Great work i love you videos very helpful. Where can i get a brush like you use to paint the cockpit and all the inside of it? :)

podrian subtitular losvideos son excelentes y ayudan muchisimo, Gracias

What razor saw is it do you use here, for re-scribing panel lines etc? Thanks.

thank you for sharing the video.

superb!

Tak to je velká paráda ;-) super ! Dělej určitě další tyto "step by step" videa Martine.

i love scale 1/72 more because the size give me more space for my collection.

When doing a aluminum paint job is it better to post shade or is that just something you are more comfortable with? Great job. Thinking of picking up this little bugger to go with my bf109

good quality kit

Fantastic work and a very good video! Also, I really love the music you chose for this video. What is it? I am not familiar with this music! It is beautiful!

Martin this is one of my favorite build videos. I have to ask though, which green did you add to the XF-71 for the chrome oxide cockpit colour! Nice model. -Roger from Canada

What do you fashion your seatbelts with and how do you make them? Mine look okay but nothing compared to what you have. Very nice build.

Excelente saludos desde Mèxico

This work is very beautiful, isn't it?

Good Job

i would only like to see better close up of the finished model.. btw amazing work :)

How did you get the control stick and the aerial (antenna) off the sprues without breaking them? I recently got about 5 or so kits of this, and only managed to get one stick off intact, but it broke after it was glued in.

Perfect

May I ask what decal setting agent you use to seal the decals around the 13:40 mark?

Hey I'm doing a b25 Mitchell by revell 1:48 scale what do you recommend

Do i apply clear coat before sludge wash and before decals? Because you have to apply gloss coat before decals so they dont silver, then a youtuber says you apply a coat again before sludge wash, could you overvview the proccess cuase thats a Ot of gloss coats needed to apply

Awesome! also, does the propeller spin?

How do you use tape on Alclad metallic without it ruining the finish or pulling it up? Do you apply varnish coat between steps? How long do you let it cure?

Super!!!!

great!

awesome

nadherná práca - pozeram všetky videa - akurat premýšlam, či je nutne malovat interier trupu, mimo kokpitov , zabera to určite hodiny ..a nakoniec sa nalepia 2 polovice trupu a robotu nevidno...........

please I need to know about colouring the cardboard by metallic silver paint

what color did you use for the weathering effects on 14:40? And what kinda brushes did you use to being able to do the details?

hey mate, awesome builds. I wanted to ask, in the shop there are Airfix 1/72 with 1 and with 2. What does it mean?? level 2 is more detail?? which level was this one that you built??? thank youuu

Ještě jsem neviděl takhle realisticky propracovaný model Mustangu. Skvělá práce, Martine. Jak dlouho modelaříš?

What kind of brush do you use for the detail ?

What tools do you use for the very small detailing??

thanks!!

Top das galáxias

Would be nice if you can answer these questions. What paint do you use for the metallic silver? Do you apply top coat to protect the silver paint before masking? And finally, what paint did you use to spary the pannel lines? Smoke?

I am beginning this build, my 4th build, as I am new to the hobby. Can you recommend the colors that you actually used? I want to make mine exactly like yours!

did you mix black and silver for darker aluminium

Another great video (the Typhoon one is my favorite), can I ask a pretty dumb question though. Just what are you using to add the tiny cockpit details? It looks to stiff to be a brush....

Also could I get an amazon link for the glue

Je to veľmi pekne ja som začal s modelingová postavil som zatial iba veľkú motorku

nice Red Tails paint.

thanks