My brother and I grew up building models (he and I are both in our low 60's). We mainly built military stuff, tanks, planes and sometimes battleships. Many of them ended up as bb gun targets. But damn did we build models. We discovered airbrushing around the age of 15 or so and it was a game changer...

14:40 sounds of bacon cooking regaining my confidence.

I appreciate that you don't have irritating "music" on your videos. Thank you.

you are honestly the 'Bob Ross' of model building. Loved watching your video!

Just started decals on this kit. Thanks again for the inspiration and education. Your videos are my personal favorite as they always include so much information about the subject. Looking forward to your next build.

Thanks very much for another fantastic build! I am even more impressed that you take so much time replying to so many of us. I had a question, but after reviewing your videos and comments, I learned you did have 20 years in the service. If other commenters did the same, we'd enjoy more great builds from you.

Im only at about 3 minutes in and already you are teaching me some useful new techniques. Great video.

I am not too much into modeling, but I find your videos almost therapeutic to watch. The way you explain things and watching the whole process is just so nice! Keep it up!

You and I had similar experiences with our childhood model building. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Great work.

Hands down the best model maker on KZfaq both in quality of builds and videos. I love you discussing the whole build as we watch.

WOW! Makes me want to get back into building models. Well done sir!

Always loved Hasegawa 1/48 scale kits. I personally think they are the absolute best model kits for aircraft in the market.

Wow! Your results scream for applause and your video encourages both experimentation and innovation. I'm back into scale models after 65 years of "distraction!" Thank you for all the tips, shortcuts and demonstrations. Makes modelling life much more pleasant.

Lovely work mate, and thanks so much for taking the time to share. I loved the narration and background audio, and can tell that you are obviously a very nice guy :). Keep up the great work.

theres something so soothing about watching you build models to this level of detail, love it! keep up the fantastic work

I also grew up whith modeling mid 70s and stopped . Did my studies and went for South African military service, till late 80s. I started to do modeling 2017 and boy i am enjoying it. Every day as i look at the videos and tutorials i learn more ,then i start to build the model. Thank you it is wow. Keep the videos coming.

extremely awkward yet extremely satisfying video format with the creek sound and everything good job dude

Really helps you appreciate the design and fabrication of the craft on an assembly line. Great work. Thanks.

The best Raptor build Ive seen. really good job!!

Great job. Very impressive. You sped up during sections of the video that simply showed parts etc. the rain and water sounds were a great touch. This model looks VERY realistic. The test of any model build. Bravo.

Easily one of the best paint jobs of the F22 I've seen. Very subtle and very realistic.

Wow ! Another super detailed and educational video. Can't thank enough for sharing all your skill and art.

So here's my story: This came into my suggestions several months back, decided to watch as I used to build models when I was 14-16. But I quit as I wasn't impressed with the models I made (brush marks, seams, missing/misplaced decals etc.), they looked horrible. But upon watching this video (and your other model builds), I thought I give it another try, using the knowledge and techniques you demonstrated. Bought new equipment and a nice airbrush to go with my new 1/72 F-14D (My favourite Fighter Jet). 8 days later I now have finished what is my best model ever, looks weathered, bleached and highly detailed, I couldn't be happier with the result. So a massive thank you for the videos you make, I've learned so much and now thrilled to be back in the hobby!

Outstanding, very nicely done. Great job on the paint and weathering details. Look forward to following your builds.

Wow this one turned out really fantastic. I really like that marbling technique. Watching these videos is so informative. Thanks for making them.

Your airbrush technique is an art form in and of itself. I just got one and have a long way to go. Thanks for showing what’s possible. Model is flawless as well.

Excellent job with the model and the video. Thanks for taking the time to explain each step and indicate what product you are using. Really helps a beginner like me. Awesome!

TY And your work is mostly appreciated by specialists Perfect job

Really nice build and I even took the time out to watch the video you posted of the F-22, really great. Thanks for sharing!!!

Man, the details. I was happy to glue the pieces together. :)

I have learned very useful technics from your videos. Thank you and keep them coming!

Great build! Thanks for posting and for your tips

Enjoy the passion you put into these videos. I'd probably never build models, but I'm a huge aviation fan. I once saw an F-22 and blue angels perform in the same day!

Awesome F-22! Glad you picked the decals for Elmendorf! Got to see some of them flying around my house the other day. Happy modeling!

Another great video. I enjoyed the facts and the relaxation sounds.

Simply exceptional skill, beautiful build.

Back when I was stationed on Kadena AB in Okinawa, we had Langley come TDY with their 22s. I worked Munitions and got to work on the flight line around these things all the time. Before they left, as thanks for all the hard work we did to make sure they got everything they needed while they were there, I got to go and do a walk around with the crew chiefs while they gave us a quick run down of their aircraft. Cockpit was a no go as well as the engine bays since they had secret squirrel stuff in there. We got to see the bomb and missile bays. It's really cool how fast those bays open to fire off weapons! Great job on the kit! Shows the passion you have for your hobby

Man, not only this is relaxing and entertaining but also very informative. Congrats, you gained a sub.

Outstanding build, video and presentation.

Awesome work. One of these is on the list to build for sure now.

Another great video. I was an Avionics tech in the RAF and managed to get the chance to sit in one of these awesome jets back in 2006 during red flag at Nellis! Keep up the great work!!

One of the best building-videos on Yt! Thanks for making them Mate! I got started into building models as a seven yearold that "read" through Biggles books that my older brother had. They were illustrated and full or different airplanes. I think my first model was a matchbox spitfire :)

I'm not into modelling, I'm just sitting here watching you do the work so I won't have to. Subbed

Amazing and excellent build! Loved it.

Wow omg this build is truly stunning, the plane is stunning anyway, but with your technique and skills this aircraft could win an award. I’d love to buy this off u

My son is a Raptor driver and would be impressed with your work. Great job!

Fantastic stuff matey , with that running water or rain in the background it keeps making me need the toilet !! Ha ha ha ! That is some more great work !! I really like the look of this aircraft. I have a phantom in the stash that is hasegawa !! I'm like you to , the detail painting and stuff I find quite boring at times !

Truly, a sublime piece of art.

you even played waterfall sound in the background during silent segments? yeah u deserve a thumbs up

When you talked about your older models turning out like garbage during your early days, I was right there some odd 8 years ago when I first started building model kits with paint and all that. Have a few of them up in my room still today, but could never get the look I wanted with just my brushes. Turns out all you need is a working airbrush and some tricks up your sleeve. Man, you're like the Bob Ross of this stuff; I've already created a shopping list and I'm ready to end my 4 or so year hiatus from model making!

This is such a beautiful work... Great job man.

I did my first model at five years old. I'm a huge history buff, mostly with WWII air campaigns in western Europe and the Pacific and modeling is a way to bring that history to life. My grandfather stoked that interest with books and my first model kit that was a snap-tite Spitfire. Now I have my six and four year old following that same passion with them doing models. I plan on doing my own channel as well, just need to finish my last block of trade training!

Your modeling is awesome, makes me want to get back into it! Thanks for sharing these videos..

Fantastic build. You are a great artist!

Just love the looks of the F-22.

Fantastic video.Congratulations!

I am working on a revell f22 1/72 and I was trying to think the easiest way to do the camo pattern. Your method is perfect thanks for this.

Just discovered your channel. Very relaxing and informative! My first model kit I ever built all on my own was a Revell P-51D Mustang. I didn't have any paint other than a small bottle of Testor's matte black and a can of silver Krylon spray paint. The end result was absolutely terrible, but I didn't care. 18 years later I'm still building model kits and having a blast. Cheers!

I've built my first model at 10 yo if I remember correctly.. It was the USS Saratoga from Revell Your video gave me memories from my deceased dad who gave me the model and built with me. Your channel is superb, got another subscriber. Thank you for sharing your hobby with so much passion.

Your work is gorgeous but I wanted to add in a few real life detail facts. I was stationed at Tyndall for five years and worked with the 43rd and 95th Fighter Squadrons as a GCI controller. F-22s carry AIM-9Ms, not AIM-9Xs. The actual weapons bay can't hold the 9x. F-22s don't show paint wear the way other aircraft do because they are repainted a lot more often. As part of their LO features their RAM is frequently maintained and that involves the paint job. While the weathered pain looks great, it's more realistic to show an F-22 with a more even paint job. There is an entire career field that compasses just LO material maintenance for the F-22s and F-35. They do a great job keeping it up! But again, your aircraft is a real work of art!

my uncle bought me two model kits when i was younger. both iconic and beautiful. the huey vietnam helicopter and a old school single engine jet fighter. love the highly detailed models small enough to where you can stand back and apperciate it from every angle especially jets in hanger kits or machines n hanger bays or aircraft carriers with planes everywhere.

I too look at your models and go wow, that’s pretty neat. And then I look at mine. And then I quickly cover mine back up and look at yours again. I use the same tools, glues, paints, etc, yet for some reason I get a completely different end product. At least mine is still vaguely airplane shaped, and gray(ish). I guess I’ll keep trying. At least you give me something to aspire to. Well done!

Turned out beautiful.

Started modelling 3 years ago with a hawker typhoon from WW2. Every model is just as exciting as the previous

awesome video! Also Like the Airshow video you linked to. Those are some great references!

Great build. Brilliant idea in using Mod Podge in securing landing gear/bay doors for painting.

Thanks for this half and hour of skill, peace and belleza (Yes, in spanish). Great job man!

Why thumbs down? This is an excellent tutorial. 👍🏼

Amazing build! Thanx for posting :-)

Now that, was a well made video! Gave me some tips and ideas to use on my models, thank you

love the flowing water sounds

好多工序，您真有耐心，很棒的作品！

I'm getting back into scale modeling after years, and really enjoy your videos. Our methods are very similar.

That's it. I'm buying this kit. What an inspiration.

That is one superb looking F-22.

That is excellent craftsmanship. Love your detailing and weathering approaches, as well as your fills, math work on blowing up the paint scheme and decal diagrams to make your camo templates, and the marbling technique. Beautiful Raptor build. Only thing I see that you might want to consider is putting the HUD on the correct direction. (Yours is on backwards.)

I'm really late to game on this one, having only just discovered your channel. I love the flashbacks about your childhood, my first model was a sprint car, I can only vaguely remember it. It did not survive rolling it across the hardwood floors. I was maybe 7, but I caught the bug for building. I enjoy your calm narration and yes modeling should be fun and not get bogged down with nitpicking.

Great video. Makes me want to build models again. I did have a Badger airbrush though which I loved but rarely used. One slight nit. The HUD glass was installed backwards. You can see this at 26:51. The glass should be raked towards the pilot. Thanks for the video!

G'day Max, your techniques and skills are gobsmacking! Outstanding! The 'Raptor' is, by far, my favourite modern warplane. I specialise in WW2 military aircraft and generally don't like modern jets; however, the Raptor is the modern-day version of the Spitfire. They both were special airframes in their day, their performance was ground-breaking and they both 'just look right'. They also stuck around past their logical active lives. (If jets were not invented there would still be factories producing better and even better Spitfires... they were that good.) So too with the Raptor. For a lot less money than the F-35 they should have concentrated on continually improving the Raptor. Anyway, your tips and build advice have genuinely helped me to reduce some of the apprehension I get when I open a big kit and see all the intricate parts; thinking I'll never be able to pull this one off. I sometimes buy two of the same kit; using one 'for practice' and if it goes wrong at least, I've got lots of 'spare parts' to increase the chance of success in the second build. Thanks to you, I find I'm having more fun with my builds, hard or easy. Cheers, BH.

Nice job. Looks really good. I liked the way you handled the cockpit details. And finally, I found someone on KZfaq that uses microset and microsol the right way. 🤓😜😂👍 Great video man. Thanks for sharing.

I have the urge to go build a model now. Great job!

Strong work!!

That my sir is a very nice model. Great job.

That is one of the best paint finishes I have ever seen on a model. I cannot tell just by looking at the model that it is a model and not a real Raptor.

Beautiful job

Nice work!!

Fantastic! Thanks for posting

My Father and I built a B58 Hustler....He did almost all of it. He was in Strategic Air Command so I always love Jets and stuff. The first one I did was a F 104 Star fighter didn't do to badly.

Now i consider myself an experienced builder, but you topped it!

Beautiful build. I got interested in models back in 1982. I was a young airman at Little Rock AFB, and LRAFB was my first duty assignment as a brand new combat controller. Long story short, I was involved in three fights, all alcohol related incidents, and was confined to my dorm room by my first sergeant. I had to build one model a week for him. They looked like shit. Then I started painting them, then I got an airbrush, then I started building them for the intel shop so the pilots would have a three D model of the different soviet threat aircraft, as well as the mobile SAMs the Russians had. Thirty-six years later I’m still at it watching cats like you and your mad skills. Only difference now is that I might smoke a blunt while I build and paint in my shop. Ha Ha I don’t drink anymore either. Keep up the awesome videos, and I like the background sound effects.

What a Cracking finish. 👏

These videos got me interested in models

Great video!

You're a nice builder. I'll subscribe now. Thank you for uploading such good videos.

Great build.

Max, thank you for these videos and your service man! The details on the cockpit instruments are the best! Everything you said about how models were before where in a company would indicate what part you are working is all true(Companies should make those again, and the glue,(used the whole tube to assemble one model when you were you)--- you are on point on that! My first model was the "Harrier" a 1/72 scale by Hasegawa, me and my dad built it thinking it was an actual toy. lol! I screwed it up and didn't paint nor placed decals. I used super glue all the way. lol! Just a slight suggestion since you are out there in the real world where you are with the planes, why not create a diorama of planes and the stuff you see everyday? I really think that would be awesome!

simply the best I've seen

Beautiful!

I love these videos, they’re so very well made! Keep them up, I would l love to see more. Perhaps do some aircraft that not a lot of people have done videos on, I’m sure you can make some more awesome stuff! :)

Good technic and nice video. F-22 Raptor is the world no.1 fighter jet.