Thank you!

Thank you very much, Romain! I appreciate your feedback and I'm really glad you like these videos

Thanks you so much and welcome aboard, Mister G! :)

You and me both! :) I'm glad you liked the video

@@PointBlankModelling I allways add some details on my models, but this is extreme. I build mostly helicopters, I like them. So, you have my full attention, Sir. I am very curious about your painting skills.

Thanks so much, John! :)

Thank you, Tom! Please do so and let us know which one you pick. :)

Thank you, Ahmad, I am glad you liked the videos!

Thank you, sir! :)

Thank you very much! I'll need to look up the manufacturer of the blender - i'll come back to you on that. As for the riveters - the wheels are "Rosie the Riveter" and Galaxy Tools. The scriber is "Mr. Scriber" from Galaxy tools. (Just for clarity - I have no association with any of the manufacturers).

Hi there! Thank you, sir! I agree, many of these details would have been so much easier to design & print. I don't have access to a 3D printer but it is definitely on my roadmap to experiment with 3D technology. The rotary tool is an old Proxxon Micromot. I am not sure if they still sell the exact same version but the Micromot series is definitely still out there. (Just for clarity: I have no association with Proxxon or any other manufacturer)

@@PointBlankModelling , don't get me wrong. I do admire Your scratch build skills and attention to details. I also think it proper hard core modelling, like "back in the days". However 3D modelling and printing could take it to another level and give more accurate results. But that just mine humble opinion. Thanks for Your reply, I will definitely look into Proxxon, it's just the tool You are using looked smaller and more compact from what I have seen on market. Unless You are using flexible shaft extension with it. P.S. I am looking forward to see more of Your work on Mi-2 and final results. I am sure it's gonna turnout great. Best of luck and please don't keep us waiting for too long!

Thank you, sir! :)

Thank you, sir! :) I am away from the workbench next week but will dive back in as soon as I can to produce the fifth episode.

Thank you & welcome aboard!

Hi there! Thank you for your kind words. I am really glad you like these videos. The white glue I used is the Mig Ultra Glue, as for the rest of the tools, I'll complile a list of the least obvious ones and share it here. I am away from the bench until the end of next week but will come back to you on this. (Just for clarity - I have no association with any of the manufacturers)

Thank you, Josef! :)

Thank you very much, Artem! I am away from the bench until the end of next week but will come back to you with a list of the less obvious tools. (Just for clarity - I have no association with any of the manufacturers)

@@PointBlankModelling We'll all be looking forward to it)

@artem Yes I agree, I'd like to know the tools, and the Brand names of some of the liquids. Glues, De-bonders, Black Super Glue, Thinners, etc. Good idea for a video!!!

Thank you so much, Jan!

Thank you very much, Lance!

Thank you so much. While I don't think my videos are anywhere close to Mr. Martin Kovac's, this comment means a lot to me. If it weren't for Martin's channel, I would have never started mine. His work doesn't cease to inspire me.

@@PointBlankModelling IMO you sell yourself short here. Style is one thing but you offer substance on par with his obsession with detail. I just had your channel suggested to me and I’ve been binge watching this series because, well, I will admit to a certain level of OCD myself. Mind you I am 71 years old with failing eyes and arthritis in my hands so I can’t model any more. Nonetheless I love watching others do the kinds of things I used to be able to do. Please bear in mind how very lucky you are to live in the age of photoetch, 3D printed decals and flexible super glue- hell, ordinary superglue only appeared on the mass market when I was 21. Anyway, being retired means I have plenty of time to watch KZfaq videos so despite me being subbed to over a hundred channels, here’s another subscription for you. Can’t wait to see the paint job but I guess that may be a little while.

Hi Sean! Thank you for your kind feedback. This is the only platform I have at the moment and to be perfectly honest, I haven't finished a lot of models. Unfortunately I have a tendency to abandon projects so this channel in a way is my attempt to introduce some accountability in my hobby life as well.

Thank you! The buffing wheel is from Proxxon. I bought it at least ten years ago but they still sell them.

Thank you, Joseph! The next episode will be published over the coming days :)

Thank you & welcome aboard!

Yay, the mighty algorithm! :D I'm glad it has connected us. Thank you so much for you feedback and welcome aboard!

Thanks so much, Jorge!

Thank you! It's funny you should say that - I was never fond of them either but having access to multiple Mi-2s within a 30 min radius from my home convinced me start this journey. One of the things that can kill my motivation is the lack of reference photos and this way that was not going to be a problem.

Thank you very much!

Hi there! Glad to hear you liked the video and thank you for subscribing. Good luck with your Hind! :)

@@PointBlankModelling Thanks, already on the second video I received a share of motivation no worse than from the Plasmo videos, I still need to buy reviters, etching kits and try to bring my idea into reality, about 3 years ago I saw a completely open model in 72 scale and even then realized that I would also open all the hatches with scratch building to show the inner world of this vehicle 🐁 Of course, experience and materials with tools have increased many times over the years on my workplace, but even so I learn little tricks from others thanks to such videos) (I apologize if there are errors in the text, I don’t write in English very often, although I understand and listen to speech perfectly well, among my friends from Russia I rarely meet people interested in Plasmo’s, Night Shift’s, Inner Nerd’s and others foreign modelers)

I am not brave enough to start a project that complex with all the hatches open and the interior exposed. Again, good luck with your build! I am not a native speaker either but as far as I can tell your English is fine. Но если так удобнее, можете писать по-русски тоже. Я плохо говорю, но читать могу без проблем. :)

@@PointBlankModelling For convenience, I probably use an international language, others maybe find it easier to read, at least I’d like to believe) When it comes to major improvements to the model, I very often go to extremes, but I often strive for results similar to those in your videos, so in general I’ll be waiting for more new videos on the Mi-2 and also for future construction projects, I always find something interesting for myself in some small techniques that add a little bit to my knowledge base :р Thank you also for wishing me good luck in the assembly, I also wish you good joining of parts, less defects in plastic and that you never run out of glue ✌

Thank you! If all goes well, the next episode will be out before the end of this week. I'll do my best but it's kind of difficult to balance working full time and building a channel. :) At any rate, it's going to be one of those longer episodes with plenty of techniques, materials, scratch built and aftermarket parts as well as lots of reference photos.

Hi Gyula, thank you for your kind words! Applying cement at the risk of losing all prior progress was indeed stressful. In the end, I was also pleasantly surprised that this experiment turned out ok. I have a habit of not finishing projects so right now I focused on breaking that spell and completing the Mi-2 series before moving on to anything else. Having said that, I will keep the workbench tour/toolkit review idea in mind. I share your curiousity and I am always keen to see how others organize their hobby corners and describe their tool preferences, etc. As for the music - I think I may have been subconsciously waiting for someone to call that out. This was my first attempt at recording background music and I am not 100% happy with it either. Even less so after having listened to it for extended periods of time... I won't change it for the next couple of videos but will block out some time later to try to come up with something more peaceful and less... stupid. :)

@@PointBlankModelling Oh no, it's not stupid, I definitely like it, just a bit out of style under a creative video. But you know what? It's fine as it is! :) As for the distress cracks: Once I tried to warm up a canopy, and bend it outwards, because the fuselage was visibly wider. Goes without saying ... didn't warm it up enough, if it's even possible, so lots of little cracks appeared ... So as far as I know, the AK Gauzy agent is used to make canopies shinier. I have the Intermediate Gauzy at the bench, so I gave it a try, and it removed the cracks much better than I expected!

Hi Gyula, thanks for the tip - I didn't know that the Gauzy agent could do that. I'll keep that trick in mind as I am sure it will come in handy sooner or later.

Hi Pepe, i used the one from DSPIAE which I bought for a fortune a few years back. Nowadays it costs much less and there are also similar alternatives.

Thank you, Bruno!

Thank you very much. Indeed, this was a stressful phase in the build but I had stressed more about it before than during the process... I guess there's a lesson there. :) Looking to empty these sprues soon!

@@PointBlankModelling I built the Hasegawa 32nd scale P-40 years ago. That came with a 1 piece clear windscreen + the panels directly in front of the windscreen. To get it to fit the fuselage right, some sanding was required on the the lower seam where there were also recessed rivets. The sanding wiped those out and adding them back in was no fun because the clear part was brittle and the rivets very close to the edge. I ended up with a few stress cracks and some missing bits that crumbled loose from the rivets. In the end I made it work. Fast forward to the day before an IPMS show and it was finally time to remove the canopy masking...which is where I found 2 huge cracks going right through the clear section. Needless to say the P-40 sat out that years show. Got a replacement part from customer service a nd successfully performed the needed surgery.

Nightmare fuel! I'm glad you could get a replacement canopy for your Warhawk. I feel an urge now to go check the Mi-2's windshield for cracks that may have appeared overnight...

Hi Tom! Thank you, I really appreciate your continued interest. It takes forever to pull these videos together while working a day job but i'll soldier on - thanks to you guys and your kind feedback.

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Thank you so much! I have already downselected the clips & reference photos for the next episode, but there is still a lot to be done in terms of editing, animations, etc. I'll do my best to finish & publish it soon.

Спасибо огромное!

Thank you so much! More to come in episode 3 :)