Shadowing Practice: How Die Cast Airplane Models Are Made? World’s Biggest Model Collection - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'm visiting an airplane model factory today.

Here I'm seeing they're producing the next model, which is the Emirates A350.

In the 90s, it was decal, and it was big roller wheels.

It's amazing how far we came.

And human hands doing better.

It's the final product.

Back at my local airplane store.

More realistic features like an opening nose comb.

This is an Antonov 225.

It's heavy!

We have this model, the 200 scale Antonov as a giveaway to our viewers today.

This is the Dicast model of the start.

This is how it works out, this machine.

This machine is actually using a injection machine.

It is used to use some固体 of the machine.

It is used to use the injection machine to use it.

And then use it in the machine.

So here I am seeing the bare metal the fuselage and airplane.

The wing, the wing's pretty sharp as well with the corners and they need to be polished and all go into painting.

So this is after polishing the 747 fuselage and became very, very smooth from the bare metal.

You can see that we've done it before.

Now we've done it before.

This is the way we've done it before.

This is the way we've done it with people to do more detailed and more.

You can see that the difference is pretty obvious.

I'm just going to use it for a little bit.

It will be able to set up some problems in the process

This is not a problem You can see here is more of a pool We call it a pool In English, it is a dust point

This is also a problem It would be like other parts It would be like a pool

Now let's go to the Pet Printer This device is used to put on the image of the screen

This device is used to use the film to turn the image of the screen to the screen

and then put on the screen and put on the screen to the screen

I've been looking for a long time, but I don't know what it looks like.

It looks like it's very small.

Yes, it looks like Ameris A350.

The size of the body and the body of the body is about 100.

It's about 100 times.

Took me a long time to figure out what the printer is doing, because it's printing part by part on very tiny details.

What it does is actually printing the door, the little handles, the door details, on the A350, the rear doors.

So here I'm seeing they're producing the next model, which is the Emmer's A350.

The real Emirates April 50 hasn't delivered, but you might be able to get hold of one of these model first.

Here we are at the discount corner and there's a bucket of airplane models.

But these are actually, I was told they're the fact.

They have some painting issues or some chip off the paint.

It's amazing.

They make thousands of airplane models here every month

and how much QC work they have done and picked up the ones that didn't made it.

When I started collecting model of Herpa Wings in the 90s, it was decal, and it was big roller wheels.

And now, using pad printer, right?

Doing 100 and 200 rounds of printing to make it look so detailed.

It's amazing how far we came.

I really don't know what the ceiling will be, how much further we can go in technology.

We were just at that side of the factory, and then we're here to the factory's other part.

So this part is where machine can do, and human hands doing better.

And what they're doing is to make this cheat line, let's say this Air Canada Dreamliner,

to make the line even and get rid of all the stains and paint over and the correction.

So this has to be very precise job done by manual hands.

So here is the assembly room.

After they painted all the parts of aircraft, they put them together.

So this is a really tedious job.

What they're doing here is gluing these engines.

And this one particular is the 787 engine or the 747 -8, the GENX engine.

You can see the cookie cutters, you can see the pylon, and you can see the GE's logo.

Very, very tedious job.

So during my visit, the workers were able to show me how they assemble an A380 together.

The work was all done manually by hand.

It makes you really appreciate how much details were there to make just one airplane model.

And here she is, the final products.

They put all the gears together.

They put two wings together, engines and the tail fin and the vertical stabilizer.

And we have the Amherst A480 model.

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Back at my local airplane store with Todd Models, Todd guys how you doing he's one of the biggest collector

in town absolutely today you're showing us your favorite collection i brought a few to show you

and everyone who's watching today all right

so first we have a series of 1 to 200 scale

interactive models a lot of folks have asked uh could you make a model

that has like more realistic features like an opening nose cone on a 747

or cargo doors that we can show the doors open

so this looks

so realistic here this is from Gemini Jets it's a 1

to 200 scale cargo lux 747 freighter here's an MD 11

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and I did a boo -boo a no no Sam you never touch your models with your bare hands

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so look at this FedEx MD 11 here you can see

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the cargo doors this is a rather new product from Gemini Jets 1 to 200 scale interactive series

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and over here you might you actually use the plastic strip

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to lift a hold yeah that's why this is uh one reason it's in the box

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that you'll get when you get your airplane models this plastic sheet

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so you can hold your model and not get fingerprints on

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if you see the some force unique it has the nose loading

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and imagine the nose keep going up and down up and down it's like a big fat smile coming from the 747.

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all right sam what's the largest cargo aircraft in the world

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the largest is not a 747 no oh i knew what it is it's the engine off yes

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and check this one out right over here yes this is an Antonov 225 of course look at

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that baby you and it's heavy how have you been with the box

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and everything that comes with it about six seven pounds total

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and I mean you could take it off the standard you

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can see all the landing gear is in place they're rolling rubber tires on this

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and the gears removable so you can display the model on the stand without the gear

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and then just the gear doors so that's how you put the stand back in

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but this is one of the best selling models

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that i know of for sure everyone seemingly has wanted one

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of these now uh it's kind of sad right we all knew what had happened to this airplane

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um the consolation price here is courtesy of gemini jets we

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have this model the 200 scale Antonov as a giveaway to our viewers today

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so sam moving on to uh some of the weirdest shaped aircraft

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that i've ever seen these are aircraft transport planes the first one by boeing of course the dream lifter here

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and look at this one this one not only has uh flaps down on the wings

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but the tail opens and closes

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so now this is the Airbus version of the transporter look

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at this the beluga has an interactive series nose on it you can display the nose in the up

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or the closed position just like it looks like a big fish doesn't a big beluga

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and once again the door you can play with it you

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can have the door open yes in the open position like this

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or you can display

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or can actually close it up close it back open it oh what's inside there

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or you can put out anything you want again hide stuff

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from your parents in there i got a big thing for classic aircraft

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so first here we have a kathy pacific conveyor 880

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and again i'm using the plastic so

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that my fingers don't touch the polish on this thing you can see the polished wings

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and you can see the polished belly on that

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and i'm looking at this one here this one i picked up in the store here is a new release

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because last year i visited buffalo airways at the far north in canada

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and i actually saw how they start engine on this electric lucky electric l188s

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and it's amazing to hear the prop sound

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so here you can actually you know turn the props

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and think about these yesterday year airliners i think i can hear it all right

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so moving on here sam look at this delta 727 200 this is one of the best -selling releases ever

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and it's one of my favorite models i love the delta widget

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so do a lot of other people

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and uh this model has been sold out for years it's very hard to find

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but with this beauty from south america this varig md 11

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and this has a polished belly on it i'm a freak

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lover for polish on model airplanes this is one of my favorites

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if not my all -time favorite release ever this is from

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gemini jets gemini 200 this is an american airlines boeing 747

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400 747 100 excuse me another classic from the 1970s is this air india boeing 747

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and this also features a polished belly but this is a replica of air india's very first 747.

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i felt very privileged todd actually let me touch i'm not

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letting you you're doing it anyway yeah let me let me use this plastic

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but i want to show how beautiful this model is the disney c

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because i'm a big fan with 747 with special livery

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and this is one of the probably the best all right

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so back to the future we go up to 2025 a few years away

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and emirates their first triple seven x seven 777 -9X.

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So this is all Todd's favorite model in a wrap.

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How many models do you have in your collection?

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Oh, dude, I don't know.

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Thousands, literally thousands.

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Where's your house?

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How can I come to your house?

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Having too much fun today.

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So now I want to invite a lot of my viewers and followers to showcase their favorite airplane model collections.

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Let's take a look at theirs.

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My name is Steven Kulotros.

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I am Greek, born in Venezuela.

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I'm a mechanical engineer as well.

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I have started as commercial pilot.

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I started my aviation career at 18 years old.

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My love for model collection started at 8 years old.

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My uncle Greek was working at Olympic Airways and when I was 8 years old he gave me three models.

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At 12 years old I had 100 of them, at 15 I have 300 and so on and so on.

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The collection was moved to Panama in 2017 and from then I raised my collection to 4 ,000 models.

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Then I thought to make a small collection like a private museum

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based in Panama with the 4 ,000 models in scale 1 ,400,

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1 ,200 and 25 big models which means the scale 150, 130, 120.

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But the centerpiece of the collection is an Embraer 195 in scale 1 to 3, 1 third, which was made by Atlantic Models.

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The most important model of my collection is a DC -10 scale 1 to 20,

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which I have, which is actually the first prototype model of DC -10 worldwide that was owned by McDonnell Douglas.

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and I have on my collection 20 years ago.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 191 sentences and 2202 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:24. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

airplane /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ (noun) — A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings: a fixed-wing aircraft with at least one engine or electric motor.
polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/ (verb) — To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
gear /ɡɪɚ/ (noun) — Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.
jet /ˈd͡ʒɛt/ (noun) — A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.
cargo /ˈkɑɹɡoʊ/ (noun) — Freight carried by a ship, aircraft, or motor vehicle.
viewer /ˈvju.ɚ/ (noun) — Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
realistic /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ (adjective) — Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
belly /ˈbɛli/ (noun) — The abdomen (especially a fat one).
interactive /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/ (adjective) — Interacting with or communicating with and reacting to each other; influencing or having an effect on each other; acting or capable of acting on each other or…
printer /ˈpɹɪntɚ/ (noun) — One who makes prints.
tail /ˈteɪ̯l/ (noun) — The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
delta /ˈdɛltə/ (noun) — The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/ (noun) — Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
injection /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ (noun) — The act of injecting, or something that is injected.
roller /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ (noun) — Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verb) — To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
come from (verb) — To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
come with (verb) — To join and come along.
do by (verb) — To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
figure out (verb) — To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
go in (verb) — To become obscured by clouds.
go into (verb) — To get involved in; to investigate or explore.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 39 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, they're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: smooth /smuːð/, theirs /ðɛɚz/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: polish /ˈpɑ.lɪʃ/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, injection /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, censorship /ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/
Long words — get the stress right: interactive /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/, mechanical /məˈkænəkəl/, aviation /ˌeɪ̯.viːˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, manually /ˈmænj(u)əliː/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like airplane, polish, gear.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	we've done · hasn't delivered · have done
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be polished · was told · is blocked
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	model, which is · models which means · third, which was
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the best · the biggest · the largest

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