I Spent A Day With The Models For Heroes Charity - & This Is What Happened!
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Models For Heroes is a UK based charity which supports the UK's Veteran community, Armed Forces, Blue Light personnel and Military charities with the meaningful activity of model making hobbies.
I spent a day with Malcolm from Models For Heroes, donating some kits, helping to fulfil beneficiary requests and performing a few extra tasks. Join me in this video as I learn a bit more about what this model making charity does, how it works, and how to get involved!
From Airfix, Revell, Tamiya and Bandai scale model kits, to Vallejo, Humbrol, Hataka and Citadel paints, M4H will accept and support scale modelling supplies and kits from all modelling manufacurers to help support their beneficiaries!
🙏 As mentioned, the first months Ad Revenue from this video will be donated to Models For Heroes, so please share this video with your scale modelling friends!
Update January 2025 - Ad revenue raised was approx £24, so I rounded it up to £100 and it was donated to M4H on 02/01/25
Thanks to everyone at Models For Heroes for the work they do, and helping me make this video!
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The first months Ad Revenue from this video will be donated to Models For Heroes, so please share this video with your scale modelling friends!
Thanks to everyone at Models For Heroes for the work they do, and helping me make this video!
Find out more about how you can get involved with this charity, either through financial donations, donation of kits or Airfix flying hours coupons, purchasing merchandise or volunteering here: www.modelsforheroes.org.uk/
*Update* January 2025 - Ad revenue raised was approx £24, so I rounded it up to £100 and it was donated to M4H on 02/01/25
As a combat vet and police officer in the US I was in a dark, dark place several years ago. I had several friends killed on the job and several that had taken their own lives. I was on that path and found modeling and religion at about the same time. I contribute the fact that I'm still here because of these two things. I build mostly WW1 kits of planes and include them in dioramas. I found modeling from a RUclips suggestion to watch Malcom's channel and I was hooked after watching him build a car. He talked about Models for Hero's in the video and it helped me make the connection to help with my PTSD. You guys have saved more people then you realize I believe. My wife, daughter and family are grateful for this hobby and what it has done for me.
Thanks for sharing your powerful story, I'm glad M4H were able to help in some way
As an ex serviceman & current police officer, this is my charity of choice. Well done for highlighting this very worthy charity.
I'm glad I could help do a little good :)
Great Video for a great charity. Bravo Zulu to all concerned
Thanks! It was a good experience!
A fantastic video and thank you for highlighting that this charity even exists. They definitely deserve to be highlighted i think.
Well said!
Great video Matt and a worthwhile charity.
I will be donating a large amount of kits from my "stash", I can only hope the serving and ex service personnel will have as much pleasure in the hobby as I do.
Thanks to all for their service to the country, and thanks to you Matt for bringing this charity to our attention.
Much appreciated!
Malcolm is really a lovely bloke. He helped me a lot when I was diagnosed with ptsd. After a few years, I became a volunteer with them so I now get to help out fellow service leavers with their model making journey while I enjoy the hobby.
Good to hear! :)
Great video and awesome work these people do! Thanks for sharing ✌Canada✌
Thanks for watching!
Not only is it a brilliant charity but he’s created the world’s greatest model shop!
It was certainly fun looking through the shelves
I've donated some of my duplicated kits to M4H in the past. It wasn't until I watched this informative video did I realise just how vast and successful M4H is.
Well done Malcolm and his team. Plus thanks to yourself for this video
Yes, they do have an awful lot of work to do - those kits don't stay on those shelves for long
Your a hero matt
Well, not as much as some people
Excellent video for a great charity many thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Great charity. Totally surprised what the people receive and how they get supplies not only to get them started but should enable them to keep building. Had just thought they got a small bundle of paints, tools and maybe a kit or two but getting that curated bundle must be a great help to people. Would really like to have a wander through their kits as there looked a few that were on my wish list!
Yeah, there were some great kits there, of course all for the benefit of the recipients of the charity
I don't think I've ever seen so many kits in 1 place! Good to see the charity has lots of supplies!
They go through them quick though
What a great idea for a charity. Good luck to them and well done to Malcolm for giving his time.
I certainly hope they continue to grow :)
Such an amazing video and so proud of you for highlighting such a great charity ❤
Thanks for being able to share some of your clips for use!
Love the t-shirt. Very good point. I buy kits a lot quicker than I build them, so I'm a collector as well as a modeller. Keep up the good work M4H.
Thanks very much! I tend to find I have a lot in the stash buy I try to build as many as I can
Great video. Thanks for the exposure of this great charity.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great organization and good on you for volunteering. We have some 'models for vets' groups here in Canada, but nothing as big and organized as this.
That is awesome!
Thanks for posting this. I am a M4H volunteer here in South Wales. It's an awesome charity.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing video and a very worthy charity 👏
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video and in a good way makes me want to support the charity so will seriously look more into that - thanks
Awesome, thank you!
I was struggling with my MH at the beginning of the year due to sustaining an injury whilst on duty and a spontaneous trip to a Airforce museum to help clear my head I thought I’d give building a starter set spitfire ago, I can say those days (yes I’m no pro at scale modelling) really helped me just relax and forget what had happened whilst at work. I have heard about this charity but have never reached out to them but I plan to very soon as scale modelling has truly helped me escape the difficulties and stressed of being a police officer.
I wish you the best of luck :)
great video, and a great job from MFH!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great organisation, thank you for highlighting what they can do
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video Matt. Brilliant idea, and thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it!
What a brilliant charity, dear Santa for Xmas could I please do supermarket sweep in one of those containers? (Obviously that’s in jest I wouldn’t want to take from heroes) ❤
Great stuff. Thanks for highlighting the work they do!
No problem!
Brilliant Matt! These guys are definitely going to get more support from me 👍🏼
Awesome, thank you!
Very awesome man, I also live in the UK and i will definitely be donating to these guys! Also i just wanted to ask if you could do another f15 as i loved your other one!
Thanks for the suggestion- maybe one day
👌😎☕️ good one Matt
Thanks!
A wonderful charity.
very true!
It certainly is
Really good video Matt. Nice one.
Thanks!
A great video of show casing M4H and what they do
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic charity. Actually helping veterans without having to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to executives and pay for star-studded galas. Just doing what a charity should do - help the people who need help.
They definitely put the beneficiaries at the heart of the organisation
@@Amanda-q8k8s well said
Awesome video. One question i didnt see asked is does the charity support people from other countries?
I think you would have to ask them directly, I am not aware if they support outside the UK
Bloody hell.....that is some stash M.F H. have
Well, it's not a stash as such, more considered stock. I was told that it rotates pretty quick with kits not spending too long on the shelves as they send them out
@ModelMinutes i can imagine it rotaes quite quickly on a regular (almost daily?) basis
It is a full time job managing the stock and processing the dispatches of kits. Of course, all unpaid work by the volunteers
@@ModelMinutes oh so true.....and fair play to them.....awesome charity. 👍👍👍👍
There is rumour of a basement level filled with tea and biscuits. Undoubtedly Hob Nobs. The modellers biscuit.
When i pop my clogs and leave this mortal coil can i be buried in that warehouse?🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol i'm not sure they would have space
@ModelMinutes as a ghost im sure they could fit me in.....somehow.lol.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A wonderful idea for a Charity. A pity you caught Malcolm on a day when he didn't have time to sit down and give you an interview. This left me with the impression that you just barged in one day and expected him to drop everything. I know this was not necessarily the case. I know that you did a grand job of giving the charity a mention. And I am sure Malcolm's charity needs as much exposure as possible. The Best of British to Models for Heroes, Malcolm ad his volunteers. My donations will continue for as long as you guys can find the resources to find them a new home.
Not sure where you got that impression, naturally I scheduled a time in advance to offer my time to do some volunteering so this was all arranged. Also, this was more about exploring what the charity did on the day-to-day and I didn't want to just add to the pool of interviews that already exist out there on YT
M4H are quite busy though and actually it's not a bad thing to show that they are somewhat understaffed for the amount of support they provide and the work that goes into it. If this video helps encourage a few new volunteers then that is a win.
I know they need help to organise those 64,000 pots of paint in that ISO
@@ModelMinutes I am sure that you scheduled a meeting. I do not question that. I stated as much in my comment. I do not doubt it. How did I gain the impression that you did not sit down with him for an interview? Because you did not sit down with him for an interview.
You filmed, produced and edited your video. Wasn't this the look you were going for? I am happy to withdraw my compliment if you prefer. Best Wishes.
Oh the sitting down part - there simply wasn't a suitable "sit down" space in their warehouse to utilise for that kind of interview, but I think it worked standing up
@@ModelMinutes Faerie Nuff. I was initially concerned with your first response, as though I had somehow offended you. When you were talking to Malcolm at his PC, it came across as though you were getting in his way, as though he just had no time for your interruptions. I genuinely thought this was your intent. A way of showing us that he is overwhelmed. Working overtime at weekends is an all too common cause of stress and mental illness. The very thing Malcolm is trying desperately to address. By the way; Malcolm was sitting down at this point. Just saying.
Yes, his desk was one of the very few sitting spaces in the warehouse, a lot of the work can be quite hands-on
How does someone who could benifit for HfH how would they contact you. Are there local places they can go to.
I'm not sure I understand the question?
If you are eligible for support from M4H you can be referred by a medical professional under the criteria outlined on their website: www.modelsforheroes.org.uk/get-support/
Anyone know a an american or canadian charity that's similar I could donate to?
There was "Models for Troops" some time ago, but I am not aware that they are still in operation
Absolutely outstanding cause , model making takes the mind off the evils and bad times of this world. I’m proud of you for your dedication and thoughtfulness, thank you so much my friend.🫡🏴🇬🇧🫡
Well said!