I was in Iraq in 2004 and in between Camp Taji and LSA Anaconda there was a tank turret that was stuck in the ground barrel first... It looked like a large metal flower growing out of the ground... I tried numerous times to get a decent photo of it but it was tough to do while driving but this video reminded me of that... Outstanding job Andy, it looks amazing!!!

Beautiful work!🤩I think we would all like to see a diorama of a Russian T-72/80 with its turret blown off!

Hahah it was great to meet you Andy and thanks for letting me be in the intro !

Had a "blast" doing it. 😂

Holy S***! That explosion looks so real.

I really enjoyed this video. Model building, special effects, scenery, weathering.... What more is there?

Love it, so creative, and the fact that Andy loves to be enthusiastic about his business of models. Thank you Andy !!

Couldn't have found this at a better time. Making a diorama for a friend's tank

I think the T 55 was an excellent choice for this diorama, because everybody knows Russian tank turrets get more airtime then their Air Force!…… sorry I couldn’t resist! Lol all kidding aside. I am so inspired right now. I think that looks incredible.

WOW! That looks fantastic! Totally got the effect 100%. Mind BLOWING!

Fantástic! Simple, original, fantástic, ingenius... And did i mentioned fantástic??

Thankyou!!! from Philippines!!!❤️

Another great build Andy. Just a thought for the battery and wire. If you hollowed out a channel in the foam before gluing you could have the wires and a battery compartment all part of the build. Use a piece of plastic sheet to make a switch panel and fit to area in side of base battery is and give easy access and compact design.

Excellent build Andy, thankyou for sharing.

Great idea & beautiful diorama. Fantastic effect & professional look.

What a fantastic build and what a easy way to create a realalist explosion I am going to be having a go at this fantastic video Andy fantastic Steve 🇬🇧

My favorite thing in your videos is the music ;)

Andy, what an amazing build and effect! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm nowhere as skilled a modeler as to be remotely able to build something this impressive, but as an ex tanker I have a few minor suggestions... The fireball would also have exited through the open hatches first before blowing the turret off... some fireball coming out of the hatches would be rad. The explosion will travel as much sideways as it will upwards. Explosions are like water, they seek the path of least resistance. As soon as the turret ring separates from the hull the explosion will expand out sideways too. Wherever the tank armour was penetrated will show flame shooting back out too in a K kill like that. You can especially see it in that famous video of the Panther vs Pershing in Cologne. I don't bring it up as a criticism to an amazing work, just as some perspective from an end user. One day I'd like to have the modeling chops to pull something like this off.

Really a great video, just ordered this kit myself last week and now can't wait to build it myself

I am SO gonna try this... Thanks for the inspiration Andy.

It looks great. A nice way to display a tank. Great video.

Great video Andy, as always! Looking forward to see many more experiments....👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

Looks good! 👍👍Glad I found this video! T3 landscape bulb. Exactly what I was looking for.

Absolutely amazing, great work Andy!

Not too bad for a mediocre modeler Andy! :) Jokes aside, you are a great model maker and an inspiration for the young modeler generation (at 33 I consider myself a young modeler). I'm a retired semi pro football player and building plastic models and airbrushing them gives me so much peace and joy. I mainly listen to metal while modeling. It's a great hobby and I'm a year into it now.

Saw this in insta yesterday. It’s awesome

That's genius, never seen anything like that before. I need to have a go, thanks

Brilliant job Andy

VERY cool! Convincing explosion you've achieved, Andy.

Great idea! This looks very interesting. You should change one thing - tank is "flying" above earth.

Amazing job!

Hi and I'm Ben from the UK! Quickly shoves Ben in to the cupboard where he cane from. 😆

Super job Andy....

That looks awesome ,great work Andy.

great job Andy looking very nice

I honestly never would have thought you used cotton just looking at the thumbnail. It looks amazing man good job! 👍🏽

Thanks for the details of this build Andy, it's so realistic looking.... I have just finished the same scale and type tank now I want to duplicate your build! Awesome 👍😎

Thanks for these videos Andy. You and making models again got me back into modelling. I mainly build aircraft but your methods and tips are always explained in a way even my Cornish brain can take in.Thanks again for all of your excellent content.

Nice work, I thought it was an actual picture of a T-55 for a second! It might be cool to see a destroyed tank like this, but after a few years and with the turret a ways away looking charred and rusted. Maybe a T-72 or something?

This is awesome I wish I could see this in person

Excellent stuff as usual sir.I always look forward to seeing your latest video and this one is great. Thanks Andy. 👍

Great job on the model

Wow that is a realistic looking explosion, thanks for showing now all I gotta do is replicate it on a T-34!

love this, thank you for sharing

Great looking dio!! Keep'em coming.

Nice build !! Ideas for next time: lift the "impact" side a little to show the rocking of the hit. The turret is canted, bring the fire up higher in the unobstructed side. Do the fire a little darker on the low side of the explosion. A yellow drybrush on top to show the light of the explosion. Just some thoughts.

Yet another great video - thanks a lot for the inspiration👍

A NO DOUBT "KILL SHOT",,, WOWSERZZ Andy, God Bless All

Awesome build !!!

Great job very impressive!

Great job! The explosion looks great. I really wish I could touch cotton wool without quivering haha! I think I may try it with expanding foam.

Looks absolutely fantastic mate!!!

Awesome build.....

Just WOW! Great job 😊 Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

Great video. Really helpful. Thanks Andy.

You are good at this I have to start doing this again, haven't done this in years ,got all my stuff to do it but got side tracked

Amazing job Andy really injoy your work

Wow. Just Wow. You've done some impressive builds before Andy, but this is Legit.

An amazing piece of artwork. Thanx for sharing. 👍👍

Love this one Andy, i make one , thanks

Thanks for your latest video Andy! Looks super!!

Great project Andy, looks good! 👍

Awesome build as always Andy!

Another effin' awesome build Andy! 👍

Andy,you are an artist !!!

This is a good illustration as to why one should not fart in an enclosed space. (Looks great.)

Looks so cool, I'm thinking of doing something like that too but in a huge diorama with 3 other vehicles.

Great video

Have you thought about building a 1/35 Bronco CV33 (L3/33) Tankette with a dio? Possibly use the explosion technique for a muzzle flash effect.

Nice job 😊

Hi Andy you have a new subscriber group the UK. A brilliant upload and really inspired me to try this out. Take care and kind regards

Very nice andy

Too bad I can only like this once

That's actually quite an awesome effect Andy, gives one ideas for a World of Tanks dio, you could also use some of that stiff wire to attach to tools/cans etc being blown off, just have the attach-point at the edge of the cotton ...?

Very cool effect

It needs a plexiglass cover to protect it and keep dust from accumulating.

Hi Andy, I did not know, that a Master could out do himself, and you certainly have with your latest effort, what will be your next build? Well done mate.

Awesome, Andy you are the best.

This would look good on a gundam! Wild!

Lovely work Andy will do one of these sooner or later

Good job

Great distraction build Andy 👍

Very cool.

Try a wire brush for the scoring, will work alot better then the knife and you will get a better bond

Oh, Andy! I am soooooo stealing this idea!! Great work! I'd be curious to see how long the battery will last. If I were to build something like this for a contest I wouldn't want the battery dying before judging happened. Sounds like a research project, Andy! :)

AFAIK this kind of explosion occurs only when all turret hatches are locked. Otherwise the turret would stay in place and flame would just blast out of the hatches. Great work on vehicle and explosion though, it looks very realistic.

Nice build Andy, looks pretty cool!...Bill

He had a “blast” doing it! 😂

Entry shot could have been a fluke mortar round going through the open hatch and cooking off the tanks own shells. Great model by the way, very well done, I'm jealous.

Andy, very prescient seeing what's happennjng in Ukraine! Excellent..

Nicely done!

Nice job, first time or not with the explosion. Just have to laugh at the critics. Don't see any links to their builds or dioramas.

This is really cool. I love it ♥️

I really like your content, keep it up!😀

Nice !! Very innovative!!

very cool.

Awesome job!

Great diorama, something a little bit nice to see would have been a hole in the armour for the tank round that penetrated. Even better would be if it was in a place that the ammo rack would have exploded causing the turret to fly off

Aahhhhhhhhhh the blue Danube..........again !!!!

the entry hole on a APFSDS Round is around an inch in size, so you would find it hard to see. Seeing these tanks blowing up in front of me in Iraq, the main danger was the ball bearings and cog teeth flying outwards, from the turret mounting ring and chase. People say its a gory subject to model. Trust me the guys inside were taken out in a milisecond and it is too fast for the brain to register. Some times you had cook off from the main gun and the periscope casings and the drivers hatch. One thing people forget to do on the model is push it downwards as the torsion bars are bent downwards with the force of the explosion.