How to paint a tank in Urban Camouflage.

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Жыл бұрын

In this video, we take a look back at all the work we have done on this MK10 ex Berlin brigade Chieftain Tank.
Watch as we start to finish paint the vehicle and overhaul the engine and gearbox.
We managed to use 3 km of masking tape during this video.
This vehicle is one of the 14 Berlin brigade chieftains that was used in Germany.
There's still quite a lot more to do on this vehicle, so stay tuned for the next video update.
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@MrHewes Жыл бұрын

What’s everyone’s thoughts on the paint job?

@kizzyp2735 Жыл бұрын

Nice ...seen pics of these in urban Berlin ... You wouldn't think so but its very effective. I read that all you need to do is create a couple of seconds of doubt with the enemy tank commander wondering what he is looking at . Then that could be just enough time to allow you to get the first shot off and the kill. Sheer brilliance .

@aaron_r6611 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool

@Eisen_Jaeger Жыл бұрын

Does the barrel not get painted in that scheme or does the cover take care of that?

@tonywoodford9164 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to paint my car so I'm invisible in urban areas. 😮

@alanbeckett4 Жыл бұрын

Really good, what shows is Seb showing it at this year?

@heyabusa1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I feel cautiously optimistic that under Ted's wise guidance the turret will indeed be bought back to life.

@gusgone4527 Жыл бұрын

Just leave the turret. The more things break down and don't work, the more realistic the restoration job will be. Let's face it. British or not, Chieftain was a dog. By the second day of an exercise (or war) it was best used duggin, hull-down as a pillbox. Maybe the later Mks were a little better but still a three legged woof woof. A quote by a former 4th RTR commander always stuck in my memory. "We used to say that Chieftain was the best tank in the world as long as it broke down in a good fire position. There was a strong element of truth in that statement. Its armour protection was good, its 120mm rifled gun powerful and accurate, but its automotive systems let it down." I think he was being kind, because the crew and REME, who had to work with and then fix the bloody things. Were far less nostalgic. They didn't even take the piss and trust me, that is a bad sign.

@CombatantArms Жыл бұрын

T.E.D. is, after all, the Tank Engineering Dog.

@Jayneflakes Жыл бұрын

She looks fantastic and sounds even better. As a woman now in her fifties, people are often surprised that I love this tank, but my father was in the Tank regiment based in BAOR in the late 70s and early 80s, so I grew up around this roaring monster. To this day that engine scream is a sound I love. Thank you for sharing the video and for reminding me of happier times.

@mikewinston8709 Жыл бұрын

It’s fabulous isn’t it? Was he 4 RTR in Munster or 3 RTR in Paderborn? I also recall 2 RTR in Wolfenbuttell with CVR (T)……

@Jayneflakes Жыл бұрын

@@mikewinston8709 I grew up for a time in Paderborn, a place that I have very fond memories of. I went to school there too, so spent a lot of time seeing the sights when I could escape from my parents clutches. As such I explored as much of the Sennelager ranges as I could as a ten year old! On one occasion (in around 1984) I went into work with my Father and he took me for a short ride in an Alvis Stalwart, which was a magnificent machine. When my Father left the army and we returned to civilian life in the UK, it felt odd that kids stayed in the same place and had barely left the county, when I had seen so much of Europe and attended schools in different countries. 😁

@mikewinston8709 Жыл бұрын

@@Jayneflakes the engine sound of a Stalwart is also marvellous too.

@ashleygoggs5679 Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was part of the Royal Lancers, he has been in germany alot in Paderborn, Detmold etc. but he was also in Iran when they was going to buy Cheiftain off of us and we was going to update them to their needs just prior to the iranian crisis. He was also there when Cheiftain was starting to phase out his troops were amoung the chaps he first got the challenger 1 that they were the guys doing the test driving as she came into surface, luckily he retired just before the first gulfwar, but seeing how relaible challenger was i dont think i would have cared if he was there haha, some of the stories of how well protected those tanks were is crazy.

@HANKTHEDANKEST Жыл бұрын

Chicks who dig tanks will always be cool. Cheers to your dad.

@markg2039 Жыл бұрын

Having served in Berlin brigade back in the 80s looks like you`ve got it bang on guys, great job and a joy to watch, and even better to hear, nothing quite like the sound of a chieftain screaming at full tilt, brought a smile to this old tankies face for sure, 😁

@gregculverwell Жыл бұрын

Music fitted perfectly with the unusually frantic masking session! Love the result

@ScienceChap Жыл бұрын

This beast should go to Bovington for display. Great job.

@paulvernon4160 Жыл бұрын

It amazes me how these tanks can actually get up and go when you put your foot down, obviously not hot hatch speed, but for something that weights 50 ish tones they do get a shift on

@ChullsterOG Жыл бұрын

What a beast! She looks and sounds magnificent. 11:37 Watching 56 tons "dig in" every time you changed up is just amazing to see.

@garyphillips7993 Жыл бұрын

There’s nothing like the sound of a Chieftain 😊 I think you’ll get the turret to power up, getting it under control with unknown electronics 😮 Just make sure you have clearance all the way round. We had a few that took off on their own on the first power on - luckily those turrets were on the test stands before mating back onto the hull. As you’re doing the testing on the hull, make sure the micro switches that detect the turret position in relation to the hull are working - I’m sure you know - but they force the gun up and across the rear deck. Good luck, exciting time ahead me thinks 😉

@johnnunn8688 Жыл бұрын

Seen some pics of these tanks in an urban setting. That camouflage is AMAZING!

@nickward1366 Жыл бұрын

I remember sitting on the inner German border hearing chieftain’s in the woods about a mile away and thinking wow

@wilsonlaidlaw Жыл бұрын

The Berlin camouflage is very effective. The tank equivalent of "Dazzle" painting on ships.

@7123 Жыл бұрын

That paint job is stunning. I would never have guessed it would look so good when it was first commented on.

@1chish Жыл бұрын

Well done Lads and Lasses! That is a mega paint job and the old girl deserved looking her best. Die Berliner Brigade lebt weiter ..... 👏👏 While the sound of a Meteor in a Centurion is of course classic that howl of the L60 is just sheer music. Got to be THE 'tank' soundtrack. The engine and gearbox looked the dogs wotsits as well. 👍👍

@terryroberts4589 Жыл бұрын

It brings back good memories I was based in Berlin from June 1989 until July 1993 Berlin is the best 😎

@geoff2868 Жыл бұрын

Unwrapping the best prezzy ever!!!!!!

@Herbybandit Жыл бұрын

Brilliant paint job 👍👍👍👍👍👍it'll like the nuts with the gun cover and baskets on. I've got confidence in you, you'll get the turret working.

@jjt1093 Жыл бұрын

1 engine sound I can never get tired of the chieftan :) I look at my little 200tdi land rover and think yep same factory made the chieftan engine :) wouldnt fit though LOL

@Ballentyne817 Жыл бұрын

Royal blood 'figure it out' nice choice lads🎵

@tikkathreebarrels Жыл бұрын

What a glorious sound that engine makes!!

@bastarddoggy Жыл бұрын

The Partridge family in a dystopian timeline.

@johngreen-sk4yk Жыл бұрын

Excellent job , its a difficult scheme to get right even in 1/35, 1/1 scale is the stuff nightmares ! Bravo 👏 👏 👏

@michaelwhite1723 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing job, she sounds beautiful. Think you need to do a video on the crew, obviously we know jack, seb and the boss Ted!!

@matthewheutel3405 Жыл бұрын

What a babe! Blummin adore the ol paint job ye blokes put on. Absolute nuts this beast plays on!

@ThatStukaGuy Жыл бұрын

looks so much better then the old boring green and dark green good work lads

@user-qt4dr3vv2o 11 ай бұрын

Bravo you have all done a excellent job and keep up the banter it's brilliant 👏👏

@peterpellatt4046 Жыл бұрын

She looks a picture 😍 and sounds splendid too.

@juliandale50 Жыл бұрын

You boys do good work and EVERYONE needs 2 Fodens 😅😅😅

@BrokeWrench Жыл бұрын

I appreciated the PronHub knit cap. Obviously a man of culture. 😂

@johnneal604 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic job, looks the nuts.

@colinblick4903 Жыл бұрын

Great colour scheme…….it’s suits the vehicle . 👍🏼…..

@Thor_Asgard_ Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful maschine. Also love the "i identifiy as" mocking.

@petespanel Жыл бұрын

Wicked paint job.

@dotonenote697 Жыл бұрын

Sebs chieftain looking pretty!

@dynadya770 Жыл бұрын

An excellent job there guys, all of your efforts have paid off handsomely. Just the sound of that engine made the hairs on the back of neck stand tall. It took me back to the autumn exercises whilst I was serving in BAOR. As a sapper we would often be tasked to throw a bridge across a gap at night, the soundtrack would often be the throaty roar of the Chieftans as they manoeuvred in the distance. With the bridge open, one by one these monsters would emerge from the darkness, cross the bridge and disappear once again into the night, the roar of the engine becoming fainter as they tracked further away. Oooooooooh matron.

@robinhadley Жыл бұрын

Ted's done a great job on this tank 👏🏻 Yeah and I suppose everyone else that helped 😂

@milandjukic3589 Жыл бұрын

Wow that engine is running sweet ,,,)))👊🇬🇧

@johnferris37 Жыл бұрын

Looks bloody great 😊 well done guy’s loving the videos give Matt a kick up the rear with is slackness in videos.

@led5762 Жыл бұрын

great camo job guys,looks like the dazzle camo they used on british ww1 royal navy ships not to hide but to make rangefinding hard,keep up the great work.

@SimDeck Жыл бұрын

Whoever chose the music has class! another brilliant video. I know f all about anything you guys do but I know I love it. Please keep them coming they are brilliant.

@kippamip Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the thermal sleeves to arrive for the gun to complete the look once they have been painted the right colours. I seem to remember when I did a little work for Nick Mead he had a Berlin chieftain which no doubt he's either wrecked or sold on, it used to make me angry seeing all that armour out to pasture to rust and gather mould in his fields not a single tank sheet in sight, not even a basic one over the engine deck's to stop the water getting in. Looking forward to seeing what's gonna happen with the warrior 😉.

@mickboakes7023 6 ай бұрын

All that hard work now it’s covered in dust. Looks great.

@jasonjavelin Жыл бұрын

Aw man that turned out great!

@billwhiz1 Жыл бұрын

Paint job looks amazing top job and she sounds Epic

@zebharris3806 Жыл бұрын

Imagine just going about your daily business driving about and you look into a farmyard you pass only to these guys driving around on the merry in an actual camoflauged tank. I'd do at least a triple take.

@nicholasviney5975 Жыл бұрын

Good job you drove it Seb would have gone through the barn

@keitht3055 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant mate, I could hardly see it as you drove around the farm! Seriously, it looks great! Well done too all the lads and, girlies 👍.

@davidcole5842 Жыл бұрын

great work guys !!!!

@simonhorth5030 Жыл бұрын

Another fantastic video

@Anolbea Жыл бұрын

Looks fucking amazing boys. Great job.

@buzzingbusby Жыл бұрын

Looking Brilliant.

@dannyv2335 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely I think you’ll get the turret working

@geraldingram9351 Жыл бұрын

I love the new camo paint job,excellent. Gerald Ingram, New Zealand.

@benskinner4624 Жыл бұрын

Looks mint. Cracking job lads!

@Gibbo919 Жыл бұрын

This looks absolutely mint, can't wait to see how you guys figure out the turret! Also looking forwards to more Ted because he's the main man.

@garybrewitt8006 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video always funny guys. Keep up the good work. Thanks. 😊

@peterstubbs5934 Жыл бұрын

You should have just stated that it served in Berlin in 77/78 cos then the camo was just basic black and green. I was 2 Para serving in Brooke Barracks just across the road from Smuts Barracks where the Chieftains were based. ;) I loved the Chieftains, when it was the Queens Birthday Parade, all Berlin armour used to take part. The American M60A1`s were just a fkng BARN next to the Chiftain and the French AMX 13`s were dinky toys. Chieftains ruled.

@kreemkrackered3755 Жыл бұрын

Looks bloody marvellous - well done chaps

@iwayini Жыл бұрын

Good job!

@johnd7288 Жыл бұрын

Jack's done fantastic job looks really good

@davidrussell8689 Жыл бұрын

Sounds and looks awesome . Hard to believe such a monster is out of date .

@GOLTURBO555 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful sound! More test drives with the Chief! Chieftain! Cheers mate!

@James-is2dr Жыл бұрын

You guys have done great so far, a lot of work. Retired now but was Canadian Army (Armour) stationed at Lahr W. Germany early ‘80s serving on Leopard C1. My regiment would go north to Bergen-Hohne twice a year for gun camps. Only time we ever seen Chieftains. Two things this brings back memories of was that unique engine growl and all the exhaust smoke. Good luck future endeavours.

@eddohan 6 ай бұрын

Never a bored day in Ted's life!

@kensherwood4866 Жыл бұрын

Magnificent, not seen anything like it. Sounds fantastic, you certainly know what you are doing. Great video, thanks

@Ratty98 Жыл бұрын

That looks ace, what a tank. Great work.

@nigelsears7191 Жыл бұрын

now that does look the part great job jack ! and doesn't that sound aw sum when its revving its heart out , great job all round guys hope you get the turret to rotate by electric

@jonathanglynn6777 Жыл бұрын

She is looking really great can’t wait to see it all finished

@ianb6595 Жыл бұрын

Definitely a brilliant job in total, I reckon you will get the turret to work, and at the end bag some Stella and sit in front of chieftain and smile on what you have achieved

@ThePhoenix198 7 ай бұрын

Stella? Stella??? If you were in the Berlin Infantry Brigade it was always Berliner Kindl, Berliner Weiss or Pilsener Urquell depending on the season and whether you'd had a trip to the East recently.

@julias-shed Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly effective camouflage 😀

@dirtywetdogboatsandsailing6805 Жыл бұрын

Boy you've got a purrdy tank !

@johncrook7705 Жыл бұрын

Different paint job but in the right place it might fit. Perhaps Norway. A day trip out to find out one day. Lot of hard work as you and we have watched since it first arrived. Think you will get the turret to work but we all agree Ted will do the technical bits

@syncrosimon Жыл бұрын

Love the paint job👍👍 you’ll get the turret working no bother!

@Eisen_Jaeger Жыл бұрын

Ted's just thinking.. 'So as they pull that tape off I'm climbing up there.'

@philglover2973 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing you guys have done a wonderful job 👍😊🇬🇧

@blxtothis Жыл бұрын

We want more Ted! Don’t know what to think about the paint job, when the masking paper came off I couldn’t see a tank at all, just a ruddy great gun barrel!

@stuartdenty3163 Жыл бұрын

It looks the bollocks Joe! Seems Ted approves 👌

@tortureddesert3453 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what i needed a how to for my 1500 abrams tanks sitting in my garage ty

@paulwalker427 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic work

@stuartlew1229 Жыл бұрын

impressive ... very impressive vid keep them coming

@GKhagah Жыл бұрын

theres this pretty cool new tech, instead of sandblasting it's basically crushed dried ice blasting, it gives the same abrasive effect but disolves into the air

@samrodian919 Жыл бұрын

I bet it's not cheap though! New stuff never is lol

@robinlander1158 Жыл бұрын

wow very impressed .

@SuperTonywilliams Жыл бұрын

Terrific job so far, as a barrack rat of the 70's.....such a nostalgic sound, fabulous

@steveneastland4128 Жыл бұрын

Always leave a little ‘tab’ in the tape when masking up and if possible get it off before the paint dries

@adamelliott2302 Жыл бұрын

2 stroke diesels..... such a unique sound! Bang up job!

@montywright5297 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, love the camouflage pattern!

@Andy-qo6rq Жыл бұрын

Brought back memories when I say sockets being found once gear box was out. When I was in the Army in a transport regiment as a punishment you had to steam clean the engine bay once engine taken out of the six wheeled stolly I absolutely loved it. engine bay as it was a amphibious vehicle it was watertight and alway ankle deep in oil and water. Anyone who got the job they would come to me they would pay me to do it as they knew I loved it. You see when REME would service the vehicle any spanner sockets and tools they dropped in the gunk stayed there. I made a fortune selling all the stuff i found. My dad was a owner driver and had a lorry and always had a buyer for the tools normally dads mates who had lorries and his fitter. 😂😂

@Ady11000 Жыл бұрын

When you work hard you get results like this . Well done guys it looks and sounds as it should .

@josephwarra5043 8 ай бұрын

The paint job looks great! It sure brings back memories for those who served over there, keep up the good work!

@raytheron Жыл бұрын

Spectacular work on the camo scheme! One thing, that tank doesn't actually need camo, it runs in its own smokescreen all the time! 🙂 Seriously, though, it's a fab job and kudos to all involved, including Ted! You'll have that turret spinning like a top soon (well, you know what I mean!).

@ThatEngineerDad Жыл бұрын

For me you guys have done a great job on this tank for what you have done and I love seeing each video as I had aspirations of joining the R.E.M.E corps but never did due to few reasons but thanks for providing content that partly scratches that itch of tinkering with war machines.

@wideyxyz2271 Жыл бұрын

Nice job. Well done team. Great work Ted!

@sixone7478 7 ай бұрын

Mr Hewes, as someone who was born & raised in Spandau/ West-Berlin/ British Sector in the early 70s it was a familiar sight to see Chieftains on public roads. I really feel honored that you guys bring back these memories. BTW I think you nailed it with the Berlin Brigade paintjob but it still needs the union jack on the front fender plus the red circle.

@stephenrobbins9901 Жыл бұрын

Paint looks great,excellent work 😊

@the_lost_navigator Жыл бұрын

And some neighbours have 'crazy cat ladies'... Nice piece of kit - could use it to fight the trash-pandas that come up from Toronto... only improvement to the Chief would've been being pulled by a Foden, eh... ;) Kudos from Canada

@MrPhilbrooke Жыл бұрын

Excellent paint job guys ! 👍

@rangeroverl322 Жыл бұрын

Looking and sounding fantastic Joe. Well impressive. Another top job. Well done all. Good luck with the turret 👍👍

@blairguinea6811 Жыл бұрын

Paint job is awesome Sir, thankyou

@HANKTHEDANKEST Жыл бұрын

FELLAS! Well done is an understatement, this thing looks like it's ready to wreck Ivan! The old Polaroids do not do this scheme justice, I tell you what. Great work.