Rust Bucket - Tank Restoration Diorama

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Rust Bucket - Tank Restoration Diorama

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Күн бұрын

My friends, this is the most unexpected, least planned, and almost the biggest diorama I've ever done so far. Considering how it was made in very limited conditions and under a tight time schedule, I'm quite surprised it didn't turn into a total disaster!
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@ladzhandle Жыл бұрын

What I like about your modeling is that you constantly modify and improve your techniques. I think you should dabble with aviation modeling and see what techniques you can learn from it that would apply to your armour models. I recommend starting with Mig-15 kit.

@MultiWalrus1 Жыл бұрын

There'll be snowball fights in hell long before this dude builds a MIG-15.

@granola661 Жыл бұрын

Fuck aviation models (except ww1)

@pbyfr Жыл бұрын

@@MultiWalrus1 Maybe one time an Antonov A-40, but I don't see him make a normal airplane.

@Didntaskbud Жыл бұрын

no aircraft are stupid

@Tuck-Shop Жыл бұрын

An abandoned one in a hanger or on an overgrown runway XD

@Modkits131 Жыл бұрын

Those concrete textures… so juicy and such beautiful eye candy. I absolutely love the rusty abandoned tank in an old gritty environment. Can’t wait to see what’s new for the next diorama muh friend.

@guyk2260 Жыл бұрын

Yup; absolutely stunning techniques !

@maxguest4940 Жыл бұрын

I knew you'd watch this lol as your making a rusty diorama too

@rafaelvoncina6036 Жыл бұрын

You single-handedly kicked the price of cork up just now. Admirable!

@Batflapers Жыл бұрын

You're an artist mate, you basically single-handedly got me back into scale modelling!

@sebalep Жыл бұрын

same here :)

@oleksi9336 Жыл бұрын

@@sebalep I’m so intrigued, I’ll be hitting the lobby shop and forums in the morning.

@red-se2bx Жыл бұрын

Welder here! If you want to do industrial technology such as breaks, metal shapers, etc, make sure to keep some black (very think and light) on it, because when in shops and outside, the metal shavings/rust/grime stays on there, and clumps up. In our shop, the welders have so much clumped up metal, it stays on there. keep up the good work!!

@jachud3 Жыл бұрын

I mean, how can you be THIS GOOD. And I'm sitting here struggling to spray monotone camo to not look like a piece of cardboard, smh. Thank you for another mesmerising video.

@zer0bre Жыл бұрын

Years of practice.

@loupiscanis9449 Жыл бұрын

Thank you , Uncle Martin . 🐺

@SmallSoldier Жыл бұрын

Great stuff as usual! IKEA... Swedish for straight jacket and a padded room!😉

@AI.art.Tiz001 Жыл бұрын

I can't hide my astonishment at all the wonderful content and the skills of the tanks and the delicate work. I respect all

@bruhnegus Жыл бұрын

The details on the concrete and the accessories all over the diorama, these small things make this diorama a work of art in my opinion, but of course the tank, the building and the figures are amazing as well :)

@matthewcragg3607 Жыл бұрын

4:00 I live within a relatively short drive's distance from Michigan Toy Soldier. I've been there many times. It's a great hobby shop and I've always liked dealing with the people working there.

@michaelkneringer3194 Жыл бұрын

The short work you displayed , just on the paint on that model, should rank you up in the top teirs of model building. Hope you have serious prospects in front of you.

@braucsdaddy Жыл бұрын

Been looking forward to this video all week and then some!

@THEPURPLEHAZE1000 Жыл бұрын

Uncle you’ve out down yourself with this one. Absolutely stunning. Those concrete slabs are so well done, it’s unbelievable to me how accurate you managed to make it look. Still my favorite part is the warehouse. I’m still blown away by that. Especially the roofing sheets. We use the same galvanized steel sheets for roofing and fencing here in Barbados and the weathering you have done is spot on. Well worth the wait on this diorama

@stephenbridges2791 Жыл бұрын

Very realistic concrete. I like that you used household paint. I usually use craft store paints when it is not going directly on a model. There are some surprisingly durable paints that are available. Cheap, too.

@tomtruesdale6901 Жыл бұрын

Very very well done. Great subject matter. Remodeling a house is a total pain in the butt

@zeljkospoljar8237 11 ай бұрын

BLOODY MASTERPIECE MR. KOVAČ!!!

@veikkakarvonen831 Жыл бұрын

2:50 woah, who would have thought cracks would make so realistic cracks?

@bluebooooo7165 Жыл бұрын

Hey Uncle! You should build Tamiyas new P-38J, just as a little experiment with applying armor weathering techniques to an aircraff

@bluebooooo7165 Жыл бұрын

@vaco6908 Жыл бұрын

Najlepszy modelarz na YT

@MrHrannsi Жыл бұрын

Restoration garage, great idea if you have more than one tank of different types and from different eras in the same diorama

@cosmicmousse Жыл бұрын

If you ever come to the UK I highly recommend visiting Bovington Tank Museum. There's a lot of tanks in good condition and also a few in bad condition. I think you'd like it.

@jeffmurphree2937 Жыл бұрын

One of your best videos… ever!

@sebalep Жыл бұрын

Going back to older videos it's amazing to see how your skills with figures evolved

@simonacuthbert1 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back, Martin and thanks for sharing

@theredfishchronicles7929 Жыл бұрын

Never thought of using cork! You are AMAZING DUDE!!!!

@crusaderworkshop Жыл бұрын

Great job as always

@skyraider87 Жыл бұрын

Here's some advice for weld beads: I've noticed that a lot of the time with your models, the weld beads are perfectly continuous even around corners. Yes I know you want weld around corners, in fact I am a welder myself. But depending on the type of welding they used, which was most likely stick, they wouldn't have rounded a corner like that. So, maybe try separating the bead at the corner?

@michaela3274 Жыл бұрын

Looks great, Uncle Night Shift 😃

@DiegoVallejoDev Жыл бұрын

I would love to see uncle nightshift do a warhammer 40k tank

@Initialgs Жыл бұрын

Pure awesomeness! Maybe a we led light in the tall lamp would have been cool?

@vinnywelsh Жыл бұрын

Amazing work mate! The concrete is spot on and the whole diorama is incredible. I really enjoy the small detail of the track being lifted up by the wood beam that it ended up resting on.

@M_orcan Жыл бұрын

Brilliant work as always. I would say though that the skin really lacks some of the more pinkish tones that that real skin has; the moment where you show the figures held with your hand makes that clear. As it stands the figures have something of statue/dead body drained of blood feeling

@tonkpb Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It feels so mean and pedantic to criticise but they look like they have serious liver problems!

@StewArt61 Жыл бұрын

Amazing craftsmanship

@thestoicsteve Жыл бұрын

another wow diorama. Great stuff.

@Pan_Yankess Жыл бұрын

holy smokes those concrete slabs look cool.

@dainiusltu5945 Жыл бұрын

More this type of dioramas. Unreal good looking. Maybe someday ant ukraine diorama? Or more urban style? You are the MAN!!

@filmmaker_cj Жыл бұрын

Great job, man! Thank you for inspiring me to start doing dioramas myself!

@norbertreznicsek1952 Жыл бұрын

That's the thing I figured to display mixed type of tanks in one diorama. Like old and new tanks parked next to each other. A tank museum or a restoration garage. Great content as always!

@davefave4351 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding as always, muh friend!

@secretanorak592 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic as Always !!

@huguberhart Жыл бұрын

This is most beautiful.

@harlech2 Жыл бұрын

"MA FRENS!!!" The return of Uncle Night Shift! My week just ended on an upbeat!!!

@thatotherguy7596 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable video. You are a master. Thanks Uncle Night Shift.

@tym3lapse Жыл бұрын

Sir Night Shift is back with another video and I enjoy it. (To the viewers, I recommend at least liking or subscribing to this lad.)

@ariochiv Жыл бұрын

That cork concrete effect is AMAZING.

@blainefrenette3520 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Your work is incredible. You have given me ideas I want to try.

@Lightman0359 Жыл бұрын

This inspired me to put a concrete slab or brick walkway in the diorama I'm doing as a commission. The client bought some HO/ 1:87 scale nudists from a NOHC and Preiser and wants a nude beach scene. I have some warlord 13mm/1:144 scale epic Chateaus that translate pretty nicely into HO scale beach houses and a 1:72 scale WW2 Russian NCO that could make a fitting generic European/Mediterranean police officer of some sort. The Beach houses are the backdrop on the 1'x1' slab of 2" foam, covering the entire backdrop. around 1/3 of the foreground will be water emanating from the front left corner. The middle 1/3-1/4 will be sand including a volleyball net [will use tight nit fishnet stockings for the net I think] and possibly a brick retaining/privacy wall with a walkway of this style concrete.

@MikelangeloPhoto Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. truly.

@legatetheanime9827 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Uncle Night Shift. Many of your techniques have brought up my miniature skills way more than I thought I would ever be able to do.

@meridacavediver Жыл бұрын

Wow, this is just incredible

@formulanon7543 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! So creative. I'm 34 and just started my first model (Churchill Tank). I have no idea what I'm doing but I'm enjoying learning along the way. Really apperciate these videos for being both highly informative and entertaining.

@scott_aero3915 Жыл бұрын

I think I'd call this diorama "...there is no way this piston and conrod came out of THAT!" Great work as ever!

@mackjsm7105 Жыл бұрын

"Huuuh Fiends!!" every time I hear that... I say.. this is gonna be a good day. TY sir!

@stingray4567 Жыл бұрын

Chefs kiss

@scagmo_au Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning Uncle! Bloody good job 👍

@Matt-py5ko Жыл бұрын

This is incredible

@cliffherring7006 Жыл бұрын

This is just fucking brilliant. Good luck on the remodel Martin.

@utahjohnnymontana3373 Жыл бұрын

That concrete! Outstanding.

@daspanzer135 Жыл бұрын

This looks amazing as always!!!

@simonwkey Жыл бұрын

Come over to the UK, happy to show you around!

@goforitpainting Жыл бұрын

100% professional!

@cristianopersi7953 Жыл бұрын

Insane man. Thank you.

@graemebrumfitt6668 Жыл бұрын

Bloody Awesome Night Dude..... TFS, GB :)

@BigLisaFan Жыл бұрын

In a word, wow! If I ever meet up with a genie, one of my wishes would be to have your modelling skills. Your worst probably demolishes my very best.

@BadBabcia Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see some kind of metro-2033 styled diorama set in heavy winter made by you.

@dickieadcock Жыл бұрын

Talent, pure raw talent. A Master at work here.

@matthewdickson7838 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful work credit due to you 👍👍🇬🇧

@hardcoremedic Жыл бұрын

thanks Nightshift, you solved a problem for me, concrete slabs with cracks 👍👍👍

@dakel20 Жыл бұрын

Eyyyy! You're repping my local hobby shop, awesome! :D

@riaanyao209 Жыл бұрын

Longest two weeks I’ve ever had Well worth the wait

@seansfigures2619 Жыл бұрын

Imagine my surprise when one of my favorite model makers calls out my favorite local hobby store Michigan toy soldier company here in Michigan.

@DrBanzai Жыл бұрын

I live 10 minutes from Michigan Toy Soldier. I tell people if you need a paint or model tool/material and they don’t have it, it’s not worth having! Great store!

@andybtec Жыл бұрын

Nice job. Just one small thing, we don't use concrete pole's like the lamp post you have used in the UK

@hobbyrobby Жыл бұрын

I love your work Uncle Night Shift, you’re an inspiration. An appreciation video is the least I could do! 😘

@dustinjohnson5446 Жыл бұрын

Love your content Robby!! You both are huge inspirations

@hobbyrobby Жыл бұрын

@@dustinjohnson5446 Thanks!

@grungy_lad Жыл бұрын

You should make a panther or a stuG next! As always good job!!

@Elizabeth-0 Жыл бұрын

Nice and crispy.

@lookingoverstrangeterrain0372 Жыл бұрын

I thinking adding some subterranean details would make it extra cool. Some like sewage pipe works or rock layers.

@kiowafourty964 Жыл бұрын

Hi Nightshift, I’ve been watching your videos for a long time now and was wondering if you would ever be interested in painting an RC Tank similar to how you paint your models? Rather than it being a display, you could drive it around and take it to events with other tanks. I just finished my Tiger I by Heng Long and made it look much nicer than before. Your videos helped me get the job done, so thank you! Just an idea. Keep up the good work👍

@spork861 Жыл бұрын

The skin color in my opinion was a bit too yellow/grey desaturated looking, but honestly it fits the diorama and almost looks like a stylized approach. Almost like they have an old photo filter over them.

@egormerkushev Жыл бұрын

Incredible!

@lkchild Жыл бұрын

It’s great! If you want to add to it - add a couple of big blocks of wood between the wheels, nobody wants 60 tons running away when you’re working in it. Also tanks attract a lot of dust underneath and on the lower tracks when they sit for a while outside, and it tends to fall down when you’re working on them and get blown under the wheels, and into the crevices on the lower tracks. Spanners, hammers, oil cans, tools etc. tend to get put on every surface that will take them, particularly the mudguards and in gaps/valleys where they won’t get knocked as easily, as climbing up and down from the tank is a pain in the bum, but if you drop something into the depths you may not see it again for months/years. You’ll have boxes to hold any nuts and bolts you take off and try to organise / not lose the small things. We’d add steps or tie on a couple of ladders with rope to get up and down (metal on metal isn’t a good friction surface, so ladders slip). The one thing that you got wrong is the towing eyes, which are bloomin heavy and hang down, not up. That’s not a biggie though. I really like it.

@lkchild Жыл бұрын

You could do a lot by doing the same dirt in the cracks job over the tank as you did on the concrete.

@fonesrphunny7242 Жыл бұрын

Speaking of concrete slabs: Soviet PAG-14 airfield plates! I've been thinking of a 3D printed mold for air drying clay, and a jig that lets me cut the diamond pattern easily. If you want to play with heavy damage, the rods inside the concrete are woven, which would be a pretty awesome detail. All the necessary drawings are easily available online, since the slabs are still sold today. Such a 'background' could contrast extremely well with a more colorful aircraft. One of my favorites has always been the Ukrainian Su-27 "splinter" camo. Such a beautiful pattern, and blue is just an awesome color. Alternatively, some abandoned Mil helicopter, similar to the VW Beetle. Sticking to the Stalker vibe, maybe an Mi-24RKhR. I've found the Zvezda kit to be a good basis, but I'm still working on that. Just some more food for thought ;)

@rosesteinbusch3996 Жыл бұрын

this is really cool, I dig it!

@rixithyellas0621 Жыл бұрын

10/10 that was awesome

@clazy8 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@TJ-rp5nd Жыл бұрын

Really awesome and an inpiration for me. Thanks a lot.

@stateofrandomness73835 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man, but I figured I’d let you know that welder is actually a seteline torch. But again, very nice job!

@JoseGarcia-yt1ev Жыл бұрын

Bravo bravo. 🎉🎉🎉 Oleee. Maravilloso trabajo

@sjhhej Жыл бұрын

Another absolute stunner. You sir are the gold standard.

@sjhhej Жыл бұрын

Hi Nightshift, what's this about? Has your account been compromised?

@martindunn4545 Жыл бұрын

Thank god you've gotten a bigger brush for the sides of the dioramas !

@aidasri4914 Жыл бұрын

Some concrete slabs have rebar in middle as reinforcment, or very near the to, and hollow bottoms

@JaakAibast Жыл бұрын

nice concrete work - I got some nice photos from old soviet era airfield hangar - concrete hangar. Might give you some ideas.

@jonL88 Жыл бұрын

Another banger episode!

@Rhinexing Жыл бұрын

Great effort! I'm glad you stuck with this one. I really like the final product. I'd love to see a North Africa or Pacific Theater WWII build & diorama. Think sand!

@biberhunter_scale_models Жыл бұрын

I am always amazed by the small details like the gas bottles which look more real than the real stuff and you make it in an amount of time I would need to open the box😅