My whole childhood was modeling, just getting back into it! Great video!

Verlinden and Shep were the best. Steve Zaloga was outstanding too. AND thousands we will never know. What a great hobby.

I know the feeling of waiting for the TM catalogue each year back then. It was always such a great thing to look through.

Jeez! I used to work in a Hobby shop in the late '70s and early 80s and kept years of Tamiya and Italeri catalogs! I still have them! I also have almost every one of Francois Verlinden and Shep Paine's books. Paine's "How to Build Dioramas" was like my bible. What a blast from the past!

Just a quick note. All U.S. made combat vehicles in WWII used the Black-Out drive system. So, only the upper left lens in the rear lights was crimson or red. It was the daytime stop light. The upper right lens was clear with a small white hourglass shaped light inside. It was the night time stop light if the Black out Drive system was selected. The lower lens on each side of the vehicle was also clear and had two hour glass shaped white lights that following drivers used to determine how close they were in the darkness.

This is the first non model railroad video I watched but I figured I learned so much from those I’d give this one a try. My hobby shop guy is always talking about how amazing the military modelers are and how much can be learned from them. Well once again you have taught me something I can use in my own modeling. Your techniques open new ways of accomplishing the results you achieve and hopefully I can apply some of them in my world. Thank you.

I totally agree, a chi ha, rusting on a beach, stuck in my head to this day.

Loved those Tamiya catalogs, bought a ton of Verlinden stuff back in the day. I was always in awe of my cousin who could make models that rivalled those in that book. I had a M3 Stuart on display at the local toy store in the UK back in the day, wish I had gotten it back when they went under. I had that Verlinden book too. I have that volume II book in pieces around here somewhere, fell apart years ago. Awesome job and very reminiscent of Verlinden.

That was great diorama, your rendition was perfectly carried out and put together, congratulations on an excellent build, I have the complete set of all his diorama books and also I have all the Aircraft and armour books he published, best regards from Australia, Les

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Great to see your work

Thank you sir for bringing me back fond memories of leafing through the Tamiya catalog over and over and over again. =)

The easiest way to make sandbags is to make a roll and cut it into the right size using the backside of the knife blade. Cloth used for bandages is perfect for making pattern on the sand bags in 35th scale.

Thank you very much for this video. Interestingly my experience with Tamiya catalogs and Francois Verlinden is very similar. But I really like the "simple build" and paint right out of the box, life is too short and I prefer to enjoy more different models !

That was great. I grew up with Verlinden products and still have some unopened boxes lying around. And those book look awfully familiar ! Great vid and thank you for this trip down memory lane.

Yes I did enjoy the nostalgia trip. The dio looks quite good. Decals worked out fine. (Funny-If Andy can do it...). I was on the verge of re-trying dry brushing again, and now I will for sure, it looks damn good. Some of these guys go around painting (Highlighting) each and every rivet! Getting crazy out there.

Great build. As always your painting is just amazing. On a side note I think your sand bags came out alright. Have a great week and thanks for sharing. Dave

Très sympa , bravo !

Nice work. I think the dioramas built by Verlinden for Tamiya, were commisioned by Tamiya to promote their products, which in my estimation help a lot in promoting their products. I think modelers must visit the Tamiya Factory in Shizuoka even once as a sort of pilgrimage. hehehe

I think you did a really terrific job on this model. I still have my original copy of the same Verlinden Magazine as yours. I used the same Stuart reference magazine that you did while building my own version of the model. Somehow, my original Tamiya M3 tank managed to survive three moves(mostly), and it was interesting to see how much they differ, and how much they are nearly the same. The original seemed to go together much faster. Thank you very much for posting.

Lovely work. I often wonder how VF would have faired today with all the new stuff available? Essentialty everything he did was v simple but so effective

Nice job! I use to do a lot of that stuff too. 👍👊

Superb job, I actually have 4 pieces I bought direct from Francois, 3 have appeared in his books. The panther, M109 and Elefant, I also have a wespe. They are just the vehicles as he sold me them, I imagine the bases are long gone. Drop me a reply as we can exchange emails if you would like to see pictures. Best wishes

Really good dio.

Can I give you a tip you can drybrush with oils and the results are stunning that is a verlinden secret

cheese cloth gives great texture

boa noite. qual o tamanho dos cartuchos da metralhadora voce fez??

Humbrol is still available , best enamel paint . I order it online

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I built this kit up before, liked it so much I got another, except this time I'm not using those shit rubber tracks, I'll get a better set. Great work. Just subd

hah. I have that Verlinden book, myself.

Verlinden was Belgian, then moved to usa and quit...

Very insightful video. Thanks for the memories and the inspiration. He was a great modeler