Great job, I could only watch this with envy, I have almost finished building this and it has given me nothing but agro. A complete drama, unusual for Tamiya, first one that almost got shelved.If the Handlebars don't go on it's going in a diarama where a Tiger reverses over it. But the figures are out of this world, a pure joy, got my money's worth with them alone
Very nice James! I've been extremely busy with the Hood model and this is the first chance I've had to watch anything. The figures we're especially well done. Cheers!
Very nice work on much improved figures by Tamiya and the Kettenkrafttrad. I did build this decades ago but the early less detailed figures and not the best paint job either. I hope i can find this kit and try it again eith the lesson i watched just now. Excellent work.👍🇭🇲🦘✌️
Welcome back and what a cracking little model to show us. Nicely built and weathered as always. I wish I could do the figure painting half as good as you. Looking forward to the next vids with your updated equipment. Stay safe friend.
I love that they included the bending jig for the PE bits. I hate when kits supply PE and its got a curve and such and its like well i guess I'll just hope it doesn't come out garbage
Great video with very easy to understand commentary. Very helpful when you described the glue you like, and tools and paints that you were using. That is very helpful to novices like me. If I could get my figures to look half as good as yours.... I'll keep working on it. Thanks!!!
Before coming here I watched videos on the Zoukei Mura and Das Werk Kettenkrads. This Tamiya kit appears to knock the spots off the other two. (Especially the Das Werk - where panel fit was dire.) Anyway, back to the plot... Lovely job sir, enjoyed your build, thanks for sharing it with us, oh and nice mud.
Stunning work, James! The kit looks like a winner and you've done a stellar job on the Kettenkrad and the three figures. As always, a terrific watch. I look forward to seeing the results of your next project on your new camera!
Fantastic work on such a small 35th scale kit! The new tooling looks awesome and responds well to detail painting. Been ages since I saw a Tamiya figure come in multiple halves but the end result looks great. Thanks for sharing This with us…..maybe a diorama is in the works for this vignette?
Hi 'cousin'! :) Learned about your channel through the Plastic Posse Podcast. I'm more of a wargaming-modeller, but now seriously contemplating trying my had at scale modelling for display purposes. This was enormously helpful and a terrific video.
Hi James fantastic build mate and lovely finish to not only the Kittenkraftrad but also the figures too. Tamiya seem to raise the bar with each kit they produce. I remember building the Kitten when it was first released by Tamiya way back in the 1970's at the time it was released with a cast white-metal engine. Well done James.
Thanks to the Plastic Posse Podcast, now I have found your TH-cam-channel! I really like your style, both in modeling and videocasting. I am very interested how you use those artist paints,varnishes, fixatives, pigments and lacquers from the Art&Crafts store, and how you can make your own custom stuff. Maybe you can make little video how you use them. Super interesting!
Shot in the dark here... I've built and painted the kit and painted up the figures. I'm happy with the results BUT... I didn't attach the right arm correctly on the driver. The figure's hand is about 3 mm above the handle bar grip. I figure I have 2 options. Saw off the arm as close to shoulder as possible, re-position and try to blend the seam with milliput. I've never done this so am fairly certain results would be garbage. Option 2 would be applying heat in some way.. boiling water but I'm betting this'll melt off the acrylic paint or a candle flame which I did set up to try but didn't go through with it because even if I don't manage to melt something or bubble the paint, the results would look odd and disconnected from the shoulder. Any tips out there? Magic buttons? Time machine? Thanks for any ideas or sympathy.
Awesome video!!!! Have not built this particular kit as of yet, but plan to. I have built the "ancient" Tamiya kit of this vehicle from the 1970s - think it was an OK kit for the time. Know that a few other manufacturer's have released their versions of this vehicle, but will stick with Tamiya for the simplicity.
I picked 2 of them up through the week there one to go in a diorama with RFMs new stug 3 full interior and a miniart Gantry set was thinking if having it pull a track back under the stug while up on a jack maybe get it like sunken into the mud abit popping a wheelie haha its a lovely wee kit really impressed with the track's
Thanks for sharing , i was contemplating purchasing this kit. You have convinced me to but im sure mine will be no where the workmanship of yours . ✌🇨🇦✌
Excellent build and paint James. I recently bought this kit and am thinking of a suitable dio to go with it. Chicken and the egg. What to do first ? lol. By the way Vallejo do a really good paint for rubber tyres and track pads. Vallejo 70.306 Panzer Aces Dark Rubber.
Another excellent video James. Looking forward to seeing what the new camera can do. Interested to hear what benefits you think the VMS cement has over the tamiya extra thin.
Thanks Bruce, with the vms fast setting it seem to be quicker to dry than extra thin, but a but slower than the extra thin quick setting. Adhesion wise it cures quickly and is durable. Very similar to extra thin, just a teensy bit quicker.
That is absolutely phenomenal work! Looks like I’m going to have to get one of these! Did you ever figure out the issue with the airbrush and the brown? It looks like you had to keep moving the trigger to keep the paint flowing. Something I have issues with sometimes…
Thanks! I think its the nature of the brown pigment. I have had trouble with all of my fine nozzle needle combos and many brands of red brown ( 0.2 and smaller). A fun fact, some pigments cannot be ground finer because it drastically effects the opacity of the paint to a point it may be rendered useless. That's why some paints are just coarser (microscopically) than others.
Great looking model, you make it look so effortless. I was wondering if you've tried the "pencil trick" to accent ware on metallic surfaces and edges, like on the tracks or where ware can be seen on metallic surfaces. What are your thoughts?
As always, stellar work, James. Your Camouflage and figure painting is brilliant as well as the quality of your videos. One thing I've noticed about the photographs of Kettenkraftrads I have seen, they never seem to display any markings. Is there any explanation for this? Keep up the good work. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦.
hey i remember you being a fan of VMS products. A store in my country will be stocking it soon. How do you find VMS varnish compared to other brands (i watched a vms produced video on their varnishes and they stated to apply it wet so it doesn't dry while still applying it to the model, also that it doesn't require thinning and it can be sprayed on thick)? Also any thoughts on VMS thinners, slow-mo retarder? Thank you for the reply when you get a moment or chance.
Hi mate, I would be lost without my VMS stuff now, the varnishes are next level, I dont spray them really thick though just wet coats, I havent used the gloss so can't comment on that but the matt and satin are very nice indeed. I use a lot of their other products as well and I get the impression they are well thought out and tested properly before release. Definately worth trying
Welcome back. Love your vids, very inspirational. A question - I note you always seem to have a lot of paint in your airbrush cup, it looks more than your likely to need for the job your doing? What do you do with it when you've finished? Thanks 😊
Thanks Bob, quite often I burn through the lot, it's not very often I have to empty the cup. When I'm mixing colours in pots though there is some wastage. If I have empty paint pots I'll recant them but often I'll loose the mix.
Fantasic build dude! I got one if these to do from Das Werk(dragon rebox) the kit figures are fantastic! Always find Tamiyas box figure really naff but the after market ones are really good 1st time i think I’ve seen having good figures with the kit! Also great job on the figures
Cheers mate, Tamiya have started rereleasing their old figures to be updated. They finally listened and are putting out some really nice ones. Good to see a company take the initiative
@@stevennewton8709 I never paint on the sprue. Sub assemblies is a safe bet, for this the sub assebmblies would be the body, wheels and tracks separately.
I have that model. actually I three models of the krad. I can't understand why everyone uses that liquid cement I've tried and it has been mostly useless for me. I use a more reliable gel glue.
Awesome event! Thanks for sharing your build and techniques. Here's some original wartime footage of the Kettenkrad: th-cam.com/video/Qh0IGWSwzIY/w-d-xo.html
Im doing the same kit right now. I dont think the kit is 100% new tool as there is fit problems athleast on my version of the kit. I had to do filling and stuff like that witch I hate.
@@statoilbensin2190 I took a close look here th-cam.com/video/11_HnmsszLM/w-d-xo.html And while some of the parts breakdown amd assembly is similar there are too many differences in surface detail, the two side Hull panels and construction are similar but fit together slightly differently. I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one I'm afraid. 100% new tooling.
That's a preofessional build! I like the chipping and wear on the Kettenkrad in particular ...
Ahhh, the infamous "Sonderkraftfahrzeug 2 / Kleines Kettenkraftrad Typ HK 101". Exzellent!
It's a wicked vehicle !
Great job, I could only watch this with envy, I have almost finished building this and it has given me nothing but agro. A complete drama, unusual for Tamiya, first one that almost got shelved.If the Handlebars don't go on it's going in a diarama where a Tiger reverses over it. But the figures are out of this world, a pure joy, got my money's worth with them alone
Welcome Back, James!!! Mixing MRP and AKRC? You mad scientist you! Brilliant!
Thanks guys ! Keep up the great work on the pod
Excellent work on the kit and figures. As a noob to painting the 1/35 figures, the close-up detail work is very helpful. Thanks for sharing!
I recently started back building plastic models and did the Academy Jeep, Kubellwagon, and Kettenkrad kit in 1/72 scale. Enjoyed the video.
Tamiya, nothing but the best ! Worth every penny !
Wow the figure molds are really cool!! 😮 Such a genius solution I can believe no one else thought of this before.
Thanks Sad Panda, funnily I saw some sprue shots from a new miniart set with more traditional alignment pins yesterday
It's very nice work. Especially, painting and weathering are very politely and so realistic. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Panzer -meister 🙏
Very nice James! I've been extremely busy with the Hood model and this is the first chance I've had to watch anything. The figures we're especially well done. Cheers!
Stunning paintwork on both Kettenkrad and the figures, congratulations on a job well done!
Cheers mate 🍻
Very nice work on much improved figures by Tamiya and the Kettenkrafttrad. I did build this decades ago but the early less detailed figures and not the best paint job either. I hope i can find this kit and try it again eith the lesson i watched just now. Excellent work.👍🇭🇲🦘✌️
Figures faces look fantastic mate, the whole build does I always enjoy watching your vids
Thanks Charlie I appreciate it !
Sorry James I'm at work (as usual) but will watch it over the weekend.
Hope you are both well.
Best wishes, Mark
No dramas Mark ! I know the score. All good here thanks, hopefully alls good on your end too 😀
Good painting and weathering, quite realistic.
Thankyou José
James , the waiting time worth it !!! Good Job man !!!
Thanks Joaquim, I was a bit concerned that people would have lost interest but it seems not ( luckily ) glad you like it
Great work, master with the airbrush, I've had a bunch, but never got that good with it? Thanks for showing an old fart-new techniques.
Most beautiful job, painting and weathering! 👍👍😍
Once again brilliant work James!
Thanks Peter 😀
Great Job James 👍 this kit is on my list.🇨🇦
Thanks Stefan !
Welcome back and what a cracking little model to show us. Nicely built and weathered as always. I wish I could do the figure painting half as good as you. Looking forward to the next vids with your updated equipment. Stay safe friend.
Thanks mate ! I have a few teething troubles to iron out but it seems promising.. shame youtube will compress the video to death though 😅
Nice work James, I love Tamiya's engineering, this kit is a nice upgrade to the older one.
I love that they included the bending jig for the PE bits. I hate when kits supply PE and its got a curve and such and its like well i guess I'll just hope it doesn't come out garbage
Lovely result, James 👍
Much appreciated my friend 🙏
Cracking work on the figures. A very nice grouping
Thanks Steve
Figures came out amazing, my friend! Well done 🍺
Thanks ! The figures are surprisingly the thing that was holding the project from being completed. Glad they came out good tho !
Great video with very easy to understand commentary. Very helpful when you described the glue you like, and tools and paints that you were using. That is very helpful to novices like me. If I could get my figures to look half as good as yours.... I'll keep working on it. Thanks!!!
I was thinking about getting that kit, now im sure i'll get that kit, amazing work you did
Before coming here I watched videos on the Zoukei Mura and Das Werk Kettenkrads. This Tamiya kit appears to knock the spots off the other two. (Especially the Das Werk - where panel fit was dire.)
Anyway, back to the plot... Lovely job sir, enjoyed your build, thanks for sharing it with us, oh and nice mud.
Thx! Excellent review and tips of how to build and paint your model.
Great stuff as always James
Thanks Darson100 👍
Welcome back James nice video and looking forward to seeing lots more from you nice work 👍👍
Cheers John, I have a bit more motivation now which is good !
This looks good all ready
Cheers Ben !
Excellent job.
Stunning work, James! The kit looks like a winner and you've done a stellar job on the Kettenkrad and the three figures. As always, a terrific watch. I look forward to seeing the results of your next project on your new camera!
Lovely finish as usual 😉
Thanks Basil 😊
Excellent work James. With the advent of 1/35 aircraft it would be cool to see this with a tow bar and Luftwaffe crew.
It would be mad for them not to, but you never know with tamiya 😄
awesome work mate, also really enjoyed your episode with the posse!
Fantastic work on such a small 35th scale kit! The new tooling looks awesome and responds well to detail painting. Been ages since I saw a Tamiya figure come in multiple halves but the end result looks great. Thanks for sharing This with us…..maybe a diorama is in the works for this vignette?
Thanks Andy, I was considering a vignette, but I spent so long on the project I ended up burning out pretty bad, so nothing planned at the moment
Thanks. Now I need another model to order lol.
Great build James. Would love to see some more aircraft from you soon.
Thanks Robert, something planey is on the way
0:15 Realeased “Earlier this year” is meaningless. Otherwise, the build and video is brilliant. Bloody brilliant!
Nice work!!
Thanks mate! hope alls well
Hi 'cousin'! :) Learned about your channel through the Plastic Posse Podcast. I'm more of a wargaming-modeller, but now seriously contemplating trying my had at scale modelling for display purposes. This was enormously helpful and a terrific video.
I like it all James well done marra . Regards Gav.
Thanks Gav 😄
Hi James fantastic build mate and lovely finish to not only the Kittenkraftrad but also the figures too. Tamiya seem to raise the bar with each kit they produce. I remember building the Kitten when it was first released by Tamiya way back in the 1970's at the time it was released with a cast white-metal engine. Well done James.
Thanks Gaz, didn't know the old one had a metal engine that's cool !
Another stunning vid, JC. 😯👌
Your talent is immense. 🙌
Kudos to you. ✌😎
Thanks to the Plastic Posse Podcast, now I have found your TH-cam-channel! I really like your style, both in modeling and videocasting. I am very interested how you use those artist paints,varnishes, fixatives, pigments and lacquers from the Art&Crafts store, and how you can make your own custom stuff.
Maybe you can make little video how you use them. Super interesting!
Outstanding work as always buddy, can't fault a thing👍😉😁
Nice work!!! 👍👍👍👍
Cheers mate !
Shot in the dark here... I've built and painted the kit and painted up the figures. I'm happy with the results BUT... I didn't attach the right arm correctly on the driver. The figure's hand is about 3 mm above the handle bar grip. I figure I have 2 options. Saw off the arm as close to shoulder as possible, re-position and try to blend the seam with milliput. I've never done this so am fairly certain results would be garbage. Option 2 would be applying heat in some way.. boiling water but I'm betting this'll melt off the acrylic paint or a candle flame which I did set up to try but didn't go through with it because even if I don't manage to melt something or bubble the paint, the results would look odd and disconnected from the shoulder. Any tips out there? Magic buttons? Time machine? Thanks for any ideas or sympathy.
Very nice work
Can’t wait to watch, it looks like a nice kit, looks like a beautiful kit or is it just like that because you did such a good job
honestly....the phone does absolutly fine mate.
Very nice. Congratulations. Here Brazil.
Awesome video!!!! Have not built this particular kit as of yet, but plan to. I have built the "ancient" Tamiya kit of this vehicle from the 1970s - think it was an OK kit for the time. Know that a few other manufacturer's have released their versions of this vehicle, but will stick with Tamiya for the simplicity.
I picked 2 of them up through the week there one to go in a diorama with RFMs new stug 3 full interior and a miniart Gantry set was thinking if having it pull a track back under the stug while up on a jack maybe get it like sunken into the mud abit popping a wheelie haha its a lovely wee kit really impressed with the track's
Great job on this, the detailing work is stunning!
A true artist 😎
Excellent 👌
Cheers Steve !
Thanks for sharing , i was contemplating purchasing this kit. You have convinced me to but im sure mine will be no where the workmanship of yours . ✌🇨🇦✌
Excellent build and paint James. I recently bought this kit and am thinking of a suitable dio to go with it. Chicken and the egg. What to do first ? lol.
By the way Vallejo do a really good paint for rubber tyres and track pads. Vallejo 70.306 Panzer Aces Dark Rubber.
Another excellent video James. Looking forward to seeing what the new camera can do. Interested to hear what benefits you think the VMS cement has over the tamiya extra thin.
Thanks Bruce, with the vms fast setting it seem to be quicker to dry than extra thin, but a but slower than the extra thin quick setting. Adhesion wise it cures quickly and is durable. Very similar to extra thin, just a teensy bit quicker.
ught! I want a cool northern Wales accent to!
That is absolutely phenomenal work! Looks like I’m going to have to get one of these!
Did you ever figure out the issue with the airbrush and the brown? It looks like you had to keep moving the trigger to keep the paint flowing. Something I have issues with sometimes…
Thanks!
I think its the nature of the brown pigment. I have had trouble with all of my fine nozzle needle combos and many brands of red brown ( 0.2 and smaller).
A fun fact, some pigments cannot be ground finer because it drastically effects the opacity of the paint to a point it may be rendered useless.
That's why some paints are just coarser (microscopically) than others.
Great looking model, you make it look so effortless. I was wondering if you've tried the "pencil trick" to accent ware on metallic surfaces and edges, like on the tracks or where ware can be seen on metallic surfaces. What are your thoughts?
As always, stellar work, James. Your Camouflage and figure painting is brilliant as well as the quality of your videos. One thing I've noticed about the photographs of Kettenkraftrads I have seen, they never seem to display any markings. Is there any explanation for this?
Keep up the good work. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦.
hey i remember you being a fan of VMS products. A store in my country will be stocking it soon. How do you find VMS varnish compared to other brands (i watched a vms produced video on their varnishes and they stated to apply it wet so it doesn't dry while still applying it to the model, also that it doesn't require thinning and it can be sprayed on thick)? Also any thoughts on VMS thinners, slow-mo retarder? Thank you for the reply when you get a moment or chance.
Hi mate, I would be lost without my VMS stuff now, the varnishes are next level, I dont spray them really thick though just wet coats, I havent used the gloss so can't comment on that but the matt and satin are very nice indeed. I use a lot of their other products as well and I get the impression they are well thought out and tested properly before release. Definately worth trying
Welcome back. Love your vids, very inspirational.
A question - I note you always seem to have a lot of paint in your airbrush cup, it looks more than your likely to need for the job your doing? What do you do with it when you've finished?
Thanks 😊
Thanks Bob, quite often I burn through the lot, it's not very often I have to empty the cup. When I'm mixing colours in pots though there is some wastage. If I have empty paint pots I'll recant them but often I'll loose the mix.
Fantasic build dude! I got one if these to do from Das Werk(dragon rebox) the kit figures are fantastic! Always find Tamiyas box figure really naff but the after market ones are really good 1st time i think I’ve seen having good figures with the kit! Also great job on the figures
Cheers mate, Tamiya have started rereleasing their old figures to be updated. They finally listened and are putting out some really nice ones. Good to see a company take the initiative
Do you think it’s always best to construct the kit first before paint or paint on the spru ?
@@stevennewton8709 I never paint on the sprue. Sub assemblies is a safe bet, for this the sub assebmblies would be the body, wheels and tracks separately.
very nice.
I built this as a young lad. If I remember correctly the engine was metal. No photo etch. Most likely wrong but I loved this one.
Beautiful build, what brushes do you use for figure painting?
I have that model. actually I three models of the krad. I can't understand why everyone uses that liquid cement I've tried and it has been mostly useless for me. I use a more reliable gel glue.
how you liking the 3rd gen paints?
do you find the AK 3rd gen paints more matt than Vallejo Model? Also do you even find Vallejo Model paints to be matt or satin?
Thank mate. 3rd gen seem pretty matt out of the gate, regular vallejo varies on how thick you paint it I think but tends towards satin a bit
What colours did you use for ammo box ?
Such amazing work. Love the figures! Do you use a top coat/seal ?
i have a diorama idea a tiger 1 slanting in a river with the kettenkraftrad going next to the tiger 1 on a dirt road
Great interview with the ppp. What app do you use to edit your videos on your mobile.
Thanks Mark, power director Pro and I pay for premium.
Good afternoon Can you tell me the length of the assembled model, excluding the trolley. Thank you!
About 8.6 cm !
Thanks!!!@@lpjmodels
hello, great jpb! which brush you use for details of figures please?
Thanks ! Artis opus series s 2/0
Nice that I've got 1/9 scale of it still to build yet and warriors 200mm SS officer for Italy 1945
WOW!!!
Anyone remember when Tamiya made this model with a actual metal engine?
Don't know why but they did.
Great result. Can I ask, what size needle(s) are you using? Presumably a larger one for the primer? I have the same airbrush - 0.15 and 0.4mm needles.
Thanks Ian, 0.15 for everything for me !
Wow Sher gut!!! 🤗 😉
Muito bom trabalho. Parabéns.
Do you know if this was used as a tow for the me262 jet .
It appears so
images.app.goo.gl/4KHb724EboNKj8ju6
Would this work well with Warhammer figures
Dark brown paints are always a bear to spray
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Hi Brilliant video what airbrush are you using?
Cheers, h&s infinity CR 0.15
@@lpjmodels thank you dude it looks good. I’m looking to upgrade my iwata neo
Hi. Very nice.
私的には,やはりタミヤ！特に35分の1ですよ！
3:33 someone has the music please?
List of tracks at the end u less this is a spam link
@@lpjmodels I'm sorry! I stopped the video when you finished. That was great.
@@kingmori1 thanks a lot ! 😀
I misses the licence plate.....
So did the decal designers.
@@lpjmodels Ok, but after all it's a German vehicle, you know... ^^ Great video btw.
Awesome event! Thanks for sharing your build and techniques. Here's some original wartime footage of the Kettenkrad: th-cam.com/video/Qh0IGWSwzIY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks mate. That's some great footage
Im doing the same kit right now. I dont think the kit is 100% new tool as there is fit problems athleast on my version of the kit. I had to do filling and stuff like that witch I hate.
There is an old version from the 70s and this one that was released within the last year
@@lpjmodels I know and I belived they used some of the same parts.
@@statoilbensin2190
I took a close look here
th-cam.com/video/11_HnmsszLM/w-d-xo.html
And while some of the parts breakdown amd assembly is similar there are too many differences in surface detail, the two side Hull panels and construction are similar but fit together slightly differently. I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one I'm afraid. 100% new tooling.
@@lpjmodels well I only had wery small problems witch was easy to fix using putty. Maybe it was just me.