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.
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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 :)
LOVE IT... One thing... In the real world, oxygen and acetylene tanks are ALWAYS stored and chained in an upright position for safety reasons. The one laying on it's side is driving me crazy! [No worries] The Cork Concrete is ideal and I will use this technique. Now am thinking about additional ways to use cork including the thicker chunkier stuff. Thank You my Friend.
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
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!
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hey, if you're doing yellow/orange colors you want to make sure your shadow color more brown. Next time try spraying some sienna or sepia ink from below before the zenithal.
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 ;)
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!
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😅
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.
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
I really wish I could come down from Sweden to Slovakia to build IKEA furniture with uncle Night Shift lol! It would be an experience worth remembering! Love your work and models, and often wish I could be you :)
Did you know that household washing up liquid added to diluted PVA breaks the surface tension of the water and is cheaper than Leveling Thinners too?? Great video as usual.👍
Smashing . Probably not to your taste but I'd like to see you have a go at a WW1 horse drawn artillary piece and caission stuck in mud up to its axles...preferably going up a slight incline
I am addicted to your videos in last few days, cant stop watching!! have you though of fitting lights in the lamps or buildings? Perhaps in future industrial buildings? :) (btw: prosim ta, mas niektore svoje dioramy vystavene niekde lokalne? strasne by som ich chcel vidiet nazivo, je to obrovska inspiracia kedze sa vraciam k modelarstvu!) thanks and all the best to you!!
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!
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👍
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.
Hmm. There's Mister Surfacer, there should be Mister Leveller - and now, there's Mister Texture! Step forward, Martin -that was a masterclass in adding texture, tone and interest. I'd love to see this in RL, it must be stunning. It's almost tactile on the screen! Top work, man - fantastic work.
Love that you're working with Michigan Toy Soldiers. I found them when I was on the lockout for the VMS debonder you recommended and been really happy getting harder to find stuff on there.
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.
There'll be snowball fights in hell long before this dude builds a MIG-15.
Fuck aviation models (except ww1)
@@MultiWalrus1 Maybe one time an Antonov A-40, but I don't see him make a normal airplane.
no aircraft are stupid
An abandoned one in a hanger or on an overgrown runway XD
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.
I knew you'd watch this lol as your making a rusty diorama too
You single-handedly kicked the price of cork up just now. Admirable!
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!!
You're an artist mate, you basically single-handedly got me back into scale modelling!
same here :)
@@sebalep I’m so intrigued, I’ll be hitting the lobby shop and forums in the morning.
Great stuff as usual! IKEA... Swedish for straight jacket and a padded room!😉
Thank you , Uncle Martin .
🐺
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.
I can't hide my astonishment at all the wonderful content and the skills of the tanks and the delicate work. I respect all
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.
Years of practice.
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 :)
I'd love to see some kind of metro-2033 styled diorama set in heavy winter made by you.
Longest two weeks I’ve ever had
Well worth the wait
2:50 woah, who would have thought cracks would make so realistic cracks?
thanks Nightshift, you solved a problem for me, concrete slabs with cracks 👍👍👍
"MA FRENS!!!"
The return of Uncle Night Shift! My week just ended on an upbeat!!!
Very very well done. Great subject matter. Remodeling a house is a total pain in the butt
That concrete! Outstanding.
LOVE IT... One thing... In the real world, oxygen and acetylene tanks are ALWAYS stored and chained in an upright position for safety reasons. The one laying on it's side is driving me crazy! [No worries] The Cork Concrete is ideal and I will use this technique. Now am thinking about additional ways to use cork including the thicker chunkier stuff. Thank You my Friend.
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
Hey Uncle! You should build Tamiyas new P-38J, just as a little experiment with applying armor weathering techniques to an aircraff
No
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!
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.
Welcome back, Martin and thanks for sharing
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?
Never thought of using cork! You are AMAZING DUDE!!!!
Restoration garage, great idea if you have more than one tank of different types and from different eras in the same diorama
Najlepszy modelarz na YT
Going back to older videos it's amazing to see how your skills with figures evolved
Looks great, Uncle Night Shift 😃
holy smokes those concrete slabs look cool.
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.
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.
More this type of dioramas. Unreal good looking. Maybe someday ant ukraine diorama? Or more urban style?
You are the MAN!!
That cork concrete effect is AMAZING.
I think I'd call this diorama "...there is no way this piston and conrod came out of THAT!" Great work as ever!
"Huuuh Fiends!!" every time I hear that... I say.. this is gonna be a good day. TY sir!
Pure awesomeness!
Maybe a we led light in the tall lamp would have been cool?
BLOODY MASTERPIECE MR. KOVAČ!!!
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.
You could do a lot by doing the same dirt in the cracks job over the tank as you did on the concrete.
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.
Very enjoyable video. You are a master. Thanks Uncle Night Shift.
I love your work Uncle Night Shift, you’re an inspiration. An appreciation video is the least I could do! 😘
Love your content Robby!! You both are huge inspirations
@@dustinjohnson5446 Thanks!
Just wait till you discover you can add LED lights to the two light fittings. Awesome work as usual.
Hey, if you're doing yellow/orange colors you want to make sure your shadow color more brown. Next time try spraying some sienna or sepia ink from below before the zenithal.
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.)
Thank god you've gotten a bigger brush for the sides of the dioramas !
Thank you. Your work is incredible. You have given me ideas I want to try.
Amazing craftsmanship
Well, you managed to recreate my patio perfectly, atleast i now know who's been creeping about my garden recently 😉
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.
Nice job. Just one small thing, we don't use concrete pole's like the lamp post you have used in the UK
Absolutely stunning Uncle! Bloody good job 👍
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 ;)
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!
One of your best videos… ever!
Bravo bravo. 🎉🎉🎉 Oleee. Maravilloso trabajo
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😅
Another absolute stunner. You sir are the gold standard.
Hi Nightshift, what's this about? Has your account been compromised?
Wow, this is just incredible
My uncle Night Shift never fails to deliver
Great job, man! Thank you for inspiring me to start doing dioramas myself!
Come over to the UK, happy to show you around!
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.
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
Agreed. It feels so mean and pedantic to criticise but they look like they have serious liver problems!
Outstanding as always, muh friend!
Your dioramas are just art 😍😍😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I really wish I could come down from Sweden to Slovakia to build IKEA furniture with uncle Night Shift lol! It would be an experience worth remembering!
Love your work and models, and often wish I could be you :)
another wow diorama. Great stuff.
That concrete is amazing! Gotta try that for myself
You always amaze me whiff what you make for us ……..😮
nice concrete work - I got some nice photos from old soviet era airfield hangar - concrete hangar. Might give you some ideas.
I think that you done a fantastic job on this one I think you did a fantastic job on the two figures 👍👍
That’s awesome man, but I figured I’d let you know that welder is actually a seteline torch. But again, very nice job!
The very definition of miniature art
You should make a panther or a stuG next! As always good job!!
This is just fucking brilliant. Good luck on the remodel Martin.
Did you know that household washing up liquid added to diluted PVA breaks the surface tension of the water and is cheaper than Leveling Thinners too?? Great video as usual.👍
I thinking adding some subterranean details would make it extra cool. Some like sewage pipe works or rock layers.
perfect timing now while having my beer!!
Smashing .
Probably not to your taste but I'd like to see you have a go at a WW1 horse drawn artillary piece and caission stuck in mud up to its axles...preferably going up a slight incline
I’d love to see you do a m41 walker bulldog. Only cos I’m doing one and I’m stuck lol. Love your channel man I watch everything
I am addicted to your videos in last few days, cant stop watching!! have you though of fitting lights in the lamps or buildings? Perhaps in future industrial buildings? :) (btw: prosim ta, mas niektore svoje dioramy vystavene niekde lokalne? strasne by som ich chcel vidiet nazivo, je to obrovska inspiracia kedze sa vraciam k modelarstvu!) thanks and all the best to you!!
Some concrete slabs have rebar in middle as reinforcment, or very near the to, and hollow bottoms
Greetings Night Shift, that has turned out to be a absolutely fantastic diorama, congratulations my friend, bedt regards from Australia.
This looks amazing as always!!!
So much character! Love all the textures
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!
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👍
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.
Hmm. There's Mister Surfacer, there should be Mister Leveller - and now, there's Mister Texture! Step forward, Martin -that was a masterclass in adding texture, tone and interest.
I'd love to see this in RL, it must be stunning. It's almost tactile on the screen! Top work, man - fantastic work.
Love that you're working with Michigan Toy Soldiers. I found them when I was on the lockout for the VMS debonder you recommended and been really happy getting harder to find stuff on there.
Please have a look at making a challenger tank, either 1 or 2.
Nice Post-Apocalyptic feel to this one. I'd love to see your take on something like that.
I would love to see uncle nightshift do a warhammer 40k tank
This is incredible
This is most beautiful.
Wow! Simply stunning!
Great job as always
Martin another incredible diorama, it's very real looking,