Best hobby there is :) and while we sometimes nag on museums, we really do appreciate the work you do on restoring these vehicles that can serve as excellent reference for model makers and kit manufacturers alike. Thank you!
@@dhruvb38 to display or repair vehicle that people want. sort of like how people nag youtubers to do a video idea that might not be possible or even wanted on a larger scale.
It was my absolute pleasure and honour to be asked to participate in this, and ended up next to Al Murray too :-) I can't wait for you guys to reopen so I can bring the kids down.
I sometimes used to read women's magazines and the last time I did this was almost two decades ago. There was an article in (I think) a Cosmopolitan magazine regarding categories of men, that women should not have 'relationships' with. I thought that it would cover the range of male miscreants such as bullies, criminals and thugs, but no, one category was model makers! That taught me something important as I enjoy constructing scale models, so I gave up chasing women! -thank you Cosmopolitan magazine!
I’m married to a gorgeous woman. We have four kids. I build models. She encourages me to build models. I’ve built planes for each of the kids, also into ships & vehicles. I’m now building a 1/48 B-17 of my wife with a custom pinup image of her on the nose, her initials for the 3-letter ID code, and her birth date for the tail number. I’m also a gun guy, a casual gamer, and an avowed history nerd. Maybe I don’t look like Chris Hemsworth, but I can decorate a kickass war-winning bomber with her gorgeous likeness, and I taught her to shoot, so she’s good with it.
This video contains so many of my favourite things and people, one of my favourite actors Chris Barrie, one of my favourite youtubers, Lindy, one of my favourite comedians and podcast hosts, Al, talking about my favourite hobby, scale modelling, on my favourite topic, tanks. all wrapped up in commentary with David Willey. Today is a good day :)
Chris Barrie's story is similar to mine. Started at about 8 years of age and modeled like a child possessed right through high school, staying up late, listening to the radio or records, building models when I should have been doing school work. It's a miracle I finished school at all! Wonderful program, Tank Museum. Thanks for including my model in this slide show!
Same here my friend. The 1/32nd Monogram kits were my favourites back in the day. Panzer IV, Brummbar, etc... all very detailed and fun to build. And yes... the record collection was always close by haha. Cheers from Ireland.
@@stevesullivan9752 You’re singing my song! I built every Monogram armor kit at least twice! And the Tips On Building Diorama sheets by Shep Paine in each kit just poured fuel on the fire! I don’t have any of my models from those days but I still have every one of the Diorama tip sheets.
I also share the same story. Motorcycles and firearms were my passion (and still are), and I still have nearly all the kit motorbikes and 1:1 plastic handgun models I made in my teens, in spite of innumerable changes of residence (survived 3 divorces) Still making models in my 70's!
So glad to have been a tiny part of this video - my tank was the result of years of research aided by the LEGEND that is DAVID FLETCHER. I honestly think that model-making has become an essential part of history. Often, modellers uncover facts or depict vehicles that no longer exist. We give life to tank technology that met the indignity of the scrappers torch. Without the innate desire to understand the world around us, history would be redundant, so much would be lost, modelling is a tool for understanding just as it was thousands of years ago when Egyptian tombs contained models of chariots.
It's great to see that this wonderful hobby gets some special attention by the tank museum! I am sure a lot of the visitors are in fact modellers, who want to see these machines and maybe take photos of a few details in order to make better models. At least those are the reasons why I wish to visit the Bovington tank museum one day :)
Love your channel. Inspired me to buy the Revell 1/48 Rafale. Also watch the occasional German version of your videos to practice my 30+ year old German.
@@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling Yes, your AFV Club Centurion looked much better than mine, and I have bought almost every variant because I LOVE Centurions/Shots/Olifants.
In the 60s and 70s Airfix taught me so much about military history, great educational fun. The greatest kits and big battles on the dining table, fantastic.
i would argue that over all, model making has benefitted from video games. i only got interested in military history because of battlefield one, but now im absolutely captivated by every aspect.
I have been modelling, on and off, since 1974. I usually built a vehicle, then an aircraft, then another vehicle, and so on. This is the best hobby in the world, and unlike mountain climbing or racing motorcycles, it will not kill you. Looking forward to more modelling videos.
Model making is undoubtedly a fantastic stress reliever. I sit down to paint a model and I'm away lost in the hobby with not a care in the world all my focus on the task at hand. The biggest help for me is the wealth of tutorials or how to videos on youtube that have helped me so much with the hobby.
I actually rediscovered my love of modeling and history through video games, mainly War Thunder and Battlefield. Although video games may compete for our entertainment, it certainly provides and avenue for people to develop or redevelop an interest for history and other hobbies like modeling. I particularly enjoy playing a fun tank in War Thunder then trying to build a replica in 1/72. Thank you for all that you do, Tank Museum!
I’d gotten seriously ill and my doctor said “get a hobby or go nuts”, i’m glad i chose model making, compared to the old kits these new one’s are leaps and bounds ahead, too proper scale plus even scale thicknesses now.
This is making me very grateful that I'm moving back home where I can war game with my dad and our massive collection of model tanks and a whole scale German village.
If it were possible to store Lindybeige's enthusiasm you'd be able to power a town's electricity needs for at least a week, if not longer! Great video by all concerned. Really put a smile on my face.
Thank you very much for this beautiful video!. I'm 54 and I started building scale models when I was 13. My first model was a german tank 1/76 from Matchbox, then came models from ESCI and one day I met 1/35 scale models. Scale models stores disappeared year ago here where I live (Venezuela) but thanks God I made my stock buying models every time I traveled outside the country and I have work to do with my models.
Agree with the moral of this video.. It is totally THE best way of escaping from it all and forgetting any issues you may have. Many of my followers are returning to the hobby after a 20,30,40 or even 50 year break!! For those new to the hobby.. have fun and remember the golden rule.. It's YOUR model . build it YOUR way and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
The pandemic caused a resurgence in model making and in multiplayer video gaming online, especially older titles. I'm a huge fan of both model making and video gaming, especially older games, so this is totally win-win on every level.
I've been a model maker for 65 years building everything from trains to naval vessels to tanks and aircraft. I don't know that I'm that good at it, but building scale models has been satisfying and probably kept me mostly sane.
Not even half way through this and I am loving it so much. It's amazing the people I've talked to that use modeling to "de-stress", But that's why I got back into it. Nothing clams you down like crawling around in the floor looking for a microscopic piece of styrene. I hope this becomes a regular series
David. A H U G E.... THANK YOU for this feature. I have been Modeling since the mid 70's On and off. Never ashamed to admit it. I subscribe to Various Model groups on TH-cam and you do get quite a good community built up. Be nice if the Tank museum could do one with annual Meeting at Bovington. I have used your on line shop many times and have been more than pleased with the service. So thank you and thank your staff please. Keep up the great work there
When the kids were small, we built a lot of armor models. In fact, I built a Panther tank battalion and a tiger platoon. Also an armored infantry company. And a STG 3 platoon. They built three companies of t-34s, a company of assault guns, and a heavy tank company. We held massive battles in realistic terrain. Was a lot of fun.
I've built my first model when I was six and I still build models forty five years later. From choosing one, researching about the real thing and finally building the model, I like every phase! It's like with this video: you never know when an hour has passed! And you learn all the time. 🙂
As a modeller for 35 years on and off I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Maybe all this current madness is good for people rediscovering their creativity.
Totally relate to Chris Barrie's modelling background as was similar and it was The Tank Museum that got me from building aircraft to building a Crusader and then Matilda when I visited the museum. Great video guys and insight from the guests. Thanks all.
Great video good to see Chris Barrie talking about how he got into the hobby and rediscovered it all these years later. I am a railway modeller myself but my Uncle is very much into his British WW2 tanks partly from his childhood building his Airfix kits back then and more recently his renewed enthusiasm for the tanks again. I have been busy buying conversion parts, decals and books from online sellers to allow him to further model aspects of the WW2 North Africa campaign. Myself I have just brought myself the Bachmann model of the Class 45 'Peak' locomotive 45041 "Royal Tank Regiment" as my maternal grandfather was a trooper/driver/trainer in the 4th RTR back then.. so to commemorate my granddad and I can haul the appropriate limestone hoppers with it too.
What I love about this video is not only the different ages of the modelers but also their set ups. Some have offices, some are in basements but everyone is still making great models. I totally agree not only with the statement that its a hobby you can get lost in but also that you need to model for yourself. Don’t feel like you have to weather every single model you build because model builders on TH-cam do it (Not that weathering is bad but its not always necessary) and don’t think you have to buy the $129 kit to make a great project.
What a great video. Model making has become such a sort after activity during these difficult times. I was amazed during the first lockdown how many people I work with build models, someone of these guys I've known for around 15 years, someone just mentioned it on our works page & everybody came out of the woodwork. I enjoy modelling of all types but armour & display figures being my forte. I volunteer for a veterans model group which is fantastic to see how a plastic kit can help individuals with mental health issues. I have made many friends through the hobby & wargaming. My wife loves me building kits, she even bought me a coffee machine yesterday for my workbench. Keep up the great work all, there's light at the end of the tunnel, we are all just in the bend.
My father bought my brother and I put first model airplanes when we were 5 and 7. I’ll never forget all of us sitting at the table and my father walking us through the process. The whole time we lived at home we always were building something and it really taught us that even though something can be over bearing at first, with some patience and determination you can put the pieces together.
To give an idea of how luck you are, my wife and I are together for 16 years. I love her, she is a great woman. But after all this time sharing everything with a crazy aviation enthusiast, my lady barely tells a turbine from a propeller.
Thank you Tank Museum!!! When I get older I pray I look as distinguished as David Willey. Now after seeing other people's models I have a ton more confidence in my painting and weathering skills.
"Hey ladies, I've modeled a KV-2 over the weekend." "Shut up Simon, the panzerfausts on my elite grenadiers are still going to smash your soviets into the table."
Spot on to everyone in this video. Model making is a great hobby and far from being dead. In fact it has gone beyond being a hobby for me... It's an art form and lifestyle. My very attractive woman also agrees and approves of my work. Score!! Cheers to all scale modellers! Especially armor builders HeHe
Great video. I got back into modelling and tabletop miniatures during lockdown 1 back in March 2020 and now have hordes of infantry and a ton of vehicles. Its good to know I'm not alone.
Thank you very much for your video ! Here in France I still see a community amongst young people which I’m part of , and many other people from different ages . So nice ! Many new kits , new topics ... for sure the hobby is coming back !
Oh, it never died out. We're just buying them through places we want to support. My lockdown modelling project has been a stab at finishing a 40K army. Again. I'll have another crack at it soon, push the models through to a state I'm happy with in terms of assembly, and get to the painting. I've been at this damn army so long I've gone through three generations of tank kits.
Thank you to the tank museum for a wonderful video. Glad to hear that the hobby is growing. There was a recent post on Facebook showing MR. Tamiya telling of the model building hobby growing. Having started modeling in 1967,( age of 5), it puts a smile on me, plus glad to see the upcoming generation enjoying as well. Thank you.
I've only recently started making scale models. I first bought a Konigstiger from Cobi alongside a 1/72 Tiger, and Panther to see if it was something I would enjoy making, and it certainly was! I'm currently building a Tamiya 1/35 Tiger I and enjoying it immensely!
I've had a number of tradesmen who've worked around the place notice my models and immediately open up about their own modelling. I doubt they'd have commented if they hadn't seen them - but once they notice the models, it's almost like giving them the Masonic Handshake!
Thank you so much for that brilliant episode. I also started model making again during lockdown after 20 years of abstinence.Like Chris Barrie said, exploring all the new acrylic colours and the whole youtube-channels for techniques are upgrading the fun a lot. Building WW1 Tanks in 1:35 now, a great Addition to my ww1 militaria collection.Thank you, Tank Museum, for your great video channel. Since i visted your museum during a camping trip in south England two years ago i become a true fan. Best regards from an anglophile German!
Watching this makes me want to get back into it. Looking around my life and how hard I’m scrambling just to stay on top of work, help the little one through schools, talk with the wife on how we’ll deal with whatever challenge appeared yesterday, make and eat at least two meals a day, and sleep occasionally, makes me realize the futility. Alas.
I got back into the hobby a few months ago after a 20 year break and ended up buying almost the entire range of Airfix 1/76 AFVs with no regrets! Funnily enough it's about that long since I visited Bovington so I feel a return trip is almost mandatory when the museum reopens
I've been building Lego models my whole life, and half way through 2020 I decided to get into modelling. It's been a lot of fun! Although unfortunately I've distracted myself from modeling with other hobbies for a while, but videos like this always reingnite by desire to model. Great video guys!
I would say competition really. I love playing battlefield 1 and 5 and COD warzone with friends online and make tons of armour and auto models with kids and by myself. Love playing the games, watching tank museum and building kits, painting and weathering and building dioramas. Its all cool.
I was 4yrs when I made my first model. White Front stores were going out of business everything was on sale. I found a Russian Spy Ship (Repackaged as the North Atlantic Fishing Trawler today) and asked my mother to get it for me. I knew about models because my father built model race cars. Mom got it for 50 or 75 cents. Soon as I got home I laid out the instruction sheet and followed the pictures. i use the X-Acto knife cut but didn't trim the parts and had the model finished in less than an hour. The only finish on it was my gluey fingerprints. Every bit was where it was supposed to be and I was really proud to show it to my parents. Memories.
I'd really enjoyed putting model kits together during weekend when I was in junior high, high school and the first two years of college (about 1974-1981). Such fun times, even with the frustrations.
It's a very satifying hobby. Personally I like model trains of the Southern Railway but even in this hobby I make models of wagons and buildings and it is a great thing to do during these troubled times. Please keep supporting the tank museum an visit their online shop.
Best, most effective, and easiest modeling trick for wheeled vehicles: Drag tires across a sheet of sandpaper. That will put a flat spot on them where they rest on the ground. Its a dramatic effect and makes the model just look right.
Thank you for this. I build armour and aircraft and I am currently building a ME 163. I returned to modelling five years ago and never looked back. Just for balance, another Panther on the bench next!
Use to make models for my brother when at school. He worked and could afford them. 45 years later during lock down I'm back making models for him. Do we all go back to our comfort zones in troubled times?
The Tank Museum is my primary reason for wanting to take a trip across the pond someday. No doubt my kids would love it, too. Something tells me I would end up blowing the vacation budget on shipping stuff from their shop back to the US. Maybe one of these days...
The first model i ever built as a lad was a ww2 Dornier Bomber. My second... the ww2 8-wheeled German Panzerspahwagen (?) It was a fantastic Monogram kit complete with crewmen... one was even holding a frying pan over a fire! Lol. Cheers from Ireland fellas.
I remember that one! I think that was one of those that came with a leaflet about diorama building, hence the inclusion of things like a guy with a frying pan. Monogram made some really good, simple to build models back then, but in 1/32, which I never understood. Erin go bragh!
Little tip for anyone getting into modelling: If you hoover/generally tidy the floor after every session model building it has 2 effects. 1. It makes it easier to find any dropped small bits the next day when you pick the model up again. 2. It helps to keep the other half happy because you're keeping the place so tidy.
Great video chaps , back in the day when grown adults were allowed out I went to Bovington tank museum to see the Tiger Collection and there was a model making club there, friendly to talk to and a VC collection also . Great day out and could have spent the family budget in the shop.
I always buy from the Tank Museum first if they have the kit I want. There prices are as reasonable as anywhere else and at least i'm contributing to an awesome museum. Have only visited the museum once but will most definitely go again.
I've been making scale models since I was a kid, but focused mainly on military aircraft and sci-fi spacecraft. I didn't really get into modeling armored vehicles until I was in my 20's or so. The jewel of my armor model collection is a mixed platoon of 3 Abrams (Tamiya M1A1, Trumpeter M1A2, and Tamiya USMC M1A1HA) and a Bradley (Tamiya M2A2), all in 1/35th-scale.
My main hobby is Napoleonic miniature painting but on occasion, I like assembling some model ww2 tanks so cheers to you fellow model makers! May your trustworthy tweezers never fail you!
Back in the 1980's I would conduct classes with my younger Marines on vehicle recognition, especially the Warsaw Pact examples, and I used model tanks to illustrate the key features of Soviet made AFV's. It proved to be very effective and I dare say that our unit would have had no problem in IFF as well as effectively targeting them. The hobby became a teaching tool.
"remember model making is cool, and dont let anyone tell you otherwise" true words of wisdom!
I do hope there are not to many closet model makers.I myself am a loud and proud tamiya fan.Stay free lads.
I dont care if its cool for me its just plain fun
Maybe If it's like a small scale replica that uses the same type of metal and has a little gun.
Cheers to the tank museum for encouraging creativity and creative expression!
Thanks - we enjoyed this very much!
Best hobby there is :) and while we sometimes nag on museums, we really do appreciate the work you do on restoring these vehicles that can serve as excellent reference for model makers and kit manufacturers alike. Thank you!
So true mate!
Couldn’t of said it better myself 😃👍🏻
Why nag on museums? Just wondering what about
@@dhruvb38 to display or repair vehicle that people want. sort of like how people nag youtubers to do a video idea that might not be possible or even wanted on a larger scale.
@@Dockhead gotcha
It was my absolute pleasure and honour to be asked to participate in this, and ended up next to Al Murray too :-)
I can't wait for you guys to reopen so I can bring the kids down.
I sometimes used to read women's magazines and the last time I did this was almost two decades ago.
There was an article in (I think) a Cosmopolitan magazine regarding categories of men, that women should not have 'relationships' with.
I thought that it would cover the range of male miscreants such as bullies, criminals and thugs, but no, one category was model makers!
That taught me something important as I enjoy constructing scale models, so I gave up chasing women! -thank you Cosmopolitan magazine!
I think Cosmo has always been a toxic, "mean girls" rag.
I’m married to a gorgeous woman. We have four kids. I build models. She encourages me to build models. I’ve built planes for each of the kids, also into ships & vehicles. I’m now building a 1/48 B-17 of my wife with a custom pinup image of her on the nose, her initials for the 3-letter ID code, and her birth date for the tail number. I’m also a gun guy, a casual gamer, and an avowed history nerd. Maybe I don’t look like Chris Hemsworth, but I can decorate a kickass war-winning bomber with her gorgeous likeness, and I taught her to shoot, so she’s good with it.
@@cdfe3388 Congratulations mate, you have found yourself a unicorn! But please don't rub it in the faces of us mere mortals! ;)
@@johnnybgoodeish Did I mention she has an identical twin sister?
@@cdfe3388 Now I know you are pulling my leg! :)
This video contains so many of my favourite things and people, one of my favourite actors Chris Barrie, one of my favourite youtubers, Lindy, one of my favourite comedians and podcast hosts, Al, talking about my favourite hobby, scale modelling, on my favourite topic, tanks. all wrapped up in commentary with David Willey. Today is a good day :)
Great to hear you enjoyed it James - stay tuned for more to come!
Absolute Honour and Privilege to be involved, great video, well done everyone and Happy Modelling 👍
Chris Barrie's story is similar to mine. Started at about 8 years of age and modeled like a child possessed right through high school, staying up late, listening to the radio or records, building models when I should have been doing school work. It's a miracle I finished school at all!
Wonderful program, Tank Museum. Thanks for including my model in this slide show!
Same here my friend. The 1/32nd Monogram kits were my favourites back in the day. Panzer IV, Brummbar, etc... all very detailed and fun to build. And yes... the record collection was always close by haha.
Cheers from Ireland.
@@stevesullivan9752 You’re singing my song! I built every Monogram armor kit at least twice! And the Tips On Building Diorama sheets by Shep Paine in each kit just poured fuel on the fire! I don’t have any of my models from those days but I still have every one of the Diorama tip sheets.
I also share the same story. Motorcycles and firearms were my passion (and still are), and I still have nearly all the kit motorbikes and 1:1 plastic handgun models I made in my teens, in spite of innumerable changes of residence (survived 3 divorces) Still making models in my 70's!
Oh my word, Lindybeige is absolutely on fire in this video.
Isn’t he just
Way too much coffee.
made me chuckle
Yes I have a plane collection, tanks included, but despite his obviously joking he for some reason still made me angry haha
Such gems like: WATER! That’s not terrain!
So glad to have been a tiny part of this video - my tank was the result of years of research aided by the LEGEND that is DAVID FLETCHER. I honestly think that model-making has become an essential part of history. Often, modellers uncover facts or depict vehicles that no longer exist. We give life to tank technology that met the indignity of the scrappers torch. Without the innate desire to understand the world around us, history would be redundant, so much would be lost, modelling is a tool for understanding just as it was thousands of years ago when Egyptian tombs contained models of chariots.
It's great to see that this wonderful hobby gets some special attention by the tank museum! I am sure a lot of the visitors are in fact modellers, who want to see these machines and maybe take photos of a few details in order to make better models. At least those are the reasons why I wish to visit the Bovington tank museum one day :)
Love your channel. Inspired me to buy the Revell 1/48 Rafale. Also watch the occasional German version of your videos to practice my 30+ year old German.
@@DavidLee-df888 Cheers David, thank you! I do what i can and i am happy to hear that you like what i am doing :)
@@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling Yes, your AFV Club Centurion looked much better than mine, and I have bought almost every variant because I LOVE Centurions/Shots/Olifants.
Platz frei? Komme mit!
@@carstenstoerzel6546 Das wäre eine Sensation :)
In the 60s and 70s Airfix taught me so much about military history, great educational fun. The greatest kits and big battles on the dining table, fantastic.
I liked the Matchbox kits because the plastic was two colours and they had a diorama :)
@@ian_b They also had figures with the kits.Matchbox made some wonderful models like the Jagdpanzer and Sherman Firefly. Great times and memories
@@ian_b Monty's command wagon, And the Sherman with diorama was a genuinely impressive detailed kit. Happy times.
I get the impression that Lindy likes Churchills...
...and Sd.Kfz 251's
...and gubbins
he seems to crazy
You're a mind reader!
He likes dark ages armor more
For me nothing more satisfying than creating a world in miniature especially when building your favourite tank, aircraft or figure.
i would argue that over all, model making has benefitted from video games. i only got interested in military history because of battlefield one, but now im absolutely captivated by every aspect.
It was Brothers in Arms for me.
Same, warthunder got me into modelling.
I have to agree, I think one of the main reasons I got into model tanks....is video games and the history channel....
That's true! I build Cars, most of which I have learnt about from video games.
War Thunder, Battlefield, and the amazing YT history channels out now helped me rediscover modeling!
I have been modelling, on and off, since 1974. I usually built a vehicle, then an aircraft, then another vehicle, and so on. This is the best hobby in the world, and unlike mountain climbing or racing motorcycles, it will not kill you. Looking forward to more modelling videos.
Model making is undoubtedly a fantastic stress reliever. I sit down to paint a model and I'm away lost in the hobby with not a care in the world all my focus on the task at hand.
The biggest help for me is the wealth of tutorials or how to videos on youtube that have helped me so much with the hobby.
Poor old Lindy - too much time in lockdown coupled with too much coffee 😂👍 Great to see Chris Barrie into his modelling - smoke me a Kipper!
Lindybeige and Chris Barrie makes for an excellent video. It really doesn't surprise me that Rimmer was a model maker like so many of us.
Awesome. Have been building 1/72 tanks for 40+ years, it never gets old!
I actually rediscovered my love of modeling and history through video games, mainly War Thunder and Battlefield. Although video games may compete for our entertainment, it certainly provides and avenue for people to develop or redevelop an interest for history and other hobbies like modeling. I particularly enjoy playing a fun tank in War Thunder then trying to build a replica in 1/72. Thank you for all that you do, Tank Museum!
I’d gotten seriously ill and my doctor said “get a hobby or go nuts”, i’m glad i chose model making, compared to the old kits these new one’s are leaps and bounds ahead, too proper scale plus even scale thicknesses now.
An episode with David as the host and special guest Chris Barrie and Lindybeige.
This is making me very grateful that I'm moving back home where I can war game with my dad and our massive collection of model tanks and a whole scale German village.
Sounds awesome!
If it were possible to store Lindybeige's enthusiasm you'd be able to power a town's electricity needs for at least a week, if not longer! Great video by all concerned. Really put a smile on my face.
Really happy to see Chris Barry here, hat off to you Chris and best wishes to you 🙂
Loved the Britain’s greatest Machines with you in it 👍
Thank you very much for this beautiful video!. I'm 54 and I started building scale models when I was 13. My first model was a german tank 1/76 from Matchbox, then came models from ESCI and one day I met 1/35 scale models. Scale models stores disappeared year ago here where I live (Venezuela) but thanks God I made my stock buying models every time I traveled outside the country and I have work to do with my models.
Model making, and miniature painting, has been a great way to relax after a long day at work. I wish I had truly discovered it years before I did.
Agree with the moral of this video.. It is totally THE best way of escaping from it all and forgetting any issues you may have. Many of my followers are returning to the hobby after a 20,30,40 or even 50 year break!! For those new to the hobby.. have fun and remember the golden rule.. It's YOUR model . build it YOUR way and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
The pandemic caused a resurgence in model making and in multiplayer video gaming online, especially older titles. I'm a huge fan of both model making and video gaming, especially older games, so this is totally win-win on every level.
I've been a model maker for 65 years building everything from trains to naval vessels to tanks and aircraft. I don't know that I'm that good at it, but building scale models has been satisfying and probably kept me mostly sane.
Very enjoyable video. Been building and painting for 65 years. Keeps the mind and hands sharp.
Not even half way through this and I am loving it so much. It's amazing the people I've talked to that use modeling to "de-stress", But that's why I got back into it. Nothing clams you down like crawling around in the floor looking for a microscopic piece of styrene. I hope this becomes a regular series
David. A H U G E.... THANK YOU for this feature. I have been Modeling since the mid 70's On and off. Never ashamed to admit it. I subscribe to Various Model groups on TH-cam and you do get quite a good community built up. Be nice if the Tank museum could do one with annual Meeting at Bovington. I have used your on line shop many times and have been more than pleased with the service. So thank you and thank your staff please. Keep up the great work there
Inspirational video. A reminder of the joy that you can jump into again.
Nerdy? not at all, no difference to anything creative.
Creating is joy.
When the kids were small, we built a lot of armor models. In fact, I built a Panther tank battalion and a tiger platoon. Also an armored infantry company. And a STG 3 platoon. They built three companies of t-34s, a company of assault guns, and a heavy tank company. We held massive battles in realistic terrain. Was a lot of fun.
Very impressed with Al Murray's diorama.
Impressive isn't it!
Chris it's really good to see you engaging with the tank museum. Your name amongst others really pulls into the engineering world.
Gubbins!
Really nice to see the tank museum encouraging and celebrating such hobby!!!! Thank you and hope this hobby and community keeps growing ❤
I've built my first model when I was six and I still build models forty five years later.
From choosing one, researching about the real thing and finally building the model, I like every phase!
It's like with this video: you never know when an hour has passed! And you learn all the time. 🙂
As a modeller for 35 years on and off I thoroughly enjoyed this episode.
Maybe all this current madness is good for people rediscovering their creativity.
Thoroughly enjoyable. Good to see that all, young and old, have a common interest.
Totally relate to Chris Barrie's modelling background as was similar and it was The Tank Museum that got me from building aircraft to building a Crusader and then Matilda when I visited the museum. Great video guys and insight from the guests. Thanks all.
Great video good to see Chris Barrie talking about how he got into the hobby and rediscovered it all these years later. I am a railway modeller myself but my Uncle is very much into his British WW2 tanks partly from his childhood building his Airfix kits back then and more recently his renewed enthusiasm for the tanks again. I have been busy buying conversion parts, decals and books from online sellers to allow him to further model aspects of the WW2 North Africa campaign. Myself I have just brought myself the Bachmann model of the Class 45 'Peak' locomotive 45041 "Royal Tank Regiment" as my maternal grandfather was a trooper/driver/trainer in the 4th RTR back then.. so to commemorate my granddad and I can haul the appropriate limestone hoppers with it too.
This is the best video of all. Represents everything that is me. Thank you Tank Museum.
What I love about this video is not only the different ages of the modelers but also their set ups. Some have offices, some are in basements but everyone is still making great models. I totally agree not only with the statement that its a hobby you can get lost in but also that you need to model for yourself. Don’t feel like you have to weather every single model you build because model builders on TH-cam do it (Not that weathering is bad but its not always necessary) and don’t think you have to buy the $129 kit to make a great project.
Does Lindybeige realise that he looks like the late emperor Haile Selassie with his oversized pith helmet, beard and intense expression?
They probably smoked the same tobacco too 🤪👍
He was bloody funny!
Orde Wingate
@@giuseppe196424 The Clive of Burma!
Jah Rastafari...
Scale modeling IS how I found the Tank Museum, and its director, curator, and Fletcher the Great. Thank you for the youtube content.
What a great video. Model making has become such a sort after activity during these difficult times. I was amazed during the first lockdown how many people I work with build models, someone of these guys I've known for around 15 years, someone just mentioned it on our works page & everybody came out of the woodwork. I enjoy modelling of all types but armour & display figures being my forte. I volunteer for a veterans model group which is fantastic to see how a plastic kit can help individuals with mental health issues. I have made many friends through the hobby & wargaming. My wife loves me building kits, she even bought me a coffee machine yesterday for my workbench.
Keep up the great work all, there's light at the end of the tunnel, we are all just in the bend.
My father bought my brother and I put first model airplanes when we were 5 and 7. I’ll never forget all of us sitting at the table and my father walking us through the process. The whole time we lived at home we always were building something and it really taught us that even though something can be over bearing at first, with some patience and determination you can put the pieces together.
5 years ago I entered my girlfriend's bedroom for the first time and she had airfix models hanging from the ceiling. We got married last year
you lucky, lucky dog.
Outstanding! 😀
Oh... to find such a girl!
@@derf-vr1fc we were at school together and she was the quiet bullied nerd. It's the quiet ones you've got to look out for...
To give an idea of how luck you are, my wife and I are together for 16 years. I love her, she is a great woman. But after all this time sharing everything with a crazy aviation enthusiast, my lady barely tells a turbine from a propeller.
Thank you Tank Museum!!! When I get older I pray I look as distinguished as David Willey.
Now after seeing other people's models I have a ton more confidence in my painting and weathering skills.
"Hey ladies, I've modeled a KV-2 over the weekend."
"Shut up Simon, the panzerfausts on my elite grenadiers are still going to smash your soviets into the table."
I’ve been making models for a year now, and I just wanna say thanks for encouraging others to work on such a great hobby!
You have to give Lindy credit for bringing dedication and enthusiasm to every single one of his videos
Spot on to everyone in this video. Model making is a great hobby and far from being dead. In fact it has gone beyond being a hobby for me... It's an art form and lifestyle. My very attractive woman also agrees and approves of my work. Score!! Cheers to all scale modellers! Especially armor builders HeHe
Omg three of my favorites things models , tanks and Chris Barrie! Dwarfer for life!
Great video. I got back into modelling and tabletop miniatures during lockdown 1 back in March 2020 and now have hordes of infantry and a ton of vehicles. Its good to know I'm not alone.
Thank you very much for your video ! Here in France I still see a community amongst young people which I’m part of , and many other people from different ages . So nice ! Many new kits , new topics ... for sure the hobby is coming back !
Oh, it never died out. We're just buying them through places we want to support.
My lockdown modelling project has been a stab at finishing a 40K army. Again. I'll have another crack at it soon, push the models through to a state I'm happy with in terms of assembly, and get to the painting. I've been at this damn army so long I've gone through three generations of tank kits.
Great video! I do believe you have just re-lit the model-making fires of my youth! Thank you!
So glad now that we have this tribute! Thanks, The Tank Museum!
God Bless you guys in this Museum! You have done a great job!
Thank you to the tank museum for a wonderful video. Glad to hear that the hobby is growing. There was a recent post on Facebook showing MR. Tamiya telling of the model building hobby growing. Having started modeling in 1967,( age of 5), it puts a smile on me, plus glad to see the upcoming generation enjoying as well. Thank you.
I've only recently started making scale models. I first bought a Konigstiger from Cobi alongside a 1/72 Tiger, and Panther to see if it was something I would enjoy making, and it certainly was! I'm currently building a Tamiya 1/35 Tiger I and enjoying it immensely!
I've had a number of tradesmen who've worked around the place notice my models and immediately open up about their own modelling. I doubt they'd have commented if they hadn't seen them - but once they notice the models, it's almost like giving them the Masonic Handshake!
So glad to see so many new hobbiest!! Missing the museum like mad and can’t wait to get back in the shop and spend lots of money
Thank you so much for that brilliant episode. I also started model making again during lockdown after 20 years of abstinence.Like Chris Barrie said, exploring all the new acrylic colours and the whole youtube-channels for techniques are upgrading the fun a lot. Building WW1 Tanks in 1:35 now, a great Addition to my ww1 militaria collection.Thank you, Tank Museum, for your great video channel. Since i visted your museum during a camping trip in south England two years ago i become a true fan. Best regards from an anglophile German!
I've been watching/listening to this vid while painting and making up some of my models. Good way to keep the hands occupied while watching shows.
Watching this makes me want to get back into it.
Looking around my life and how hard I’m scrambling just to stay on top of work, help the little one through schools, talk with the wife on how we’ll deal with whatever challenge appeared yesterday, make and eat at least two meals a day, and sleep occasionally, makes me realize the futility.
Alas.
Fantastic watch! Great to see the hobby alive and well! Needs to get to the museum after this is over...
I got back into the hobby a few months ago after a 20 year break and ended up buying almost the entire range of Airfix 1/76 AFVs with no regrets!
Funnily enough it's about that long since I visited Bovington so I feel a return trip is almost mandatory when the museum reopens
I've been building Lego models my whole life, and half way through 2020 I decided to get into modelling. It's been a lot of fun! Although unfortunately I've distracted myself from modeling with other hobbies for a while, but videos like this always reingnite by desire to model. Great video guys!
I would say competition really. I love playing battlefield 1 and 5 and COD warzone with friends online and make tons of armour and auto models with kids and by myself. Love playing the games, watching tank museum and building kits, painting and weathering and building dioramas. Its all cool.
I was 4yrs when I made my first model. White Front stores were going out of business everything was on sale. I found a Russian Spy Ship (Repackaged as the North Atlantic Fishing Trawler today) and asked my mother to get it for me. I knew about models because my father built model race cars. Mom got it for 50 or 75 cents. Soon as I got home I laid out the instruction sheet and followed the pictures. i use the X-Acto knife cut but didn't trim the parts and had the model finished in less than an hour. The only finish on it was my gluey fingerprints. Every bit was where it was supposed to be and I was really proud to show it to my parents. Memories.
Model making has been the only thing thats kept me sane these past 12 months.
Chris Barrie, Legend!
Woohoo! I have been waiting for this video for years! And you got all these amazing people on board, this is great! Thank you!
I'd really enjoyed putting model kits together during weekend when I was in junior high, high school and the first two years of college (about 1974-1981). Such fun times, even with the frustrations.
This was the most relaxing thing I've seen all week even though it makes me itchy.
Just men talking about their hobby. Something like a safe space in this white men hating world.
It's a very satifying hobby. Personally I like model trains of the Southern Railway but even in this hobby I make models of wagons and buildings and it is a great thing to do during these troubled times. Please keep supporting the tank museum an visit their online shop.
Best, most effective, and easiest modeling trick for wheeled vehicles: Drag tires across a sheet of sandpaper. That will put a flat spot on them where they rest on the ground. Its a dramatic effect and makes the model just look right.
Good tip, that's a very ancient -maybe forgotten- one
I look forward to the next episodes! If partly to see if David's book shelf survives the whole series without collapsing :p
Lindybeige is mad as a hatter. I like him! ;) Nice video!
Thank you for this. I build armour and aircraft and I am currently building a ME 163. I returned to modelling five years ago and never looked back. Just for balance, another Panther on the bench next!
Use to make models for my brother when at school. He worked and could afford them. 45 years later during lock down I'm back making models for him. Do we all go back to our comfort zones in troubled times?
The Tank Museum is my primary reason for wanting to take a trip across the pond someday. No doubt my kids would love it, too. Something tells me I would end up blowing the vacation budget on shipping stuff from their shop back to the US. Maybe one of these days...
The first model i ever built as a lad was a ww2 Dornier Bomber.
My second... the ww2 8-wheeled German Panzerspahwagen (?) It was a fantastic Monogram kit complete with crewmen... one was even holding a frying pan over a fire! Lol.
Cheers from Ireland fellas.
I remember that one! I think that was one of those that came with a leaflet about diorama building, hence the inclusion of things like a guy with a frying pan. Monogram made some really good, simple to build models back then, but in 1/32, which I never understood. Erin go bragh!
Little tip for anyone getting into modelling: If you hoover/generally tidy the floor after every session model building it has 2 effects. 1. It makes it easier to find any dropped small bits the next day when you pick the model up again. 2. It helps to keep the other half happy because you're keeping the place so tidy.
Great video chaps , back in the day when grown adults were allowed out I went to Bovington tank museum to see the Tiger Collection and there was a model making club there, friendly to talk to and a VC collection also . Great day out and could have spent the family budget in the shop.
Looking forward to watching the rest of this series. 👍
I always buy from the Tank Museum first if they have the kit I want. There prices are as reasonable as anywhere else and at least i'm contributing to an awesome museum. Have only visited the museum once but will most definitely go again.
Loved watching this! Great listening to all the contributor's. Some amazing finished pieces on display, very inspirational!
Always happy to get more of Lindybeige
I've been making scale models since I was a kid, but focused mainly on military aircraft and sci-fi spacecraft. I didn't really get into modeling armored vehicles until I was in my 20's or so. The jewel of my armor model collection is a mixed platoon of 3 Abrams (Tamiya M1A1, Trumpeter M1A2, and Tamiya USMC M1A1HA) and a Bradley (Tamiya M2A2), all in 1/35th-scale.
Lindy is so enthusiastic. Love it :D
My main hobby is Napoleonic miniature painting but on occasion, I like assembling some model ww2 tanks so cheers to you fellow model makers! May your trustworthy tweezers never fail you!
Stuart, I love that line of boxes on top of your bookcase! I enjoy pushing cardboard as well.
Back in the 1980's I would conduct classes with my younger Marines on vehicle recognition, especially the Warsaw Pact examples, and I used model tanks to illustrate the key features of Soviet made AFV's. It proved to be very effective and I dare say that our unit would have had no problem in IFF as well as effectively targeting them. The hobby became a teaching tool.
As a lifelong model maker I salute you back Sir.