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@@deonjansen I’ve just started mine too!

@@hardysscalemodels cool - I will give a shout out from my channel and be keen to have 2 channels building the same model over feb / march

Yeah I would love to see one for real. Amazing aircraft.

@@MichaelKennedy-tr1xc I’m really not sure to be honest but I can certainly trying and find out.

@hardysscalemodels It's the 1943 version I've found out. I was hoping it was the earlier version as I have already made a Tamiya 88 with a field grey paint scheme and I would have matched the two if that had been the case. The German Army changed its base colour from field gray to desert yellow in 1942 for all vehicles so I'll have to look for the Dragon early production version or maybe Trumpeter to keep it accurate for a field grey paintscheme. Thanks for the video.. 🙂👍

@@MichaelKennedy-tr1xc ah ok. Thanks for the info update mate. Appreciate that. I’m new to armour building so my knowledge is limited. Nice one.

@@MichaelKennedy-tr1xc From the photos & vids I have seen, it was quite common to see a mix of dunkelgrau equipment & dunkelgelb equipment in the same unit, as well as dunkelgrau equipment sprayed with dunkelgelb camouflage in stripes/spots. It really depended on when sufficient quantities of dunkelgelb became available at each factory, at the repair depots & on the front lines. Also, as was usually the case with every asset, SS units tended to be the first to get the latest & greatest stuff (e.g. new vehicles, new weapons, new paints, etc..), while the Wehrmacht had to make do with what it had. And...to complicate matters, quite frequently, both Axis & Allied units on the front lines would often smear mud on their vehicles as a form of "camouflage". In fact, because the first shipments of German equipment to North Africa were painted in dunkelgrau, units in the Afrika Korps immediately set about mixing the local sand/soil with water & painting the mixture on their armour, artillery shields, trucks, etc.. When the U.S. landed troops in North Africa, their units did the same to break up the solid olive drab colour. In some wartime photos, it is difficult to tell if Allied & Axis equipment used paint or mud as a main colour or a secondary/camo colour. Also, during winter, the whitewash used by all armies to camouflage their equipment was easily worn off by crews walking on/handling them, or partially washed off by rain...so during the winter & early spring, most vehicles were white with a lot of blotches of the base colour & perhaps camo colours showing through. Last, but not least...just to complicate things further....as the end of the war approached, when German industry was being destroyed in air raids or overrun by advancing Soviet & western Allied units, the supply of dunkelgelb paint became scarce. Consequently, German equipment had to be painted in a base colour of dunkelgrau, or dunkelgrun, or feldgrau, or even just red oxide primer...and the camo colours that were applied would have been dunkelgrau, dunkelbraun, or any other colour that could be found. So, back to your kits...therefore, a combo of an artillery piece in dunkelgrau (perhaps with dunkelgrau camo) & a half-track in dunkelgelb would not be out of the question during 1942 & 1943.

@derekbaker3279 wow! Thanks for the information mate!

@@toboldlygosmodelworks1973 thanks mate!

Thank you!

@@Benjamin-578 watch this space!

@@hardysscalemodels fantastic, I also have this kit and have had it for ages but there’s not much online about improving the build and I’m hesitant to start it with my skillset at the moment. I think you’ll be the only one on UA-cam who will actually have a build video on this kit. Good luck and I look forward to watching!

@@Benjamin-578 will do my best!

@@Aldo-d6z thank you very much!

@@JoseTorres-z6k thank you!

@@StevenPotts-ij9ue thank you! Really appreciate that.

@@MsModeller thanks Lexi! Try this kit, it’s easy and well detailed. I loved it.

@IanWilliams-f2l thank you! I really enjoyed building it! Got a couple more in the stash too. Same to you, all the best for 2025!

@@spartus I wish 😂

@@philb2085 ah, I never thought of that! I do have a Whirlwind helicopter kit in my stash though 😂

@@RaymondSuess hello mate. Thanks for the message. Yeah I’ve started on the T34. Doing it as a video build too.

@@markfranks1329 thanks for the info mate, appreciate the feedback.

@@hardysscalemodels No worries. Good video. 👍

@@markfranks1329 thanks man

Yeah I suspected there might be with an older kit. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the heads up.

Yeah you can 👍🏻

Yeah this kit is big so the 1/48 must be epic!

@hardysscalemodels It's 3 foot long and just under 3 feet for the wingspan,wings fully extended!.

@ hahaha! I am SO tempted!

@@LUC66631 think I’d be spending my life savings on glue!

Yeah it’s an old one!

@@davidmaddox6220 thanks for the heads up mate! I have been looking at some of the aftermarket stuff… very tempting!

@@BrianSanders-tn7pi thanks Brian, appreciate the extra info! Thanks mate.

@@JamesMackenzie-sx2bu ??

@@hardysscalemodels errrhhhmmmm

Thanks mate

@@andrewtang3108 thank you! I guess it’s like any hobby, you can spend a lot, or spend a lot less. Buying second hand kits online can save you money, as can just buying the essentials you need. For instance a knife, sanding sticks, nippers and brushes. But the kit I have has built up over time, I only buy new kit when I need to upgrade/replace. Hope this helps.

@ thanks hope I can get into the hobby soon, if you have any specific suggestions for paints for this build please let me know

@@andrewtang3108 I tend to use Tamiya acrylics. Easy to find, decent quality and not expensive.

Just got my hands on a similar kit, was wondering if you have a list of paints you used

@ hi. Mainly Tamiya acrylics, but the main grey colour I used was Mr Hobby Aqueous H51, Light Gull Grey.

@@philsmodelmaking2260 yeah I think I’m definitely going to broaden the range of stuff I build, instead of just aircraft. Thanks mate.

I guess you could decant it into a container, let the gas come out of it for a few hours, then try it?

@hardysscalemodels no no no ,you can buy a bottle of tamiya primer on the market ,it is a glass bottle,which code is 87075

​@@hardysscalemodels no no no, there are glass bottle of tamiya primer and can be purchased in market,which offical code number is 87075,are you heard of it?

@@junhaogu-ee8wh sorry I’m not aware of that.

@@IanWilliams-f2l thanks mate, appreciate that 👍🏻

@@frog6714 thank you mate!

Thank you mate!

@@hardysscalemodels thank you for the awesome tutorials.

@ thank you! You’re welcome!

@@davidmaddox6220 thank you mate!

@@DutchDaveModels thank you mate!

@@lorenwade8760 haha, that’s funny! Makes you wonder how many people got this kit and never finished it! I’ll be working on mine in the new year I think. I still haven’t decided which scheme I want to do it in. Good luck with yours!

Hi. It’s an IKEA Detolf cabinet, but I think it’s been discontinued now.

@@skyIine234 it’s the Airfix 1/72 Vickers Valiant

@ sorry for late response but thank u so much bro that plane looks so nice

@@skyIine234 thanks man

@@c8136132 I’ll have to check for you. But this version of the kit is all Arabic schemes. So likely they’re not in English. I’ve bought some aftermarket decals for it.

@@hardysscalemodels yep I'm assuming that's the case however if the manufacturer cut a few corners, who knows..... It's things like the "Rescue" arrow for example...

@@c8136132sure I’ll check.

​@@hardysscalemodels hi matey, did you get the chance to check?

@@c8136132 yes, sorry! The rescue markings are in English. So are the no-step marking.

Thanks mate. I’ll key an eye out for that.

It’s an IKEA detolf cabinet, but they’ve been discontinued. They have a new one that’s very similar though.

@@nidge2822 hello mate and thanks for subscribing! EBay, Vinted and sites like that are very good for picking up bargains if you’re working to a budget. Older kits can tend to be a little cheaper too.

@@hardysscalemodels thanks mate I've just 2 models of vinted so will see if they are better to handle !

@@jetsofthecoldwar1149 yeah it should be quick too, really not much to it.