Hey mates, just wanted to say I'm really happy with this video and it's probably my favorite so far. I had a great time filming and editing and honestly feel like the footage turned out really good. Hope you enjoyed it as well!
Yes, I plan on making a full blown playlist about weathering different types of tank tracks. Basically each time I build a model with some interesting texture on the tracks, there will be a video about it.
I'm glad you mentioned that these kinds of tracks exist on abandoned and destroyed tanks only, cause a lot of modellers, and even some big names in the modelling world do their models with such rusty tracks on a tank that is supposed to be operational which is absolutely ridiculous.
@@jogados You are correct that my surmisal of referencing Shep Paine doesn't alter what you wrote, but Shep Paine was the person who came to my mind. He was a very prominent modeller in the 1980's and beyond, and his tracked vehicles always had heavily rusted tracks.
Bare steel will rust within hours of being exposed to weather in some cases. Definitely within weeks or months. I do agree with you that rust is overdone in many (most?) cases. The issue is that rust only exists in small spots on active-duty tracks, it gets worn off by movement and friction, and bare silver should be more prevalent in WWII era tracks that did not have the rubber-pads used in more modern ones.
I love how much confidence you have in your techniques and skills. You give instruction with great conviction and the results really back you up :) Superb
That's because I only talk about stuff I know at least something about. It's not like I'm gonna paint, let's say, my first figure ever, and call it HOW TO PAINT FIGURES TUTORIAL :) On the other hand, if something doesn't work as well as I expected, I always make sure to point it out.
I can't tell anymore. How much of this is pure talent and how much is the result of dedication and constant improvement? The original meaning of "Kung Fu" in Chinese is "the ultimate level of art and craftsmanship reached by hard work, endless repetition and training". So, in more ways than one, you are the 少林 of modeling.
I always thought that a dark brown base was the best colour for rust or tank tracks, but I can see the value in having a dark grey base instead. You are indeed a master of your craft.
While I am not a military modeler, I have learned so many great techniques that I can apply to model railroading. I really enjoy your methods and how well you explain what you are doing and why. Also, the bits of humor make it enjoyable to watch. Thank you for all your presentations.
Great video. Love the end result. And I really like your approach to the work - to the point, explaining exactly what is being shown on-screen, no extra nonsense. Keep up the great work!
hi mate, in england as a butcher I'm lucky enough to be classed as an essential worker, I'm so exhausted and for the past few days I've been unable to move when I get home. I want to say a massive thank you for your content because all I've been able to do is youtube. stay strong ✌
Just used this tutorial today. Modified as I didn’t have the exact paints but MAN. Once I figured out a decent combo based on paints I had, I am very pleased with the results!
Love the video presentation, love the fun loving attitude mixed with your humour. Well done, and yes, the video is a standard reference for me on how to get these great results. You should be proud of the internet standard you are setting with how to present a technique and excellent "out of this world" results. I have watched others since subscribing to yours, but I only watched them when I have trouble sleeping, better than prescription drugs.
really nice video i'm going to do my tracks in the morning and hopefully they will turn out like yours it will be the first time i have tried to weather tracks.
i love how you don't take offense to struggling with the English language (which is not an easy language to learn). You did really well with your presentations. I wish I can be as confident as you with speaking in English. I know... practice makes perfect. But I love how you end the video with some sense of humor accepting the struggle with English. Thanks to subtitles, it has made many of our TV, movie, social media personalities with accents understandable. By the way, English is not my native language either.
Amazing work Uncle Nitenite.And your spot on about the enamel paints eating plastic tracks like model kasten which have very small plastic"pins"holding them together.And they will desolved or soften enuff to fall apart with enamel paints/thinners. This is a great video.
Longtime lurker and jet aircraft modeller. Love these videos so much I bought myself a Sherman tank to build! Now I learn that the Wilder products are extreme,y difficult to get 😔 . Can anyone recommend alternatives? TIA
As a non armour modeller I found your video very clear and demystifying. The one AFV I have built in recent times I struggled with the tracks and never did come close to anything realistic. I am hoping you cover the painting of the rubber band type tracks? The pacing of your videos is really good.
Your name night shift . I never thought of that I wander how many like security guy work night and just sit there I would defanatly bring my models to work and work on them...great show thank
Hi, Night Shift, I have started to watch your videos not so long ago, but this video is exactly what I need by now (and the video about realistic exhausting system), because I have been building WH40k Baneblade, and I want to do it brilliantly... Sooo, your tricks and guides are really awesome. I just finished one of the tracks, and result is really impressive. I've tried to find and blend some colours to get the colours you have. The only thing I have done extra is the thin metal dry brush at the edges, while it adds kinda contrast to the whole tracks and make them look a bit special
thank you for your professional quality videos - this quality commitment brings us an ideal food in our model project. Thank you for sharing this know-how
I haven’t done a model in years and I’m not sure if I have to. Pretty satisfying dude. Just discovered you today and I’ve watched all your videos. I should be studying for my test instead. Cheers!
Just watched this again the other day cause I'm tackling my first Tiger tank...Tamiya Tiger I with rubber band tracks. Although I used Vallejo rust colors as that is what I had, I am quite happy with my results so far; especially the spare track sections on the turret side. I figure the rubber tracks will look better once I add some mud and dirt effects, putting them on the vehicle. I must say that the key part for me was starting with a gray base coat. Thanks for the help and the interesting videos!!
Martin, your videos are simply the best. So much knowledge and humour. You are doing a great job promoting this hobby. Keep up the fine work and build something russian allready, will ya 😉
just want to check at around 6:25 or so, you said the darker Lifecolor rust colours were speckled on only, and not brushed on, and yet it looks like you clearly brushed on the second colour? Or did I get confused? And v interesting about Lifecolor - before I 'saw the light' and started to use MRP paints, I tried Lifecolor; it would be hard to find a paint that airbrushes as badly, but maybe that's just me. Thanks for your videos - they are really informative and entertaining to watch. Nick
First and second color were both brushed and speckled, the third (Base Color) was speckled and the fourth one (Dark Shadow) was first speckled and then applied as random uneven, very thin wash, followed by more speckling with the second rust color, also heavily thinned down. TBH I got confused as well while editing and had to check twice because the Base and Shadow color looked very similar :)
@@NightShiftScaleModels perfect, thank you. Also interested in what additional steps you would take to make tracks for an operational vehicle, and the differences between say a desert tank and one in Europe...next video maybe? :) Thanks again!
There are too many steps to describe in one comment and it really varies depending on the terrain, but I'll briefly talk about the subject while weathering my next project, which will come out in 2 weeks :)
Great Videos! Here's a tip for breaking the water tension...add a drop of dish soap to your water, (a drop to 1 pint should be enough). If you want to get fancy, pick up some "Windsor & Newtons Bending Medium for Watercolor". That stuff is great, though you have to be careful to add only a drop to your acrylic paint. If you add more, the drying time increases...a lot. Anyway, I paint with acrylics on all my miniatures and W&N blending medium, (or the soap in the water), works great for washes and glazes. Looking forward to your next vid!
I always add dish soap to my acrylic Tamiya dust mixture - the one I applied on these tracks as well - but I didn't find it very important to improve the flow of those acrylic rust paints, as you don't have to be very precise when applying them in this manner.
Hi, have to agree with the Lifecolor Rust and Dust set, been using them for a couple of years now and have achieved great results, handy for light rust using a sponge, love your channel too, some fantastic tips.
In another video I saw of yours you mentioned a set of paints/mud you can buy purely for tanks. Can you remind me what make and set they were please? Can’t seem to find the video again. Awesome videos. Thanks
Have you ever tried thinning your acrylic washes with isopropyl alcohol (or an alcohol/water mix)? The alcohol has a much lower surface tension than water and the paint dries faster because the alcohol evaporates more quickly.
I tried that 50/50 alcohol/water mixture for a different technique once but it didn't work. I'm afraid it would damage the previous acrylic layers and overall would do more harm than good. If high surface tension is your concern you can add a drop or two of dish soap/detergent.
I'd like to see how you handle 1/72nd scale link & length tracks? - assemble first?, then paint? If so, how would we keep all the different pieces from being confused during final assembly? Glue together first? Then paint in place? Grrr...?
Love it, and am willing to improv on this and experiment. A little dry brush with enamel early on in a steel color will be easy to find after all my other layers. Just peeking out on the sharp edges.
Hey Night Shift. Been a fan for a while. I havent gotten into armor yet, but plan on it soon. Your vids are very nice and interesting and I learn alot. Thank you!
Deep ejector marks can be hidden by filling with a mix of ground up sprue and Tamiya thin glue. A drop in each section essentially raises the level of that panel to hide the mark.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You crack me up. I love the way the track turned out so now i get to try my hand at doing this, I hope it turns out even half as good as yours did. I will be painting track for an RC track vehicle so it`s going to get its dirt from mother nature. 😛
Hi. Your videos are really great. A lot of techniques that I use myself. Please make a video of modern tracks that also have these black rubber pads. I would be interested in how you paint these type of tracks
Awesomme and highley realistic too, its like the real stuff. I am planning too build a IS 7 a heavy soviet tank that was also highley advanced for its time. I also want to build airplanes on 1:72 scale. Cut you please make a video about building and painting a second world war airplane?
Hey mates, just wanted to say I'm really happy with this video and it's probably my favorite so far. I had a great time filming and editing and honestly feel like the footage turned out really good.
Hope you enjoyed it as well!
It was an excellent video, thank you.
I think I said these are for an abandoned tank... at least 10 times 😁😁😁
Yes, I plan on making a full blown playlist about weathering different types of tank tracks. Basically each time I build a model with some interesting texture on the tracks, there will be a video about it.
Keep it up, your videos are some of the most usefull i have come across for me
Realistic tracks are difficult for me you make it seem easy I’m gonna give this method a whirl
I'm glad you mentioned that these kinds of tracks exist on abandoned and destroyed tanks only, cause a lot of modellers, and even some big names in the modelling world do their models with such rusty tracks on a tank that is supposed to be operational which is absolutely ridiculous.
Are you referring to Sheperd Paine?
@@williamjohnson7963 No, some Spanish guy, even though if it was Shep, it wouldn't change the fact of what I wrote.
@@jogados You are correct that my surmisal of referencing Shep Paine doesn't alter what you wrote, but Shep Paine was the person who came to my mind. He was a very prominent modeller in the 1980's and beyond, and his tracked vehicles always had heavily rusted tracks.
Bare steel will rust within hours of being exposed to weather in some cases. Definitely within weeks or months.
I do agree with you that rust is overdone in many (most?) cases. The issue is that rust only exists in small spots on active-duty tracks, it gets worn off by movement and friction, and bare silver should be more prevalent in WWII era tracks that did not have the rubber-pads used in more modern ones.
I love how much confidence you have in your techniques and skills. You give instruction with great conviction and the results really back you up :) Superb
That's because I only talk about stuff I know at least something about. It's not like I'm gonna paint, let's say, my first figure ever, and call it HOW TO PAINT FIGURES TUTORIAL :)
On the other hand, if something doesn't work as well as I expected, I always make sure to point it out.
I can't tell anymore. How much of this is pure talent and how much is the result of dedication and constant improvement? The original meaning of "Kung Fu" in Chinese is "the ultimate level of art and craftsmanship reached by hard work, endless repetition and training". So, in more ways than one, you are the 少林 of modeling.
Thanks a lot mate. I don't have talent for anything, so I guess it just comes down to practice :)
I always thought that a dark brown base was the best colour for rust or tank tracks, but I can see the value in having a dark grey base instead. You are indeed a master of your craft.
GREAT TECHNIQUE and GREAT DEMONSTRATION of how to do it. Plastic looks EXACTLY like real steel.
Brought the light... both the light... boat the light... both the light... vot the light...both the light. I love it! :)
While I am not a military modeler, I have learned so many great techniques that I can apply to model railroading. I really enjoy your methods and how well you explain what you are doing and why. Also, the bits of humor make it enjoyable to watch. Thank you for all your presentations.
You are the master !!! No one comperes to you . Learnt so much watching your videos. Thank you 🙏
InformAtive. To the point. Funny. Top quality. My new fav AFV UA-cam modeller. Thank you
Your humour makes these videos even better!
14 minutes to finish those tracks is amazing
The techniques is excellent, very rich in details. But the bloopers are fantastic!.
It is a pleasure watching your videos. You are hilarious all the while giving fantastic advice. Please keep them coming! Cheers!
Great video. Love the end result. And I really like your approach to the work - to the point, explaining exactly what is being shown on-screen, no extra nonsense. Keep up the great work!
Your videos are just ….fun! I’m learning so much from them. Thank you.
hi mate, in england as a butcher I'm lucky enough to be classed as an essential worker, I'm so exhausted and for the past few days I've been unable to move when I get home. I want to say a massive thank you for your content because all I've been able to do is youtube. stay strong ✌
Love how you explain things as your showing it being done
Just used this tutorial today. Modified as I didn’t have the exact paints but MAN. Once I figured out a decent combo based on paints I had, I am very pleased with the results!
My favourite nocturnal channel and the sun’s still shining... ? Mmmm still, there’s no time like the present for German grey and rust.
When i need advise on panzer vehicle i go to your channel ! You are an expert in this matter.
Adam is slowly becoming my number 2, you are now the king my friend!!!
We all need more Vealed Wehicles!
Both the light and dark ones.
(love your videos)
Love the video presentation, love the fun loving attitude mixed with your humour. Well done, and yes, the video is a standard reference for me on how to get these great results. You should be proud of the internet standard you are setting with how to present a technique and excellent "out of this world" results. I have watched others since subscribing to yours, but I only watched them when I have trouble sleeping, better than prescription drugs.
I'm so tired of modellers just painting the tracks black. You lose so much colour and texture.
I am definitely going to use the second week on my one to one scale Fiat model I am working on for a film I do appreciate your videos very much
8:28 "a surprising amount of brute force", wisdom from the master! Good work man keep it up
really nice video i'm going to do my tracks in the morning and hopefully they will turn out like yours it will be the first time i have tried to weather tracks.
That bloopers was amazing! Found an new favorite modeling channel!
Astounding (and not just because this track set has track pins)!
Jeez! I've been away from this hobby too long. Retiring soon, time to dive back in!
i love how you don't take offense to struggling with the English language (which is not an easy language to learn). You did really well with your presentations. I wish I can be as confident as you with speaking in English. I know... practice makes perfect. But I love how you end the video with some sense of humor accepting the struggle with English. Thanks to subtitles, it has made many of our TV, movie, social media personalities with accents understandable. By the way, English is not my native language either.
SUPERB results! Thanks for sharing all of this, again :) Motivates me to start a new model again after doing no model related stuff for a while :)
Amazing work Uncle Nitenite.And your spot on about the enamel paints eating plastic tracks like model kasten which have very small plastic"pins"holding them together.And they will desolved or soften enuff to fall apart with enamel paints/thinners. This is a great video.
Great video my friend. The ending was very amusing! Thanks and ill be watching more!
Longtime lurker and jet aircraft modeller. Love these videos so much I bought myself a Sherman tank to build! Now I learn that the Wilder products are extreme,y difficult to get 😔 . Can anyone recommend alternatives? TIA
As a non armour modeller I found your video very clear and demystifying. The one AFV I have built in recent times I struggled with the tracks and never did come close to anything realistic. I am hoping you cover the painting of the rubber band type tracks? The pacing of your videos is really good.
Congratulations budy! That's technique is amazing!
Your name night shift . I never thought of that I wander how many like security guy work night and just sit there I would defanatly bring my models to work and work on them...great show thank
love your commentary, always fun to listen to. Learnt some good tips which I'm off to try on a set of Friuls, so thanks .
This tutorial is great just finnished air brushing mine and waitnig it to dry :)
Good video Martin - mmmmmm Aqua Line - work as good as they smell - probably the best smelling model product I have ever used, blends pretty good too.
Can't decide what's better, their performance or their smell :)
I was just about to start on my KV-1 tracks so this comes in handy
Awesome videos, and your commentaries are very entertaining.
Hi, Night Shift, I have started to watch your videos not so long ago, but this video is exactly what I need by now (and the video about realistic exhausting system), because I have been building WH40k Baneblade, and I want to do it brilliantly... Sooo, your tricks and guides are really awesome. I just finished one of the tracks, and result is really impressive. I've tried to find and blend some colours to get the colours you have. The only thing I have done extra is the thin metal dry brush at the edges, while it adds kinda contrast to the whole tracks and make them look a bit special
What a easy and awesome looking technique. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, so many different steps I lost count. Great video Mr Kovac and a great result. 👍🏻
Wow....looks super realistic, congratulation
This is my go to video when doing tracks 😊
same
Amazing video! Thanks for sharing all these interesting techniques! The result is just superb!
Interesting approach and phenomenal result. Ingenious!
thank you for your professional quality videos - this quality commitment brings us an ideal food in our model project. Thank you for sharing this know-how
I love watching ur modeling skills. You are really good and help me so much keep it up
I haven’t done a model in years and I’m not sure if I have to. Pretty satisfying dude. Just discovered you today and I’ve watched all your videos. I should be studying for my test instead. Cheers!
Thanks for the video just applied this technique to the spare tracks on my 1:16 king tiger. It looks amazing
Another fantastic video. Thanks Martin.
Just watched this again the other day cause I'm tackling my first Tiger tank...Tamiya Tiger I with rubber band tracks. Although I used Vallejo rust colors as that is what I had, I am quite happy with my results so far; especially the spare track sections on the turret side. I figure the rubber tracks will look better once I add some mud and dirt effects, putting them on the vehicle. I must say that the key part for me was starting with a gray base coat. Thanks for the help and the interesting videos!!
Awesome video. Will be showing at next Pendleton AMPS meeting.
Great video. Waiting for next weathering tyre.
Martin, your videos are simply the best. So much knowledge and humour. You are doing a great job promoting this hobby. Keep up the fine work and build something russian allready, will ya 😉
just want to check at around 6:25 or so, you said the darker Lifecolor rust colours were speckled on only, and not brushed on, and yet it looks like you clearly brushed on the second colour? Or did I get confused? And v interesting about Lifecolor - before I 'saw the light' and started to use MRP paints, I tried Lifecolor; it would be hard to find a paint that airbrushes as badly, but maybe that's just me. Thanks for your videos - they are really informative and entertaining to watch. Nick
First and second color were both brushed and speckled, the third (Base Color) was speckled and the fourth one (Dark Shadow) was first speckled and then applied as random uneven, very thin wash, followed by more speckling with the second rust color, also heavily thinned down.
TBH I got confused as well while editing and had to check twice because the Base and Shadow color looked very similar :)
@@NightShiftScaleModels perfect, thank you. Also interested in what additional steps you would take to make tracks for an operational vehicle, and the differences between say a desert tank and one in Europe...next video maybe? :) Thanks again!
There are too many steps to describe in one comment and it really varies depending on the terrain, but I'll briefly talk about the subject while weathering my next project, which will come out in 2 weeks :)
Tremendous stuff
Look forward to these on a friday
Great Videos! Here's a tip for breaking the water tension...add a drop of dish soap to your water, (a drop to 1 pint should be enough). If you want to get fancy, pick up some "Windsor & Newtons Bending Medium for Watercolor". That stuff is great, though you have to be careful to add only a drop to your acrylic paint. If you add more, the drying time increases...a lot. Anyway, I paint with acrylics on all my miniatures and W&N blending medium, (or the soap in the water), works great for washes and glazes. Looking forward to your next vid!
I always add dish soap to my acrylic Tamiya dust mixture - the one I applied on these tracks as well - but I didn't find it very important to improve the flow of those acrylic rust paints, as you don't have to be very precise when applying them in this manner.
Martin, you beautiful human! Those tracks are next level. Incredible!
this is actually incredibly helpful i burnished my steel tracks for my e100 model and now i know how to make them even more detailed :D
Ahhh, weathering metal tracks is sooooo satisfying, much easier than those fragile plastic ones :) Have fun!
@@NightShiftScaleModels haha, will do :)
Hi, have to agree with the Lifecolor Rust and Dust set, been using them for a couple of years now and have achieved great results, handy for light rust using a sponge, love your channel too, some fantastic tips.
I'm here as always when new video comes! 👍
Awesome job Martin and I agree with your opinion on life color paints. I use them and have for quite a while and love the results
Wow!!!! Masterclass AGAIN !!! thx for this.
Both the Light blooper will be my next ringtone
Congratulations! Very cool!!
Nah, this guy is actually a giant and those are real tracks, fake news! p.s, you are my favourite YT modeller, thanks for sharing your techniques!
Beautifully finished, a usual. Too much talent for one person, but nice that you're sharing it out. Cheers bud.
In another video I saw of yours you mentioned a set of paints/mud you can buy purely for tanks. Can you remind me what make and set they were please? Can’t seem to find the video again. Awesome videos. Thanks
Have you ever tried thinning your acrylic washes with isopropyl alcohol (or an alcohol/water mix)? The alcohol has a much lower surface tension than water and the paint dries faster because the alcohol evaporates more quickly.
I tried that 50/50 alcohol/water mixture for a different technique once but it didn't work. I'm afraid it would damage the previous acrylic layers and overall would do more harm than good. If high surface tension is your concern you can add a drop or two of dish soap/detergent.
I'd like to see how you handle 1/72nd scale link & length tracks? - assemble first?, then paint? If so, how would we keep all the different pieces from being confused during final assembly? Glue together first? Then paint in place? Grrr...?
Absolutely amazing!
I love these videos. It’s really helped improve my model making so much.
As a new subscriber, im really impressed with your videos. Thx
Love it, and am willing to improv on this and experiment. A little dry brush with enamel early on in a steel color will be easy to find after all my other layers. Just peeking out on the sharp edges.
Uncle Night shift...lol...!!! Enjoyed your video, including the bloopers...!
thanks for this wonderful video...please make more about other type of tracks 🤗🤗🤗
thanks for your great technique!
Zdar, super videa, jen tak dál Martine !!!!
Outstanding sir
I'm a simple man - I see a new Night Shift video; I click on it.
>"I have to make sure not to lose them."
>immediately loses them
Every time.
They’re so beautiful...... great job 👍
Hey Night Shift. Been a fan for a while. I havent gotten into armor yet, but plan on it soon. Your vids are very nice and interesting and I learn alot. Thank you!
Deep ejector marks can be hidden by filling with a mix of ground up sprue and Tamiya thin glue. A drop in each section essentially raises the level of that panel to hide the mark.
Great work, Great advice, Thank-you.
Purely awesome ❤
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. You crack me up. I love the way the track turned out so now i get to try my hand at doing this, I hope it turns out even half as good as yours did. I will be painting track for an RC track vehicle so it`s going to get its dirt from mother nature. 😛
BOTH THE LIGHT BOTH THE LIIIIIIGGGGGHHHHHTTTTT!!!!!!
Do you have a video on weathering the rubber tracks in the tamiya models
Video turned out great Martin!
Hi. Your videos are really great. A lot of techniques that I use myself. Please make a video of modern tracks that also have these black rubber pads. I would be interested in how you paint these type of tracks
Both the light....Lol. Subscription done. Thanks matey from New Zealand 🇳🇿
Mostly interested in aircrafts but your video, apart from very educating and interesting, was fun and enjoyable to watch. Very well done sir!
Your techniques are great! Liked and subscribed!
I love these videos and this channel
Awesomme and highley realistic too, its like the real stuff. I am planning too build a IS 7 a heavy soviet tank that was also highley advanced for its time. I also want to build airplanes on 1:72 scale. Cut you please make a video about building and painting a second world war airplane?
Both the light lol
Great work btw!