Thanks Adam. For the next couple of videos (which are already in progress) I won't be able to show any figure painting, but for the videos after that I will endeavour to show my efforts at painting the figures. I can't promise good results though!
I used to spend hours making models of #WW2 armour, vehicles, soldiers, planes and once even attempted to recreate a French bordello with the full crew of personnel included and I was only just turned 6 years old, I was congratulated for my achievement at school and my father was especially proud and impressed with his son and heir.📚🏴😊
Enjoyed the video very much. One thought I had was to add pigment powder to the skirts of the tank going from very light at the top to heavier along the edge. You could also do the same for the road wheels, Idler & sprocket wheel. Just a thought. Also the back of the signs could use weathering as well. Overall very well done.
Wow awesome paint job, love the diorama as well mate . Can I just ask do you have another channel as well called Rifleman Moore you really sound like him. Keep up the great work 🍻🍻👍🏻
Great video! Very instructive! Just completed my first attempt at weathering (on any model) on the 1:48 Matilda "Phantom" using your techniques. Pretty happy with the outcome. Thanks!
Lovely build. I recently built "Defiance" from this kit. It's great that there is so much photo reference available on line so I was able to fix up the incorrect Census number and the the placement of the RAC flashes on the sides.I love your treatment of the tow lines.I must take mine off and do them again. I have built my first diorama featuring the Matilda with a Stuart I built ages ago and a shot up PAK 37. The tanks are both 7th Armoured Div. from Operation Crusader but they were in different Brigades and it is unlikely they would of crossed paths, but in my display case they look fine. Once again great video.
Thank you Steve. Yes, this scheme is one of my faves too. I have a Dorchester truck that is supposed to be in this scheme, but I have something else I might want to do with it...
There's a new mould kit not sure how better it could be than this newer one!? I love the Matilda really wish someone would bring out a mk1 Matilda kit!
Nice build, especially convincing dust and dirt effects. About painting the interior black- after watching some Lindybeige and Chieftain videos bemoaning the forest of things to bang one's head against that actually block a lot of the view from outside hatches, I'm slightly surprised that no company has come out with partial interior kits with just those parts that can be seen from outside hatches- particularly with a figure partially blocking the view. When I was younger and had better eyes I'd scratchbuild such stuff bit not these days.
I agree - it can't be super hard to include, for example, a turret basket. Actually the RFM Sturmtiger (a bit of a pain of a kit) I'm working on now does include a partial interior, but that's definitely unusual.
I usually rinse it out with water (except for AK Real Colors, which react badly to water) and then give it a more thorough clean using a small amount of lacquer thinner.
We completely skipped over the Tow Cable part of the build ... shame - I was actually looking forward to that the most! You seem to have completely replaced the included bit of string with some wire? I am considering the same issue and would have liked very much to see how you resolved or tackled that part of the build ...
Sorry mate, I didn't realise anybody would be very interested in that part of the build. I'm trying to remember how I approached it, as this model is currently in a box on a shipping container somewhere. I did use steel wire, although I feel like it might have been included in the box already...
@@ModelNerd The Kit definitely doesn't include steel wire ... it's a standard 144mm bit of white string. Many people seem to use thin gauge picture wire as a replacement which I am also considering. I can guess at what you did but would have liked to see the discussion on it and actually see what you did with it ... it seems inconsequential but it's funnily enough one of those stand out aspects of the build that some people avoid and others do right. No matter ... enjoyed the build either way.
@@thevelointhevale1132 I must have pulled it from the spares then I guess. Thank you for the feedback though - I do appreciate it. It's useless to know that seeing small parts like that being built can be helpful to people.
Great work at the Tamiya 1/35 scale Matilda British tank used in Afrika . Excelent work at the assembling and painting the body . The weathering is absolut fantastic and very realistic . The diorama is also amazing ! Thank you for sharing my friend !🙂👍🏆🥇
A very enjoyable watch, lots of details in both the visual and audio. I've the same tank in my stash so I've picked up lots of tips from this video which I will put to great use when it's time to build my Matilda.
@@ModelNerd I thought it was light blue (RLM light blue or stone blue) after all these years. Never trust the instruction sheet from the model kit but online images,LOL
@@amuxpatch2798 Yeah, the light blue is now regarded as a common misconception, perhaps based on dust altering colours or the slate colour fading to a bluer hue. Apparently one armour museum went with this blue scheme years ago and others copied (including the kit makers!).
@@ModelNerd Tamiya engineers went to museums to take pictures of military pieces and used that as the basis for color, markings etc.. to be used in their kits and instruction sheets.
Very nice result! One of my modeling shortcomings is not having done more UK subjects. Interesting on the exhausts. One thing I have done is to mix some pastel dust into the paint. An earth tone most often. It ups the texture a bit and looks like a very well used muffler. So, I agree 100% on the way you did the exhaust. Looks like you could reach out and burn your hand. Good job!
Fantastic build. They’re all good but this one I would rate in the top 2 or 3. The weathering and the camouflage colors were spot on in my opinion. I’m motivated to do a Loyd Carrier with Sikhs as part of the 8th Army in1941 using a similar colors and technique, Awesome. Hard finding pics of Sikhs in Loyd Carriers but just began researching. I always wonder when I see a thumbs down 👎 on something as quality as this what they were thinking. Apologies to you for whoever did that. P.s. Looking forward to the Zombie Part 2.
Cheers Ted, I appreciate your comments. I don't worry about the thumbs down any more to be honest :) The Loyd Carrier project sounds interesting - it's always good to see something new and different. Good luck with it! Zombie Part 2 might be the next video - I've done most of it now but the figures are holding me back a back. It's surprisingly hard to paint zombie skin! :)
An awesome result set off nicely on the diorama. Tamiya make some great kits and are always great to build. I’ve even got some older kits from the 80’s still to build. I’ve never built a Matilda before and feel inspired now to make one.
Thanks. I will try to cover this more the next time I paint some figures - I normally skip over it because I don't feel I do this well, but I am improving, slowly...
@@ModelNerd one big tip I can give you on museum's and ww1 ww2 modeling don't copy them! I've actually had an argument with the restorers of the Bovington Matilda mk3 about her paint scheme! They were so ignorant and fighting back that they have the correct paint colour codes on file and there the correct colours! There not! Paint didn't go by number mix amounts back then either! I have the original document of the colour scheme for her! Well it's a photocopy of the original and she's certainly not sky blue and yellow! Portland stone, light stone , middle stone, uk BSC 49 L purple bL (used on the Grant's and Sherman's) desert camo theres a desert pink the BSC 28 L silver green is the main colour they use not bright blue haha! There's quite alot of desert colour theres the normal desert camo and then we have the caunter scheme! If you ever need any of the names and codes let me know mate be happy to help
Thanks Denis. I'm thinking of doing a short video on (image) resources for modellers. There's a lot of places like the IWM archives that aren't readily indexed by Google. Do you think such a video would be useful to people?
Model Nerd uh hello your work is amazing and yes as a current teenager doing models this would really help as sometimes it is hard to find good reference images for all types of models👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Belo trabalho; receba meus parabéns. 😀💯👍
Obrigado 👍
Thanks for the details on paints, always interested what people use🙂
Thanks mate.
I'd like to see you paint figures.
Thanks Adam. For the next couple of videos (which are already in progress) I won't be able to show any figure painting, but for the videos after that I will endeavour to show my efforts at painting the figures. I can't promise good results though!
I used to spend hours making models of #WW2 armour, vehicles, soldiers, planes and once even attempted to recreate a French bordello with the full crew of personnel included and I was only just turned 6 years old, I was congratulated for my achievement at school and my father was especially proud and impressed with his son and heir.📚🏴😊
There's always the possibility of getting back into the hobby! :)
Subscribed. I built a Matilda about a month ago. Any way I could share some pictures with you?
Thanks Tim. Yes, please do share your images. Always good to see others' models.
@@ModelNerd Great! what is the best way to share them with you?
If you go to the "About" tab on my UA-cam page you can click to send me an email.
Thanks for this video. I have just bought this model and I'm new to building model tanks, so this is very helpful!
Thanks - I'm glad it was helpful!
Enjoyed the video very much. One thought I had was to add pigment powder to the skirts of the tank going from very light at the top to heavier along the edge. You could also do the same for the road wheels, Idler & sprocket wheel. Just a thought. Also the back of the signs could use weathering as well. Overall very well done.
Thank you Donald. Weathering with pigments is something I need to get better at for sure. Appreciate the suggestions.
very very nice job. This is the next kit I'm intending to build. Thx for this vid. inspiring
Thanks mate. Have fun!
Wow awesome paint job, love the diorama as well mate . Can I just ask do you have another channel as well called Rifleman Moore you really sound like him. Keep up the great work 🍻🍻👍🏻
Hi Todd, thanks for your comments mate. Nope - this is the only channel I have.
Great video! Very instructive! Just completed my first attempt at weathering (on any model) on the 1:48 Matilda "Phantom" using your techniques. Pretty happy with the outcome. Thanks!
Thank you Michael, I'm glad you found it helpful. I hope the weathering was fun - I find desert some of the hardest to do, personally.
Excellent video, just started a Matilda and will be using some of the techniques you have demonstrated. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
Thank you Rich, I appreciate the feedback :)
Absolutely stunning, just wonderful piece of work 👍👍😉
Many thanks!
Lovely build. I recently built "Defiance" from this kit. It's great that there is so much photo reference available on line so I was able to fix up the incorrect Census number and the the placement of the RAC flashes on the sides.I love your treatment of the tow lines.I must take mine off and do them again. I have built my first diorama featuring the Matilda with a Stuart I built ages ago and a shot up PAK 37. The tanks are both 7th Armoured Div. from Operation Crusader but they were in different Brigades and it is unlikely they would of crossed paths, but in my display case they look fine. Once again great video.
Thanks mate, I really appreciate your comments. Yes, great to see lots of references. This week's video is about exactly that, actually....
Blown away by your painting 🎨 techniques absolutely amazing 👍 👍
Thank you so much 😀
GREAT JOB on all aspects of this build. Looking forward to your future British vehicle builds.
Thanks mate. A Dorchester ACV is coming up at some point in the near(ish) future.
😍😍😍😍
Thanks
My favorite camo scheme. This is an awesome build. Enjoyed watching you work your magic
Thank you Steve. Yes, this scheme is one of my faves too. I have a Dorchester truck that is supposed to be in this scheme, but I have something else I might want to do with it...
There's a new mould kit not sure how better it could be than this newer one!? I love the Matilda really wish someone would bring out a mk1 Matilda kit!
*Very nice work, the Matilda "queen of the battlefield" is so typical at its time 👍*
Thanks! Much appreciated!
Nice build, especially convincing dust and dirt effects.
About painting the interior black- after watching some Lindybeige and Chieftain videos bemoaning the forest of things to bang one's head against that actually block a lot of the view from outside hatches, I'm slightly surprised that no company has come out with partial interior kits with just those parts that can be seen from outside hatches- particularly with a figure partially blocking the view.
When I was younger and had better eyes I'd scratchbuild such stuff bit not these days.
I agree - it can't be super hard to include, for example, a turret basket. Actually the RFM Sturmtiger (a bit of a pain of a kit) I'm working on now does include a partial interior, but that's definitely unusual.
@@ModelNerd Cool. Let's hope it starts a trend!
Great job on it. Also would you do a uss hornet with a b-25 set on a ocean diorama?
Never say never :)
Nice work realy. I love this kit and done it for 40 years.
Thank you Daniel, and thanks for watching
What varnish did you use as a gloss coat before adding the enamel wash?
Tamiya TS-13, if i remember correctly.
It looks great! Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you! 😊
beautiful models very realistic
Thank you Patrick
What did you use to clean your airbrush?
I usually rinse it out with water (except for AK Real Colors, which react badly to water) and then give it a more thorough clean using a small amount of lacquer thinner.
A really beautiful build, Bravo 👏
Thanks nikbear
We completely skipped over the Tow Cable part of the build ... shame - I was actually looking forward to that the most! You seem to have completely replaced the included bit of string with some wire? I am considering the same issue and would have liked very much to see how you resolved or tackled that part of the build ...
Sorry mate, I didn't realise anybody would be very interested in that part of the build. I'm trying to remember how I approached it, as this model is currently in a box on a shipping container somewhere. I did use steel wire, although I feel like it might have been included in the box already...
@@ModelNerd The Kit definitely doesn't include steel wire ... it's a standard 144mm bit of white string. Many people seem to use thin gauge picture wire as a replacement which I am also considering. I can guess at what you did but would have liked to see the discussion on it and actually see what you did with it ... it seems inconsequential but it's funnily enough one of those stand out aspects of the build that some people avoid and others do right. No matter ... enjoyed the build either way.
@@thevelointhevale1132 I must have pulled it from the spares then I guess. Thank you for the feedback though - I do appreciate it. It's useless to know that seeing small parts like that being built can be helpful to people.
Nice detailed
Thank you
More of an aircraft type but flicking down FB your Matilda diorama lept out, beautiful piece of modelling 👍
Thanks Jonathan!
Nice one.. Always like a desert diorama.Steve U.K.
Thanks. Yes, this is one of my favourites too.
Great work at the Tamiya 1/35 scale Matilda British tank used in Afrika . Excelent work at the assembling and painting the body . The weathering is absolut fantastic and very realistic . The diorama is also amazing ! Thank you for sharing my friend !🙂👍🏆🥇
Thank you :)
Amazing !! Thancks for this, please send more videos.
Manu
Thanks. More to come!
A very enjoyable watch, lots of details in both the visual and audio. I've the same tank in my stash so I've picked up lots of tips from this video which I will put to great use when it's time to build my Matilda.
Thanks for your comment. I'm glad the video was useful.
It's nice work as always. Also I always enjoy your video. Thanks for uploading.
Glad you enjoy it!
I just started building my Matilda yesterday. I'm also doing desert camo.
Have fun! It's a great kit.
Excellent vid, great help with the 1/48 one I`m starting.
Thanks mate. I keep meaning to give their 1/48 armour kits a try.
great job mate.
Thanks mate! Yeah, I love the Caunter scheme
Inspired and very nice job, signs are a nice touch...
Thank you Phil
@@ModelNerd I thought it was light blue (RLM light blue or stone blue) after all these years. Never trust the instruction sheet from the model kit but online images,LOL
@@amuxpatch2798 Yeah, the light blue is now regarded as a common misconception, perhaps based on dust altering colours or the slate colour fading to a bluer hue. Apparently one armour museum went with this blue scheme years ago and others copied (including the kit makers!).
@@ModelNerd Tamiya engineers went to museums to take pictures of military pieces and used that as the basis for color, markings etc.. to be used in their kits and instruction sheets.
Very great work👌 now I want to do a desert tank :D
Thanks mate. Go for it!
Nice video! Which thinner were you used for AK RC?
Thanks. I used their own High Compatibility thinner.
Very nice result! One of my modeling shortcomings is not having done more UK subjects. Interesting on the exhausts. One thing I have done is to mix some pastel dust into the paint. An earth tone most often. It ups the texture a bit and looks like a very well used muffler. So, I agree 100% on the way you did the exhaust. Looks like you could reach out and burn your hand. Good job!
Thanks Stephen - I appreciate that.
Fantastic build. They’re all good but this one I would rate in the top 2 or 3. The weathering and the camouflage colors were spot on in my opinion. I’m motivated to do a Loyd Carrier with Sikhs as part of the 8th Army in1941 using a similar colors and technique, Awesome. Hard finding pics of Sikhs in Loyd Carriers but just began researching. I always wonder when I see a thumbs down 👎 on something as quality as this what they were thinking. Apologies to you for whoever did that. P.s. Looking forward to the Zombie Part 2.
Cheers Ted, I appreciate your comments. I don't worry about the thumbs down any more to be honest :) The Loyd Carrier project sounds interesting - it's always good to see something new and different. Good luck with it! Zombie Part 2 might be the next video - I've done most of it now but the figures are holding me back a back. It's surprisingly hard to paint zombie skin! :)
There's original footage of Sikhs in their Loyd carriers rolling through the desert (maybe that's what inspired you) but I know it's out there. 👍
An awesome result set off nicely on the diorama. Tamiya make some great kits and are always great to build. I’ve even got some older kits from the 80’s still to build. I’ve never built a Matilda before and feel inspired now to make one.
Thanks Simon. Yep, you can't go wrong with a Tamiya kit.
Nicely done sir a really enjoyable video love that camo pattern you have done it superbly
Thank you Greg, much appreciated mate.
hi i like your vidoes and was wounding can you hand paint AK paints
Thanks Noel. I'm not sure - I've only hand painted very small parts (chipping) with them.
Would love to see a tutorial on how you paint your tank crew etc
Thanks. I will try to cover this more the next time I paint some figures - I normally skip over it because I don't feel I do this well, but I am improving, slowly...
Absolutely awesome model and diorama! This is in my stash and I just hope mine turns out as well as yours.
Thanks Chris
Super nice build. The signs are spot on. Thanks
Thank you Pete
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed it :)
Looks AWESOME great job
Cheers Joshua
Came out looking really nice.
Thanks mate
love how this came out, awesome work mate 💯👌
Thank you! Cheers!
Whey hey same as mine proper caunter scheme! No damb yellow and blue!!
Hehe - it's a good lesson on how museum exhibits may not be all they appear to be!
@@ModelNerd one big tip I can give you on museum's and ww1 ww2 modeling don't copy them! I've actually had an argument with the restorers of the Bovington Matilda mk3 about her paint scheme! They were so ignorant and fighting back that they have the correct paint colour codes on file and there the correct colours! There not! Paint didn't go by number mix amounts back then either! I have the original document of the colour scheme for her! Well it's a photocopy of the original and she's certainly not sky blue and yellow!
Portland stone, light stone , middle stone, uk BSC 49 L purple bL (used on the Grant's and Sherman's) desert camo theres a desert pink the BSC 28 L silver green is the main colour they use not bright blue haha! There's quite alot of desert colour theres the normal desert camo and then we have the caunter scheme! If you ever need any of the names and codes let me know mate be happy to help
Thanks. Yes, some very interesting and rare schemes out there. Lots to offer a break from plain green :)
Fantastic,build. Loved the video too.
Thank you Steve.
Слушай, классно! Мне понравилось! молодец!!!
Thanks!
Nice looking dio👍
Thanks Kevin
That’s great work.
Thanks!
Very nicely done. I really enjoyed the layout and research. It is on my to do list.
Thanks Denis. I'm thinking of doing a short video on (image) resources for modellers. There's a lot of places like the IWM archives that aren't readily indexed by Google. Do you think such a video would be useful to people?
Model Nerd uh hello your work is amazing and yes as a current teenager doing models this would really help as sometimes it is hard to find good reference images for all types of models👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks mate, good to know.
@@ModelNerd Definitely. I try to buy or borrow books for the images. Great idea.
Great video as always!
Thank you Nick!
@@ModelNerdCan't wait to see more! Out of curiosity, what camera do you use to do your filming?
It's an old Canon 70D with a 24-105mm lens (and sometimes a 100mm macro).