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Thanks mate, I think with desert it's more just dust and a sand blast effect

Thanks mate, bear with me on future uploads,this is how the channels going and a few videos are lead ups to this style

@@scalestuff1066 No worries! A good enough vlog for me to subscribe to the Channel and like....😜👍🏻👍🏻 Got a few “North Africa” subjects to crack on with myself.....M3 Stuart, Matilda and I’ll add this kit to the list....😎😜

Thanks for the sub mate,if I start a history ramble on the old ones just skip forward a min.Nice how the builds coming along? Did a stuart last winter in the desert cam,got to love a good caunter camo,this is deffo worth getting such a laid back build

@@scalestuff1066 Not started on any of them....yet! 😜 I’m cracking along with a 1/700 HMS Rodney at the mo. There are basically three kits on the market in this scale, Tamiya, Trumpeter and Meng....one of them is a full hull kit but none of them depict Rodney as she was, when she faced off against Bismarck! Second issue, there’s not much in the way of data re photos, design drawings, etc, so it’s a bit difficult to tie down certain details about her but after much cash outlay, I’m in the process of sorting out a pretty accurate rendition of her! 🙄😜 As you can imagine, photo-etch in this scale is an absolute ‘mare to deal with....even drilling out and fixing 1/700 16 inch gun barrels has been a right B.....d but I managed that but it’s either a day to tackle a job, or a day to not....knowing which is which is proving a bit critical.....😂😂👍🏻 That Caunter scheme is something else! There’s a small book about it and I must try and get a copy of it.....although my old work mate built the Airfix K4 Ambulance and finished that in the Caunter scheme and it’s what made me look at it in the first place! I failed to say that I’ve got a couple of SAS / LRDG Jeep kits, the Chevrolet 30cwt and also a Scammel Wrecker. I might forgo the Airfix truck and take Gecko Models version with the open cab, as that fits the desert thing a bit better....no reflective glass, etc...Also, AC Models do some fantastic figure sets and vehicle load outs for the Chevy and Jeeps BUT they are also commanding fantastic prices....roughly £15 a figure...it doesn’t get any cheaper, that’s for sure....😂😂

Ah well we all have that shelf so I can understand that one, Oww nice, I am shocked though that there is no kits of it showing the Bismarck stand off :/ . Yeah the ships can be like that, I spend an age trying to find pictures of the soul bay for a customer that sailed on her from a certain time frame in the 70's and finding shots was like hens teeth.Yeah the photo etech puts me off the ships as on mis placed finger and its game over for the part sometimes. I saw that book but never got it, I think I saw the pattern on a tank museum video, and you know what its like with ww2 British its all just green for the most part, so naturally drawn to something a bit different. Nice I have done both if they are the tamiya kits, and they both build into good models the jeep has tonnes of gear with it to really load it up.Just on a spree of trucks atm (you will see them later) but the scammel I think looks epic, just done the little 1:76 airfix one and want to build a 1:35 at some pointYeah tbh I have heard good things on gecko kits but not got my hand on one yet. Yeah sometimes the figures take the mic a bit, Ive been doing alot of 1/76, and you can get boxes of 40 tank riders for under a tenner and I kind of prefer that price range myself

No worries mate a review shouldn't waste time and just look at the way a kit goes together glad you enjoyed the content

Ah should still give it ago,if in doubt paint it first,that's my motto,If you started on some of the cheaper or second hand ones wouldn't be anything if you messed up a few bits

Grow some modelling balls Gordon and treat yourself for Christmas! Post a comment back here if you do and let us know how you got on?😊

Thanks mate I was worried I had rushed it a bit to get it out, and deffo airfix needs to do more kits like this, the scope for models with this truck is massive

Thank you, I was worried I rushed it to get the video out :) cheers though mate hope everythings going well down under

Thanks mate was my first time trying the dust coats for tires but will deffo do it again on bigger wheels

@@scalestuff1066 This K30 is on my 'to get' list & cheaper than Gecko. Bigger wheels would be the go. Was sussing out the DEF Model K2 sand tyres but the LRDG Chev wheels look wider. Are they? Stud pattern looks the same but axel ends are different, that's fixable.

Im not sure just had a look at them to see if there are any dimensions for width but no joy, I like the LRDG wheels they look a bit more aggressive, But sorry I couldn't be of help on the width, If its any help I just measured the ones on this model and they are 12mm thick

@@scalestuff1066 Gee 12mm! Certainly wider than I thought. Thank you very much for that. Have a good weekend.

Cheers mate, And thank! you the caunter camo was a tricky thing to paint

Glad you liked it mate, and yes tbh I would love to see one of these done up as a post war transporter

Thanks mate, I do what I can every models a learning curve

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Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks for watching ,bear with me on future content as this is a more recent edit

Thanks mate best of luck with your build, yeah I agree on the flimsy cans I have never seen them put into a truck rack upside down, if they had a tap on them would be handy but like you say would leak and make a mess

Thanks mate was worried I had rushed this one a bit

Hahaha well if someone wants a presenter I wouldn't say no

Thanks for the sub I'm glad you enjoyed the format, just bear with me as this was a newer edit and I have a few old style ones like the Cromwell to get through before they are all like this

I know the feeling! I'm new to the modeling world and even newer to making videos so watching excellent RU-vidrs like yourself shows me where I need to be. I'm a long way off! Looking forward to seeing the next video from you.

Mate just takes practice forget about others just keep making them and a style will come through, I know this videos better but theres 50 unreleased videos between the cromwell and this all waiting in the line up,just keep making them and trust me 2 years later you will cringe at your old stuff and as you relax more, your own personality will come to the front more

That's amazing advice thank you. Take care and I'll comment again soon.

Yeah its lovely like a breath of fresh air for the eyes, swedish m90 is another nice different one to paint to

Yeah I get that my mates dad said the literal same thing to me, Any tips on how to go about it though? I've tried before but the paint seems to rub off, or roll off?

@@scalestuff1066 I have a 25 yr old Defender that lives in a garage and gets dry use, gets washed a couple of times a year, it gets very dusty sitting at Glastonbury while I work for 10 days, pretty good example for weathering. The unswept screen area looks matted, insect marks do not clear easily on the screen but the wiper areas are defined and show movement marks, side windows show directional movement marks from opening and closing, more on the drivers side. I’m guessing light Matt lacquer and dust, mask off the wiper area, cotton bud for directional marks? That or light rub with very fine sand paper 2500-3000 grit?

Nice I would love a defender but the price of them has sky rocketed in the last few years, year maybe thats the way to go about it, just be worried of over dirting it, Im going to give it ago though on a future build, anything military generally kicks up and collects muck

Thank you, And you know now you say that I'm not sure, you got me thinking and I went off googling, it would seem that some trucks yes other trucks no, I need to look at more markings but I never thought much past the guide. I did see the bridge Weight marked on the opposite side on a couple as well. So it might be different divisions, did different things ? but that does not seem to fit well with typical military habit's. So im not sure and thanks for the rabbit hole

Gotta live life dangerously 😂 I find the square based tamiya flues bit harder to knock over than the humbrol, that's why I switched

@@scalestuff1066 yeah, still possible. Don't ask me how I know 😜

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Thanks glad you enjoyed the video. Glad its of help to you, the main two things are the ejection marks in the cab, and if you can just dry fit the flat bed as been able to take it off would make getting into the gaps much easier. Thanks for the sub, hope you are having a good day

Cheers mate thank you, ah plenty of time to work that out it's only just been released

@@scalestuff1066 been bitten by the 16 scale releases bug :) - meng was my preferred manufacturer in 35 they went off the boil so got into 16 scale

Tbh I've been looking at the Achilles 1 16 scale,are meng releasing still as not herd of a new look from them in a while

@@scalestuff1066 I have too but still have the tiger 1 to finish and have the Das Werk Half track 16 scale on pre order

Is there much interior on them around the hatches and such like? As on a model this size would be nice to have those details

Yes that it does,and anytime better one person find them and say than just a plain old this is great review,hmmm I'm not sure ,they did use the austin on raf fire tenders and possible refuelling trucks so maybe one of them?

Gracias, hice lo mejor que pude!

Thanks mate, and no I try to put tamiya paints on slightly thicker than other paints and work with them really fast so that the paint can self level. I know what you mean with tamiya though it can be tricky. I find when the humidity is high that I just cant get a decent coat with the stuff as even put on thick it dries to fast

I would guess about 12 to 16 hours, total not including drying time

Ww2 mate 1940s I'd imagine it would have been used afterwards in civilian roles tho as well. Hope that helps

The pedals are there but hard to hold and nothing to show on a video. The pedals are on piece foot plate and rear rod

Just tamiya thin,but only tiny amounts,I also tend to use the last dregs of a pot as its thicker and doesnt run as much

Thank you very much for the fast information ! :-)

That's legit as well, one went over a wall and the other ran down an entryway,only thing the luftwaffe got was the pet monkey and railway embankment

No was on the trucks to, later I think they ditched it tho, but its even in the manual for how to apply the paint, what really can not be unseen is the fact the pattern is the same on all of them, not sure if this link works, but here's a convoy of the ambulances in north Africa all in the pattern fft-keymilitary.b-cdn.net/sites/militarykey/files/styles/article_body/public/imported/2020-03-24/img_78-4_10.jpg?itok=L5xw0yg4

Just went down a little rabbit hole, it was dropped in november 1941 but was still seen in the front line until 1942, after that some rear groups still had it if they where not on the front line but they often got painted over and after that the scheme was pretty rare, thanks for the rabbit hole!

Soft skins Were done in camo more so than the AFVs do your research and Look up mike stramer for the caunter paint scheme for the soft skins in Africa!. I have dozens of photos of them and the Quad C8 with the 25 pounder and limber In tow were mostly all caunter in Africa.

Yep that's the chap I was reading up on them through

I've been told this is Airfixes best kit ever? I went for the Gecko one as usual I just hate Airfixes injection pin marks! If it's anything like the Ambulance it'll be a horror story haha

Is tbh,you get into the zone and end up off the centre view,you need to remind yourself to keep it on shot,do like making the videos but still more to learn