No decals for the screens, I cut them out from the box and used a model knife to peel off the top layer of paper, it works.

Well done! Learned a lot

Hey Shane Enjoy your paint techniques There’s a few questions to ask you what kind of brushes do you use? You prefer AK over Vallejo paints

dzieki za samouczek dzis własnie zamierzam pomalowac twarz pozdrawiam Shane

1,58 time spoted. I don't know if this was on purpuse 🤣🤣

Great work, I was trying to work out how you were going to get the rear doors in position to work ?

Look up ‘Wynn’s mighty Pacific’s’ mate….. heavy haulage legends.

私は今、タミヤ製の88mmをつくっています。　 ダークイエローとブラウンの塗装が素晴らしい。大いに参考にさせていただきます。2025年1月1日　日本から。

Unreal!!

Good lord, I just spent a day using thinner and having a splatterbrush nightmare. Today I tried with flow improver after watching this last night. An absolute game changer! Thank you good sir.

what is a non adhesive glue?

Excellent. I’m glad I found this. 👍

2025 🎉

Only the upper left lens of the rear lights should be red. The others were clear and were a part of the Black-Out Drive system used by American made vehicles.

I have this kit wanting to make a" Fury ", but after watching you build the bogeys, i might get the Tamiya kit.

How many millimeters is the wheelbase mini countryman wrc ?

Excellent work can I just ask what needle size are you using if you don’t mind me asking and what airbrush awesome

What I do is buy a 200ml bottle of Vallejo flow improver, a 60ml bottle of Vallejo thinner, and 2 17ml bottles of Vallejo retarder. Next I buy a 20 oz. bottle of Diet Pepsi, drink the Diet Pepsi, and thoroughly rinse the empty bottle. Then I dump all the Vallejo product into the empty bottle and shake the living daylights out of it! A 50/50 ratio of that mixture works well with Model Air, Model Color, and Vallejo surface primers. Spray it at 20-25 psi. Spray very light coats and build up the color gradually. Since I've been using that formula I've had virtually NO tip dry! It works! You are correct: Flow improver is a real game changer! 👍

Can you check the link for the rollers. I tried the one shown and received a message that it cannot be found...thanks!

I’m looking to get a Sherman kit that my grandfather might have driven. He was in North Africa from late 1941 and the Italy. Drove crusaders and shermans. Any recommendations? Which kits do people rate as the best? A bonus would be a kit that has decals for 10th royal hussars (the 10th royal hussars had no camo paint schemes it would seem and just had a blue circle for each side and on front and back there was a ‘67’ on a red square and a white rhino on a black pill shaped background to signify 1st armoured div). I have decals I recently bought for the hussars so I guess I could just use those, though they were for a crusader so couldn’t use the vehicle ID number. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Wish my grandad was still here to advise me!! RIP Daniel Murphy 10th Royal hussars, 2nd arm bgde, 1st arm div.

Two handles gerrycans ? ! .

??? 😯 Tamiya Acrylic is one of the end user friendliest and easiest hobby paints to airbrush with provided you use its X-20A thinner or a 100% compatible thinner. It's not difficult. Tamiya even provide end user hand holding by both making X-20A and pointing the end user to it in every instruction as their specific to X & XF Acrylics purposed acrylic thinner to use. Thin the paint per instruction for airbrushing, keep the airbrush clean in between and after spraying with Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner, another no brainer for newbs, and it's problem free airbrushing. An exceptionally end user friendly paint which will spray well at anything from 15PSI through 30PSI and for which a proprietary compatible Tamiya Acrylic Retarder accessory is available if conditions are hot and humid.

Oh thank the modelling gods. Been wanting to do an Iwo Sherman and have the same kit. Phew

I have never painted with AK paints. Do thin them down to the consistency of milk, when airbrushing?

One question how do you glue your parts after you've painted everything and make them stick thanks

Me gusta la explicación pero lastima que no 😢muestras bien

nice comment on mold vs weld seams 👍

Excellent work and hello from a little french channel 😅

Hi Shane, welcome back! Was checking your 88 vid which turned out wonderful. This project looks promising with all the bits and bobs added. Looking forward to the next update. Subbed 💥👍💥

Sorry meamt AwSomme

Awsemne, perfect, Black Adder goes fourth

You mentioned "Banging" this kit in a weekend. I have done a lot of German and British armor for a bout 10 years or so. A much of dragon,Meng and Tamiya. only did one sherman, an old Tamiya kit years ago. The instructions are all in Japanese, lots of exclamation point and ? on instructions.Never has this much trouble understanding a kit . Heard there were jigs provided for photo etch ? No grab handles for 2 hatch covers ? Feel like I never did a model. Maybe it's dementia ? any instructions in english ? Thanks Shayne

How did you do the Tarps?

Good build , too much weathering takes away from the vehicle, where you cant tell anything about the vehicle!!! The chain looked like ships anchor chain, cables would be more accurate. Your model though. Just sayin too much weathering takes away from the actual model, placing the vehicle on a diorama with all that weathering would make more sense. But it is a good build I go with the KISS principle when building KEEP IT SIMPLE ST@@PID!!!

Hi can you please tell me what colours you used to highlight the colour field grey ? Thanks for your videos

I do like your idea about drilling the wash ports. I am building this model. This model requires certain dexterity and much patience. My intent is a diorama. There will be a German fast boat and 3 B-25s, all 1/350 scale, in the layout.

Hi, very well done, his remains were discovered in 1983, just an FYI. you have a great voice for Narration and I enjoyed this

I completed the dukw kit a few months ago it was a great kit.easy to build.

Great work Shane, this looks fantastic! Looking forward to the painting and weathering video. Which basic kit did you use? Tamiya, Asuka? (does not look like a Dragon kit because of the color of the plastic). Sorry if you've already mentioned this somewhere in the video. Also, the wading device for the exhaust and the water tank, were part of the upper hull replacement kit, or different kits? Thanks!

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Very nice review. Thank you.

Need part 3 please been following this build but it all stopped

Excellent Tutorial, Shane. You are a life-saver. I work with 100% with Tamiya paints for airbrushing because they are awesome, but man the Tamiya thinners make them smell so bad. I don’t have a dedicated hobby room so I tend to work in my office and during the summers keep my windows open 24/7, so the awful chemical smell is not that much of an issue. But I also like to work on models in the winter - and now your Vallejo-Airbrush-Trick is just ideal. PS: I’ve wondered why Vallejo Airbrush Thinners are just awful. I was told previously that in order for Vallejos to work well in an airbrush you need to thin them with BOTH Airbrush Thinner and Airbrush Flow Improver.

Needing to paint some Fallschirmjager myself so come to you, got them & a US 6x6 truck which you done too so now you’re my go to guy for tips. Thanks Shane appreciate your work & videos

Great Video Shane , you have inspired me to do a seascape

Man, you are insane... but I love it 🙂

*Splendid kit, all the add on and scratch builds make it so realistic, i'm really impressive! Good work!*

This afternoon is turning into a session of watching Shane Smyth build a Bastogne winter diorama with a beautiful GMC truck. I’ll try out your winter vehicle weathering approach on my Meng jeep. Now, onto the diorama video.

I really like your painting and weathering technique.