Thanks John. I use a lot of tools made by Dspiae... I would recommend as good quality. They also make a really nice pin vice set (not the 1 seen in this video) and 'Godhand' like side cutters. There are lots of reviews of their tools on youtube do a quick search, they are really nice to use, and best pricing is on Aliexpress.

Thanks Danielle. It's aways the way when there is some interior to work on. I'll bank your Marder II tip and keep an eye out for it, when I'm trawling through Cyberhobby. Hopefully it will get a rerelease some time, and I can bag it then.

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Thanks Glenn. Come to think of it I usually do it your way as well. Maybe this time as it all went on so easy I just thought I would grab both ends with the tweezers and clamp it together. I like your work BTW, I'll probably be over more to get some diorama tips in the future.

@@afv-studio thanks man and yeah you did it just fine. It just always seemed that when it grabbed on the drive sprockets I didn’t have to fool with it as much but I felt like I was doing it myself lol👍. He definitely have better building skills than me!

@@ArmorModelsbyGlennBartolotti Thanks, I need to work on my painting skill a bit more to get to your level. Getting better every build 😉and I will mention that @LocktOnArt had a big influence on how I went about doing this kit.

I dont mind either single link or link and length track as long as I can get a natural look from them. Besides that's £30 saved for a new kit

🤣Guilty as charged 🫣 Well Im glad you stuck around despite the annoying soundtracks. I think I have decided that the soundtrack on this video is what most would prefer to listen too

@@afv-studio I liked your format bro, it was fast and detailed at the same time. Refreshing

@@shannonmonroe5873 Thats good to know. I wondered whether than fast pace would give some a headache when watching. I'm in the same camp as you, I don't want to sit for an hour only to find out I'll have to sit for another next month to find out how it turned out. This 1 was actually a long 1 for me but I couldn't fit it all into 20mins this time. Just to give you an idea, I had over 20 hours of video for this build, so It is possible cut away at it and still show everything you did.

@@afv-studio I don’t think people appreciate all the hard work that goes into these and again, well done.

Thanks.... The 'nuts and bolts' card is from Meng. the code is SPS-005 set A (small).They make a few size ranges. you want to get the card that has the 0.8 1.0 and 1.4 on it for this scale

@@afv-studio ok Thankyou very much.

Thanks Les. I realised I would have to do something good with this kit as soon as I looked in the box. If you haven't done much PE before I would hold off on this kit. There are better options for for trying out your PE assembly skills. The Miniart T34/85 D-5T Plant112. Spring 1944 (35293) is a great looking model and has better selection of PE if you need to try your skills. Its a really nice finished model too.

@@afv-studio greetings my friend, thanks for the advice, I do have Miniarts full interior T-55 to start ONE DAY, I would like to do another T-34 as I have just about finished the old but great Tamiya T-34, very best regards from Australia, Les

Much appreciated LZ. @LocktOnArt had a big influence on how I went about it. 🫡

Thank you Sergey 👍

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it 👍

Its the .28 which uses the .2 needle. I think this has part way toward the improved response when you 1st start to pull the trigger. That and the complete trigger redesign on the Evolution 2024 makes it the nicest brush I've used, and I have an Infinity and an Iwata HP-C to compare too. Check out www.youtube.com/@dredfxcustompaint and see a master at work.

@@afv-studio and if I do color modulation on turret like Sherman or Churchill crodild should I highlights the center of the turret or the edges?

@@Michu32421 Interesting 🤔Here is my take on this. Top surfaces should be lighter than side/vertical surfaces. Add to this that the top 1/3 of a vertical surface would in itself be lighter than down near the bottom of the same surface. Now the flat top surface is going to be lighter than any of the vertical surface. I would look at those 3 tones on a turret and then add an extra light mottling over the rest of the top surface staying away from the edge and away from things like hatch cupola's (if that makes sense). I would also use this lightest 4 tone to paint the centre of hatches etc and leaving hatch edges darker so they stand out a bit more. Now with the Sherman and Churchill you have the added feature of a curved edge 🤯 and a curved edge always throw off a strong refection point so i would try to catch that strong refection . It's tricky to get your head around. I would take a look at some pictures and some Box Art and see how an artist makes a surface look flat or curved. It can open your eye to how to go about shading a model.

Nice, These little SPG's are usually great kits from Dragon. Even though the instruction are bad and hard to follow, the mouldings are really good and the fit is usually perfect baring the odd thing like the viewport on this kit 🫣

@@afv-studio honestly dragon is really good for having confusing instructions with a lot of their stuff, I was looking at the way the lit is and it's definitely interesting I might get aftermarket PE and stuff for it

@@upperwarlord7744 Yeah so there must be a reason we are willing build them rather than a kit with a glossy manual. Its because they make great little kits like this one, and any modeller worth his salt will plan his build and test fit everything along the way so no issue. Good luck with that Marder II. 🫡

@@afv-studio I'm definitely looking forward to the build I just finished a full interior RFM Panzer iv ausf J so it's definitely going to be a easier build

@upperwarlord7744 I have the Panzer IV J late production (no interior) waiting for me to get around to building. Everybody says its a really nice PZ IV. I must get it off the shelf sometime and find out.

Yeah the expressions are not great but I will look at the head position when I come to paint them and hopefully I can sort this out. There was mention of the Hobbyboss figures which I'll check out. Thanks for your comment 🫡

Actually another thank you is due. After your comment I remembered that the driver had an optional head the was looking to the right. The expression was far more determined as well. So was an easy swap and now he's looking at the breach. thank you for pointing that out. 👍

@@afv-studio I'm pleased that you accepted my 'constructive criticism' and that your diorama will be better for it.

Your too kind, But... Thank you 👍

Thank you sir 🫡 I am looking forward to painting this one as much as I enjoyed building it.

Thanks Alex.

Thanks Will, I'll look into those Hobbyboss crew and maybe use for another SPG project in the near future. Thanks for the tip 🫡

@@afv-studio they are old Trisstar plastic figures.

Thanks, they were bit tricky and I lost the bond a few times due to mishandling but they are holding now and I know now to handle with extra care now.

Thanks Paul 🤣. Yes I'm here thinking all the guys over on patreon will be disappointed because the suspense of ''where is he going this this build'', wont be there, as they have been following along every step of the way. Glad you still found it entertaining to watch 👍

Thanks mate. Its surprising how quickly you can develop your PE skills and that leads you on to scratch building your own parts. When I got back into model making less than 2 years ago, I had no experience of proper PE. 25 years ago when I last did some modelling they where only starting to introduce PE engine deck grills into kits so you can see that this last 2 years has really been my sole experience of it. My advice is... Dont be put off, and have a go. The 1st real PE i did was a Voyager set for my Hetzer... 2 full sheets of it and it was a complete failure.... But I learnt a lot failing and wasnt put off, just tried to be less ambitious. Tools you need are: Plenty of various tweezers and clean scalpel blades... A Tamiya Diamond file to make cleanup easy, One of those cheap maginfying headsets and as long as you have a metal ruler you can leave getting the bending tool till later. That panther with the air defence armour is a perfect one to get started with a little more than engine grills.

Thanks for the info! Although I’ve never had any experience with those huge voyager upgrade kits, I do find that I improve with the PE given. I am still yet to start that Panther, and it definitely will be a great test bed for my skills.

@@KGmodels Its not actually too bad, just one bend on each of the fenders(the metal rule is needed there), and a few other fairly easy bits to make up. it would be a good start for you and a confidence builder. You do want that diamond file though so you can clean those little nubby bits that get left behind from cutting.

@@KGmodels You know you are welcome to join the Patreon I have set up. It is free.. as I'm sure I've made clear every post here. Its starting to gather pace, and there is small but growing community over there. Also the shorter videos I am making about techniques are over there now and youtube is just going to be my longform showcase so-to-speak. I post Updates at last every week you are able to comment and talk about anything modelling related. Take a look and try it out. It would be nice to see some more of my long time supporters over there. 🫡

​@afv-studio I can agree, photo etched details seem like a lot at first, but so far on the academy Panzer 35(t) on my bench the def models detail set has been very fun to add. It's good to know that debonder won't make little bits fall off, I'll give it a go when I'm cleaning it up.

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Fantastic Rick 🤗 much appreciated. Your 3 will go into the supplies pot. As a supporting member you will get a credit on future video's But as I have just edited and uploaded the Marder video I hope you don't mind waiting for the following video to see your name included 😊

@afv-studio no way man that is bs, making me wait for my nane on next video wtf? Lol no it's cool my man! I'm enjoying your work! Keep it up. Can you maybe speak in your videos and or show your face, cause it's always refreshing seeing and hearing who's building in the videos!

@@rickmoreno6858 I have thought about it quite a bit. I'll message you on Patreon and get your thoughts if thats OK? I do have a few ideas that would put a face and voice to the person behind AFV Studio. some feedback on my Ideas might be useful

@@afv-studio sure message away

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Thanks Glenn

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Thanks Steve

Thanks Ian, my figure painting needs work 🤣

Thanks KG... You noticed the cross eyed lieutenant 🤣

Hah,it looks better than most of my figures anyway ! 😂

Thanks Jim, I'm not 1 of these exceptional figure painters. I just 'wash' and 'dry brush' and try to pick out details with a brush. 1st time I have attempted to paint the whites of the eyes, and it fell short... I dont know how they do it.🤫... You might be lucky with the Sexton.. I think they pack according to the count on the instruction sheet. My Firefly had about 20 extra links on the instruction sheet and it that is where I took the missing links from. Now I have a Firefly that will be short. Somewhere along the line I will end up buying aftermarket tracks.☹

Thanks Mark, It didn't turn out to bad in the end 😉

Thanks Les, Yeah I'm pretty happy how it looks... Onwards and upwards 🫡

Thanks Paulus... Apart from my cross eyed commander, I think it turned out good 😆

@@afv-studio figure painting is always "fun". I still struggle with it so sometimes i even skip the eys and just make them white/grey for this scale :P

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