Chieftain tank in Berlin Brigade urban camouflage scheme (Tamiya 1/35 scale model kit)

[@cocopoppy6420]

I think it’s great that you are letting us modellers know that it’s ok to build models which aren’t completely historically accurate as we all know it’s meant to be a fun and enjoyable building hobby Thank you

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate, I really appreciate that feedback. I had one comment the other day that said something like "You should never build a model until you have done 2 or 3 months work researching the original vehicles" and I kind of thought "Really?". I mean if you want to do that - go for it. But it was the "never" part that really struck me.

[@raytheron]

Absolutely! Let's face, most of our models are only ever seen by friends and family, and most of them will have no knowledge whatsoever of the historical context of any given model. If it pleases you, do it! The only time you need to go full rivet counter mode is when you build a model that is going to be part of a museum exhibit... but how many of us ever do that??

[@anthonymitchell3225]

@ModelNerd agree with you mate, it is a hobby where you have fun building to your satisfaction

[@stop-the-greed]

@@anthonymitchell3225 I caused outrage with a euro fighter typhoon in ww2 Luftwaffe markings and a green white and grey eastern front camo. ..all because I lost the decal sheet .

[@fotomakr]

Excellent …like the effect from the dot filter application and the dusting along the bottom. Nice to see a tank not heavily weathered

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Bryan

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Very nicely down. Thank you for the history of the camo scheme, it is very different from the NATO Woodlands paint scheme we painted our M-60A1s in the 1970s

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Tom, I appreciate the feedback

[@foreverplastickits138]

*This urban camouflage is very nice and uncommon, excellent result!*

[@ModelNerd]

Many thanks!

[@Modkits131]

Hail to the Chief baby. Excellent building and painting as always, friend from across the pond. :-)

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. By the way, I really enjoyed your scratchbuild video recently - the ball tank. Great result!

[@Modkits131]

@@ModelNerd Thx man. I’m glad you liked it.

[@steveneastland4128]

Fantastic kit, love the chieftain, kudos on your knowledge of the scheme

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Steven

[@dasguero9655]

Looks great!! Possibly my single favorite thing in modeling is the pulling off of alot of masking to reveal a complex pattern, and not knowing for sure what to expect, i use rattle cans and am very superstitious while waiting!

[@ModelNerd]

Hehe, definitely!

[@paulhennessy5627]

Post WW2 is my thing and its nice to see your take on it. I like that you're not getting caught up in the minutiae of what mark etc. A lovely end result.

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Paul, much appreciated

[@paulhargreaves1497]

My favourite camo........digital, but without the need for a microscope! Great job......I'm looking now at older Tamiya....they're very nicely priced for sure.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Paul!

[@the-primered-thumb]

Kudos mate, ex tankie, I drove the Mk 10 before switching to challenger, had to repaint the nato black with a 2 inch brush 🤣👍

[@ModelNerd]

Ouch! That'd be like painting this with a 0.05 inch (1.4mm) brush 🤣

[@lloydmourant8055]

Fabulous job on a ‘golden oldie’.👍😎

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks - glad you enjoyed it :)

[@BrushQuill]

This came out brilliant, I love the colour scheme you've chosen here. Looking forward to some more Spitfire!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate - yes, a great scheme which I think they are trialing on a couple of modern British tanks too, maybe?

[@lesvenus3788]

Absolutely gorgeous and I love your approach to just painting the Mk 5. Keep it up mate; love the channel

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Les, much appreciated

[@stop-the-greed]

Seen this pattern at rhe bovington tank museum .. great job

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you

[@lindseykempert3385]

Two hours ago I just finished a 1-32 scale f-4 phantom 2. And great video

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Lindsey - and congrats on the Phantom - that thing must be huge!

[@allanrichards3752]

That looks really good. The Chieftain is one of my favourite tanks. I even got to drive one many moons ago. If you fancy more post WW2 tanks try the Miniart T55 or Zvezda T 90. I think these two would make good videos.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Allan - and thanks for the suggestions :)

[@JagdeepSingh-sy2mh]

Superb! I'll paint this scheme on my Mk 5 too.

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you!

[@calumclark1719]

a few post ww2 kits would be the last of the British jets and the Falkland islands vessels that Airfix did do

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for the suggestions Calum

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Just gotta luv all that masking LOL Well worth all the effort my friend. Terrific result

[@ModelNerd]

Oh yeah, that took a LONG time :) But rewarding to remove it at the end!

[@stuartmiller8053]

Nice result on the camo. For an old kit it really does have some nice detail. As for ideas if we are going British what a bout a landrover. Italeri does a 1/24 that you could detail up

[@ModelNerd]

A Landrover would be cool. I've also been tempted to do a white UN vehicle at some point, which a Landrover could be.

[@jamesbednar8625]

Awesome build video!!!! Have actually built this very same kit years ago and painted it in the BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) camo scheme. Have always thought that the British Berlin camo scheme was some of the best and have wanted to build a British vehicle in that scheme - guess I will be giving that a try soon. Yep - will be using this very same kit/vehicle as well. While in US Army and stationed in West Germany during the 1980s, got to train with the British down in Grafenwoehr Training Area once. I also prefer WWII armor but have discovered long ago the beauty of post-war vehicles. Well, you definitely MUST do an M1 Abrams; French Leclerc; German Leopard; British Chieftan; Japanese Type 90 or Type 10; and Soviet vehicles. I do love me some Soviet armor - so simple and straight forward to build.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks James - and thanks for the suggestions too.

[@ModeliteDiorama]

a really interesting camouflage scheme and a beautiful clean work! :)

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate!

[@marcus1192]

Such a lovely build. Thank you

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Marcus

[@der_fuxs]

Such a clean built! Typically I prefer heavier weathering and stuff, but I really enjoy the outcome of your work! The subtle oil weathering and dust coat really do their job in giving the impression of a relatively new, well serviced tank!in terms of suggestions for modern vehicles; I’m into obscure mods like Israeli armor or other 3rd party users of older, refurbished kit. South African Olifant comes to my mind. Also any wheeled vehicle, especially the French ones, are interesting and something different from the regular Leo, Abrams and T-90.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. I'm also a fan of unusual schemes or uses :)

[@mr9263]

Great vid! 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@riff2072]

Nice find for 10.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Riff

[@17denby]

Hey would you say this is an ok tank for a beginner?

[@ModelNerd]

Yes, I'd say it is a decent kit for a beginner. Goes together really well, as almost all Tamiya kits do.

[@petermerz2704]

Looks great! Love the camouflage. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Peter! Glad you liked it.

[@michaeldoblado6860]

Merkava II or IV -I love the Merkava IID -it has a shape like no other tank and it bristles with machine guns

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Michael - I'll have to look it up

[@lesthiele4921]

Good morning Nerd, the Chieftain came out perfectly, the paint scheme has always amused me, personally I could not be bothered doing but you completed it to perfection, and some of the older Tamiya kits are still some of the best about, what about a Tamiya M60 ( they make about three) best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Les - I'll take a look at the M60 as I don't know much about it

[@c123bthunderpig]

Excellent, difficult camo scheme plus nice pricing. While not too flashy, an aircraft period you don't see modelers building post war, are Berlin Airlift aircraft. Allies really pulled quite a few variety of cargo ships out for that blockade

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate - and thanks for the suggestions.

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Nice final result 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@321bytor]

...the Germans kept bumping in to these tanks because the urban camouflage was so effective

[@ModelNerd]

Haha! :)

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great build.......... 👍👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks 👍

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@ModelNerd 🙂

[@nicknacks666]

Great video on the Berlin brigade camo, post ww2 depends on what era too, cold War, you could do a land rover wmik or maybe a saladin/saracen. Modern there is quite a bit around. Like the husky tsv, coyote, jackal, super jackal. Mastiff is being released by meng. Accurate armour do alot of niche british subjects, but as its resin it is pretty expensive 😅 but if you do an AA kit, be forewarned, from my experience the destructions are complicated and a bit vague, but the details are immaculate!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for the suggestions, Nick. I've never done an AA kit but I've a couple of other niche resin kits and the instructions are awful: "Here's the part you should have...and this is what they should look like once you've put them all together correctly" :)

[@davegiles2344]

Nice build 👍👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Dave 👍

[@jaanikaapa6925]

I saw a couple docus on the Chieftain and this style camo... they tsted it on a mark 5 if I remember right.

[@ModelNerd]

Oh, that's good to know, thanks! So maybe I'm not as wrong as I thought I was :)

[@jaanikaapa6925]

@@ModelNerd It was interesting thing. They later recreated a test with civilians with this camo pettern, or similar. They'd painted an exhibit tank on the outside of a building. Started to interview passersby and one question was what they thought about the tank. First the locals were asking if it had been removed but then realised that it was still there. I think it was a docu series on Netflix. Just remember wondering how people could not see a tank. Then again I am the guy who sees the gorilla in the basketball passing counting video.

[@gunslinger1911a1]

That looks amazing. But it also looks like it would be a nightmare to do on say... ten to fifteen tanks. But, cheers to you, for making it look easy my guy.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks - glad you liked it

[@JohnSmith-sl1my]

Looked really cool . 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks John!

[@2ndcomingofFritz]

Nice work

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate

[@monkeyhobbies]

Nice paint! love it.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate - glad you liked it!

[@ArmourEmpire]

Nicely done sir

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you kindly!

[@MikeUSA67]

Nice work as always MN! I've never built modern armor 'cause it doesn't interest me - only WW2 stuff (with the exception of one Vietnam diorama). But if I were you I'd build all the big guns of the 80s: Abrams, Challenger, Leopard, Merkeva, Leclerc, T-90, etc.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate - appreciate the suggestions. I always liked the idea of an abandoned Abrams in a city street like the the start of The Walking Dead.

[@MikeUSA67]

@@ModelNerd You still up? Don't you have school tomorrow? 😁Yeah, that scene would be nice indeed. But you would have to make loads and loads of zombies though!!!

[@ModelNerd]

@@MikeUSA67 Good point. That's why I made my last zombie diorama small - you need that feeling of being trapped by the zombies. Then again with 3D printing, maybe I have more chance of having lots of zombies. In fact even the failed prints might be useful! :)

[@jimmychan9582]

Very nice result, I am tryng to build exactly the same camo with the same kit. Do you mind sharing what paint colour you used for your cannon thermal sleeve? Thanks!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. I believe the thermal sleeve was painted Tamiya XF-49.

[@jimmychan9582]

@@ModelNerd Did you use primer on the track before painting it with acrylic or you painted it straight on? I am a bit concerned if acrylic can stay on by itself, thanks!

[@ModelNerd]

@@jimmychan9582 To be honest, I can't remember in this case. But I've sprayed acrylic directly onto tracks before and it's OK as long as you don't play with/bend the tracks too much.

[@jimmychan9582]

@@ModelNerd Thanks :)

[@jeffpeterson6094]

Very interesting...nice job

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Jeff

[@jackknibbs4895]

I assume you used an air brush and if so how much did you need to thin the Tamiya paints

[@ModelNerd]

Yes, I airbrushed it. Thinning...hmmmm, I'm not sure about the ratio...maybe about 50-50. I kind of just mix by eye.

[@grahammarkhorn]

great job.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Graham

[@johntreloar8203]

You should build a Conqueror by Amusing hobbies, big behemoth of a tank, I've built 3 of them, a MK 1 and 2 MK 2's, 1 has spaced armour, but beware of the rubber tracks they come apart over time, I bought friulmodel tracks for them and fixed that problem, always loved the camo pattern but don't think I could do it any justice and who cares if your model isn't historically accurate, looks good and so long as your happy with it, that's all that matters.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks John - I think I've seen that kit and it looks huge. I'll check it out.

[@johntreloar8203]

@@ModelNerd If you purchase it you can do a build on your channel...👌

[@ModelNerd]

@@johntreloar8203 For sure

[@joeshmoe9978]

Very nice. 🏅

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you

[@jasonpierce-newmodelbarmy3394]

Lovely job. The Berlin camo scheme is a really interesting, if not challenging subject to model. I've built a MK10 in 1/100 scale on my channel a while back and only just posted a video of an FV432/30 in the same scale and scheme. Too small to mask so opted for the hairy stick approach! How about a Gulf War Scimitar CVRT?

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Jason. Just seen your build video - wow, very impressive in 1:100! Yes, I like the idea of a Gulf War subject, definitely.

[@jasonpierce-newmodelbarmy3394]

@@ModelNerd Thanks mate. I know that AFV Club make a 1/35 scale Scimitar. I've picked it up and put it down in model shops a few times....that scale's far to big for my mancave!!!

[@nicknacks666]

@jasonpierce-newmodelbarmy3394 afv club do the fv107 and fv101. Gecko have released the scimitar 2 tes and an op cabrit scimitar.

[@oberst1]

Can you build the flakpanzer gepard, the two barrel anti aircraft tank with the radar on it's back? nice build!!

[@saxon1376]

Relevant at the moment as well what with the Gepards in use in Ukraine at the moment , There’s a cool version with a giant tigers head decal on the radar

[@ModelNerd]

Ooh, that looks kind of cool! It almost looks like a what-if subject :)

[@oberst1]

@@ModelNerd Like Saxon said int the comment, it is relevant in the Ukraine war. If you decide to build it give us a reminder when you'll put it on youtube. Perhaps with a diorama and a shot down airplane or helicopter. anyway your models are awesome.

[@metabojijii]

good job!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@steve1315]

Great work ivegot this you done a better job than me sir. Why are you running down the stash did the wife tell you to lol?

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Steve. Haha, no - I just thought it makes more economic sense at the moment :) Plus I got a lot of my kits cheap in Asia, so it really feels like I'm saving compared to buying a new one here in the UK :)

[@shengyi1701]

👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks

[@RavenCodex]

After you put down each mask... you should have sprayed lightly the former color first .. that would have stopped the blead and overspray .

[@ModelNerd]

Good tip

[@9501599]

Hi there how about a lepard tank???

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Guy, that's a good suggestion

[@9501599]

You didn't tell us how long between painting and masking. New paint can be removed with masking tape. Cheers

[@ModelNerd]

Yes - usually I leave 24 hours. Tamiya tape is pretty gentle on paint.

[@wolverinesdreams9293]

Neat!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks

[@igorsevcov4081]

🤝👍

[@ModelNerd]

Cheers Igor

[@steve1315]

Build the most built tank and best looking tank in the world T54/55

[@ModelNerd]

Good suggestion - there's certainly plenty of options there!

[@BIGM-gg9ln]

wow, nice. thanks.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!