Dan's And Jens' M4 High Speed Tractor Buddy Build, Part 2, The Running Gear

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

Awesome detail Jens . You are a master or a madman. Can’t wait for your follow up video.

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thank you so much, Carl! And since I always try to tell the truth: I'm a madman and I'm afraid the next update will prove it, hahaha! But there'll be an inbox review on the resin 50 cals first and I guess you'll like them. :)

[@CoensScaleModelling]

A metric tonne of really cool ideas there. I really liked that road wheel trick.

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thank you so much, Michael! Maybe I'd never had the idea if I had an AB two and a half decades ago, but I'm really glad that I found a way to paint the road wheels seperately. :)

[@steviegibson5847]

Wow.....that's an intense build! Good work, as always Jen's! 😍

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Stevie! As all kits this needs some help here and there. :)

[@JuanGarcia-up2gz]

Great details my friend keep up the good work

[@neilmackay7475]

Beautiful work as usual Jen's take care my friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🐑😁✌

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Neil! I wonder if anybody will try to do this. It isn't difficult at all. Will talk to you later again. I didn't have time to watch any videos and I'll try to catch up. Take care my friend! :)

[@neilmackay7475]

I've got a u,s tank destroyer coming up soon I'll see if it will work take care my friend 👍

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

This is the nicest compliment one can get, if somebody checks out his methods! Good luck! :)

[@ramblers69]

Nice work Jens, those Live Resin guns look amazing, :)

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Tom! I agree and I almost went nuts because I couldn't find an online shop in Europe. Thanks God there's Taiwan and free shipping, hehehe! :)

[@philRminiatures]

Nice job and wonderful presentation!

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thank you so much, Phil! Have a great weekend. :) Jens

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

I just noticed that I wasn't subbed to your channel. I am now! :)

[@philRminiatures]

@@non-prolific135thscalemode7 Just noticed the same thing...corrected, subbed!

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

@@philRminiatures Hehehe! Thanks a lot, my friend! :) Jens

[@Felisbarcinonensis]

Great update Jens :) Amazing progress! Scratch genious

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Daniel! Today I messed up the drive sprockets and will have to replace them. That much for scratch genious, hehehe!

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Sehr schön, du lässt es wieder knacken :) Die beschädigten Rollen sind sehr gut gelungen. Ich muss zugeben, an sowas habe ich mich noch nie ernsthaft versucht bisher. Wäre mal einen Versuch wert! Wie immer zeigst du uns ein paar interessante Methoden, um den Bau deinen ganz eigenen "Jens-Flavour" zu verpassen :) Bin beeindruckt!

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Äh, ich merke gerade, dass ich zwar "Daumen hoch" und "Herzchen" gegeben habe, jedoch keine Antwort geschrieben habe! Das ist mir noch nie passiert! Vielen Dank, Michi! Die Rollen an US Kettenfahrzeugen beschädige ich schon seit Jahren, aber das mache ich deshalb, weil die Ketten an beiden Außenkanten Führungszähne haben, sodass dicke Steine oftmals in der Kette "gefangen" bleiben. Ich habe keine Ahnung, wie sehr deutsche Laufräder beschädigt wurden, denn da sind die Zähne ja in der Mitte. Steine können also wieder "entkommen". Wahrscheinlich wurden die Gummis trotzdem malträtiert, aber da müsste ich erst nach Referenzmaterial suchen. :)

[@OstrichLongneck]

Haha 1:38 - tears of laughter, here! You did some uncanny manipulation to improve the parts supplied by the kit. Brilliant work! This is probably one of the best buddy builds ever! - Trevor

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Trevor! Glad you liked the "Long Tom" bit. It wouldn't be too difficult to make closed bogie parts the way I change them and add two axles for each bogie. Then everybody could do the paint job the way I do it. :)

[@Adamslee72]

Great vid my friend a classic kit I built this many moons ago its ok for straight out the box but you got some nice PE parts to make it better looking forward to seeing your next update all the best Jens

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot, Faron! I didn't see it that way, but I think you're right. It's a classic kit although it's only 12 years old. I'm a bit itchy to get the PE, but I'm also afraid of it. I haven't got a lot of experience with the stuff. I'll try not to make you wait for too long for the next vid. :)

[@jeanmarcgalzy7747]

Bonjour mon ami JENS félicitations pour ton travail 👍🇫🇷 Hello my friend JENS thanks for sharings 👍I enjoy watching your video very interesting for me 😎 Congrats buddy Jens 👍

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Bonjour mon ami JEAN MARC et merci beaucoup! :) I'm glad you like it! A bientot! :)

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

Nice update my friend i love to watch your scratch building and this update didn't disappoint. Its looking good considering the amount of flash on the kit will look forward to next upload

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks a lot my friend! The usual stuff I do with these bogies, hehehe. I'll have to be more careful in the future. My mistake wouldn't have been one on Sherman bogies, but these are different. I need to work faster, although there's a huge PE set underways. :)

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

How much of the pe are you going to use is it mostly external stuff will look forward to you tackling that

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

I'll also use a lot of parts for inside the cab. It'll be open almost completely, so there'll be a lot visible. At least I want to try to use what I need. If I should fail - damage the parts - I'll use them as role models for scratch building them. :)

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

Now that will look so good to see.I'm sure a man of your talents wont fail but you being you you will scratch build something from the Pe

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

I don't like PE. It makes me nervous. All parts I scratch build can be replicated again and again and again, but on a PE fret all parts are there but once. Well, I wanted the grates and the Eduard set would have been as expensive as the complete one by Part. No question which to chose, hehehe!

[@ArmourEmpire]

Live resin have a stall at Telford show each year, so if you want anything picking up this November just let me know and I'll try and get it for you Jens, then pop it in the post

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

This is cool! Thanks a lot, Mark! I'll make a list and if you've got a PayPal account I'll send you the money! :)

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Awesome comradery there!

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Indeed! :)

[@danknispel4588]

Did you ever notice how much the boggy wheels look like Batman's motorcycle? Nice update, looking good :-)

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Hahaha!!! Now that you mentioned it! Thanks a lot, Dan! :)

[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Hello my dear friend. I wish you had said I have a few .50 Cal's you could of had . I have ordered recently a couple of the live REsin bits and I can't decide if I'm impressed or not . I ordered a couple of modern British SA80s and they look awesome in the pictures but reality they are very different. I'm hoping to rebuild the meng cougar this year as all my kits I did when I first started , well try decent kits I want to re do now image learned alot of new methods etc . Well I was thinking of getting one of the live REsin machine gun turrets. But I'm still undecided . I always do the damage to the road wheels mate it's a great call from yourself as that is one thing I always see when watching other folks builds that the road wheels they miss . I also make sure when painting that I chip the tyres to and add a warn type colouring to the paint on the tyres !! Look at me the great big rivet counter !!! Lol !!anyway I hope you are all well and stay safe buddy

[@non-prolific135thscalemode7]

Thanks for stopping by, Steve! Dan and I already found out that there are differences between their catalogue CAD drawings and the actual set part. The ranges you can see on the 50's rear sight aren't that clearly visible on the the resin part, but all in all they are the nicest Brownings we saw up to now. I was a bit disappointed that the do mostly modern stuff and I really don't care for that, but their German WW II helmets look fantastic. Mark offered to do some shopping for me when he's in Telford later this year. That's really nice of him, because I can only order from Taiwan or the USA. Shipping from the USA is way to expensive, but it takes ages to get your stuff from Taiwan, so it'll be Mark and Telford. All I need to do is saving up some money till then. Oh, and I mix Tamiya black (90%), German grey and flat brown (5% each) for the base paint on tyres. :)

[@Emtbtoday]

Absolutely shocked at how bad this kit is! It's like a zveda kit it's that bad! I have built a good few hobby boss kits but there some of the best I have built! Next to non and nothing like this kit! And there new panzer line and marder 3s are stunning! The look as good as RFM or AFV club! But the panzer line are ex tri star but even from 2007 a kit this bad from hobby boss! I've never seen it yet!