DRAGON 1/35 FLAK 36 / FLAK 88 Painting and Weathering Guide

[@tigertanktoo]

A beautiful looking 88. I am in the middle of building the Tamiya 88 right now and will most definitely use some of these techniques. Thank you.

[@longlance67]

Happy to give you some ideas!

[@ciarancummins5510]

I always find your work to be brilliant. What draws me back is the voiceover. Always instructional in the nicest manner. It calms me in this sea of uncertainty. Thanks Shane.

[@longlance67]

thanks my friend! I always want my videos to embody what the hobby means to me and I hope to others too, a time where we can just do what makes us happy and enjoy motions of bring a piece of plastic to live :)

[@stevie65able]

Absolutely. I find Shane's voice very soothing and informative. Like an Irish lullaby! :)

[@keithscott9571]

Outstanding Shane. Belongs in a magazine or museum. Keep 'am coming.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! that is high praise indeed!

[@Johnbuildsiconic]

Just wow, I’m subscribed to most of the big KZbin model builders, but I’ve got to say your work is some of the best I’ve seen

[@longlance67]

thanks mate, that means a lot! there are some very talented youtubers out there a lot more so than me, but it never ceases to humble me the great support you guys give the channel!

[@donfrandsen7778]

Spectacular work shane!!! I love the 88mm work here really exceptional painting , weathering and finishing. Just outrageous!!! Bravo.....especially your dot pattern, and washes Cheers!!!!!!

[@longlance67]

thanks Don! it was a lot of fun to work on this 88! keep an eye out for the dio video I am working on at the moment for it!

[@donfrandsen7778]

@@longlance67 Looking forward to it!!!!

[@Train-Sim-Drives-UK]

Beautiful Piece of Modelling and painting. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@longlance67]

thank you! very glad you enjoyed it!

[@allanatwick1606]

That looks fantastic mate, it's nice to see a different cammo pattern to what normally gets painted on other channels. Very inspiring.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! I really wanted to try something a little different for my 88 paint scheme, it was one of my first times using the hard edge camo and think I will have do more of this scheme on future projects

[@allanatwick1606]

@@longlance67 cool, I look forward to seeing them in the future, this was definitely a nice surprise.

[@dldrrt]

OMG what a superb paint job!

[@longlance67]

Thank you very much!

[@sjoerd.2004]

Awesome tutorial, the hard edged camouflage is especially nice!

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! I really think splinter camo really has making German kit look very sharp indeed!

[@kennethpetroni9254]

One of the best all around tutorials I’ve watched. Beautiful work!!!

[@longlance67]

thank you my friend! very glad you enjoyed it!

[@AndyBIcknell]

Shane excellent video as always...what a fantastically detailed little kit.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! It has to be one of Dragon's best kits!

[@nickcharles5891]

Great Work. Wish some of the other modelers were as instructive as you. Thanks for the great vid.

[@longlance67]

Glad it was helpful!

[@RickJZ1973]

Awesome work! I really like how you did the hard edge camouflage. Very well done.

[@longlance67]

cheers mate very glad you liked it!

[@azsafc]

I have just finished an 88. Was about to start on the paint job so this is handy. Great vid as usual Shane. Thanks.

[@longlance67]

thanks! happy to be of help!

[@lawrencereid9375]

Shane, GREAT JOB as always! Your videos are so good because you show the products you use and you CLEARLY explain HOW to use them. Thank you for sharing your considerable talent and skill.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! hopefully the next videos will be as good!

[@patmcgrath6400]

Excellent result Shane

[@longlance67]

thanks Pat!

[@cygnusx10]

I think that an amazing looking 88. Finish is well up there with NightShift and Panzermeister - easily. I like the splinter camo - not something you see very often (if at all!) on artillery/flak pieces. Nice choice. Great details as well (tarps and such) - if that was mine I'd be well please with it. Great vid, thanks for sharing, and hope you and yours are staying safe in the current times. Cheers.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! I really wanted to try something a little different to my 88 by adding the tarps to break it up a little

[@tomas_piat]

Very nice looking piece of equipment! Greate job.

[@longlance67]

thank you!

[@hepburn118]

Excellent work and a top notch instructional video, keep them coming

[@longlance67]

Thanks, will do!

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Shane, the 88 looks really awesome , great work mate, trust you are keeping safe and well.

[@longlance67]

thank you! very glad you enjoyed the build! and thank you we are keeping safe over here hope you and yours are too

[@panzer-meister]

Hi, it's nice work. Also it's easy to understand by step by step painting. Thank you !!

[@longlance67]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@garylangston8321]

Hi Shane your 88 looks bloody awesome mate. glad you are showing us the paints you are using on the kit hope you carry on doing it helps guys like me big time thank you buddy all ways look forward to watching your video's mate.looking forward to the next instalment keep up the awesome work.

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! hopefully the next video should be up shortly

[@genericdenizen1]

Excellent instruction and results. Thank you.

[@longlance67]

thanks! glad you enjoyed it!

[@herrlogan17]

Looks on point, the subtle painting and wheathering is excellent!

[@longlance67]

thank you glad you like it! :)

[@Z3kyTw0]

great job man, weathering was spot on

[@longlance67]

cheers mate!

[@TheMrXtreme25]

Very well done sir!, Looks really nice.. i love the tutorial.. its easy to watch and to understand the steps u made Greetz and stay healty too!

[@longlance67]

thanks very much!

[@Panzermeister36]

Hey Shane! Awesome work on the Flak and on the video too! I liked your use of oil paints (thank you for the mention) and the camo is also epic :) certainly has the late-war look to it. I will be looking forward to seeing how you paint and weather Panther 126!

[@longlance67]

thanks Ev! my use of oils is a bit more basic then you and martin works but I draw a lot of inspiration from both of you! I think I will start working on the next step on 126 shortly now I've a better idea how to go about it now

[@ferguskenny4578]

Brilliant video. Really well explained regarding paint mix, psi pressure etc. Terrific model too! Lockdown does no favours - it's all online shopping :)

[@longlance67]

thanks mate, the lockdown has at least given us more hobby time

[@stuartwalters96]

Really enjoyed that build, looks awesome! Well done, keep it up

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! glad you enjoyed it!

[@padraigmcconnell7015]

Great video work Shane. I really enjoyed it.

[@longlance67]

cheers mate!

[@MrKersey]

Awesome painting, Shane, that FlaK looks sick! I really like all the little details you added and the tarp is a hit! It would be nice if you would put it on a base with some figures.

[@longlance67]

thats the plan! this was in fact meant to be fully diorama tutorial but the section with the 88 already at 44 minutes I decided to separate the videos into three. One with the 88, the second with the figure and then the third part being the diorama proper

[@MrKersey]

@@longlance67 great , can't wait for the next part! And now you will need something big to tow the 88☺

[@brianhurley6289]

Beautiful build and paint job!

[@longlance67]

Thank you very much!

[@WolfGirl930]

That looks cracking the chipping and weathering is very realistic!! Looking forward to the dio. !!

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! really glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tiger1AuasfE]

Very nice work.

[@longlance67]

Thank you!

[@CWModelling]

Top work Shane 👍

[@longlance67]

thanks mate!

[@michaelsmeltzer1105]

Shane, the 88 turned out beautifully. I really like the application of the “dust” to blend all your weathering and highlights, especially on the wheel/ truck assemblies. It toned down the highlights, but seemed to bring everything together. Very nice...

[@longlance67]

Thanks Michael! I really like dust layer stage in my builds have always found it give a pleasing end result without it being too harsh or garish

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

Gorgeous work on the model and the video mate, i enjoyed it from start to finish :) It will be great to see the next parts of this series unfold, figures and a diorama sounds awesome! That new microphone is a game changer, that was an excellent decission to purchase one.

[@longlance67]

thanks Michi! I think it will make a great difference going forward putting effort into the mic and sound quality to be fair I probably should done so earlier but later is better than never lol thanks mate!

[@kevinegan6876]

fantastic work shane as always

[@longlance67]

thanks Kev! I am looking forward to seeing what you do with your 88!

[@neilthefish]

Great tutorial Shane you are an inspiration to us all. I can't wait to see the figures and diorama video! Stay safe you and yours

[@krishurd9416]

Awesome! Super informative! Thanks for yet another great video!

[@longlance67]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robbo1068]

Great job.....love your work, Shane. Don't undersell yourself....you are up there with Night Shift and Panzermeister and create the most amazing, impressive models so will be waiting to see the diorama to come and the Panther. Congrats!!

[@longlance67]

thank you for the very kind words mate! hope to get the dio started soon! just working on the figure episode at the moment for the dio

[@stevie65able]

Easily up there with those guys!

[@NapFloridian]

very epic FLAK... the model looks stunning mate

[@longlance67]

thank you my friend!

[@Pedro.Chapps]

cracking job Shane

[@longlance67]

thanks mate

[@ArmourEmpire]

Nice work there Shane . Enjoyed the vid mate.

[@longlance67]

thanks Mark!

[@Alessio_DAndrea]

Great video. Audio works very well

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! I am still refining my audio editing so it should improve even more over the next few videos

[@mrcarlo1966]

Thank you Shane. I am about to start working on a Merit 1/18 scale kit and your tips will be very helpful.

[@longlance67]

Happy to be of help, a 1/18 88! That's gonna be one beast of a model ?

[@mrcarlo1966]

@@longlance67 The model is a kit version of the assembled models that were sold by 21st Century Toys{ now defunct)..it’s pretty large.

[@alexscolavino1566]

Really enjoy your videos you do a very nice job looking forward to more videos I also subscribed to your channel and gave you a thumbs up for very good work thank you

[@longlance67]

thanks for the sub! and welcome to the channel! :)

[@spitfire3280]

Outstanding.

[@longlance67]

Thank you!

[@evanandgemma1]

New to your channel, amazing work on this piece. Top job for sure 👍

[@longlance67]

thanks! and welcome to the channel!

[@crazylady201162]

WOW Amazing

[@longlance67]

thank you!

[@foreverplastickits138]

I have the same kit in stock, you did a marvellous work on this detailled model, congrats' 👍👍👍

[@longlance67]

thanks mate! its one of my all time favorite DML kits its such a gem to work on!

[@imjosephwan]

excellent job, learnt a lot from you.

[@longlance67]

cheers! happy to be of help!

[@thomassmyth7944]

Brilliant tutorial 😀

[@longlance67]

thanks! it took me a solid day on me day off to edit the audio but I think the new mic will make a big difference going forward!

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Nice work! I really love the result! Keep it up 👍

[@longlance67]

thanks very much!

[@richardgasson7283]

Really enjoyable video.

[@longlance67]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ITOWords]

The 88 looks mint

[@longlance67]

cheers mate!

[@dixonsmodelsreview]

Well done.

[@longlance67]

cheer!

[@JenniferEliseAtchiso]

Bravo my friend!

[@longlance67]

thank you Jenni! I hope you are keeping safe in this time of madness

[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Hi Shane mate, great update, I keep thinking of doing some sort of artillery. I've actually got a German rocket launcher, and a stuka half track which I have all drawn up and planned that I was hoping to do this year. You've done a fantastic job and really enjoyed another fine video. I hope you and all of your family are all OK, safe and well. Stay safe buddy. P. S - I love those Mig Ammo brushes for weathering. I love the two long bristled brushes they do, they are just game changing, lol, especially to getting to places you can't with a normal brush, plus their hack saw brush. I know A. K do one of those but the Mig one I feel is that little bit stronger and better. Stay safe matey

[@longlance67]

thanks mate, we are doing ok over here :)

[@simonleach6632]

Looks amazing Shane, it's a real credit to you! Can't wait to see the diorama, and if this is anything to go by, that Panther is going to be damned impressive! Also, a little un-related but, another one to watch for oil paint technique is LPJ Models, he also does some really nice oil paint work!

[@longlance67]

cheers mate, and thanks I will check out his work

[@sjoerd.2004]

It would be lovely and very helpful if you could make a video about your most used Vallejo paints. I always watch your figure painting tutorials but I almost always have to buy new Vallejo colors to correctly imitate the steps. So if you could show the paints that you find to be a nessecity, that would be very helpful because then I van just buy them all at once.

[@longlance67]

that is a great idea! I will certainly do that very soon!

[@stevie65able]

Shane, a tip for you when it comes to painting tools on a model, sometimes to make it easier and not get any paint on the surrounding area, you can slide a piece of aluminium foil under it to act as a form of mask. Obviously, you can't always do it, but I find it very handy.

[@longlance67]

its a pretty handy tip! I somethings use a small sheet of paper to this effect too when I am worried about making a mess

[@josipvlahovic326]

The Flak looks great man. Really nice and realistic looking. I always found flaks to be tricky to weather and make interesting but you did a fantastic job. I would just suggest you to airbush some more dust layers on the lower part of the gun, those 4 stands that go in each direction. Just a little on front and rear stand and more on those 2 on sides that can fold. They will be dusty from wheels and also if the gun shield is dusty they have to be too. Just a tip and it is not a rivet countering bur a constructive critism. Great build again, i will try using similiar methods like you. Cheers!

[@longlance67]

good point! I say I will go back and more dust and dirt to this 88 in the future but I will wait to the dio video to do it as then I can blend the weathering to the base :)

[@rrl4245]

Shane, I watch you're videos and love them, so forgive me if I challenge you on the seam on that gun's breach (obvious at 5:12). Based on my review of photos it doesn't belong there. The breach was a solid piece. I'm not generally a 'rivet counter', but...

[@longlance67]

that was an oversight on my part, I most have missed the seam when I was building the kit, and never caught when painting I say it will have remain as I don't want to risk removing it

[@voodoonights1671]

Another terrific tutorial Shane and plenty to pick out of this. Can you tell me the make/type of the brushes with very long tips? Keep up the great work and stay safe!

[@longlance67]

so the brushes are riggger brush'es from in this case the Winsor and Netwon Cottman series

[@voodoonights1671]

@@longlance67 Terrific thank you very much for the reply. I'll have a look and get some on order. :-)

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

Rite Dude, This looks like one seriously nice bit of kit, think I will have to get me one. The detail looks very crisp and well... detailed :) Have you done a build vid on this model, would like to see it go together! TFS, GB :)

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! Its a great kit and has a load of extras including an awesome gun crew! Unfortunately I did not film a build video for this 88 sadly! But I would hands down recommend this kit as its awesome build!

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

@@longlance67 Thanks for the reply Shane! GB :)

[@kevinatkins9154]

Nice job Shane, lotta parts on 88s I’ve built 2 , time consuming but the end result in a diorama is great 👍

[@longlance67]

a dio with two 88s! that most be an awesome scene!

[@mikepette4422]

with every video I watch I am feeling a strong pull to start building again...eventually this dam will break and I will go all out. soon I tmagine

[@longlance67]

seems to me, you really really should build a kit! ;)

[@vasili1207]

I was looking at the tamiya 88 for a dio idea, looking at this one gives me a real dilemma 🤔. As always bud, you do a cracking job

[@longlance67]

the Tamiya 88 is a nice kit, but the Dragon kit is a work of art!

[@mikecooper8462]

@@longlance67 Shane, how would you rate the AFV Club 88 flak kit in comparison to Dragon's kit?

[@claytonmcclain182]

Fantastic build as always Shane👍 I use oil's just not Abteilung 502. One day I might invest in it just to see if there's any big difference between them. Well at least the expense is a big factor in it. I have stopped buying different paints it was just to ridiculous. Like when the guy who invents wwii air from D-Day 1944.🤣🤣 again fantastic video.

[@longlance67]

cheers mate, I tend to use only a few brands of paints which is similar but have colors I prefer

[@vasili1207]

I use tube paints from home bargains... the black is same as stynorez or however you spell it. They all spray good. When I mention what I use to other modeler folk they look at me as if I am stupid 😑. But I do find mixing and colour matching easy and enjoyable

[@alexandrenogueira5378]

Thanks Shane! Great tutorial. See you making this model's is like watching a dance... it just flows so nice that seems easy. Can you tell me how much time needs to dry the oils to be ready to receive acrylic paints again? Do you give a protective coat of varnish over the oil paint? I never thought that oils and acrylic can work together... it's solid? Cheers 😉

[@longlance67]

cheers mate! So when it comes oils I tend to leave them to dry for a minimum of 24 hours to dry fully, sometimes it might take a day or two to fully dry. Once dry you can get away with adding more oils and washes on top of the dried oils without deleting them. I tend only to seal oil layers if I feel there is a risk that a new layer oils might react with the preceding layer

[@alexandrenogueira5378]

@@longlance67 thanks Shane for your help. I appreciate for real. Cheers 😉

[@janlukac4433]

Very good job, immediatly i have this kit on my workbench. But i little bit confuse of building plan, because it seems a difficult for me :-).

[@longlance67]

its a pretty involved instruction sheet very much typical Dragon in that regard. But if you take your time and dry fit parts your not sure about to see how they together you should be fine!

[@davedaveson100]

Well done! I must check out anudder video.

[@longlance67]

Go for it!

[@davedaveson100]

@@longlance67 God bless the Irish! Great job on the kit!

[@SmallSoldier]

Good stuff Shane! It turned out well, are you planning on putting it in a diorama or are you just keeping it as a paint test? Either way, it looked good and that was a clever way to hide the bad moulding issues. Cheers!

[@longlance67]

thanks Scott! Ya I do indeed have an idea for a small diorama for this 88 I decided to breakup the videos as it was getting too long so I will do the figure video next and then dio itself each as detailed how too's! I also may have an idea for a collab project for us!

[@SmallSoldier]

Right on, looking forward to it.😁👊🏻👊🏻

[@mauserkk98]

Nightshade who ..... LOL , that's a work of skill with the oils and it shows .

[@longlance67]

cheers mate!

[@kevinmgd84]

Awesome video...one question...do you thin your tamiya clear? Sorry if I missed it in video

[@longlance67]

Ya I thinned it with lacquer thinning roughly the same ratio as their paints

[@Marauder623]

A little tip to make your steel really shine, polish it with some artist graphite.

[@longlance67]

thanks I have artist graphite in toolbox was gonna add to the breach bloke but opted not to this time

[@garylangston2818]

Hi Shane awesome build buddy got a question for you regarding painting faces what' paint do I need to buy for painting flesh as I want to have a go at doing my 1st figure a 1/35 ww2 Africa korps from verlinden hope you don't mind me asking mate

[@longlance67]

so firstly I would strongly recommend getting some decent brushes with fine points on them would chiefly recommend getting 0 and 1 round brush. As for paint sets, you have a lot to pick from, I use the AK set however Vallejo, AMMO, Scale 75 and Andrea all have flesh sets that are all much the same, though I would recommend the Vallejo, Andrea or Scale 75 over AMMO to be honest

[@garylangston2818]

@@longlance67 hi Shane thank you for getting back to me I have some decent brushes I will go and buy the Vallejo set do I need to buy anything else for face painting besides the Vallejo set I really appreciate your help buddy.

[@kenjohnston8173]

Do u have a build video of this?

[@longlance67]

unfortunately I do not have a build video for the 88 sorry

[@MarcoSchmi]

How did you do the Tarps?

[@longlance67]

For the traps I used Milliput epoxy putty

[@ciaranbartlett5472]

Another great video Shane. I was into modelling when I was a bit younger and fell out of doing it as more of my time was taken up with other things, but I'm hoping to get back into it. I used to paint a lot of Dragon 1/35 too. My question is, what do you make of Miniart kits? I see them online and think they look good, but would prefer an opinion or two before buying. Hope you're well. Thanks for the videos, they are a great watch.

[@longlance67]

Miniart are great little kits, they are little complex at times but top notch at that price range!

[@ciaranbartlett5472]

@@longlance67 thanks for the reply man :)

[@czaczaja]

hey Shane. Would you say the gloss varnish is an important step? Panzermaister and NightShift dont always varnish their works. Whats your oppinion?

[@longlance67]

it is a similar debate to the prime or not to prime question, I have always found it advantageous to use gloss as I've had paint react with oils or flake off so I just gloss coat as a matter of course now

[@czaczaja]

@@longlance67 Thanks! I tried gloss coating ages ago but my oil weathering would completely come off and have no effect on the gloss varnish back then. I might try satin maybe or just a better brand.

[@blacklupos]

Awsome, just need a good crew and its perfect..

[@longlance67]

all in good time

[@konstantinsukhinin6389]

What airpbrush pressure do you use?

[@longlance67]

mostly 15PSI with the varnishes at 20PSI

[@ЕвгенийТитов-э1ц]

Можно поинтересоваться, от куда вы взяли такой камуфляж ?

[@longlance67]

Its fictional

[@stanikicin]

The cannon seems to be very used but the wooden chair is like a new one. You could have done it by scratching the wood. I look forward to the next model in your submission.

[@bigsparky65]

What airbrush do you use

[@longlance67]

I use a Harder and Steenbeck Evolution CR Plus

[@kenjohnston8173]

How would u change ur weathering for n. Africa?

[@longlance67]

sorry for the late reply, I would only add more lighter colors in the oil pin dot filter to create a more sun bleached effect. And using more dust tones over mud tones

[@codyreynolds2810]

Is that the dragon kit

[@longlance67]

yes it is

[@則本彰男]

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。

[@stanikicin]

Where is build video?

[@longlance67]

There is no build video for this project

[@jzghostrider66]

Very NICE Shane. Hey is sent you a Facebook request My last name is Zilvitis. I really enjoy your builds.

[@jzghostrider66]

My only wish is that you did a build video on this one. NICE work... very nice

[@rossomachin]

Monotonic brown wash is boring

[@longlance67]

I'll use neon pink next time so

[@rossomachin]

Shane Smyth - scale models try to use other brownish, dust etc colors on some spots for more interesting visual appearance.

[@korypo303]

Don't show the completed model in the beginning. Ruins your whole immaculate video.

[@longlance67]

cheers mate, I prefer to show what the end result is, to show its worth your while to watch the video or least such was my theory

[@korypo303]

I think the thumbnail does the trick just fine. Cheers. Nice work