M551 Sheridan, Ep 2. Phillips Ride - Painting & Weathering.

[@pdc.1508RedDevil.]

Outstanding job my friend love it. The Sheridans in the pics I gave you are rigged for heavy drop. And me with the grease gun we were opfor playing the bad guys. I love how you did the MERDC pattern. Contrary to belief that patten was hand painted by alot of units if they couldn't get them into the paint shop. It was a seasonal pattern thats why you see alot wore the winter pattern. And they never changed it still worked in the summer. Just look the R.O.K Army still uses that pattern to this day. Once again beautiful work I dig your weathering. Thanks again for using my pictures..have a great day.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks again, Paul. Your contributions with the photos and here in the comments are much appreciated.

[@rossomachin]

Pencils + oils? Yes yes yes! I have waited this since your M3 Lee project

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Glad to oblige!

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Nice weathering 👍

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks 👍

[@gaetamodeler]

I loved the result, the details are incredible, thank you for the tips Rick.☺✌

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@alexeyvolosach]

Great video, Rick!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks!

[@Panzermeister36]

Amazing work! I have to give the AK pencils a shot...

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks, my friend. I appreciate you checking in.

[@milannereknu4965]

Classic Rick..!!! Riku máš to perfektní jako vždy, žádný velký s... í ,,, Fakt perfect...

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

thanks

[@steeliron8246]

Very great video, absolutely perfect presentation and a very likeable voice, very nice!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thank you kindly!

[@ScaleModelCraft]

Great Video !!! I was in the 82nd in the early 80's and trained with the Sheridan's like Paul Clayton's pictures show. Very nice cammo, I remember the darker patterns like in Paul's greasegun pic, and the dirt on those tracks was a little redder as I remember it, so maybe the picture faded, (mine have). I was Infantry but we got to ride on the Sheridan's during our exercise with them, so that was a treat!! The soil at Ft Bragg proper is red clay, but around all the drop zones it was a sandy, whitish dust. Your video has sparked some great memories, and a possible build idea!!! I continue to learn cool stuff from every video,Thanks Rick!!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thank you! As I mentioned in my reply to Will - it seems like everyone has some sort of experience with Sheridans. Thanks for watching and your continuing support.

[@JedenSiedemDwa]

Perfect done. You have great weathering skills, I must also try these AK Interactive weathering pencils. All the best for You! ;)

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@DHScaleModels]

Cool work my friend, very cool subject

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thank you kindly

[@scorn4130]

Great work. Always had some love for the Sheridan. Would love a follow-up about using the pigments and oils together.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

I've used the combination of oils and pigments on a number of projects - I'll try to make it a feature section in an upcoming video. thanks.

[@Bryan-cs9to]

Looks great I really like the camo and weathering

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks 👍

[@brunocalico]

I like the way your work with the weathering pencils. Great work.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thank you so much 😀

[@ProjectSimusFlorida]

Good stuff!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks! Good talking with you earlier in chats. Thanks for your help.

[@longlance67]

gorgeous work mate, love all little pops of detail you have added. Really has made this little Sheridan a treat to behold

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks Shane.Your watching and positive comments are very much appreciated.

[@tauruslove86]

Just subbed. Incredible work by the way.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the channel.

[@f1matt]

Really digging your use of pigments and oils together. I may have to use that a bit on my Sherman. Another awesome video and model Rick!

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks 👍

[@Emtbtoday]

Awesome build! I love them AK pencils myself I keep all the shavings when sharpening them they make great pigment or a lump n just use a brush n water I ordered my first load of 502 oils this week 4 boxes I had a good wage this month so went all out on modeling stuff n got a show in the morning and some of the 3D printing guys are going so looking forward to seeing what I can pick up! Can't believe I was 100 bucks for oils lol

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Good to hear from you, Charlie. Enjoy your oils!

[@fotomakr]

Nice, that looks outstanding and so realistic! I really like using oils on my aircraft - will have to start using the weathering pencils a bit more.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Have fun! I think that you'll soon find a nice balance between using pencils and oils to create all sorts of effects.

[@jamesmcansh6393]

Great job as usual picking up a lot of pointers from your tutorial. Frustrating up here in Canada trying to find suppliers for Value gear and other bits and bobs. when I order from out of country I am paying two to three times the price. Enjoy your summer and vacation .✌Canada✌

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Sorry to hear that things are hard to find and expensive in your neck of the woods. Hopefully things get better soon. Thanks for all of your support.

[@plingboot]

Great work - just wondered what photo etch kits you used for the tie down straps?

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

They were just bits and pieces of left over PE, buckles and such.

[@max_scalemodeling6845]

Fantastic work Rick, beatiful weathering. Is the stowage from Value Gear ? and if what set did you use ?

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Yes, it is Value Gear. It is a mix of several sets, including a prototype set specifically designed for the Sheridan (ie, stowage in the rear basket).

[@willthorson4543]

Thats really nice.i was on opfor bmp1s at NTC too.if you have the concord book on NTC, my buddy in my platoon is on the cover. My vehicle is in 2 or 3 pictures. It's bumper # is 212. Its crazy to see my track bumbling along. One thing that you "need" to do is the exhaust staining. There was always black dusty grime that started ahead of the exhaust and actually went into the tools. Starting them up in the morning and the amount of exhaust fumes sucked. To this day it is one of those smells i hate. Haha.on the Sheridan? It might be the vest one I've seen.

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Hey Will. Thanks for watching, and thanks for the tip on the exhaust. Gosh, it seems like everyone (except me!) had experience with the Sheridan.

[@willthorson4543]

My tine was both fun and a nightmare. The Sheridan I got was knocked out by an rpg in Vietnam killing several crewmen. It was the 13th made. In 8 months, I changed 4 engines, 25 generator drives(100+pounds), broke my hand, received several awards for battles I was in. And last but nit least? I was driving downhill when the transmission snapped and leaned against the brake lines, snapping them. Add insult to injury, my seatbekt was broke and we ended halfway out of a anti tank ditch. I was thrown out of the drivers hatch and landed head first on the only rock in a 100 meters, compressed my spine. That incident stopped the battle and i was medivaced to Reed army hospital. Someone painted the antichrist emblem on the front lower hull. And FINALLY it was given back to red river depot and we got a "brand new" Sheridan. I'll never forget that place.

[@lonniedotson7558]

I commanded one in Nam after we turned in our M48A3's, was with A troop 3/4 Cav 25th Inf. I loved that tank for the mission we had Europe was great for heavy M48/M60's...not Nam :)

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

Thanks for watching the video, I hope that I did it justice.

[@lonniedotson7558]

@@RickLawlerPropaganda yes I love your painting and will try to learn some of it. What a lot of Vietnam modelers don't understand is each Tank crew were able to fix our tanks any different way we needed it for our comfort and better fighting ability. Point being each time we got a new tank (after we battle damaged one) first thing we did was weild on a bigger bussel rank to hold as much 50 cal ammo we could...we hated firing the main gun from top side due to recoil and noise so most of us adopted twin 50's one for gunner/loader and TC...so tons of 50s cal was needed :)

[@joesanchez979]

👍

[@RickLawlerPropaganda]

thank you!