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Hello and welcome to Scale Stuff in this weeks video I am going to be building and reviewing the NEW WWII British Army 30-cwt 4x2 GS Truck from Airfix A1380.
This Austin K30 General Service truck hits close to home for me, As I'm from the Area that these trucks where made and family members drove them during the second world war
In this video I take a look at what you get in the box, show you how the model goes together from start to finish talking about all the little issues you are likely to face along the way, and I show you how to paint the awesome looking caunter scheme on this lovely second world war truck

[@ModelNerd]

Lovely job! I find realistic desert weathering really tough but you've hit this one on the head.

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate, I think with desert it's more just dust and a sand blast effect

[@richardbaxter2057]

Great build vlog! No Wittering, no BS, just straight advice and easily followed tips! ❤️👍🏻👍🏻

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate, bear with me on future uploads,this is how the channels going and a few videos are lead ups to this style

[@richardbaxter2057]

@@scalestuff1066 No worries! A good enough vlog for me to subscribe to the Channel and like....😜👍🏻👍🏻 Got a few “North Africa” subjects to crack on with myself.....M3 Stuart, Matilda and I’ll add this kit to the list....😎😜

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks for the sub mate,if I start a history ramble on the old ones just skip forward a min.Nice how the builds coming along? Did a stuart last winter in the desert cam,got to love a good caunter camo,this is deffo worth getting such a laid back build

[@richardbaxter2057]

@@scalestuff1066 Not started on any of them....yet! 😜 I’m cracking along with a 1/700 HMS Rodney at the mo. There are basically three kits on the market in this scale, Tamiya, Trumpeter and Meng....one of them is a full hull kit but none of them depict Rodney as she was, when she faced off against Bismarck! Second issue, there’s not much in the way of data re photos, design drawings, etc, so it’s a bit difficult to tie down certain details about her but after much cash outlay, I’m in the process of sorting out a pretty accurate rendition of her! 🙄😜 As you can imagine, photo-etch in this scale is an absolute ‘mare to deal with....even drilling out and fixing 1/700 16 inch gun barrels has been a right B.....d but I managed that but it’s either a day to tackle a job, or a day to not....knowing which is which is proving a bit critical.....😂😂👍🏻 That Caunter scheme is something else! There’s a small book about it and I must try and get a copy of it.....although my old work mate built the Airfix K4 Ambulance and finished that in the Caunter scheme and it’s what made me look at it in the first place! I failed to say that I’ve got a couple of SAS / LRDG Jeep kits, the Chevrolet 30cwt and also a Scammel Wrecker. I might forgo the Airfix truck and take Gecko Models version with the open cab, as that fits the desert thing a bit better....no reflective glass, etc...Also, AC Models do some fantastic figure sets and vehicle load outs for the Chevy and Jeeps BUT they are also commanding fantastic prices....roughly £15 a figure...it doesn’t get any cheaper, that’s for sure....😂😂

[@scalestuff1066]

Ah well we all have that shelf so I can understand that one, Oww nice, I am shocked though that there is no kits of it showing the Bismarck stand off :/ . Yeah the ships can be like that, I spend an age trying to find pictures of the soul bay for a customer that sailed on her from a certain time frame in the 70's and finding shots was like hens teeth.Yeah the photo etech puts me off the ships as on mis placed finger and its game over for the part sometimes. I saw that book but never got it, I think I saw the pattern on a tank museum video, and you know what its like with ww2 British its all just green for the most part, so naturally drawn to something a bit different. Nice I have done both if they are the tamiya kits, and they both build into good models the jeep has tonnes of gear with it to really load it up.Just on a spree of trucks atm (you will see them later) but the scammel I think looks epic, just done the little 1:76 airfix one and want to build a 1:35 at some pointYeah tbh I have heard good things on gecko kits but not got my hand on one yet. Yeah sometimes the figures take the mic a bit, Ive been doing alot of 1/76, and you can get boxes of 40 tank riders for under a tenner and I kind of prefer that price range myself

[@gordonm2821]

As a child I never had the patience to build Airfix models and usually ended up with glue everywhere and a never completed model. 40 years on I could probably do a good job but I don’t think I would have the guts to miss out elements and doing them later as knowing my luck the section was no longer accessible!

[@scalestuff1066]

Ah should still give it ago,if in doubt paint it first,that's my motto,If you started on some of the cheaper or second hand ones wouldn't be anything if you messed up a few bits

[@jeffholt9437]

Grow some modelling balls Gordon and treat yourself for Christmas! Post a comment back here if you do and let us know how you got on?😊

[@tankschool1565]

Thank you for just getting straight to the point much appreciated 👍🏾❤️

[@scalestuff1066]

No worries mate a review shouldn't waste time and just look at the way a kit goes together glad you enjoyed the content

[@timwingham8952]

Super job. Looks almost real! Thanks for sharing. And bravo Airfix for bringing out this kit of an unsung hero.

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate I was worried I had rushed it a bit to get it out, and deffo airfix needs to do more kits like this, the scope for models with this truck is massive

[@lesthiele4921]

Greetings my friend, the Austin has turned out absolutely perfectly, you have done a terrific job, your painting andvweathering was perfectly completed, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

[@scalestuff1066]

Thank you, I was worried I rushed it to get the video out :) cheers though mate hope everythings going well down under

[@themajesticmagnificent386]

Splendid build and great video..Thank you.!

[@scalestuff1066]

Glad you enjoyed it :) thanks for watching ,bear with me on future content as this is a more recent edit

[@nikhinson3703]

Nicely done!

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you 😊

[@Jamie0121]

Good work mate. Got to admire your knowledge and passion in what you do

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate, I do what I can every models a learning curve

[@stevecam724]

Sensational 😀 Enjoyed the video 👍

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate glad you enjoyed it

[@thomasdailey9280]

Nice work , especially the Caunter camo .

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate, And thank! you the caunter camo was a tricky thing to paint

[@ericverpeten8503]

Great build

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you

[@philRminiatures]

Very impressive details, fantastic work!😍😍👍👍

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you very much

[@nwsabir]

Nicely done 👍

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you very much

[@wasted-blaster.]

I like this! This is good plus to option to paint it as non military really add to it appeal! As these trucks was used widely after the war aswell for Gneral hauliers and farmers etc etc! Great build!

[@scalestuff1066]

Glad you liked it mate, and yes tbh I would love to see one of these done up as a post war transporter

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very well done, great build.

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you very much

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

@@scalestuff1066 👍👍

[@styrenehelp]

Good little build

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you

[@MrJoeGarner]

Nice work.

[@scalestuff1066]

cheers mate thank you

[@ponymoore6140]

Good job!

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate

[@aussie6910]

Love how the tyres turned out, very nice weathering.

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate was my first time trying the dust coats for tires but will deffo do it again on bigger wheels

[@aussie6910]

@@scalestuff1066 This K30 is on my 'to get' list & cheaper than Gecko. Bigger wheels would be the go. Was sussing out the DEF Model K2 sand tyres but the LRDG Chev wheels look wider. Are they? Stud pattern looks the same but axel ends are different, that's fixable.

[@scalestuff1066]

Im not sure just had a look at them to see if there are any dimensions for width but no joy, I like the LRDG wheels they look a bit more aggressive, But sorry I couldn't be of help on the width, If its any help I just measured the ones on this model and they are 12mm thick

[@aussie6910]

@@scalestuff1066 Gee 12mm! Certainly wider than I thought. Thank you very much for that. Have a good weekend.

[@ljscalemodels526]

Great build - looks fantastic regards Liam

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate was worried I had rushed this one a bit

[@IMInnocent07]

Great build. Good luck with your channel.

[@scalestuff1066]

Thank you!

[@wheezypalacemodels7726]

Great watch, thanks for sharing. I have bought this and it’s in the stash so very helpful to me..thanks again..subbed 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻..Chris

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks glad you enjoyed the video. Glad its of help to you, the main two things are the ejection marks in the cab, and if you can just dry fit the flat bed as been able to take it off would make getting into the gaps much easier. Thanks for the sub, hope you are having a good day

[@DanDiednot]

I can't resist weird camo

[@scalestuff1066]

Yeah its lovely like a breath of fresh air for the eyes, swedish m90 is another nice different one to paint to

[@tamtom763]

most beautiful 🎉

[@scalestuff1066]

cheers mate thank you

[@michaelgilbert3213]

Your build/review is an excellent advert for this kit and I will be buying one. I sincerely hope mine turns out as well. One point though I doubt that the flimsy cans would be stored upside-down as I'm sure they'd leak, but I may have misread this.

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate best of luck with your build, yeah I agree on the flimsy cans I have never seen them put into a truck rack upside down, if they had a tap on them would be handy but like you say would leak and make a mess

[@crabbersuniquescalemodels9996]

I enjoyed your build. The end result looked brilliant. New subscription from me!

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks for the sub I'm glad you enjoyed the format, just bear with me as this was a newer edit and I have a few old style ones like the Cromwell to get through before they are all like this

[@crabbersuniquescalemodels9996]

I know the feeling! I'm new to the modeling world and even newer to making videos so watching excellent KZbinrs like yourself shows me where I need to be. I'm a long way off! Looking forward to seeing the next video from you.

[@scalestuff1066]

Mate just takes practice forget about others just keep making them and a style will come through, I know this videos better but theres 50 unreleased videos between the cromwell and this all waiting in the line up,just keep making them and trust me 2 years later you will cringe at your old stuff and as you relax more, your own personality will come to the front more

[@crabbersuniquescalemodels9996]

That's amazing advice thank you. Take care and I'll comment again soon.

[@randytaylor1258]

A lovely kit that fits right into the available range of softskins, and you seem to have enjoyed the build. It came out very well and thanks for the warning of ejector pin marks. First the K2 -- though late -- and now the GS. I wonder what the third rrlease on this chassis will be?

[@scalestuff1066]

Yes that it does,and anytime better one person find them and say than just a plain old this is great review,hmmm I'm not sure ,they did use the austin on raf fire tenders and possible refuelling trucks so maybe one of them?

[@jamescharlton924]

Lovely work not sure I’ll be adding it to my collection but like it a lot.

[@scalestuff1066]

Cheers mate thank you, ah plenty of time to work that out it's only just been released

[@jamescharlton924]

@@scalestuff1066 been bitten by the 16 scale releases bug :) - meng was my preferred manufacturer in 35 they went off the boil so got into 16 scale

[@scalestuff1066]

Tbh I've been looking at the Achilles 1 16 scale,are meng releasing still as not herd of a new look from them in a while

[@jamescharlton924]

@@scalestuff1066 I have too but still have the tiger 1 to finish and have the Das Werk Half track 16 scale on pre order

[@scalestuff1066]

Is there much interior on them around the hatches and such like? As on a model this size would be nice to have those details

[@alfredofernandez823]

Muy buen trabajo, sobre todo considerando que fue pintado con pincel. Saludos!

[@scalestuff1066]

Gracias, hice lo mejor que pude!

[@AustrianTommy]

A beautiful model well made, congratulations. But shouldn't the divisional marking be on the left and the AOS marking on the right side?

[@scalestuff1066]

Thank you, And you know now you say that I'm not sure, you got me thinking and I went off googling, it would seem that some trucks yes other trucks no, I need to look at more markings but I never thought much past the guide. I did see the bridge Weight marked on the opposite side on a couple as well. So it might be different divisions, did different things ? but that does not seem to fit well with typical military habit's. So im not sure and thanks for the rabbit hole

[@bpenny4352]

Be nice to see some weathering on the cab glass, wiper marks, side windows wind down marks etc

[@scalestuff1066]

Yeah I get that my mates dad said the literal same thing to me, Any tips on how to go about it though? I've tried before but the paint seems to rub off, or roll off?

[@bpenny4352]

@@scalestuff1066 I have a 25 yr old Defender that lives in a garage and gets dry use, gets washed a couple of times a year, it gets very dusty sitting at Glastonbury while I work for 10 days, pretty good example for weathering. The unswept screen area looks matted, insect marks do not clear easily on the screen but the wiper areas are defined and show movement marks, side windows show directional movement marks from opening and closing, more on the drivers side. I’m guessing light Matt lacquer and dust, mask off the wiper area, cotton bud for directional marks? That or light rub with very fine sand paper 2500-3000 grit?

[@scalestuff1066]

Nice I would love a defender but the price of them has sky rocketed in the last few years, year maybe thats the way to go about it, just be worried of over dirting it, Im going to give it ago though on a future build, anything military generally kicks up and collects muck

[@DanielGomez-io5bx]

I was impressed with your brush painting as Tamiya acrylic paints do not normally brush all that well. Did you use a retarder to alleviate brush strokes?

[@scalestuff1066]

Thanks mate, and no I try to put tamiya paints on slightly thicker than other paints and work with them really fast so that the paint can self level. I know what you mean with tamiya though it can be tricky. I find when the humidity is high that I just cant get a decent coat with the stuff as even put on thick it dries to fast

[@AdrianWoodfield]

Wow - you don’t half sound like John Peel! Ever thought of working on the Radio?

[@scalestuff1066]

Hahaha well if someone wants a presenter I wouldn't say no

[@Michu32421]

Hellow ho many hours does IT take yOu to make this model excluding drying time

[@scalestuff1066]

I would guess about 12 to 16 hours, total not including drying time

[@mylesfinn66]

Pot of glue sitting there going "come on knock me over, you know you want to "

[@scalestuff1066]

Gotta live life dangerously 😂 I find the square based tamiya flues bit harder to knock over than the humbrol, that's why I switched

[@mylesfinn66]

@@scalestuff1066 yeah, still possible. Don't ask me how I know 😜

[@scalestuff1066]

😂

[@alanwhittle8247]

This is the second airfix kit of the new 2023 batch (the other was the british ambulance )i have seen built and in both kits i never saw the clutch pedal being installed, anyone know if there was one or was it a pre select pedal on the floor ?

[@scalestuff1066]

The pedals are there but hard to hold and nothing to show on a video. The pedals are on piece foot plate and rear rod

[@swyntopia]

What glue did you use for the clear parts ?

[@scalestuff1066]

Just tamiya thin,but only tiny amounts,I also tend to use the last dregs of a pot as its thicker and doesnt run as much

[@swyntopia]

Thank you very much for the fast information ! :-)

[@Emma-jh4ye]

‘Mon the nans!

[@scalestuff1066]

That's legit as well, one went over a wall and the other ran down an entryway,only thing the luftwaffe got was the pet monkey and railway embankment

[@rogerbourke5570]

My understanding is that softskin vehicles were not camouflaged with the Caunter scheme, only AFVs.

[@scalestuff1066]

No was on the trucks to, later I think they ditched it tho, but its even in the manual for how to apply the paint, what really can not be unseen is the fact the pattern is the same on all of them, not sure if this link works, but here's a convoy of the ambulances in north Africa all in the pattern fft-keymilitary.b-cdn.net/sites/militarykey/files/styles/article_body/public/imported/2020-03-24/img_78-4_10.jpg?itok=L5xw0yg4

[@scalestuff1066]

Just went down a little rabbit hole, it was dropped in november 1941 but was still seen in the front line until 1942, after that some rear groups still had it if they where not on the front line but they often got painted over and after that the scheme was pretty rare, thanks for the rabbit hole!

[@AFV85]

Soft skins Were done in camo more so than the AFVs do your research and Look up mike stramer for the caunter paint scheme for the soft skins in Africa!. I have dozens of photos of them and the Quad C8 with the 25 pounder and limber In tow were mostly all caunter in Africa.

[@scalestuff1066]

Yep that's the chap I was reading up on them through

[@AFV85]

I've been told this is Airfixes best kit ever? I went for the Gecko one as usual I just hate Airfixes injection pin marks! If it's anything like the Ambulance it'll be a horror story haha

[@stevecam724]

Must be incredibly difficult to build a kit for a camera 😉

[@scalestuff1066]

Is tbh,you get into the zone and end up off the centre view,you need to remind yourself to keep it on shot,do like making the videos but still more to learn