Painting Tank Tracks on an Assembled Model is Fine, BUT....

[@KillBoxScalemodelling]

"Use the power of heavy weathering to hide your mistakes" - I like that, I like it a lot :D :D

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

That's something armor modellers can always count on :) Some mud and a tarp will fix all your problems!

[@MothaLuva]

Night Shift Agree.

[@MCRoadk1ll]

So true

[@W98Dragon]

@@NightShiftScaleModels that's why AFV modelling is more relaxing than A/C!

[@InSidious1805]

Definitely will try this to hide some of my gaps. Model has been sitting in my office for two weeks have been hesitant to work on it. Keep up the great work!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

It's not the most ideal situation but it'll work! But yeah, nothing can beat well assembled tracks that you can paint separately.

[@InSidious1805]

Night Shift I watch other KZbin channels such as Plasmo and Andy’s hobby’s (I believe that’s the channel), your detail work is impressive. The way you do rust on exhausts is mind blowing. I’m going to take it slow on my model I haven’t bought paints and an airbrush. I don’t know the difference between enamels and acrylics etc so I need to do some research.

[@franklinlewis6059]

Come along way from when I first saw it, NICELY done.

[@pineapplesand556ers]

My Friday morning tradition: coffee in bed watching Uncle Night Shift.

[@vonsopas]

Mine: send weekly monitoring reports while watching uncle Night Shift! (and a cup of joe of course)

[@BigFred1925]

Bingo! Love this dude. So realistic, cup of Thomas (St. Louis) and Uncle Night Shift and retirement so lots of time to watch and practice 😜

[@MrKersey]

It's Friday and another video from Night Shift! It doesn't get better than this. Thanks, Martin!

[@Sacrilege7294]

Fantastic. The final photos are just so amazing. 100.

[@kaferrat]

Uncle Night Shift is the man. Always enjoy getting the notification of a new video. Really nice work on the tracks, with plenty of tips.

[@donnicoll1570]

Just love your videos. Every time I watch you work Martin, I learn something. Thank you. Greetings from Ireland.

[@mistertree553]

I don’t even do modeling and don’t have any interest for it........ why do I keep coming back to this great channel?

[@MikeS-um1nm]

Because it's the greatest hobby in the World! Have you gotten INTO it yet?

[@myrenmusiclessons4885]

I'm finding myself in a similar situation after deciding to finish a prototype Tiger that I had started about a decade ago. Unfortunately, when I started building it, one of the first things I did was glue the tracks in place (like, before even putting the hull together)...so thank you for making this video that I'll be using as a reference to get through this nightmare :)

[@90Gunni]

So good! Really looking forwar to these each friday and never disappointed!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

thanks!!! :)

[@fidinboca]

You never disappoint My friend ! Thank you. Now, I think my tracks will go from a Volkswagen to an Audi. Then, following their advice to paint them separately, they will be a mercedes.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

And then if you decide to buy workable metal ones, they'll become a bugatti :)

[@fidinboca]

@@NightShiftScaleModelsMy friend, it is my great wish, but with a little girl, a teacher wife and the salaries of Brazil, only in the remote future. But the hope never die !!!

[@vonsopas]

Another week, another great vid; my Friday is round now. Thanks uncle Night Shift!

[@cygnusx10]

Hi Uncle! I've now got a KV on order (in 1/35), thanks to this series of vids, and have been trying out some of the techniques in this series on old junk models; think I'm doing... OK. TBH I don't like coating running gear with thick mud, but I understand in this case. KV looks great. See you next Friday!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

It was more than necessary :)

[@SmallSoldier]

Great inspiration as I'll be working on the 1/100 Maus tonight. Thanks for the fantastic video Martin.👊😀👊

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Lucky you, such a plain brick with almost invisible running gear :)

[@SmallSoldier]

@@NightShiftScaleModels LOL!

[@airfixbookofscalemodelling5852]

Best modelling channel out there!

[@reconmodelsvaughn469]

Awesome job m8 Videos are definitely helping so many people out .hopefully your channel will grow and grow keep up the hard work

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Thanks a lot Brad. One video at a time.

[@reconmodelsvaughn469]

@@NightShiftScaleModels I wish I could do more for you you have a incredible talent

[@andrewschanck3363]

MARTIN!!! You made something wonderful from a real mess. Great job once again

[@isisnmagic1812]

Awesome video, must say I found a pot of citadel dry was good for dry brushing the tracks. Just a tip I found by accident.

[@ottovonbismarck3164]

You were right now it looks AMAZING !

[@WhiskyLima]

Not bad at all given what you had to work with. I think the awesome paint job you did on the rest of the model more than makes up for the lack of detail on the tracks!

[@tonyharwood8408]

Another great update. Thank you. Tony

[@matthayward7889]

11:31 “uncle night shift from the future” 😂😂😂

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

It was recorded a few days after I exported the first draft of the video :)

[@matthayward7889]

Night Shift the way you deliver the line is pure gold 👌

[@tpaul802]

Looking forward to next Friday!

[@waynedaly1718]

Just tuned in to my Saturday morning addiction. Awesome job as always mate. G’day from Australia

[@lewistaylor1965]

Thanks again....From the UK

[@spor07]

Отличный результат! Awesome result! Спасибо!

[@digsbyjames7726]

Enjoyed that very much. Great video!

[@padraigmcconnell7015]

Looks like it Just drove through a mud bed,.. amazing teaching videos. ☘️

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

A few heavy tanks is all it takes to turn frozen Soviet ground into a mud pit :)

[@PhunnyB1]

Recently discovered your channel, and am loving your tips and tutorials

[@robocox9mil882]

Still on a higher level than I'm at. Looks pretty good.

[@scurvy786]

Thanks for all the videos, big help.

[@hootrooster761]

Thank you Mr Kovac for your videos and humor. Very inspiring. When doing a German three layered camo chipping do you use the same chipping color through the three different colors? Thanks again.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yes, light german yellow will work on all 3

[@philRminiatures]

Once again a wonderful technique and so many details to enjoy...😍😍

[@shuhratkessikbayev8886]

Oh boy Uncle Night Shift is back at it again

[@Richman0815]

Its a pretty solid piece of online entertainment!

[@danieljakl1915]

Glad to see you again uncle

[@BridgemillGamer]

Very nice. Really love your videos and builds. Keep up the good work.

[@Asextor]

Thanks you for this work🙏

[@jimtaylor294]

The breaking glass after the bloopers tends to make me laugh. Possibly because scale modelling is veryuch driven by stubborn determination born of fustration ;) .

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Martin .

[@modelmusket8136]

Good luck with the FTC I wish you the best of luck night shift

[@uglitor]

Do I need to get "Enamel thinner" or will white spirits work just as well?

[@claytonmcclain182]

Not your mistakes. The model company's Inept abilities to make a decent track. Or kit. Great video as usual.

[@sakkarem]

Excellent as always. My dream is to see your tutorial about painting shovels, axes and other tools some day.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Oh yes that will eventually come! Funny thing is none of my youtube models so far had any onboard tools!

[@sakkarem]

@@NightShiftScaleModels maybe it's at least one thing that you don't make perfectly and hide from us for that reason :)

[@johnshaft5613]

Great stuff Martin, love your videos!

[@yannlelievre3247]

Awsome paint job ! I would love to see you paint a world war toonz kit from meng, I think it would be pretty fun to see your highly realistic paint job contrast with a cartoonish style like these kits

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I'd never put my hands on such an abomination :D :D :D

[@InSidious1805]

😂 I just want to make one that looks good enough to sit on my bar next to my bourbon collection a competition is not even in my mind. Love the videos man.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Hey, competitions are fun, until they're not :D

[@BushPigADV]

something you said in the first two minutes gave me a great idea! Could you do a video suggesting 3 kits? What, in your opinion would be the best kit for beginners, average and expert builders? Maybe you could review a couple kits in each category? Just a thought... so we don't cut our selves short like your friend who built this tank did. :) keep up the good work Night Shift, I really look forward to your videos.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I think we could narrow that video down to 2 kits, beginners and average, because once you become an "expert", you don't give a flying feather about the kit quality :D

[@jimtaylor294]

Very true on the latter. Some can inexplicably turn even the most shonky VacForm, into a show winning work of art.

[@zsomborteimer2821]

@@NightShiftScaleModels That would be a great idea, i hope it will be done someday

[@Callidon]

Excellent and informative as ever!

[@Vincent-gc8zd]

You must be a mind reader Uncle Nightshift, muddy tracks is my tomorrow's job😂. Once again thanks for the ideas!😀

[@naphaneal]

Recently got my hands on an already assembled tank. Wasn't all too pleasant to paint. Turned out to be a (almost) Stronk Tenk, nonetheless.

[@sergiovasconcellosocriativo]

207/5000 Try, instead of painting with chromed silver, to graffiti the caterpillar claws directly with your fingertips, the effect is darker, but it looks like polished metal. I'm learning a lot from you ... hugs

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

If only my fingers would fit under the mudguards :) But I know what you mean, I use it often on workable tracks.

[@earltheartist3697]

uncle night shift showing us that you should never skip the important details, makes thing look waay better

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

hear hear

[@StephensCustomModels]

Another excellent video. I have a 1:50 scale half track that I may try to weather when I build it.

[@ricardohaddad]

Always useful. Thanks!

[@omniplachannel]

thanks for the tutorial..your videos are just great..

[@TonyGonzales2]

I have a question, what can I do to paint tank tracks in a desert terrain?

[@ScottKenny1978]

Bare metal, kinda rough like it's been sandblasted, then covered with dust

[@alexanderking8612]

Night shift can you show us that one technique for special welding you mentioned. On next project being this one is done or very close. Beautiful work !

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Which technique do you mean? I can't remember.

[@alexanderking8612]

@@NightShiftScaleModels the type you mentioned that is a different weld method. I believe you used on the Maus and a M-60 build.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

@@alexanderking8612 Might be the mutiple-pass weld bead. I'll do a couple of them on the next model but I won't make a dedicated video about it just yet. Need to have a better model for it, Soviet heavy tanks were usually full of them.

[@bbrkk]

I really like your work uncle nightshit your models your wording, sound effects, everything... :D Is it possible to make a video on acrylic washes and wheathering techniques?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I already have multiple videos on weathering with acrylic mud and dust, but washes... I prefer them to be enamel :)

[@Niak38240]

Very inspiring. So I bought a used model of KV-2 already mounted ... Let's try !

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yeeesssss!

[@Niak38240]

@@NightShiftScaleModelsIt's a very hold kit with small parts broken like handrails, I would try to make it top with weldings, armor texture etc as you show us. It's on its way to home will see...

[@timothyperrigoue3997]

Smearing pencil graphite into hard to reach places: Use the tip of a silicon brush with a TINY bit of clear mineral oil.

[@danielrojas-rp7ix]

The best , thanks for share whit us , uncle nigth shift the best

[@yeet_ma_heat]

Night Shift: It doesn't look ideal Me: BUT it does look a lot better than every of my attempts, tho.

[@aaron2709]

Looking good!

[@willthorson4543]

Debbie downer here. One thing I don't like, is the wet in the middle of the tracks. Tracked vehicles move. Unless you are doing a vehicle that's been sitting for a full day, then maybe, but as a crewman on a Bradley, I've never seen it. That goes along with rusty tracks...utter nonsense, only if it's in a motor pool. Or hasn't moved for a while, the second it moves, any type of rust will come off. Other than that, love your stuff. Lol

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Hey Will, like I said under the IS-2 video, there are some photos which prove this can happen. But yeah I wasn't particularly happy with the effect on this model, so next time I'll try something new, luckily on a nice set of Friulmodel tracks :)

[@JedenSiedemDwa]

Very nice and very useful. Thank You! ;)

[@אוריאלגואטה-פ5ה]

Thanks!!

[@realfudashi]

great stuff ma friend

[@The_Cookie_Crumbles]

What's the difference between a KV-1 and a 220?

[@pumelo1]

This is KV-220-2. Because the new turret for KV-3/Objekt 223 was not made only hull than the tank was hastily fitted with a KV-1 1940 turret and sent in 1941 to Leningrad defence! Hull was longer and have more 1 pair of wheels than KV-1 and KV-2 and new 750hp engine. KV-220 is Objekt 220. 220 and 223 had same hull

[@credoimperialis]

great job!

[@-MarcelDavis-]

This is obviously fake. The tanks are real and he is a giant. ^^ Seriously tho, your work looks so realistic, it's astounding. Thank you for putting these videos out. I'll try to apply some of these techniques to my Warhammer 40k models. Looking forward to your next videos. Cheers

[@Rook9696]

could you eventually do a short video just covering rubber tracks?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

If the opportunity presents itself then yes, but I usually stray away from them.

[@GryphonArmorer]

Proof positive that you can polish a turd. 🤓😂 Well.... it may still be a turd, but it’s a pretty turd now. 😜😂🤪🤣 Great job. Very informative and extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. 👍👍

[@chloeprice620]

Any plans on Uncle Night Shift merch?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Hmm, do you have anything particular in mind? :)

[@chloeprice620]

Logo T-shirt....maybe something with logo on front and a witty Uncle Nightshift ism on back?

[@jezyqpl3886]

I love your video's

[@slavomirmiroslavovic3466]

super ako vzdy, musim sa aj ja donutit davat tam tolko vrstiev :)

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

čím viac vrstiev, tým viac adidas :D

[@enzoacorda]

me: I should probably sleep and put the Fishbed back in the drawer. also me: sees this video and goes back to the Fishbed (though im an aircraft guy, I did play around with how you do the oils on my Fishbed)

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

niceee! how did it go?

[@enzoacorda]

@@NightShiftScaleModels scontent.fmnl3-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/75271547_10215541427504037_8484260769972617216_o.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_eui2=AeEgiWytaPCeo2KVuIjanuAImdeh1SNjrJvsu1Yh0wlkjqXJikBR4zGAhCTlLYTjWT_EV7_JPBOkSeOe6G8dYO4g4BFg3Dv_hFCJRm-MQUiA4w&_nc_oc=AQka56LDTE60vEe8P-6dLCqh7jVQ2Ayxu5G9sWRmuxqPnpZ1KCfWGk6ZLh3kbNwyP3A&_nc_ht=scontent.fmnl3-1.fna&oh=239ecd9f07f49e93b3f443d291c4d9e5&oe=5E506ADC here's how it looks. I think it turned out neatly, I used a sponge for applying the oils here

[@c46453]

@@NightShiftScaleModels It went mig

[@a.ward02]

its a shame i dont have a job otherwise i would super duper be a patreon supporter!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

watching the vids and leaving a comment helps just as much my mate!

[@caesarissimus]

Uncle Night Shift after adding "mud" to the tracks the tank itself looks too clean (IMHO). It seems like there's a lot of mud, ground and puddle around, but the tank doesn't have even a drop of it. Was it meant so or are you going to work on this model again?!?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Yes, next week I'm gonna finish the upper parts of the tank and it will get quite filthy :) Like I said at the beginning, this video was focused only around the tracks.

[@lukas40k]

Uncle Night Shift, quick question. What enamel thinner do you use? Is it simple white spirit no-name brand, or maybe hi-end chemical composition from "profetional" brand? Also good job i love your videos and builds. Keep up the good work, because it's my inspiration and motivation to return to modeling after 5 years. :D

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I was lucky enough to find a non-modelling thinner that works great: Manger's White Spirit. But I'd like to point out that not every thinner works, some can damage the paint, so it's a matter of trial and error. If you're getting back into the hobby, I'd recommend buying a modelling thinner which is gonna work properly 100% of the time. Nothing worse than getting frustrated with petty things like off-brand thinner eating your model when you're returning into the hobby :)

[@lukas40k]

​@@NightShiftScaleModels Thanks for the advice. I was wondering what thinner to use because I only used oil paints from my local art store and the white spirit from there, and it worked back then. But I didn't know if it would work with enamel products. :) I just bought a cheap T37 model for starter and a few products that you recommend. I just hope I haven't rusted too much. I'm also from Eastern Europe, so I don't have millions of dollars to buy blinds. ;) BTW, sorry for my english, i don't have much opportunities to use it.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

@@lukas40k yeah, some thinners work with oils but don't so well with enamels, but like I said if you wanna be extra sure you can't go wrong with odorless thinner from Ammo or AK. I know it's overpriced for the amount but it will last you for a while and the best part, it won't cause you any problems.

[@Cake_Doge]

Alarm gang here before Patreon gang

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

You're first, again :)

[@Cake_Doge]

Also you’ve influeced me to build a Kv-1. I just bought one of the Trumpeter Kv-1’s. It’s mod 1942 and it will be white washed 👌

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

That's awesome! KV tanks from Trump are one of the best value for money kits ever.

[@thepiratepenguin4465]

I call upon the power of heavy weathering regularly when it comes to tank tracks as Wargaming tanks don't really have much detail & the links don't always fit well together.

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

👌

[@antexdowozwideo8466]

finally!!

[@area3593]

Confused, STRONG TANKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[@tabletoppainter7390]

How can u tell its not the most excited thing i seen? Lol

[@quantumplastic]

Friday !! ;)

[@sergiolp6058]

I dont now if you ever tried Citadel paints for minis but those names are crazy afk haha

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

haha I've seen a few, sounds like they were designed by some edgy teenager

[@ScottKenny1978]

Copyright able names!

[@lutherdavie6436]

6 am, and I am watching night shift...

[@derzweisternemodeller3043]

The running Gear needs to be polisht

[@OneofInfinity.]

Not much choice with 15 mm 😄

[@invalidtolive6764]

What's up mates. (Realizes he sounds like a 14 year old) coughs*

[@InSidious1805]

Good god destroyed a fender trying to bend it to give it a beat up look. Held it too close to the lighter 😂

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

That's why they invented photoetched fenders :) Damaging plastic parts is okay, but I usually don't involve heat. I prefer thinning the plastic down to paper thickness and then bending it with pliers or just with my fingers. You just need to thin the section that needs to be bent, works like a charm.

[@InSidious1805]

Night Shift my lighter had other ideas. The little plastic fender rolled up like burrito. Are all photo etched parts for 1/35 models the same across different kit brands or are they brand and kit specific? My plan is to paint in primer red and make the fenders look bent and rusty like a last ditch effort tank. Probably not historically accurate but it’s what I want. I probably won’t be using fire anytime soon. I also lost two small photo etched hooks which really made me mad since it took forever to get them glued 😂

[@GorFrag]

muhd

[@handznet]

Painting tracks on mode - NooooOoOoooo.

[@internetapocalypse4885]

You are now ordered to not to criticise your own work as it is perfect.

[@torber5655]

Where in the entirety of europe. DO YOU BUY WILDER PRODUCTS. THEY DON'T EXIST HERE!!!!