Saving This Conqueror Mk.2 Shelf Queen - By Destroying It! (Dragon 1/35)

[@endgovernmentextremism]

"I don't really like this model so let's spend a lot of time heavily modifying it" I expected no less.

[@lyleslaton3086]

That's after he blew his 401k buying the kit and 3 kilos of parts.

[@twincaves1747]

@@lyleslaton3086 what's that in freedom units?

[@Ivanov_397]

@@twincaves1747 That's like 0.00734933855 Harley Davidsons.

[@twincaves1747]

@@Ivanov_397 thanks man Really puts it into perspective

[@funnybuttonman]

It's always a good day when night shift uploads.

[@danieltsimbler343]

Yep makes my day

[@grungy_lad]

Amen

[@moyahuizar618]

Yessir

[@threeeee13]

good night** c'mon dude!

[@Mauzzewulf]

Fr 🤝

[@jacobakana5649]

That mantlet looks so much cooler with the dust cover mounting! I’m looking forward to seeing you take on another rusty finish, nice work!

[@zebharris3806]

Great work! I suggest a challenge where you take a relatively simple kit (ie Tamiya Panther) and build it OOB with no extra media AT ALL! And see what the end result is!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Cool idea!

[@stevea4744]

I always look forward to Fridays because of this.

[@JensAndree]

@@NightShiftScaleModels Yes and it must be the (dreaded) Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. A (MM165) to see if even you can fix that piece of horror... Styrene and sheet metal scratch building is allowed, or more precise, required! :P Bonus is that it's so cheap it's almost nothing but it's the kit that has singlehandedly made the most first scale model builders to quit the hobby in less than one hour due to the shady quality?! I've tried three times, as an exercise, to fix the kit but they never even ended up in the corner of shame and instead went straight in the bin... I'm more than happy to buy the kit for you just to see you attack it! It will generate a lot of content for you since there's so much room for fixing it so it's a real winner winner from that point of view! ;) If you do this I promise I will attempt it the fourth time and not send it to the bin before finishing it - and I will send photos as proof doing it! This I'd love to see you having a go at but you can't be angry with me after started it... ;)

[@scottpauley4443]

I'd love to see a someone build and modify an old Monogram Armor kit in a Homage to the Late Shepard Paine...his pack in leaflets with Monogram kits were what inspired me as a kid. Another idea I'd love to see is maybe do a diorama on the book Devils of D-day by Graham Masterton. A spooky tale about a Demonic Sherman tank...and with Halloween just around the corner...

[@upperwarlord7744]

You are such a big inspiration to me night shift you've really gotten me to go out of my comfort zone and try new things thank you so much for that I've even suggested you to a bunch of my friends

[@flyingscotsman9657]

I'm not sure I've even seen Night Shift build a kit WITHOUT buying all the available aftermarket parts!

[@donti9658]

Always fun to see the sheer amount of detail you put into your work. Just amazes me

[@R.Sole88109]

Have you tried making a rusting tank targets scene or an unsung hero, the Armoured Recovery Vehicle, scene? You could really indulge your rust and moss fetish😁👍🏻 Have a good weekend.

[@Shorjok]

I had the privilege in 2020 of working on the restoration of one of these brutes, which was itself a gate guard in a sorry state, [similar to those range targets] so the Conq has a special place in my heart. Nice work. If you're planning on adding the side stowage bins, do note that on the real tank, they're made of aluminium so they didn't rust like the fenders/mudguards did [those were completely full of holes.] Also, there were inexplicable bullet-sized, but non-penetrating dents in said aluminium stowage bins, presumably from blanks/airsoft/some other kind of weak projectile. Maybe you could include something like that in the final model, though at this stage it's probably too late. I am thoroughly impressed by those details on the gun mantlet's dust cover mounts.

[@padrat08]

I worked on one at the Imperial War Museum trying to keep it in running condition, this was in 1979 - 1981.

[@jilthunder2276]

I like scenic bases of abandoned vehicles on army training grounds, etc. - so I appreciate this project very much!

[@stewstew2996]

Awesome video. I know these are a lot of work for you but it’s super relaxing for me to watch. Keep up the great work.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin . 🐺

[@radiomanhans]

who let the dog out

[@anderty4088]

Conqueror was my love in World of Tanks. Such a nice tank in all means and purposes, had extreme amount of satisfaction from it. Design wise, I really love how it looks. It's something in between atomic age and industrial age design, like best of previous age and some cool stuff from next age. glad to see you working on it, really love this tank.

[@norbertreznicsek1952]

Awesome work as always! I really like the worn out models, even civil cars, abandoned dioramas etc. Waiting for more content like the old vw bug. :) Keep up the great work!

[@wernernel7223]

This is going to be an awesome series!

[@adammatthews4169]

Night Shift is life. Keep going! If it’s a target practice piece, I’m curious to see how you give it that torn up look. A bent barrel would be cool.

[@larrycleave4199]

About 2 years ago I was working at Tidworth barracks, where I parked was a Conqueror on display I had never seen a real one before I can say there are massive, one of the most impressive military vehicles I have ever seen.

[@minisinscale1944]

What’s the next for you Uncle Nighty?? The same ol round of figuring out the subject, buying all the parts, starting the build, finishing, recoding. I serious, I go through the same thing on a smaller level. What’s the next pathway of enjoyment and learning for a master modeler. You don’t call yourself a figure paint but we all believe your figures are incredible. What’s more is your always developing and experimenting with new techniques. Your armor modeling is spot on and always fresh. What is the next chapter in Uncles modeling experience? Love your channel, the sense of humor, your skills, and work. Best wishes!!!

[@kocurel]

dude, the quality of your videos doesn't let me down. I'm a fan

[@PUBHEAD1]

Friday, just finished the work day and a video pops up from Uncle Night Shift. Perfect timing.

[@msee383]

It’s a nice shaped tank. Your attention to detail is On another level……..wow!

[@Jelly-B]

Yet again Mr Shift a quality build. I love the way you go above and beyond to make the best possible realistic version of your model. Happy modelling sir

[@sprue_aviator1496]

Uncle night shift cheers up my day

[@giuseppeA10]

Baking soda in some water is the best way to clean up flux. It nuturalizes the acid.

[@jonL88]

And here we are again! Excited!

[@dermodellbaunoob]

Interesting Project. Looking forward to the paint job and Diorama I guess. 🤘

[@MikhailKrilov]

Great as always! Looking forward to more! I did a T34 1942 mod recently and a Kamaz 4350 Mustang with environments and learned a some great tricks from your channel :) Thanks!

[@Andrew-se4tg]

Man, the work you do is absolutely amazing, and that's an understatement! Cheers from 🇺🇸👍

[@racernatorde5318]

Conqueror is one of those tanks that just looks like a tank. Such a thicc machine

[@daspanzer135]

Looks amazing as always!

[@mattmoore1100]

Glad your feeling better,Uncle!! Nice work as always!!!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Awesome!!

[@simonholmes5223]

Hope you feel a lot better, very soon. Good to see that you're able to continue to model and film, as we need our regular fix 😉 lol

[@gregrandolph]

You make all that hard work look smooth and easy, Martin, and that grab-handle template was a simple, yet brilliant idea. It might be time to edit part of your outro. "Keep building your models, don't just collect them, or throw them away!" Have a great weekend!

[@WayneNiles01]

Hope you feel better soon Martin. I'm looking forward to the next step. Take care.

[@timothyhines7845]

Always a good to finish a piece off the Shelf of Shame.

[@cinnamonoa]

all of the photos you chose are from the museum I used to volunteer at lol, we had one there that wasn't a range target, but was an experimental variant with the half assed auto loader, I don't know if it's still there, regardless it was in a state of dis-repair. currently It's called William, for obvious reasons, glad to see you're making a model of him ^^ if you want more up to date pictures just ask

[@markfergerson2145]

The Chieftain just did a rush tour of an armor museum in Finland which had a couple examples of tank turrets with different shell and antitank gun hits. A proper "range queen" is going to need a few such beauty marks, don't you think?

[@isuzu6851]

Ed Webster from the KZbin channel Armoured Archives was allowed acces to the Kirkudbright ranges where he encountered a few very shot up Conquerors. you might like his video's on the ranges!

[@tomasznowicki9765]

A beautiful model, I am inspired by the finish of my projects. Thanks for this.

[@IronWolfVids]

I know you focus on armour models, but I would love to see you do some ships and aircraft to see what you would end up with, for example 1/350 IJN Mogami and 1/35 Me109. Love the videos and the information to improve my modeling skills.

[@spirosvarveris2589]

i have done the is 3 abandoned in shikutan islands. it is sth like that idea.I love it

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Excellent build 👍 After all that work, I would have loved to see a Mk 2 in active service! However, all the weathering potential for a range target is going to make this a lot of fun to watch!

[@loganski_2158]

It’s always a awesome Friday when you upload a video can’t wait to watch the painting, the weathering, and the diorama. Always love watching your videos

[@joaopereira2526]

Your skills are amazing. Your tutorials are so helpful for me and my models. BUTTTT..... gotta say I always enjoy the commentary while watching. Please keep up the good, no great work

[@stephanmotzek779]

Thank you, Gute Besserung !

[@lesthiele4921]

Greetings Night Shift, the Conqueror turned out perfectly, who said it was not exciting, it was like all your other work, well worth the wait, very glad you have recovered well from Covid, looking forward to the next installment, best regards from Australia.

[@frogmanarts2812]

I love the idea of a really used range target tank.

[@Eve619]

Just want you to know your videos changed the way I hobby, and my life, thanks for the great videos

[@User-ot4qt]

One of the many things your videos are excellent for is getting the color right. You seem to have a considerable knowledge about color mixes. Would you consider creating either a video or a pdf file where you list the recipes you would recommend for a wide variety of subjects? Sort of like Mike Starmer, but more casual. I know about color sets and conversion charts, but those often vary immensely.

[@박준수-c4i]

my favorite british heavy tank. nice video!

[@xNevikKx]

Feel better! Can't wait to see the weathering.

[@garyparker2969]

Glad To Hear You're Recovering Well and Your Work DEFINITELY PROVES IT 👍👍 Have a Blessed Wknd Uncle NS 🤗🤗 Gary.

[@StevenRafael268]

sorry to hear you got sick man! hope you feel better soon!

[@NIGHTMERUL]

the bigest respect just for you

[@XyerDark]

A model that's definitely a headscratcher but the amount of details it has makes it a beauty to look at even unfinished as it is.

[@hansvandermeer7635]

Thrilling prospect! Sorry to hear that you got sick. Stay safe. 🙏

[@lawtongore7053]

Those old military tank targets usually got their vision blocks blown out by numerous close range explosions 😆😆😆... I've hit a few of them when I was a 81mm Mortar Gunner and even had a round land right in the Commander's Cupola lmao 😂😂😂

[@glenfisher728]

Ah yes the black plague from DML . I've got mine almost finished but sitting there waiting . Just a note on the grab handles on the rear deck . The handles are not welded in place , they actually sink back in to the hull to protect them from damage , the Centurion is the same .

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

I noticed that! it would look more interesting if some of them were sunken

[@kaneworsnop1007]

It looks great, however hard targets are covered in craters and holes, they've literally had thousands of training rounds fired at them.

[@goforitpainting]

I love the small details!

[@Doombastico]

Aw hell yeah, one of my favorite heavy tanks along with the M103.

[@farrisbass]

God bless our fallen queen

[@skyraider87]

I would never throw out an incompleted model, regardless of how complete or messed up it might be. There's always something you can do with it

[@schweikces]

Great work, many thanks!!!!

[@swoitschek37]

Love your videos and passion. Because of you I started building models myself this summer :)

[@RBXGT2]

May I recommend the "Abandoned supra of the mountain" for one of your dioramas? There is a modified MK3 Toyota Supra that was evidently crashed off a mountain road by a youth driving enthusiastically in Japan. The car was subsequently abandoned, and is still there 30 years later. Noriyaro has a video of the car in it's current state for reference.

[@brdm2rkh]

One detail that is missing is the fuel filler caps on the outer engine decks 👍

[@mauserkk98]

Fun idea ,making it look like scrap in a very detailed way .

[@caudleryan123]

Get those Archer Transfers while you can. They're closing up shop in November.

[@stephenbridges2791]

Nice work. I hate coming back to a model I wasn't all that enthused about. I caught that stuff back around the first of the year, too. Fortunately, really didn't get all that ill.

[@mikemodels928]

I am super impressed with your videos! I am still trying to reach such level in tank modelling.

[@mariobijvelds9760]

ein super danke fur das video es ist ein erlebnis danke danke und die grussen aus holland.

[@stretch3281]

Looking forward to seeing you do full on rusrtyness. Glad your getting over the dreaded lurgy.

[@Angelthewolf]

If it is possible you should add some hit marks, like marks from bounced off shells, to make it more like an training target

[@ricardohaddad]

Thanks for the class!

[@ВладиславСивцев-э9т]

Wish You get well soon, Martin) always waitin for your videos impatiently!

[@A-K-K-47]

For ppl who r tryna use this as a reference if building the same tank, they’ll have trouble as your getting pieces from other kits XD (I love ur content and I’m gonna use your T-90 vid as a reference to what I’m building, same company, same tank and same qualityj

[@voltage3d469]

Brilliant as always, much love from America.

[@prostohobby5967]

Крутая работа!👍👍👍Автору респект за такую крапотливую работу! Красота в мелочах!)

[@blue95m3]

wouldn't a range target have some bullet/artillery holes too?

[@pascalkeller516]

Hi Martin, Great job, as usual ! Suggestion for a next project... why don't you built a tank with snorkel like UsM60 A1? And of course on a diorama "under water"...

[@KramGnilrad]

Awesome, and welcome back!

[@tym3lapse]

From Captain MacMillan's word, Beautiful.

[@Caman0]

Love your videos!! The detail you put in is amazing. 1 question, did you mount the tracks in opposite directions on purpose?

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Mounted them according to those abandoned hulks from photos :)

[@Caman0]

@@NightShiftScaleModels i knew it wouldnt be left to chance with you ;) Thank you for getting back, and creating such interesting vids!

[@mpetersen6]

For larger punch and die sets Precision in the US makes them up to 1.250" for their large set and .750" for their small sets. They also produce metric versions iirc. Also there are knock off sets available. The small sets start at .125/3.2mm and increase in .0625/1.5mm steps up to .500/12.7mm after that it is .125/3.2mm steps. They will handle .020/.5mm styrene easily. The sets are capable of punching thru .030 carbon steel and brass. Stainless is .015" to .020"

[@duckman5891]

Yes I found the perfect video to watch while I eat.

[@coling3957]

There is an actual Conqueror at Bovington tank museum THE Tank Museum So manufacturers had no excuse for not getting it right. * I had a dose of the virus "of unknown origin" recently too .. 2 years plus after it arrived here

[@grumble9160]

Very nice, tons of talent. What manufacturer makes the punch you are using?

[@TheModelGuy]

This video almost inspired me to finish my B-17 shelf Queen. Almost.

[@kallemon]

Great job as always! It would be awesome to see you work your magic on a Warhammer tank!

[@russouk]

nice...built the zvezda sherman M4A3 (76) ? its good even has molded serial numbers on turrets(2xversions) and on bogies real nice detail sherman for £20 if shop around

[@ericmyers5940]

Get well soon!

[@MurrayTheAwesome]

This is awesome! Also, I'd love to see a battle ship or fighter plane diorama one of these days. I think that would be awesome if you wanted do that.

[@Da-Real-Gigachad]

Love the vids, can you make a diorama with this tank at a range or a scrapyard?

[@duchasasyn6854]

Hello there uncle! Looking forward for the series!

[@Xatxitor]

Your projects keeps blowing mi mind :O

[@foreverplastickits138]

*Watching at your excellent work as i have the Amusing Hobby kit in stach it's not tomorrow that i'll start the build. Soon the paint?*

[@P.Palmata]

I have always wondered how do you add cloth or sheets on your models. I am starting a pzII.ausf F/G by Tamiya and really want to put a flag on the roof but dont know how..........

[@5tmvgy4k]

Looking forward to seeing this one come together. Get well soon buddy 🙏