Schwerer Plattformwagen Type SSys railcar and Sturmtiger diorama (Sabre 1/35 scale model kit)

[@mixererunio1757]

That Uncle's video was really something. I would have never thought of painting grass. I need to try it someday.

[@ModelNerd]

I think as well as adding colour depth, the base coat helps keep the grass in place as well. It's definitely something I'd try again. And as Night Shift says, a really big advantage is that you don't need to buy lots of different colours of grass :)

[@JackFlemingFan1]

Excellent video & job building and creating your Schwerer Plattformwagen Type SSys railcar and Sturmtiger diorama too!

[@ModelNerd]

Glad you like it!

[@martinkarsey9722]

Hello Rob from model Nerd I like your models I have watched a few of your diorama builds nice airbrushing on the sturm tiger model , I have been modeling since I was a teenager. Martin

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Martin

[@earlcousins6635]

GREAT JOB! My FAV German armor piece in WW2

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Earl

[@t.j.w3561]

Really nice...love the wood grain detail on the car's bed and the XPS logs. Good stuff!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks - glad you like them!

[@Rpantherluzero]

Nice work and the diorama beautiful 👍👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks. Glad you found it and liked it :)

[@Rpantherluzero]

@@ModelNerd nice job

[@xjr13john]

Excellent diorama, excellent vid thanks

[@ModelNerd]

Cheers mate!

[@foreverplastickits138]

*A bucolic diorama with a war machine, so nice!*

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@ovidiuschley3346]

Wow , this project 1/35 scale , is magnific . Thank you for sharing this great video , my friend !🥇🏆👍👏👏👏

[@ModelNerd]

Glad you like it!

[@markedwards5106]

This diorama has come out very well, looks fantastic. I think you are under selling yourself on the figure painting.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Mark!

[@megadoom163]

Good idea, on youtube i never see this tipe of diorama.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! Yes, I'd like to do more rail stuff - there's a fair bit available in 1/35 scale now.

[@levibacon3740]

I love how he says dkl instead of decal (Not trying to be rude that is just his accent BTW love that accent)

[@александрсамойлов-ж3ч]

Very beautiful, very cool, especially the railway platform is just gorgeous.

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you!

[@anthonymitchell3225]

You make it look so easy, diorama was superb, picked up some great ideas, thank you for the videos I really enjoy them

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Anthony!

[@michaelvirtuoso3432]

Great Video mate. Another satisfied subscriber. Thanks for sharing your skills and ideas, they keep me from getting into a creative rut. Keep up the good work

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you mate, I really appreciate that!

[@lesthiele4921]

Morning sir, that is a fantastic diorama, congratulations on a great job. Keep safe and well, best regards from Australia

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Les

[@Pedro.Chapps]

Love the Dio Turned out fantastic

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate!

[@АлександрБорщевский-г6к]

Fantastic work 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nickpoole3979]

Brilliant diorama !! Love the timber track chocks made out of foam , very realistic . The beauty of the build too me is that you have based it on an authentic photograph , great work !

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Nick. Yes, I find the Imperial War Museum photo archives (and a few others kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHipdKh5qZymjJY) great sources of inspiration.

[@detlevwalter6448]

In a word brilliant

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you mate :)

[@samargrewal929]

very well done diorama

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Samar

[@samargrewal929]

also can you a make a soviet panther

[@ModelNerd]

I'm definitely looking into a few options to make my models stand out a bit, such as captured tanks. There were also a few captured Polish Panthers too, I think. I would like to do something with an Ersatz M10 / Panther too.

[@rons5438]

Well done! The texture one the wooden timbers is great for being foam!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Ron!

[@announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966]

A rare image of a storm tiger and maus

[@ModelNerd]

Very rare!

[@panzer-meister]

As usual, it's great work. Actually, the wooden texture of this kit is excellent. Thanks for sharing.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! Yes, the wood great is really nice on this one.

[@marmotton1972]

Beautiful job

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you

[@garylawless3608]

Brilliant job! All of the details come together to compliment that beautifully built Sturmtiger. You have inspired me to try something similar, as the theme is very interesting. Cheers from Australia!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Gary mate - I'm glad it was useful!

[@giorgosgr2]

Beautiful explanation and nice work mate 👌👌👌👌

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Giorgos

[@ArmourEmpire]

Outstanding work there mate

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you! Thanks for watching.

[@sayeager5559]

Wow, this makes me want to try and restart my Strurmtiger (even tho I know better). Thats a great diorama, I really like the scene. Thanks!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you mate, I appreciate that. Why did you stop your Sturmtiger? Annoying interior?

[@sayeager5559]

Yeah the interior mostly. I had been away from the hobby for 30 years, this was my 3rd kit after returning. My photo etch skills are lacking. The kits interior just wore me down with all the tiny pieces and mine needed an extreme amount of clean up.

[@ModelNerd]

I can definitely understand that. When you have one done it feels good, but they do drain you. Would you consider finishing it without the interior perhaps?

[@SteveJonesScaleModellingSite]

Excellent!! Wonderful attention to detail. Great imagination on the finish. Luv it!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks you Steve!

[@philRminiatures]

Wonderful job, most impressive attention to details!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you very much!

[@ianbrockie6792]

Awesome build and diorama 👏👏👏👏

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Ian!

[@berrypainter]

Nice build ! Sabre Models are great. BTW the Sturm Tiger weighed 67 tons so your choice of rail car may be a little off. Sabre Models makes a great 80 ton platformwagen.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Tim. You're right about the weight, but did you see the archive photo just after the building part of the video? The Sturmtiger there is on a similar railcar (which is straining for sure).

[@Barbarossamodels]

Top work for a great kit 🙂👍 The railcar is nicely done, the Sturmtiger looks excellent - real nice way to display it. I have a railway ready to go for the next project, so will take your build process onboard! Well explained, detailed video - well done 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. You've got some seriously nice dioramas on your channel (I think my favourite is the Please Gospodin or the Ghosts of the Past), so I'm really looking forward to what you will do with a railway setting.

[@Barbarossamodels]

@@ModelNerd Cheers bud🙂👍

[@kasperk6584]

very nice man! i'm from holland and i like the military (ww2) vehicles and the diorama's! keep up the good work!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you mate!

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Great work here!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@bengtwahlstedt1021]

Nice diorama !🙂

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks 😀

[@tomtruesdale6901]

This is an outstanding build and I really like the way you treated the lines of the rail road. I think the "spare rails" might be stakes that mount in the pockets on the side of the rail car in their storage location, look at the instruction sheet at the 0:15 mark and you can see them in the upright position

[@ModelNerd]

Ah - yes, of course they are! Not sure how I missed that - I even talked about having the option to add those in the instructions! Thanks Tom - I must be getting old!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Nice video Nice diorama!! 👍👍👍👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you very much!

[@paulshrimplin4032]

Came out great,l myself to sharpen it up, l would of put wood around the base to finishes it off, but still a great looking display

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Paul. Yes, the edging of the base is poor (I tried to keep it out of the photos for that reason). Unfortunately I'm unable to get out to buy any wood for edging at the moment (lockdown). I need to get on that more - often I forget about the edging until the end, and then if you don't have the sides dead straight you are left with gaps.

[@Remy-13]

Merci pour ce partage, je le suis régalé 👍👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you!

[@billclarke5916]

I enjoyed it very much, so, thank you, I love your tutorials.

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you, Bill - I appreciate that.

[@historythings6939]

Great work

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate

[@hamishsheinkels1478]

This is cool, good job.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Hamish

[@fredmidtgaard5487]

Thank you! Very nice!

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Fred!

[@thomashaupt79]

The spare pieces of Rail you mention during the building are the vertical pieces you left out. This type of rail car is called Rungenwagen in German and those vertical pieces of metal are called the Rungen. They always came with the Railcar and could be stores away if not in used/ easily removed for loading. Great build as usual!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for the info - that's really useful. I don't know why I didn't realise that before!

[@9501599]

This is another great video 📹 but I think 🤔 you created work for yourself by not painting the track prior to fitting 😉?? It seemed a funny way of going about this diorama, the result is great and the idea pretty good....captured German armour being railed away. 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Guy. I'm wondering about this for my upcoming Dora rails: painting them first has both benefits and drawwbacks. The fit on the rails is very tight and so putting them in place would definitely remove paint. On the other hand, painting as so is a pain too.

[@9501599]

@@ModelNerd Hi 👋there, can you file the rails where you would be fitting the Dora so the wheels wouldn't be so tight?? I'm looking 👀forward to the next Dora installment. I'm sure you will figure it out though but if it was me I'd paint them before fitting. Stay safe

[@stephenmagee9943]

Genius mate 👏

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks 👍

[@BigFred1925]

Amazing

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Bazza.baz224]

Brilliant build. If I have one criticism, it is that the highlights on the figure's uniform are too light it makes it look like semi-gloss.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. Yes, I definitely need to work on the figures. I think a glaze of the base colour might have softened those highlights a bit.

[@00zero11b]

Impressive

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate

[@John_Sharrock]

Great job. 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Brianthehistorynerd]

That’s a really cool kit and it looks amazing!!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks fellow 'nerd'! :)

[@jamesmcansh3441]

Inspiring as usual ✌🇨🇦✌

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you James

[@DonGregorioYJack]

Fantastic 👍

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@johanjohansson3910]

Really nice tutorial.. I hope you wont mind if i do one myself?

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! Have fun!

[@jonfreeman6316]

Wonderful work it looks really great and so real except for the chains. I don’t believe they would chain it down that way they would use the shackles on the front and the rear.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Jon. Yes, I think you might be right. I really wanted something that looked a bit 'unofficial' to make it clearer that this wasn't a German attempt to transport the Sturmtiger, for example to battle. I wanted more of a makeshift appearance.

[@michaelweiss7880]

Beautiful job as usual!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! I appreciate that.

[@michaelweiss7880]

@@ModelNerd I love your work ... You are absolutely amazing in the hobby and you videos are relaxing to watch ...great stuff brotha and this one was such an awesome idea with the transport. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@plasticmodelstobuild9649]

superbe dio

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@Emtbtoday]

Looks good! Did you get the keep off idea from Tiger 131 restoration? I saw that the other day on the front of the restoration photos it looked interesting to have as a wee detail i thought myself! I always paint my grass to, I like bronze green as a base

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks mate. I got the graffiti idea from some photos in the IWM archive (www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205094987). Like you say, it adds something to make the model a bit different :)

[@twest003]

Lovely build, what grass applicator do you use.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks Tim. It's the Noch Grass Master 2.0. It's quite nice, although I think maybe I need to change the battery because the static field doesn't seem super strong.

[@kyleSD70MAC]

What size ballast did you use? Am considering getting a Trumpeter railcar sometime and might use it rather than the display base included in the kit.

[@ModelNerd]

I think it was medium, if I remember correctly. Yes, the included bases are a bit....plasticky.

[@kyleSD70MAC]

@@ModelNerd O scale medium?

[@ModelNerd]

The bag was just labelled "Talus - Medium Grey", no scale on it.

[@coeliandetlev8670]

Great build thats for sure ! But you made a major mistake the SSys is made for 50 tons Sturmtigerweight is 65 tons actually you need a SSyms waggon with 3 axles per side that was made to transport up to 80 tons .SSys are made for transporting heavy loads as well but the heaviest tank that could be load was the Panther .That might sound a little nerdy but believe me Reichsbahner are way back more nerdy than I am

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks! It's not a mistake though :) Did you see the reference photo in the video? It's two axles per side and it is indeed bending under the weight.

[@reinmodels9543]

Nice! Very inspirational! :)

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks so much!

[@立花徹也-z4x]

nice!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks!

[@lawrencereid9375]

Were real track sleepers made of wood on WWII-era rail lines? If so, why did you choose to not paint them as wooden? They look like modern times sleepers of the concrete variety. Aslso, how did you repair the warped sleeper you showed? Would have been nice to see or hear how you corrected the problem. Thanks.

[@ModelNerd]

I didn't correct the warped sleepers - I just left them off and spread the others out further. I meant to say that in the video but I guess I forgot.

[@thehistorybuff8265]

This is awesome can you do a Iwo Jima model with tanks?

[@ModelNerd]

I did a Japanese tank a while ago (kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3SvY2SqmL9-d5Y) but I don't have any more in the stash at the moment. I've got a couple of Pacific projects under way though - one is the wrecked Zero from Masterpiece models, and the other is the "Marines in the Pacific" figures from Masterbox. I'm not sure yet if I will put them in the same diorama or separate though.

[@thehistorybuff8265]

@@ModelNerd well I was going to suggest figurines but I just thought it would be much cooler if use a Sherman as they where used on iwo

[@ModelNerd]

You just reminded me - I did a Pacific Sherman a while ago (kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKfcpHmBpd17n6c) - wow that video is old now. Yeah, a little diorama for that could work nicely I reckon.

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

I really like the execution, very much, but there are a couple of plausibility issues that I feel a bit of a heel for mentioning, but just in case it's of use to someone.... The SSys is a 50 ton car, which is OK for a Panther, but a Sturmtiger weighs more than that (68 t). It needs the 80-ton SSyms 3-axle car. Even then, in order to transport the Tiger, or anything built on its chassis, on European railways it was necessary to remove the outermost road wheels and change the tracks to the narrower transport track. I know this is supposed to be an unofficial transportation, but the Americans were well aware of the fact that the width restrictions were far from being arbitrary - if the load on a flat car is allowed to overhang the sides it will foul signals, other trains, platform edges and, most importantly, the sides of tunnels as the train passes through. The British tanks were all designed to be transported on rail in Britain, which is why they are all so narrow, so I doubt they would be unaware either.

[@ModelNerd]

Fair points Gerry - but did you see the reference photo I included just before the final images? They do indeed seem to have loaded the vehicle in this way.

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

@@ModelNerd I honestly missed it, I'm guessing they weren't planning on going near any tunnels. The flatbed in the photo, is the 3-avle Ssyms 80 ton, though, you can see the three wheels of one of the bogies under where the Tiger's wheels are.

[@tonyspud13]

where can i buy one of these kits plz

[@ModelNerd]

Both should be fairly easily available still - if you don't have any local hobby shops and you are in the UK then Hannants, Jadlam, and ScaleModelShop are three I use a lot.

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Wow!!!!!!

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks John. This was one of my favourite builds.

[@Webgkil]

Please link the video on how to make the trees!!!!!!

[@ModelNerd]

Oops, sorry, I totally forgot about that. The video is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3rEoJl5d9t9gdE

[@epicforger12345]

The fact that a train can carry a sturmtiger amazes me the weight of that tank

[@ModelNerd]

I know, right? In the source photo you can see it flexing under the weight.

[@erichheyde5953]

I don’t know about the rest of the world. But in the US. Rail cars are often loaded with. Between 75 and 100 tons. But that’s also with modern technology and metal alloys

[@abe6953]

Nevermind the stutmtiger. What about that maus.

[@emilbt7588]

@@abe6953 i think there are pictures of the maus on a flatbed.

[@emilbt7588]

@@abe6953 it's in the same photo as the sturmtiger with the flexing flatbed.

[@manxT]

Great modelling, but they would never have chained the tank down like that. The one in the front would break the gun mechanism. The one slung over that back does nothing to keep the tank on the wagon. The chains should pass through the clevises on the corners of the hull in a criss cross pattern and be anchored to the corners of the wagon. This will keep the tank from moving both laterally and linearly on the deck. For me it breaks the realism of an otherwise superbly done vignette.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks. Yeah, I know. Just a bit of artistic licence :) Or maybe a noob private who did it and is about to get a dressing down from his sergeant :)

[@igorsevcov4081]

🤝👌👍👏

[@ModelNerd]

Thank you Igor

[@Bloodyfist77]

For the Sturmtiger they had to use the Ssyms, because the ssys had only 50 tons max loading, the SSyms 80

[@ModelNerd]

Hi Pat. Did you see the photo I included just before the start of the diorama part of the video? I think that is a SSys, though I could be wrong. It is certainly straining under the weight.

[@Bloodyfist77]

@@ModelNerd no thats a Ssyms, Sturmtiger is way to heavy

[@ModelNerd]

Is the primary difference the number of wheels? The one in the image definitely has 4 wheels per end, not 6. I'm not very familiar with these railcars though. (i.imgur.com/AuQjmE1.jpg)

[@Bloodyfist77]

@@ModelNerd on the Foto you see a heavy overload, the waggon goes down in the middle, i think it looks like a captured one?

[@Bloodyfist77]

And he also got no transport links

[@paulmehl1127]

Good model but not historically Connecticut the SSys could only Curry 50 tons and the Sturmtiger weighs 65 tons. You World habe to Tage the one Witz the 6 axes. But still a great diorama.

[@ModelNerd]

Hi Paul. Did you see the photo I included just before the start of the diorama part of the video? I think that is a SSys, though I could be wrong. It is certainly straining under the weight.

[@paulmehl1127]

@@ModelNerd when you Look clouser you see that this Was a diferent railroad car it was a railroad car from the russians it is not the SSys it is a different on. I was also wondert at the first look but it has a different strukture the the SSys. The russians brought own railcars so the could Transport the german tanks. The car wehre the tank in the back on the pikture it was a car tat was bild for this tank becouse the russians never need a railcar trat could carry 188 tons trat was the waight of this tank. So I have to say that it was a miner mistake. But still a great model.

[@paulmehl1127]

@@ModelNerd and rorry for my writing my phone is bad at writing in english Iam from Germany. And I build my own modells so I know a little bit of it. I hope you dont take this as an insolt.

[@ModelNerd]

Thanks for the info Paul. No, I didn't take it as an insult - it is useful information! :)

[@waveydave727]

tank is too big for the rail car, a special rail car would have been needed to move that vehicle

[@ModelNerd]

Did you check the reference images in the video? :)

[@tonymoto1188]

Rails lack bolt details, Miniart make a railway section which is better.