Soviet 4BO Gets POSH Shaded (JS-2, Berlin 1945)

[@MikeGdrums]

I’ve been modeling armor for over 40 years. I’ve followed Sheperd Paine, Verlinden , Tony Greenland and other talented modelers, but you my friend are in the top master class. Not only are you talented you are a great teacher! Thank you for your detailed presentations!

[@kirillromanovskiy7977]

@Steve Morley That is going to be great indeed!

[@planetearts5182]

Verlinden fut la référence pendant de nombreuses années et inspira nombre de maquettistes. Il avait le sens de la composition pour mettre en scène ses figurines dans leur vie quotidienne pendant les conflits ou la vie civile. On peut dorénavant considérer que l’élève dépasse le maître avec Martin Kovac ! Ne lui reste plus qu’à prouver qu’il sache réaliser des dioramas tout aussi variés et impressionnants de réalisme.

[@kirillromanovskiy7977]

@@planetearts5182 I definitely agree with this accurate statement

[@steeliron8246]

That's absolutely right, he's just great!!!

[@xNevikKx]

Me too, still have my first Shep Paine books - held together with tape at the seams. Nightshift's indeed up there with the greats.

[@tyler_bt3326]

Night Shift: goes out his way to make the most detailed weld beads and custom grab handles and equipment for models Also Night Shift: “waterslide details are more convenient”

[@monsternside1509]

I just love that his "basically just started" is a million times better than the majority of folks completely finished.

[@texancows8007]

im now working on my 5 th model thanks for showing me the world of models

[@mikez8698]

It's such a fun world, dull of possibilities! Uncle got me back into it also!

[@bruhnegus]

The decals are the best part in my opinion, because they adapt to the textures and they look like they are actually painted on the tank Anyway great job as always! 👏

[@dave499]

"I'm no expert". Dude you are a master and so humble. Love your work, your explanations, and your vids!

[@garyjust.johnson1436]

It takes a real artist to make 4 ounces of plastic look like 40 tons of steel!

[@coupergiuliano7486]

Fantastic work. As someone who just bought an airbrush, I'll be using your videos as a major help

[@thatotherguy7596]

Hi Uncle Night Shift. I still don't build tank models, but I watch all your videos. Great technics for other types of sculpture too. I do have a 1:35 M5A1 Stuart that I plan on kit-bashing into "Tank Girl's" tank hopefully in the near future. Your tips should be very helpful with that. Thanks 🙂

[@hoojiwana]

That chipping trick on the airbrushed white paint was amazing.

[@MasterShake9000]

If any KZbin channel about a relatively niche hobby could succeed as an actual tv show, it’d be this one. Not only are you talented, informative, and engaging, but your videos are a welcome relief from the rest of the world and its problems.

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin . 🐺

[@liamsmith433]

30th!! Love your videos man! I actually just bought this model a week ago before you came out with the video😂😂

[@Bauhotte]

Maybe it's no longer a big deal, but thank you for recording in such a quality. Today I had time to watch on a larger divice than a smartphone, really enjoyed the crisp footage!

[@andli]

It's like watching a genius at work, always improving his techniques by innovating.

[@jacobakana5649]

The stripes on the turret are fantastic! The chipping, mapping, and paint runs compliment the turret texture really well. The paint job highlights the textures without covering anything up, great job!

[@kaferrat]

I love how that rear deck behind the turret (and everything in general) turned out with the different shades of highlighting. Also how heavy the metal tracks look with all the sag in them...so realistic. 😎

[@benfisher3695]

Would you ever consider doing a video on airbrushing techniques? Do’s and font’s that you’ve learned over the years?

[@fjdexx]

Nice paintjob. thx

[@FacuninoWar1]

My day improves every time there is new video of Night Shift, beautiful work

[@daniellejones5981]

Adam Wilder would be proud! You are just as good as he is!

[@lonl123]

I watch a lot of model builders on KZbin and I can confidently say, you are the best at Armor on the platform. I like watching your videos even though I only build Aircraft. Your painting is amazing.

[@xoiylo4660]

DEFINITELY picking up an IS2 at tankfest this weekend. I need to try out that texturing! Awesome job!!!😍

[@duckman5891]

You were there nice I also went got an IS2 model as well.

[@xoiylo4660]

@@duckman5891 if you were the guy who said “IS-2, nice” as I walked by in the line, that was me 😂

[@duckman5891]

@@xoiylo4660 Unfortunately that wasn't me but which days did you go?

[@xoiylo4660]

@@duckman5891 Just a popular tank then! I went on the Friday

[@duckman5891]

@@xoiylo4660 same I also went on Saturday but man the line to get in was HUGE like it went around the museum.

[@Sigmagnat650]

Just listened to your interview on the Sprue Cutters Union podcast and you hit all the highlights of that episode in this video haha- gloss before decal, MRP evangelizing, and the power of inks. Great video as always! Not to mention it's nice to see some Soviet steel again- there's something so brutal and alluring about the designs. You certainly do these subjects justice with your work. The story that unfolds from what you've presented thus far really captures the reality of Soviet wartime industry in a way that makes the history come alive. As a curiosity, have you ever considered doing a kit from start to finish without an airbrush (except for maybe varnishing) for the channel? I'd be interested to see how far brush techniques can go and what skills you're able to refine, discover, or master. Cheers!

[@waynemiller7382]

so are we saying should not don't gloss before decaling, or we should gloss before decaling?

[@loganski_2158]

Talk about a mean green fighting machine awesome job my friend. You have inspired me to start post shading on my models and I will look into buying some filters.

[@rafaelparente3578]

Missed Uncle Nightshift's 4bo, and its even better with the post shading!!

[@ltgray2780]

Night Shift and Plasmo out on the same day. Be still, mine heart.

[@MrJoeGarner]

Great looking model, I'm in the middle of building a Tiran 5 Israeli T55.

[@Great_Sandwich]

The tracks make the entire model! Wow!

[@georgesiere161]

You are a magician!

[@FibroFantastic]

this brings me joy.

[@flyboyadventures777]

I personally think your a better modeler than Wilder! Most people would be very satisfied with they're personal models if it looked just like it is at this stage! You are advancing the hobby through your imagination and natural artistic ability's and I am learning more and more from you.......Thank You!

[@Pickledog2005]

Video idea: do a tank on on a budget, meaning no airbrush, rotary tool, or tons of random paints. That would be so cool and so helpful for me and im sure many other people

[@muddydave01]

Whoah, that texturing. Fantastic work Mr Night Shift.

[@alexivanov4254]

Just finished watching your T29 series aka "The olive drab saga". And now back to soviet heavy metal again ✌️🧐

[@WayneNiles01]

That looks teriffic Martin. Nice job 😁👍

[@lieutenanthobbies]

This is the highlight of my week Thank you

[@steeliron8246]

Very big respect, it's just fantastic what you build, your precision, your perfect implementation of your templates, just a great channel. keep it up Martin. Greetings from Germany

[@dakufaust]

I'd honestly be really interested in seeing you kitbash a tank. Or even scratch build.

[@QwerYT4819]

kv-6 moment

[@dr1v3rmc5]

i'm also working to a JS-2 too but from zvezda in a winter-a-like camo

[@digitalincometactics9858]

I have an octopus stand tool too! That is a good idea to put a screw in the model to mount. I will try and get MRP paints in Canada if I can. well done!

[@Ryker06]

Excellent work! In the world of AFVs, it's mostly earth tones and dull/drab colors (all about blending in) - amazing how you make this field interesting as you say. I see why the 4BO is a nice change. Kinda on the same subject as blending in, I understand the "thought" behind invasion strips, but sure seems to counter the notion of camo.... cheers.

[@JohnWMichell]

fantastic my friend. i love IS 2 too. i will build one in the future.

[@masterolof138]

just as i was rewatching your older vids this was uploaded

[@stephenbridges2791]

Very authentic Russian color palette. You are right about Tamiya's yellow-green. It's useful for shading US WWII cockpits, as well. I find that I enjoy mixing to get the right color that I want. Gunze Sanyo has some off the wall colors that come in handy, too. Nice work, as usual.

[@Nightmare_26500]

Well done

[@fabricedevos4273]

A short and efficient video for a great result 👍🏻👍🏻

[@MiniArtmy]

Love it! Great decals and white marks effects!

[@PanzerAndCoffee]

Friday!!! Uncle Night Shift time!

[@Campaltolazona]

Hi Martin! This is definitely the best soviet green base coating ever! I love your models and I started building tanks (I was an aircraft modeller) thanks to you. I’ve learned a lot and I’m going to build a king tiger from takom in 1/35 scale, inspired buy a book called “ PANZERS IN BERLIN 1945” where I found this tiger 311 with some photos and instantly fell in love with it. Hope you’ll do another cat soon, maybe the royal one!

[@JedenSiedemDwa]

Looks great. I must learn more about these 4BO painting techniques. All the best for You! ;)

[@karolmalinowski9097]

Just in time to watch while doing some evening welds on my SU-85. Keep up the good work!

[@JuergenGDB]

All I have to say is I need to go to the Art store and pick up some fantastic paint brushes,,, like the one Night Shift is using at 11:30

[@captainhurricane5705]

I would be very happy to call it 'finished' at this stage.

[@berlin_actual]

This is freaking perfection!

[@Gundumb_guy]

I’m actually really impressed with the ammo shader results. It really doesn’t look like it was added on after the fact let alone haphazardly like that!

[@williambeck2997]

Would be awesome if you did an entire video dedicated to applying waterslide decals.

[@DoktorE89]

Stunning work, i like the soviet monsters. I hope we will see a ISU-152 too. Its one of the most impressive vehicles of ww2.

[@yoadrian10000]

I love your stuff man you got some seriously great talents

[@kristeroidne5196]

God damn this is good. Great tutoring for 4BO painted tank.

[@christianrudolph1138]

Nice work modelcomrade. I have a IS 2 to in my "Little" Depot. And your advice s for the painting is Very intresting for me🤗🤗😉⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐For the Model Greets from Christian at Germany

[@davidschad1472]

This looks so awesomely good. I wish I had .25% of your skills.

[@heavy_JS3]

I made the JS2 in scale 1:72 of Zvezda. Very beautiful

[@MF-og1ct]

Your basecoat looks better than my complete models

[@lesthiele4921]

Greetings Martin, that beast is looking great, the markings looked very realistic, ther is something about those WWII Russian beast, looking forward to the next installment, very bext regards from Australia

[@keppscrossing]

I find that it is easy to get paint iut of those MRP bottles. Hold the bottle upside-down in one hand and tap the bottom of the bottle with the index finger. You will get one drop for each tap. Might have to tap it 20+ times, but it works well.

[@inigobrowning]

Just a tip I've heard and tried but citadel contrast medium is amazing at uniforming the carrier film on decals if you're having a problem with that :)

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Excellent work! 👍

[@pierpaolopoletto6230]

Impressive! For my standard should be enough just at this stage!

[@melodiapiano9518]

Wow, amazing work as always Martin, just a question with airbrushing though. How do you airbrush without the nozzle, I know it allows for more detail but whenever I try to do it it doesn't work. Anything I should be doing? It's probably got something to do with the PSI, and how thinned the paint is (thats my guess).

[@Gothmetalhead13]

Beautiful work

[@CraigH999]

Awesome work.

[@AllanGildea]

Great work as always! Thank you.

[@codycampbellfishing2007]

Who else remembers him building the 1/100 IS2 from Zvezda

[@stephanmotzek779]

So good, so good.

[@egormerkushev]

Very lovely to details! Nice

[@r.b.667]

fantastic work

[@flyingscotsman9657]

I'm entering my first modelling competition tomorrow - wish me luck!

[@bajkal8837]

Krásný model, vypadá to moc dobře 👍

[@dvdhobby3213]

hi .. thanx for your fantastic videos..they are so usefull to me !!!! just one question : so.. watching the video, it is possible to mix tamyia acrlylics with MrPaint???? MrPaint are'nt laquers??? Thanx a lot

[@shotekczech7604]

exactly the same thing also occurred to me and I would like to know if I understood correctly that they can be mixed together and what thinner to use.. 🤔

[@oitoitoi1]

Night Shift could you please do a video of a Games Workshop Leman Russ tank? It's an old kit, very simple, with lots of blank spaces that I think you could really go to town on with your skills and knowledge of tanks, and show just what is possible with it. Incredibly for a 30 year old kit that has sold a lot, there are few examples out there with stowage, weld beads or extra details. I think it would prove a very popular video. Thanks!

[@Ivanov_397]

I'm a fan of the black background.

[@georges.patton4241]

Really want to see you build thunderbolt 7 or a jumbo 76

[@mrkii538]

Thanks for the great work!

[@abstractintell]

Thank you for paying attention to Soviet armored vehicles. I would like to make a small clarification regarding the color of the paint. Russian modelers have long been discussing the topic of painting Soviet armored vehicles during the Great Patriotic War. True 4BO paint has not been produced since 1952. However, according to various sources, it was possible to restore the approximate composition and color. In the RSL color space, it has the following composition: 96-87-55 or a lighter version - 103-91-61. I think that if you have a calibrated monitor, you can quite accurately prepare a mixture of paints to simulate 4BO paint.

[@jczeus]

Well, I don't think 4BO wasn't as standardized as are colors today. Then there is the issue of exposure to sunlight. One would think that colors always fade, but that applies only to years of exposure, which was hardly the norm in wartime. One source states that 4BO could get darker, not lighter, when exposed to sunlight. In short, I wouldn't worry too much about the one "true" 4BO...

[@abstractintell]

@@jczeus As for the influence of the Sun, then, of course, the color changed. However, the composition of 4BO was strictly regulated. Even the pigments that were part of this paint were of a strictly defined origin. Of course, upon the arrival of equipment in combat units, it was sometimes repainted to match the conditions of the area, and in winter it was completely changed color.

[@grumble9160]

Incredible work. Very talented. Who makes that painting stand? that looks very useful.

[@codycampbellfishing2007]

I dont have headphones or earbuds with me right now and had to play this quiet so i could not hear the background music idk why but the videos just dont feel the same without it😂

[@xjr13john]

Awesome airbrush control, JS-2 looks great, who's clear varnishes do you use? Thanks for sharing

[@XxBloggs]

Awesome skills!

[@mcelravys]

Have you ever done a truck with winter chains? Like something from the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950?

[@21EpicFail]

Night Shift I love your content! You have inspired me to start model building. What airbrush do you use?

[@HJH413]

Great job. All of your work is amazing but this is one of my favorites. Sincerely, yo friend.

[@longbeforenow3130]

What’s good equivalent for the Mig olive filter as I think it’s discontinued now

[@lucasszymanski114]

awesome work!

[@박성윤-c4s]

When you add 30% Xf-4 to 70% 4bo, what percentage is X-22? I will be starting work soon, so please let me know. I would really appreciate it. And I use the Vallejo Russian Green surfacer, can I mix Tamiya acrylics with it?

[@niksmodels1030]

Очень круто, жду продолжения!!!😀😀😊

[@alexey7101]

Смотрится просто потрясающе 🔥 в предвкушении жду продолжение)

[@MilitaryModellingInfo]

Martin, your use of Ammo Shader is very interesting. Saw it in your videos before. Can you tell me which pressure are you using to brush them?

[@НикитаСадовин-ю8щ]

Nice! I've been waiting for this!

[@timothyhines7845]

Nice. Have an M1 with the hedgehog out of Desert Storm I am about to start on. Kinda looking forward to it, and kinda not. Have photos courtesy of a buddy who was in Armor at the time. I was a hole snipe on a "gator freighter" carrying Marine cannon cookers to the party. Not exactly glorious, but Marines aren't the best swimmers so there's that.