Adam Savage's Guide to Model Spaceship Paneling!

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Adam gives a demonstration of one of his favorite modelmaking processes: using styrene sheets to detail the hull paneling of a spaceship miniature. It's the same technique he employed at the ILM modelshop to scratch-build the surface panels of countless Star Wars vehicles and buildings--a delightful practice you can easily try at home on your own spaceship models!
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[@JamesStrior]

Watching the process of building a "Star Wars" ship panel in real-time, by someone who actually worked on real Star Wars models gives me chills. Adam, your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@aureaphilos]

Another peak behind the curtain from one of the masters, himself.

[@kalakaarkunal3194]

I feel so lucky just to be able to watch this on my phone sitting in my room

[@amtracktrack4963]

Prequels hardly count.

[@brianblessing8369]

i agree ,i'd laso like to see Adam Savage build 3 1/8th or biggest plastic model car scale availiable of ,Knight Automated Roving Robot ,and Knight Industries Two Thousand from the original tv show i enjoyed back in the day called Knight Rider,and last,but not least,a 1/8th or biggest scale plastic model of Stephen King's movie car a 1958 Plymouth Fury/Belvedere ,Christine,to me that would be awesome sauce to see happen in real time

[@Michael-oy2ng]

@@amtracktrack4963 I don't like the prequels either, but Adam is a student of the people who did the original trilogy and other great movies. So, it's still a great view into the process.

[@jdmillspa]

I would love a series on building a model from scratch, start to finish. From conception to final paint touches.

[@jjkim7949]

Not a series, but Adam did build a model from scratch before, kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJfZpXqonb6eZqs

[@Arosebud0]

Adam’s friend and colleague Fon Davis did exactly that with a great “soup-to-nuts” DVD (“Introduction to Professional Model Making”). The only disappointment was that it breezed over the greebling in time-lapse. Adam’s clip here closes that gap! Thanks!

[@corporaterobotslave400]

I am working on a video like that. Please subscribe at Space Monster Pictures. kzbin.infovideos

[@zsigmondkara]

@@Arosebud0 Do you know, where I could buy those DVDs? I was looking everywhere (I'm based in europe), but couldn't find anything...

[@alienproductions9948]

Yes yes yes ues

[@CNSFX]

This is a trip down memory lane for me too. I did the same thing for DS9, STV and others. One thing that Adam didn't cover because its a deep dive is scale and how to create it within the same process he demonstrated. Great stuff to learn and understand and there should be more of this content to help model makers and dreamers build cool things.

[@ReedCBowman]

Sounds like you could contact Tested and go do a collab to talk about that and show us all how to do it.

[@CNSFX]

@@ReedCBowman That would be fun! I’m game to do that if they are. If you, the fans, ask for it then it’s more likely to happen.

[@gr4ndv1ll3]

@@CNSFX yes please! 90s Trek is what that universe looks like overall in my head.

[@wiesejay]

Lol, I was wondering how you would apply the same design aesthetic to both a star destroyer and a tie fighter without them looking wildly out of scale

[@CNSFX]

@@gr4ndv1ll3 that’s interesting because we had a very distinct style compared to Star Wars. Ours was very slick and smooth on Federation ships while most of SW ships are very layered and detailed. We did borrow from the older SW models because it worked and looked good on camera. They did invent greebles after all!

[@notreallydavid]

Superb - and what a likeable, articulate demonstrator. It's great to see Adam generating something in what's become the Star Wars house style without raising a sweat.

[@Vickie-Bligh]

I thought Bob Ross moments before you said it, Adam. 🤣 I honestly get such pleasure watching you create like this. Your typical ODBs and shop infrastructure builds are very enjoyable, but seeing you in your happy place is such a joy. Thanks, Adam for doing this. Thanks, Norm for such great filming & editing. Thank you Tested for brightening my day.

[@rougnashi]

I just have to nerd out for a minute here. My fiancee and I just got our first 3d printer. It just arrived. I'm excited to print a lot of things but watching this video I'm thinking most about my childhood love of Z.O.I.D.s and all things animal shaped mechs and how that love really never died but never had the chance to flourish either. Now my brain is running a hundred miles a minute building custom ani-mech projects, and I just want to thank you Adam for throwing kindling on the spark of passion I had left. Thank you for being the grandpa nerd to us all.

[@Wizardmaster55]

I would love to watch Adam panel a compound curved ship!!!! OMG, please do this one day! This is the ASMR that I live for. Also, side note, hearing Adam countdown "3...2...1..." unlocked a core memory for me lol.

[@pactrarc]

Silent running... One of my fave Sci Fi films. Cool video, thanks.

[@RFC-3514]

Weldon-3 (as most acrylic "glues") is basically methylene chloride (a.k.a. dichloromethane). *Instead of wide cup and a brush, you should just use a small syringe* (with a blunt dispensing needle) for two main reasons (which are really the same): 1. It won't evaporate, so you save glue. 2. It won't evaporate, so it won't get into your lungs (as organic solvents go, it's not the worst, but it's still biotoxic and will slowly burn your lungs from the inside, if you're not in a well ventilated place). Also, it's easier to make sure you only apply glue to the right places, instead of brushing over the _front_ face of the panels. Don't use a "bottle" type applicator, as it will still evaporate inside it, and you need to squeeze harder as it gets emptier. A syringe will always dispense the same amount for the same pressure, and gives much better control. Note that (unless you use a glass+teflon syringe) the solvent will slowly eat through the syringe itself, so don't leave it "primed" for several days, or it might start leaking; always empty the syringe when you're done, and switch to a new syringe after a couple of days' use. Also, note that there isn't much point in wearing a mask, because dichloromethane goes through pretty much any filter. Just make sure as little as possible of it is exposed to the air, and make sure there's ventilation. Use butyl rubber or neoprene gloves when handling large amounts, and don't bother wearing gloves when handling small amounts (a few drops will evaporate off your skin in seconds; don't use latex or nitrile gloves, because it will melt them and stay on your skin longer, which can cause chemical burns).

[@jimmyparker4335]

I think Adam's technique definitely reveals his roots. Imagine being on a team trying to crank out several hundred models as quickly as possible. The time saved using his method would really add up after placing 20,000-30,000 greeblies.

[@RFC-3514]

@@jimmyparker4335 - I'm not sure how using a brush (which you have to constantly re-dip) is faster than using a syringe (which you can just keep in your hand). Also, I definitely wouldn't want to have have a bowl of methylene chloride evaporating 10 cm away from my face all day long.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

Yeah I was slightly concerned when he did not take any care around breathing the solvent and didn't give any warnings about how toxic it is. The syringe method is also faster, not just safer and more economical.

[@mpetersen6]

Well you can also use MEK (Mythol Ethyl Ketone). Available in hardware and big box home improvement stores. Either way any of these solvents have the potentail to nasty long term. And every time I use or see a plastic cement being used I immediately think of Lloyd Bridges

[@jimmyparker4335]

@@RFC-3514 He wasn't using a brush for the greeblies. His dip method was super fast.

[@devrossik]

One thing that can be useful is some variable lighting while you work. Having directional lights that you can shine at different angles across the work gives you a feel for how the various parts are coming together to create the surface texture.

[@TheWilbott]

I can listen to Adam babble excitedly about anything and everything for hours. In fact I have and will continue to do so!

[@John-pn3mw]

Thankyou adam, for a childhood full of knowledge and excitement i didnt think i needed.

[@Fallub]

I am definitely getting goosebumps hearing you talk about building all the Star Wars props I fell in love with in my youth. Plus, until the very end I was skeptical about your magic trick. But that was mind blowing how a 5 second spray can application did transform a bunch of styrene into a Star Wars prop. Well done and thank you very much.

[@free-birdrocker8809]

Adam, dude, I love your Nostromo crew shirt!!!! I just noticed that! LOL!

[@UntrackedEndorphins]

Adam was not lying about painting it being a magic trick, it felt weirdly satisfying to see everything coming together

[@animateangus]

Great video! I’m working on a ship miniature for a feature film at the moment. The trouble I’m having is actually finding ‘greeblies’. You’d think it’d be easy to source model kit spares or incomplete kits. Must admit, the primer stage is definitely the most satisfying! Hope you do a video on painting/weathering.

[@Gundumb_guy]

Yea I wish I owned a 3d printer for this reason alone!

[@downrighthorizontal9931]

an idea would be to post in some local facebook (maybe free/for sale or other hobby groups) groups and ask ppl specifically for spare/incomplete model kits? i bet lots of people- especially those already prone to hobbies and crafting- have spare kits they just don't think about selling them so they don't list them because 'who would want that' but if you put it out there u might get their attention! good luck!

[@nicklaw3762]

I think the main reason it’s hard to find incomplete kits is because of the large number of us looking for greeblies. Charity shops and car boot sales are a good place to start looking.

[@jessepitcherband]

There are also folks out there on modeling forums and such who do small run castings of the model sprues from kits that got used a lot back in the day. Maybe look for folks doing screen accurate Millennium Falcon rebuilds as a good place to start.

[@dasmaccharles2166]

Check out randy Cooper; he sells a box-o-greebles that are pretty cool.

[@Youcannotfalter]

All the Nostromo ships built are some of the most impressive ship builds ever in my opinion. Fantastic work.

[@beaker_guy]

Cool! As a guy who has mostly limited himself to building D&D terrain (from XPS foam), this kind of thing looks surprisingly doable.

[@theronhatfield8854]

Yeah, I'll be cribbing this for my wargaming buildings.

[@maxwell8367]

I took a day to make a bunch of precut bricks and I used the styrene method to make closed off shapes (buildings the players won't go into or boxes) and glue the foam bricks to the styrene and they come together quite quickly.

[@blackoak4978]

Playing with buildings is a great way to experiment, as it's generally pretty forgiving on placement

[@adamjones-ps]

It is odd and amazing how you took just a simple piece of styrene sheet, attached a second layer minus some cuts, then a third of just pieces and transformed it into a real wing panel of a spaceship. Right in front of our eyes. I'm sure after the painting and weathering process it will look even more spectacular. I could absolutely visualize that on a starship model and then filmed to make it appear larger than it really is. Thanks for sharing.

[@lincoln87b]

Please, do more videos on that topic, I'd love to watch a series of in-depth tutorials on a complete project, like you did with the spacesuit. Styrene-bashing is intoxicating, I love it and your experience is unvaluable for us modelers!

[@andersdenkend]

You can absolutely see the enthusiasm Adam brings to this, it's absolutely contagious. I can wholeheartedly recommend you pick up scale modelling / scratch building if you find this video interesting. Not only is the process of doing it tons of fun, but having something real in your hands afterwards is pretty rewarding as well.

[@GRAYR189]

Thank you for showing us your miscalculations and mistakes, Adam! It makes the processes snd techniques you demonstrate more relatable to us non-pro modelers because we WILL goof thing up. It also makes YOU more relatable and personable because (at least to ME) it doesn't feel that I'm being talked down to by a know-it-all who has no patience with people less skilled, or that you're showing off because you're better than we are. And it's inspiring because unlike some other YT modelers, you aren't using cuts that have the effect of showing you doing only perfect work which we cannot match. And your enthusiasm and love for the craft comes through loud and clear!

[@dragonforgedesign]

Adam, I've been working with styrene and doing model work professionally for 30 + years and I learn stuff from watching your videos.. Thanks for the effort you put in. Heading over to Amazon to buy a Nibbler now lol

[@stephenbarrette610]

Wow, the magic really happened when Adam sprayed it! Absolute joy to see a master of his craft at work. Something that in essence is so simple, yet brilliant at the hands of an expert. And by someone who’s worked on Star Wars and The Matrix and Space Cowboys. (The shuttle model was wonderful.)

[@MarcoKrieger]

This was awsome. It brought up childhood memorys. After the first StarWars Movie in 1978 hit the cinemas in germany, me and a friend of mine started to build spaceships and all sorts of vehicles from cheap model kits from Woolworth. The information you give here, 40 years later, was not avaible at the time. We came up with similar solutions, I had a whole drawer shelf with pre-cut pieces from the model kits and we managed to do even electronics like lights and rotating gun turrets. This was a fun time, a long time ago, in a childhood far far away...

[@tachi98lep]

Beautiful watching you build! I wish you would make a spaceship from start to finish and then detail and finish it!

[@benlee3117]

This is exactly like watching a performance by a master jazz musician on-stage, riffing and improvising to his hearts delight. What a show! What a joy to watch! The great thing about this kind of improv is that there's a story going on in the background; why is this greebly here? What was the design? I've done a little something like this myself, and the little story you tell yourself in the back of your head is a huge part of the fun.

[@adamlawonphotography5219]

Your enthusiasm, excitement and attention to your free style model making is intoxicating and inspirational in equal measure....fab!!

[@airplayn]

A technique I've used since I began modeling in the late 60's is taking hole punch sets to punch out concentric rings and circles to make circular inspection panels and rings. Then you can take sharpened brass tubing to make very small circles that you use a tiny Phillips head screwdriver to gently punch crew heads in the center of those tiny circles. If you do any electronics work you can add tiny electrical parts like transistors and resistors to make canisters with hose connections into the base, electrolytic capacitors make great oxygen tanks! LOOKS GREAT!

[@ufaceu]

It's a privilege getting to sit in on highly skilled craftsmen perform their magic. These videos are the reason I follow this channel.

[@johannnorris6350]

Tamia is my favourite paint products I love the smell of the product almost want to eat it lol you’re doing a great job Adam thanks for that tip modelmaking😆😆🇨🇦

[@Popsaircraftdetail]

My hero there. I’ve been building models for years. I’ve always looked up to Adam

[@ObeyWannTK6960]

Wow. Thank you for this master class in paneling. This is absolute gold for the costuming and prop making community, especially the Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club (MMCC) that does a lot of custom blasters, armor, gauntlets, etc.

[@DanielGBenesScienceShows]

Uhg, Adam. Do you have to be so darn inspiring? I’m in the middle of restoring a piece of furniture that must be finished tonight. But now you’ve got me contemplating abandoning ship, pulling out my styrene and greeble supplies, and building ships!

[@blip_bloop]

I use plastic garage sale signs because they are often styrene and are usually cheaper than plastic sheeting. Just make sure to use sand paper on the paint to get the glue to stick.

[@KenMcConnell]

Same!

[@the_arcanum]

Yup ! Everything from the garbage bin that's stamped with a recycle logo n°6 or PS (for Polystyrene) is up for grabs too : yogurt and fresh cream pots, some cheese packaging or shampoo bottles. They're great for compound shapes, thin panels, ready made ridges or even blocking out base volumes !

[@missyd0g2]

@@the_arcanum You just solved my problem. Building a Lionel train layout and want to build a water tower. Next time at the grocery store all we need to do is find a correct size. One thousand thumbs up.👍

[@the_arcanum]

@@missyd0g2 Ah ! Glad I could help. Good hunting : )

[@Nickman1313]

@@the_arcanum This is such a great point thank you. I do the same thing and knowing the correct recycle code is awesome help for people.

[@hori_ink82]

I’ve been scratch building lately using recycling bottles and plastics and was purely inspired by Adam Savages video what a legend 👍

[@missyd0g2]

Adam this video is great. This summer we are build a train layout for my Lionel O gauge trains. Your build was mind blowing to me. Now that I am retired my grandchildren want to see my trains. Thirty five years ago I used balsa wood and jig saw. Thank you

[@stephengardiner9867]

That stainless steel straightedge is identical to one that I used for 40 years as a Cartographer. I still have it (and most of my t-squares, set-squares, steel scales, x-acto knives, circle and ellipse templates. Staedtler nd Koh-i-noor mechanical pencils and a really nice K&E drawing set with all of the various compasses, dividers, ruling pens etc) AND a light table. Now that I am retired, they grace my home office. I even still have my original SLIDE-RULE! As I do build the occasional (!) scale model, much of this has proven to be quite useful.

[@RVSparky]

Every time I see close up of your hands It makes me feel how real you are. Its not all show. You truly are a working man and obviously love what you do and love to work. Your shop is somewhat always disorderly which also is testament to your work ethics. I do hope somehow to get a chance to meet one day. And visiting your shop would be a dream. I love to build and make things. I love everyone of your videos. Be blessed!

[@appledornart2535]

Love the talk about ILM and techniques and philosophy of model building. Hope to see you visit model building more often.

[@CEOHankScorpio]

Very cool! As someone working in 3D on star wars-themed stuff it's interesting how much of the aesthetic is determined by the tools and materials, especially what is easy or fast to do. Things like the notcher make repeated steps easy for styrene but are actually slower in 3D! Not by much, but it's still enough that most 3D artists might choose a different detail that's faster to repeat. For people wanting to recreate physical models in 3D it's worth knowing the techniqes. Maybe what I need to do is make myself a rapid notching script in Maya? Like how John Knoll started building a 3D greeblie kit for ILM before Rogue One.

[@garyburke6156]

its amazing to me how much of the aesthetic of star wars is determined by specific modelmaking tools and practices and greebles, like, a model designer in Japan in the 1960s laying out a sprue in a particular way, is why X-wing engines look like they do. and this notching tool is why the panels look like that, so every wall and wing in star wars has that feel

[@alienproductions9948]

Check out Silent Running, 5-years prior. Exact same method. Love this video.

[@captaincanada1008]

Just wanted to let you know you've been a major inspiration to me my whole life. , even in ways I didn't know about till finding your youtube channel. I grew up watching you and Jamie do crazy stuff on Mythbusters and, now I've learned you worked on star wars which is awesome but more recently you've inspired me to get into model building and I wanted to say thank you for being awesome.

[@bullitt_eightyseven]

Being a model maker myself this definitely gives me a new look on scratch building a few things whilst being home from work travels and tapping into some old engineering skills I had back in college that got me through scale building for architecture and 3D rendering set pieces, now I want to try and build a sail boat that has been retrofitted to transport in space

[@CB-fd4xu]

My only experience with this is obsessing over these details on toys and models I owned as a kid. As an adult I really appreciate your revealing this subjective yet logical creative process that helped shape the adjunct reality of my youth 🙂

[@shaynecoventry8894]

Adam. Thank you. I now finally understand. I have asked so many people so many times. From Doug Drexler to John Eaves how this was done. So now I get it.

[@ILSRWY4]

Very VERY cool Adam! Having been a model builder for 40 years now I have never seen such a technique. Thanks for sharing

[@ybab-j]

so generous with the process. showing us the actual model you get your favorite parts from is akin to a beat maker revealing their sample sources.

[@beaker_guy]

Man, I'm just gonna start watching Adam and then I can skip my morning coffee! Love the enthusiasm!! !

[@petermerz2704]

Great tutorial Adam! It’s fun to see a maker doing his thing. Lots of useful information and thought patterns. Thanks for sharing Adam!

[@SANFRANCISCO49ERS_PYRO]

Thank God we had people like you making these ships we all fell in love with . Beautiful job. 🎬🎥📽🎞

[@mematron]

Very cool I'm taking the same approach to creating user interfaces for my computational art project. I also come from film and television set and prop design and now applying all of these traditional art techniques to my digital art.

[@sir_soap9576]

I love the fact that recently i started building miniature models like star wars(not only) and now i discovered that my childhood "hero" from mythbusters is making things like that Its just mindblowing

[@christophermitchellsr9492]

a great video i had to pass this along to some facebook groups that deal with scratch building and diorama building . its a great video that helps new comers to model building see how that by just using simple out of the box thinking you can build some great looking models

[@theronhatfield8854]

This is some excellent howto info. This would also apply to building terrain for wargaming. I have a lot of styrofoam box inserts that I plan to adapt into buildings by adding detail bits made from matboard & styrene (after I do some experiments with foam coatings to enhance durability). Thanks, Adam!

[@mpetersen6]

Look at Night Shift's channel he's got a couple of really good videos on creating brick and stone surfaces with a high density foam.

[@SaturnCanuck]

I loved your enthusiasm. I can imagine the ILMers in 1976 having a field day with this. Thanks. Can't wait to see the painting episode.

[@drpibisback7680]

I would love to see a regular "The Joy of Paneling" series on this channel that's just Adam doing paneling and talking us through his process, unedited. I've only built like half a Gundam and that was it for my interest in model building, but I was absolutely engrossed for this whole video.

[@KevinJ42]

That's so cool! I always think that stuff that's built for movies and TV is built and designed very purposely, and then I see you doing this how you do it. That it's more done by feel is really neat. And slapping the paint on does the "*gasp* I SEE IT NOW!" moment for me. It's magic.

[@tinkmarshino]

Damn that was as impressive as you said it was... To take two flat objects and with a little cutting you produced something that doesn't look at all like what you started with.. But it does looks exactly like the wing of some space ship. Bravo Adam that made me smile to watch..

[@shona-sof]

I love this sort of thing! And hell yes, adding the primer to unify the colors, just leaving the shadows to add depth is just magical.

[@markgordon4368]

Love those cutting sounds from those hand cutters, used to make models as a kid I always kept the sprues, I used to scan Sci fi ships for parts I recognised ❤❤❤

[@doncarlton4858]

I've been using this method for decades in model railroading for buildings, train cars and more. I use upended shot glasses for glue fonts for styrene solvent, ACC, and carpenter's glue. When I place a bit of styrene, I use a quarter twist of the xacto knife to release the piece.

[@johnhanley5546]

The opening sequence on Star Wars a New Hope was playing in my head as I watched that (almost) triangle of super detailed plastic on the big screen! Very informative and enjoyable

[@kevinkorenke3569]

3:35. I'm just happy to see that I'm not the only one that cant resist the urge to shake the .040 for a satisfying bit of Foley effect.

[@Astro1derboy]

So freaking awesome. Never gets old watching you work with these techniques. Would love to see more of these. As a 3D modeler these underlying principles apply. Fantastic work. Love love love it!! More please. 👍🏻😎

[@stinkyham9050]

It's crazy when you see how long one little thing takes for a movie prop. Then think about all the props, wardrobe, lights, cameras, etc needed for a movie. Hundreds of thousands of man hours just to get 120 minutes of film. It's mind blowing.

[@JarodCain]

Absolutely fascinating, this is something I always knew was done. I remember seeing some of the Star Wars Documentaries talking about ILM building the models and saying they had buckets of Battleship models, and went from those to the Death Star. Watching you actually put a tiny build together was the missing cog in the machine so to speak that made it all make sense, and put what I know about modeling (cars, Warhammer, etc) into perspective for me, it was very much an "AH HA!" moment. Thank you Adam.

[@carlosbovia6813]

So satisfaying to see the Maestro at work in his happy place... Your vids are always uplifting and helpful, just love them and I watch them everyday... thanks for all the sharing that you do and the joy you bring without even trying... México loves Adam Savage...

[@yonstenger]

I’m currently scratch building some crew ships, cargo haulers, and habitation/hydroponic pods for the table top miniature war game Stargrave. This is the perfect background whilst I glue away.

[@jefferytapp1612]

Thank you, your channel has kept me going this last couple of years. I have been using this technique for years, now I feel awesome, great minds and fools rarely differ.

[@paulybassman7311]

Hey Adam, since watching this one , I bought 12lbs of styrene off cuts for £25. Every size white and black. Mainly to panel the 40" spaceship I'm building, but it seems I have enough to do my house 🤣🤣. Thanks soo much for the inspiration to kick my bot back into my build. Thou doth Procrastinate too much.🙄 Best Wishes 🇬🇧

[@beckhaver]

I make spaceships in a video game and found this to be very helpful Adam. I can relate to the enjoyment element of seeing a simple shape come together. Thank you for your efforts :)

[@Ayelmar]

A technique I learned from an old modeler back when I was a kid nearly 4 decades ago, is to NOT use a shap X-acto blade to score sheet styrene. Instead, use the back of a *broken* X-acto blade to carve out a groove, then snap the sheet. Surprisingly, it leaves a really clean, square edge most of the time. But the tutorial is great! I'm going to have to see if I can adapt some of the basic concepts to greebling my 3D modesl for my amateur CGI work....

[@markzambelli]

Right after I watched this I put 2001: A Space Osyssey on to check a few details for a TMA-1 homage I'm doing and I was very pleasantly surprised to see those notches and rectangular greebles all over everything (the Station, Floyds Moon Bus, the Aries Earth-Moon Shuttle, Clavius Base, The Discovery One)... amazing!😀, thanks Adam.

[@JohannesBoernsen]

Best Intro EVER 0:09 🤣

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

That looks amazing. You can absolutely see Adam's work and experience make this sick panel look effortless. I would love to see more of this kind of content. Man is that inspiring!

[@pellesomethingsomething]

To me this is the best kind of Adam Savage content. Useful, fun and enjoyable. ♥

[@mm9773]

Absolutely wonderful. These are my favourite videos and you can really tell that this is where Adam’s coming from.

[@BPCustomCreations]

What a coincidence! I was just searching for info on scribing panel lines the other day! I'm looking to make my scratch builds even better 👍👍

[@BPCustomCreations]

Aww man I was hoping for some scribing!

[@ashpiper6683]

I absolutely love watching Adam work, his enthusiasm is infectious. Love how simple the technique is and how effective it is. Can’t wait to see more videos like this I always learn so much

[@woodsman335]

Adam, you're an interesting guy. Truely. Also for some reason you remind me of a musician I knew in the early 1980's. He was a cool dude too. Keep up what you're doing. Its great!

[@yxeaviationphotog]

Another styrene scratch building video! Adam.....I am really enjoying these types of videos. I build scales models from kits, but have never considered myself a decent scratch builder. These videos make scratch building a little less daunting. Would love to see more of these.....maybe even a look at your model spare parts/greebly collection.

[@shaundavies314]

I always love doing this when I’m converting Games Workshop tanks for my imperial guard. Layering different thicknesses of styrene for variety, making hatches and hinges, then rooting through boxes of bits for that one part you know you have… somewhere! I bought a couple of scraping tools that radius the edges of the styrene really nicely and the score panel lines, add rivets etc… endlessly entertaining 😁

[@Chudders1982]

By far my favourite video of yours Adam! Hope you do more videos like this, so educational.

[@New2Ukulele]

Adam you are looking more and more like a mad scientist! Love it.

[@matta2939]

Man when you sprayed that with primer, I get it! gave me chills. Love building but paint scares me. Thank you for the video!

[@RadtechCustoms175]

Amazon need to give u a share of their cut. I know I can’t be the only one. I’ve ordered like 3 things off of Amazon just from this video. Most of all the angle cutter, I didn’t even know that was a thing, that could have saved me so much heart ache in the past. Man I would love to spend the day with Adam… actually he wouldn’t even have to be there, I’d be like ooh what’s that? That’s cool, wow 🤩. I’m sure there are just tons of fascinating stuff just laying around. I’d b like a kid in a candy store.

[@nathanwood5977]

I love this and this is exactly how I work (not that I have time or produce anywhere near the same standard as Adam). My favourite time is as Adam points out, is unifying the greeblies and the base area with paint. Even its a brushed on brown or grey.

[@brianartillery]

A favourite greeblying technique of mine, is to make a stack of about eight Panther tank roadwheels, and cut that stack vertically, so you get two half stacks. Each can be cemented to the panels. It creates a novel 'thing' that most people could not work out the origin of. I've done it with small LEGO dishes, too. Looks great when painted and weathered. I'm also fond of using an old hole punch to create circular plates from thin styrene sheet. I use my old Tamiya riveting tool on some of those, as well.

[@timparsons3565]

I am totally digging this return to fully produced videos. The feel of the video is much more polished and --dare i say-- cinematic with the addition of lights and manned second camera(s).

[@rael5469]

I love this guy. Such a down to Earth guy and so totally entertaining. What a treasure.

[@HunterJE]

Doing a special-occasion kit model build with the concept of "decommissioned military mech converted to civilian use as a cargo hauler" and need a shipping container and cargo sledge for it to pull around and I think it's finally time to take the dive in to styrene scratch-building! Real excited to try this stuff out myself.

[@Sarados1980]

I'm a 3D hard surface artist and currently working on some mid-poly hard surface environment and a lot of the basic ideas you speak about in this video really resonate in my digital work as well (using "greeble decal sheets", blocking out the shapes, layring the panels etc.). I really have to do some physical custom builds in the near future, it looks so much fun (I normally only build Gunpla modelkits^^).

[@GreenJeep1998]

Decided to sit down and make brake drums for a snap together ‘34 Ford Highboy today since changed the wheels and tires from box stock, needed to hide the axle posts and found this video to watch while doing so. Happen to be using Evergreen .040” sheet, 1/2” rod, and .060” 1/2 round, as well as .030” rod to fab them up!

[@tested]

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[@tcsyme]

Adam, great content! It brings me right back to the "Art of Star Wars" exhibit at, if memory serves, the Moscone Center. One of my lasting memories from that show was the effectiveness of all the 3D paneling and other texture that gave such life to the hero models on display. It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed so quickly. ~Thayer

[@eligebrown8998]

If classes were as physically educational as much as they are book wise like your vidros i wouldve been a straight A student. Im not going to lie. Savage always looks like a mad scientist thats close to a major break through but still manages to bring us all these great videos. Ive seen 3 A.I. generated space ships and im going to try building one. 5ft long space ship

[@muss8587]

You keep me going the amount of work & detail behind the builds is contagious to watch😎🇦🇺👍

[@TK42138]

Superb video. Your skills and enthusiasm is infectious. Talking of 'panel notching' - the shuttle in the original Battlestar Galactica also had this detailing. Sure I read somewhere that the shuttle was originally an unused Star Wars miniature that ended up on BSG. Can anyone confirm if this is myth or truth? Excellent shirt choice by the way 😉

[@millenniumf1138]

Currently I'm working on a 4-foot model of a ship from the Star Wars roleplaying game. I'm very close to being done with the surface detailing, which that alone has taken me a couple of months, and the one thing that's keeping me going is the thought of how awesome it'll look when I get it under a coat of paint!