Weathering a 3D Printed Model (AMX-50, Resinscales 1/35)

My friends, tonight we'll apply some pin washes, chipping, rust tones and other tasty stuff over this 3D printed tank model. Are the print layers gonna be an issue?
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Music: Quincas Moreira - Scratch the Itch - KZbin Audio Library

[@dragonfusilier9173]

It would be interesting if you made a range target model. Just go wild with rust and shell penetration effects

[@risingsun9595]

Those models are always nice to look at and great practice for ricochets and penetrations

[@InsufficientGravitas]

Or it could be a disabled and then abandoned tank

[@michaeldicostanzo3652]

You predicted it!

[@berlin_actual]

I have reached levels of happiness I cannot express, Karl Sternau and Night Shift have uploaded! Keep up the good work, I am currently unable to model but, I hope I can continue soon!

[@matthayward7889]

11:30 that .50 cal looks amazing for a one piece print (plus barrel). I’m genuinely impressed!

[@shadow_entity9191]

Still blown away with how dedicated you are. It's great to see a model 'grow', getting more interesting and detailed. The only thing I do that comes close to 'modeling' is creating my own vehicles from Lego bricks. I have no connection to the type of modeling you showcase on your channel but your videos always make my day. You make these videos in way that just sucks you in. You're amazing in what you do and the way you explain what you're doing on specific parts of a model and what paints or materials you use makes me feel like listening to an interesting and engaging lecture. And you're making tank models which is just great!

[@harlech2]

"MAH-FRENS!!!" Glad to see someone is making a kit of this beefy boy, and I can't think of a better person to make a video series giving it the treatment.

[@conwayplays6610]

Excited as my Kranvagn kit from Resinscales just came in yesterday!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Sweet!!!

[@enhance4442]

I love it ❤️, I love your videos, much appreciation for making Fridays an even better day.

[@SmallSoldier]

Always a pleasure to watch you work Martin! KUTGW. 🍻

[@yin-cheungwong5024]

The mottling works great on hiding those unwanted micro texture created by 3D printing

[@silverdragontm9548]

Well, at first, as always, awesome job! But seriously, the only place where you can truly spot the printing layers is the back plate on the turret, right? Most of the rest probably got covered up by textures and multiple paint layers.

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

they're also noticeable on the fenders, engine deck and turret roof. Luckily, you can deceive the eye by using paints and varnishes - not by flooding the surface and thus filling the texture, but making it less obvious

[@TheHonyak]

Just a couple notes from an old tank commander..... 1: that Browning M2 , .50 cal HMG was Parkerized, a light/medium grey flat finished rustproofing. Check the internet for parkrized color. ( the barrel, was often darker due to heat discolorization) 2: that object on the rear turret roof is the tripod for deploying that .50 cal in a ground-mounted mode.....and would be the same parkerized grey.

[@BST14L_R3B3L]

Great job! Keep up the great work and happy modelling ^^

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

Cheers!

[@pixelazer7925]

I love your work! Especially on this tank, it inspired me to pick up an AMX-13 kit of my own.

[@andrewengel3023]

one recommendation I have is that you can go even more overboard with the chipping in areas where the crew will walk on the tank, speaking from experience, the paint in those areas tends to chip a fair bit in real life, or even on handles, and areas where maintenance hatches would swing into

[@s.e.a.lthefurious8701]

Night shift, I have a request. Can you do "budget" chipping and rust? I use acrylic paints from tubes and don't have sprayer. So naturally I do all painting with brushes. I do have thinners and paint coats, but no fancy stuff that I would need. And how do I do rust on panzer ausf. E? What colour should I paint before panzer-grey?

[@YouOnlyIiveTwice]

Bro, your videos always are what I look forward to after coming home from work on Fridays. The level of talent you have makes your channel one of the best on KZbin for model making. Keep up the fantastic work, my dude!

[@flightlinemedia]

Nice work as usual Night Shift. 3D printing is going to bring us some really exciting subjects.

[@TeoAnimations]

Once you said that you will probably remake the Yugo-war T-34. If yes, please say when and what to expect :) Greetings!

[@darkwood777]

Yes Life is too short for 70 hour chipping sessions.

[@GorFrag]

you're doing the best you can, dude. but i can clearly see the print lines on several areas of that tank. this is hard to watch. you putting your heart and soul into a... bad kit.

[@TheHonyak]

3: rust on pioneer tools was “Verbotten” by the battalion sergeant major who would inspect and cause you to spray-can paint all metal parts OD green. 4: those straps holding the tools, jerrycans, etc. in place we’re Not leather, they were a woven cotton olive drab canvas mesh that faded to a pale green with black metal hardware. Hope this helps for historical accuracy from someone who was there. And yeah, you’re doing Awesome work!!

[@wetwildwendy]

I've 3d printed a tank and I'm painting it with all the knowledge I've got from watching your channel. Its looking not bad :) and im learning so much! Love the channel!

[@jacobakana5649]

I absolutely love the lines on this tank! Between the dark airbrushing and now oil washes on the panel lines, this can not be beat! Great job, I can’t wait for the next one!

[@jarlvalbjorn]

I loaded up this video just to reference your intro and before I knew it, the video was over and I realized I watched the whole thing like a kid glued to his favorite cartoon. You have a real talent, my friend.

[@BRUHM0M3NT.]

Amx 50 b is my favourite tank in wotb

[@jamesgordley5000]

What if (with a future model) you used the airbrush port-shading on panel lines, but *not* on any of the panel lines that cover horizontal upper (direct sun illuminated) surfaces?

[@chriswashere]

for the gear next time...mix your grey paint with some metalic paint I believe you will find it interesting

[@andrewkistler3630]

That 50 cal is so nice. It should be sold separately as an aftermarket piece

[@lesthiele4921]

Hey Uncle the AMX 50, was absolutely outstanding, weathered must perfectly, and it looked to be a beast, hope you and your family are keeping safe and well, best regards from Australia.

[@Ethan-kp4vz]

Your work is great!

[@johnnybrown7644]

I love watching you try and mix up the series of techniques. I would love to see a oil dot filter after you pin wash to see it react with the extreme post shading. Plus I haven't seen you do one for a while!

[@NightShiftScaleModels]

That's one of the advantages of post-shading: you don't need oil dots! :) In fact, they can completely ruin the shading

[@Y-vidios]

Я хоть и из России речь не понимаю, но смотрю, уникальный контент, которого нет на русском ютубе

[@DEbANTARES]

Да и без перевода всё понятно. Все краски и химия подписаны, все шаги показаны.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid Great work! 👍👍👍

[@zebradude4562]

Wow what a good model, wish i could make a model half as good as that 🤣

[@lavawolf666]

at the back of the turret there is some big layer mark, you can fix em before painting with, sanding, some heavy primer and a litttle bit of sanding, or diluted puty, but your metal efect wih puty solve it in prety much the rest of the figure , awesome job like allways

[@Jeffsmodelgarage]

You make weathering look easy Martin lol I’m learning thanks for the video my friend model on!

[@SPSteve]

Martin, I wasn't too excited about this subject when you first started, but it has really turned out amazing. Your beautiful art work is inspirational!

[@beaverdam1199]

Amazing work my friend! I am currently weathering my Marder 3 that’s sat in the shed for 4 years. I painted it with my New airbrush a couple of weeks ago and couldn’t decide on what camouflage I should use so I went with a winter base coat and outlined it with a flat black in small and large doses whilst also shading the blacks and whites. I find that Vallejos light rust when watered down makes an excellent rust wash when used in small doses. I picked up a among the other day and will begin chipping in a few hours. Lovely work as always night shift, can’t wait to see this massive green frog fully completed.

[@t.j.lemaster8653]

How's it going my friend this may be an odd question... but you print your own decals and if so do you have the capability of doing 164 scale because I customize Hot Wheels ,matchbox etc. and happen to have $8.80 in Euros stuck on my PayPal account I'm trying to remove but can't find a way so I figured finding someone in Europe that has a product that I need would be the best way

[@themigmadmarine]

"This video gets ten likes then I...." [glances over at 1.9k] haha Though on a serious note, I quite like the Tamiya Dark Iron color for tools, it's a dark grey color with just a bit of metallic powder in it, looks quite good brushed on for tools etc.

[@johnhrichak3451]

Martin, do I have to renew my Patreon account annually? Please keep the vids coming and get back on your bike! Your channel is "dobja"!

[@harrygreene8669]

I'm following this approach on my 3d printed KV-1. Can't wait to see how yours goes

[@niveleur]

So I'm a welder, I stare at welds all day. This isn't meant to be a "well you're wrong it should be X-Y-Z" comment, but honestly I've never seen a weld stay shiny very long after you get done welding it. They usually end up just turning gray. Usually start rusting a couple hours or so after being in open air. But it's your model, and you're more than welcome to take whatever creative liberties you please.

[@nnhhkk867]

Hey, Martin, just want to thank you for these vids. I'm not a modeller myself but even as an artist these videos are surprisingly educational, useful and entertaining. Greetings from Hungary!

[@AvoidingtheQuestion]

I know its kind of below your pay grade, but I feel like itd be really cool to see you apply all these amazing techniques you use for tanks on a Warhammer 40k tank. If you're ever looking for video ideas!

[@SlavaUkraini345]

I love this channel and watching these things come together. I only have a small request. could you do something more modern like late cold war/modern day. I like that era a lot. I would love if you did the 2S6 Tunguska personally. but anything in that era would be cool.

[@CWModelling]

Beautiful work as always Martin 👍......can I ask where the holder/stand for the tank comes from? TIA 👍

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Amazing work! Sorry but not a big fan of the post-shading but we will see how it looks after it's 'dirtied up', even if you do go light on the effect. Always look forward to your videos, keep up the great work 👍

[@BlueByDaylight]

Im not sure if you'll ever see this comment, I'd love to see you doing work on G.W.E 100 german artillery

[@markandric9305]

Dear Night shift I have an idea/challenge for your next diorama. Could you make another what if diorama which includes a knocked out serman and a passing tiger1. I think this would be a great challenge you you and the tank models in the future

[@elizabethmcheffey8699]

So you decided to give the French tank a frog skin paint job?? Lol I don’t disagree!

[@roadweary5252]

Your worst build will always be better than my best one, mah friend! Looking forward to next week!

[@YouTubeSaysThereCantBeTwoRyans]

I once painted the metal..shovel head, shackle, tow chain, ext. in metallic silver...and it looked like poop.

[@lieutenanthobbies]

Hey does anyone know are you from Czech Republic or Slovakia

[@OzScalemodeling]

The detail and your patience amazes me. Love your videos 👍🇭🇲

[@Kuba.G]

I'm extra early today boys love the vids bro

[@apachethemodeller9466]

I still preffer to call this tank AMX-50 SURBAISSÉ🙂

[@joshuadempsey5281]

Where do you get the panel scribe you used on this tank? All the ones I find online are just a sharp metal rod and make V-shaped groves, not the nice square groves you made.

[@flyingscotsman9657]

If I have watched every Nightshift video he has ever made, do I qualify for a veterans discount?

[@WolfDogNH]

Hi Night, where do you get all the upgrade kits for all you videos other then the stuff you make yourself

[@bgezal]

Wouldn't it make more sense to pinwash after the weathering effects? It would tone down the highlights in shadow areas.

[@allanrichards3752]

Hi, let me begin by saying I think you are one of the best model painters on you tube. On this model your weathering is superb but I feel the main paint colour looks too mottled. It almost makes the model look like a gate guardian that has spent too long in the sun and the paint is starting to fade away and lose its colour. I do a lot of post shading basically because I feel that pre-shading on some of the darker green and olive drab schemes is very difficult and it gets lost in the weathering. I am experimenting with post shading around the edges of the panels, darkening these and lightening the centres of the panel, its proving difficult to get the right balance.

[@highjumpstudios2384]

Nobody: Night shift: TECKSTURE

[@corsair371]

Super cool .I tend to do minimalist weathering, otherwise I ended not liking the end result

[@olivercooney6645]

It's great to see you work away on a kit you explaine everything it a very logical understanding way to follow builders alike not everyone one does that because not everyone has the ability it commonly known as being watchable everyone be happy take care everyone

[@ДядяВаня-ш7ы]

Как всегда велликолепно! Мастеру 👏👏👏👏👏👍

[@StruggleDuck]

One day you should totally stream yourself doing part of a model, it would be awesome!

[@N_Wheeler]

10:06 'guide horns' .... call them 'center guides'

[@bill_g.]

it's friday aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! (side note: it's entrenching tool, not engineering tool 😉)

[@RomaniaStrong]

What is you tamiya paint thinning ratio Uncle Nightshift?

[@QuentinDme]

Hello, you are not active on Instagram anymore ?

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

Resin Object 279e next pretty please?

[@joshuahoffmann2913]

Love your work it has inspired me to make all of my models look better

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Uncle Martin . 🐺

[@anonymous5810]

I sense a ‘what if’ diorama coming up

[@somestupidperson2679]

What about painting the fire extinguisher?

[@stephanmotzek779]

Thank you ist so good to watch you und listen to ideas

[@ferraros3289]

3:40

[@karolmalinowski9097]

Ever considered building a 1:16 model?😁

[@mawgantalling9511]

Highlight of my week right here

[@carloshnunez]

Great job 🔵🔵🔵👍👍👍😀😀😀🔵🔵🔵

[@cravinghibiscus7901]

This tank is really growing on me

[@sheawelch7276]

good to have you back night shift

[@imranzainuddin5651]

i think u forgot the exhaust burn paint

[@handznet]

Kliknu na video, kousek to posunu "do akce" a rikam si "to vypada jak rozblurovana fotka" a sekundu potom to slysim rikat i tebe :) Takze tohle je cele 3d tisknute? Vypada to super az na ty plochy co jsou pod uhlem - tam je to vrstveni dost viditelne - jde to nejak resit?

[@JedenSiedemDwa]

Your precision is totally extreme. You are a scalemodelling phenom. All the best for You! ;)

[@Solidfluids]

I guess I'm just not a fan of using a wash/ink to 'pop' out the details. To me it makes a model look cartoony as if it came straight out of Borderlands. Together with paint chipping and dirt grime added it gets this stylished realistic cartoony look. Like hand drawn art from League of Legends. Which in itself is still a very nicely job done by you.

[@ScottKenny1978]

Depends on how strong the washes are. I use some very hard black lines to get a cartoony look, but a green or brown line works pretty well.

[@АлексейАлекс-р2я]

Very interesting. Fire away!

[@dainiusltu5945]

50cal is to clean and not beat up. I was handling 50cal and he was beaten up, ita shows he is old, but fateful.. Good gun, no need to be changed...

[@ScottKenny1978]

The US did finally find something to change on the .50cal: an actual quick change barrel, no more headspace and timing! And in the process of rebuilding the various M2s in US service, they found a ... 1923 production gun that had been in active service in Afghanistan before they rebuilt it.

[@notnubilous3804]

As someone who also doesn't really like using traditional acrylic metalics, I've REALLY been enjoying AK's True Metal line. Very very easy to get a more natural weathered metalic look when you can easily blend oils into them.

[@russouk]

Nothing wrong with lumpy sponge chips...chips are never flat theres always usually have edges sticking up, peeling off etc...hard to simulate but as you say looks cool

[@patrik-4163]

Looks very dope, can't wait for the finished product... Can I buy it from you please? 😇

[@skelenton92]

Uncle Night Shift, I just wanted to say that your outro is a great motivator. Keep building models, don't just collect them! I've had a 1/350 Bismarck with full PE that I've been working on on&off since June, and I finally finished building the damn thing today. Still got painting left, of course, and the rigging on it seems like a whole 'nother challenge, but that outro was part of what kept pushing me to keep working through it.

[@thelittlefox1892]

Amazing work But i have a question Can i use humbrol sculping filler with cement glue as you do with tamiya putty?

[@cristianopersi7953]

Incredible how the adding of darker color changes the chipping magically. Wow

[@fulcrumR6]

so glad i found this channel

[@bigroryhollar5023]

Looks outstanding......😎

[@vitaliik5596]

In real life never you will find silvering unless its the shock absorber exposed part. Instead on tanks will be dark metal. Rarely there are parts in constant contact which will non stop sand each other.... such stuff is unacceptable and happened on times of WW but thats because tank was going straight to battlefield and its lifetime was short.

[@Sacrilege7294]

It seems like the model has some issues, one of them being the printing texture. However, it also has issues on some spots like the hook at the front, because it's not exactly round. It has like a 'square-y' 3D looking texture around. You've hidden most of the issues with armor texture on the turret, since the turret itself has a very square-y texture too, but you've hidden it all which is great.

[@graemebrumfitt6668]

I like Unc, like you say you just got to try new things every now and again! TFS, GB :)