nightshiftmodeller

HD pics

Yup, the tracks are on baby. Off to the editing room to get the video done and then we're gonna be all about those finishing touches! 

The moment we've been waiting for! ALMOST!

Good late evening my beautiful humans, it's 2 in the morning right now, so pretty standard night shift stuff, and I'm glad to report that I'm almost done with the tracks. There are some tweaks I wa...

aaaand it's gone!

That nice effect from earlier? All covered in earth colored goo!

Oh, the ups and downs of weathering 😄

Sorry I wasn't able to do more today and it's not much of a progress, but promi...

Finally an updayt!

Yaaay, finally! 😄 

I was able to blacken the tracks... well... not really blacken 😁 I used the VMS Black Track Pro system. Do you think I followed the official instructions? Nope, ...

Not really an update (I'm sorry)

Hey guys

I'm sorry for being quiet over the weekend. I don't know why, but I had a total creative blackout... But yeah, at least I managed to write down and narrate the next video. Actually I...

Some nice pics

Hey guys, here are some proper photos of the muddy Tiger. 

I feel like it's missing a few more mud tones, but I'll have a better idea when the tracks are on 😊

Early vidyooo

https://youtu.be/2_BXubu_KaY

Shinyyyy

Now I can make the video 😁 Last time I covered the Rutscher in mud, then made a vid, then made another video about the tracks, put them on at the end, and then I had to take them back down again...

Alriiiight

Mud is on! Now I have to paint and attach the tracks before I proceed with any more effects, because adding stuff like grime or some water stains would be pointless without the whole tank assembled...

Finally some real mud!

Heyyyy, so I finally started with the dark mud tones! 

Due to unexpected reasons I didn't have as much time today, so I decided to get the lower hull and wheels done. After all, it's not...

It's getting gnarly

Dust... and dry mud... is done! (well almost, I have to add a little bit on the exhausts)

The smooth airbrushed effects from yesterday are gone, replaced by blended Aqualine dry earth and spe...

Dirtyyyyy

So the Tiger received a round of pre-dusting 😊It's always nice to see the crude textured earth getting blended in with the rest of the tank during this step. 

I also started applying ...

Back at the bench!

Hey guyyyyys! 

These past days were pretty intense, but I got both videos done and today I finally returned to the Tiger, and it got dirty pretty fast. And ugly... again 🤣

So as...

A LOT of HD photos

Die Katze is finally in full gear and ready to get dirty! 

(I hope this will be over soon 😅)

P.S. The detail pics at the end of this gallery were shot for the videos, but I'm po...

Early video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v37vqjNLjk

Don't get put off by the "missing footage" title at ...

We all knew I was going to do it 😄

I think it was obvious that I was going to strip the exhausts and start all over again 😁 And boy am I happy I did it! 

Let me tell you that painting these fat pipes isn't easy! There ...

Welcome to meh city

Hey guys, so today was kinda funny. 

I painted the exhausts the usual way (light grey base coat, dark brown chipping, remnants of dark yellow, then several rust washes and speckling) and...

More 3D printing misadventures

Here are some fruits of todays 3D labor. 

Did 4 sets of test prints at different settings, ranging from 0.01 to 0.025 layer thicknesses, also tried 2x anti-aliasing. I honestly can't see...

Tracks R ready!

Well I think they make the Tiger look much heavier and more metal! 

One thing though: I decided to deviate from the historical photos, as the tracks on the turret were sprayed with the o...

Here's an extra spare track painting tutorial for you folks

Hope someone will find it useful! It's the only other time I remember painting spare tracks, and like I said in the previous post, they look quite different 😁It's an unpublished part of the 3 in...

And how about a nice ol' box of Hawkins grenades?

Here's a thing I modelled last night and printed today 😁 It's a 1/48 scale British WWII box for anti tank Hawkins grenades. I was thinking about building the Tamiya Crusader next, and I want to ...

Anyone got a few tracks to spare?

Hiya there good folks, TLDR inbound...

I got the spare tracks finished, at least those on the hull 😊 Now that I know the procedure, painting those on the turret will be a simple task! And ...

Some impactful pictures

What's up my beautiful humans!

Here are some proper detail and impact photos 😁

Got the narration for the video done, hopefully I'll be able to export the finished vid tomorrow and st...

Early Videyo

Enjoy! 

https://youtu.be/qMCJ3umIIP0

The endless struggle is over!

Oh my gawd, these details take forever! It might seem like just a bunch of rods, but there was a ton of other tiny details that I missed.. a few chips here, some wash over there... ugh... But the t...

3D vs PE

Not bad methinks 🤔

One thing I quickly realized is that when dealing with delicate parts such as this, it might be useful to actually exaggerate some of the details. After comparing the pr...

Acne done! And not only that...

Hey guys, 

so I got the shell impacts painted, the last thing they're missing is some polishing with graphite, but that needs to be done after the weathering as enamel thinner would diss...

First print & Tiger acne

Wooo, first print came out better than expected! Unfortunately they sent me 2 types of resin - clear and white, both which make seeing or photographing details rather difficult! 

Initial...

Update from the future

Yoo, this is Uncle NS and I come from the future 🤣 

First test print should be done in 3 hours! A bunch of small stuff for the Kondensator - I suppose it'll make a good test print sin...

Welds and Zimmerit!

Hello survivors!

There's been finally some decent progress! The weld beads are chipped (Tamiya Chrome Silver + a light pass of Ammo Wash for dark yellow) and I also managed to chip the Zimmer...