I have a lot of German tanks but the PzII is one I keep building. A good one to start with.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, I'vd built most of the major ones now, except the Panzer I.

It turned out really good. It's nice to see a diorama as opposed to just a single model. Again, well done.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert - glad you liked it

Your colors drew me right in. Good job. An egg frying on the tank would be cool .

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Daniel. A frying egg is a great idea!

Excellent as always, I love your model builds and the diorama is simply inspired, thankyou for yet another brilliant and inspiring video.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Steven

I agree with your comment that the cracked earth was a plus as it certainly detailed a very dry environment. Shame the tank covered it up. The scene is very evocative and creates an atmosphere of solitude and loneliness. Great job, MN!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Robbo. I think next time I'll use clay or similar for the tank's position - hopefully that should hold its form a bit better.

Looks like an actual photo in a book about the afrika korp.great ,fantastic job.please have more in the near future!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, I will! :)

Greetings Nerd, that diorama turned out absolutely fantastic, not really a modeller of German armour, but never say never,best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you mate, I'm glad you liked it!

A nice little dio here with the tank and crewman

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

The desert scene looks good.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mark

Very nice scene.with sticky greetings from good ol'germany. Christian

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

Nice subject and fantastic work, superb scenery!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil

It looked really good . Another great build 👍

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you mate!

Awesome work my friend keep up the good work 👍👍👍

@ModelNerd

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great diorama 👍

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you! 👍

MN, love the "burnt wood" effect, very nice! I have used AK North African dust acrylic as a pin wash on my DAK vehicles as the nooks and crannies are where the dust likes to settle, it does a nice job of bringing out the details as well. Cheers!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, I have some of that wash somewhere - I'm not sure why I forgot about it.

The desert can be vexing to model--almost as vexing as living in/upon it, too. The results look good to me.

@ModelNerd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you mate

Great result, many thanks

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you Richard

brilliant work on the fire pit 😍

@ModelNerd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Looks great thanks for sharing cheers Liam. .

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Liam!

Very nice

@ModelNerd

10 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul

Thanks!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Many thanks! Much appreciated!

Looks great thanks for sharing cheers Liam

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Liam

Love a desert diorama!.......quite difficult to do though......well done.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, I find it one of the hardest terrain types to get right.

Looks outstanding, and very well done, I think it flows very well. I have to get better at my "Pen Washing" you make it look soo easy. Cheers! another First Class diorama!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks - I'm glad you liked it. I found it easier to get used to pin washing once I realised it is possible to clean up any mistakes quite easily :) Then I was more willing to experiment.

@ChristianSchroter

11 ай бұрын

Do you mean "pin washing"

Beautiful

@ModelNerd

10 ай бұрын

Thanks

Yes, it was enjoyable to watch, as always, and I think it turned out brilliantly. I am a big fan of the North Africa scene although I doubt very much whether the combatants would say the same, lll.

@ModelNerd

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Yes, there's definitely something about the desert environment.

Wonderful scene! 👍👍👍

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I recently got a book on the afrika corps called “images of war the armour of rommels afrika korps” it’s full of great diorama ideas and interesting photos

@TheBrengunner1944

11 ай бұрын

Maybe you can send him some.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I really like using archive photos as inspiration for dioramas and scenes.

Hi MN, very nice detailing on this one. The cup, the fire tripod and the tarp are all well done. You did a fine job recreating the photo reference. It would seem that the simplicity of the diorama components lend themselves to the solitary feeling that the soldier may have in such a situation. It conveys an emotion. All around fantastic job mate. Thanks, Mikey V.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks - that's the feeling I was aiming for so I'm glad it came across well. A sort of solitude in the middle of a large desert in a larger war.

Nice work. Where is the rest of the crew though? Shouldn't there be at least 4 of them?

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Crew of 3 in total. The others are out of shot :)

I notice so many modelers paint utility items such as shovels or axes or cables when already attached to the kit. Why do you not paint them separately? I think the weathering of the tank model without all the added extras would give a more uniform finish. Utility items that get used would end up looking a fair bit different in color and texture than the tank body. Just asking because I want to learn more as a new modeler Thanks for the great video

@ModelNerd

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for commenting. I think both ways have their pros and cons. Sometimes I do mine separately, sometimes I do them on the model. In some stages they are needed - e.g. mud and dirt weathering would also affect the tools. Some vehicles also simply had the tools attached and painted over when camouflage was painted.

Brilliant video! Incidentally, who makes your cutting mat? Thanks. Cheers!

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I got mine from the Tank Museum in the UK. I like the image but it is a bit shiny for filming.

Didn't know any Panzer ii went to Africa ,good work as always.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes, very much a stop gap while waiting for better hardware I think.

Awesome work! One constructive criticism; Tarp needs some weathering...dirt, sand, dust...

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks. Yes, you're right - it is way too clean

Very well built. Super idea with the fire pit. 👍

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks! 👍

Wow excellent, how is this possible, it looks almost too quiet and peaceful for a war scenery 😅 Nice work✨👍✨

@ModelNerd

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I wanted to show a quiet moment in the middle of chaos

A nice little diorama. Two things stand out to me though. Firstly the tank is very clean, vehicles moving through sand throw up a lot of dust, quite a bit of which settles on the vehicles themselves and the model would have benefitted from a light coat of dust and maybe an accumulation of fine sand in the angles of the hull. Secondly the ground doesn't really read as sand due to the lack of imprints, in the second reference photo you showed, the sand around the tank was very heavilly dimpled with footprints and I think an attempt to duplicate that on the diorama would have made the ground look less rocky and more like soft sand.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I think you're right about the sand. I never really decided between sand and rocky dry terrain and ended up with a combination of the two.

I am pretty sure that the main colour of a German tank in Africa (and beyond) was RAL 1002 Sandgelb (sand yellow). The standard German primer had always been "Rostbraun" (rusty brown), a redish brown.

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

The only reference I've seen to RAL 1002 is in the AK Interactive book where they say it was probably only used for a primer under interior colours. I believe the two "tropical" colour combinations I showed are generally accepted as being the only main ones used in those theatres. Yes, primer was RAL 8012 Rotbraun (not to be confused with RAL 8017).

No need to beat yourself up, MN - that little scene looks very good! Btw, did you enjoy your four days of F1 bliss? And were you involved in the recovery of Magnusson's car?

@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Mike. Yeah, looking again I am pretty happy with it overall. I had a great time at the F1. KMag's car broke down just 100 metres before us on the Saturday, but was in the zone of the previous marshals' post.

@MikeUSA67

11 ай бұрын

@@ModelNerd What? He broke down during Qualifying as well? I didn't watch that and was talking about the race 🙂

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@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

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@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

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@ModelNerd

11 ай бұрын

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