This truck has to be the most nostalgic, clasic, interesting, soooo german. Can't wait to build this beauty.

@stevieRay3211

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ken. The Kubelwagon may have something to say about that! The Germans used literally hundreds of different civvy truck designs during war and it's interesting that the Steyr often emerges as the most popular with modelers. It's a great kit and I'm sure you'll enjoy building it. Thanks for dropping by.

Beautiful build. It’s nice to see someone working with enamels and oils verses the commercial finishing products so common today. Old School excellence.

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Frank, thank you for the nice comment. Came back to the hobby after many years and found about a million new products but I still found myself going back to the basics. Old tricks seem to be the best tricks. All the best to you and thanks for watching.

only just found your channel, I'm an armour fan in 1/35th, just want to encourage you to continue, like your presentation and some really useful tips and info. God bless you and yours and keep up the great work.

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ian, thank you so much for the encouragement. Amazing how far a few kind words go to make one's day. More coming up and thanks for watching. Stay well.

An exceptional build, and a well-produced and edited video explaining many tips and tricks. Very well done, Tom!

@stevieRay3211

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Anthony, very nice comment indeed. Glad you enjoyed the video and I'm so lucky to have such awesome viewers. Just about done building the Meng Jagdpanther so hopefully I'll get that up for you guys in the next week or two! Best of luck on your own projects and thanks again.

Nice video! Just liked and subscribed. 🎉

Was going to do my first German vehicle the Horsch and was looking for some ideas and an approach to the build. I am normally an aircraft and USA Vehicle builder. This video was outstanding. I am literally going to follow every step on my build!.

@stevieRay3211

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the awesome comment Greg! Nice to see you're branching out from planes and US vehicles and the Germans certainly manufactured enough variants to keep the hobby interesting. Glad the video is of use and good luck with your projects.

Just found your channel and really enjoyed this build including how much detail you mention about how to build and tips etc. Personally I could do without the background music but all in all great video, looking forward to seeing more. 😊👍

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment Dean and glad you enjoyed the video. Not sure the videos would move along as well if there was no music. If I get more objections I'll re-evaluate using it. I do appreciate the feedback. Stay well.

Very cool build. Found your channel today and viewed 3 of your builds. I learned something new from you about building open top vehicles. Thanks for the videos.

This is a fantastic guide. I’m primarily an aircraft modeller, so many of the techniques you show are very useful to me. Thanks!.

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you BH and I'm glad you found the material useful. Many modelling techniques are transposable - I find I borrow quite a bit from the railroad guys too. I wish you well and thanks again for watching and commenting!

Hi Tomas, I have just come across your channel, and the Styer turned out perfectly, so you have another subscrber, again thanks for sharing, this almost ' shake 'n bake kit

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Les. Thank you very much for stopping by and for your awesome note. Hopefully there's a tidbit or two of advise you can use in your own builds. Amazing hearing from someone from Australia. Maybe you can share a story or two about surfing when we here in Canada are in winter at -40c and with 10 feet of snow outside. All the best mate!

Impressive and professional video and narration. Great 'basics' and advanced techniques video. Well done!

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the awesome comment! Makes the day and inspires one to continue working on these videos. Best of luck on your own projects!

@rrl4245

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 And, before I retired, I was a systems and software engineer. I even worked for Atari, way back in my day...

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Besides model-building we seem to also share an interest in video games. Perhaps not as heady as a software engineer but I worked as a level designer for a video company for a while. Although it's much more fun building in styrene than pixels!

@rrl4245

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 Agreed, and retirement is even more fun. I highly recommend it.

Really injoyed this video!! Got myself a tamiya steyr a couple of weeks ago.!!! An will be using your weathering techniques!!. Great video.. 👌👌👌..

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks CJ. It's a great kit and I think you'll enjoy the build. Stay safe.

Wonderful!!!

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed..welcome to the team!

Great Video Tom. I,m going to build a Normandy version soon your video will help very much. Good work. Regards Steve.

Hey Tomas great work and video cheers

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Tony - nice to hear from you!

Nice job.I just bought this kit today.

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike! You're in for a fun build. She fits together nicely and begs for battlefield weathering. Glad you dropped in.

Nice build!!

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brett. It's a cool little model, fun to build and really fun to paint and weather. If you get this boxing there's also nice figures.

Great job! Just found your channel and I subscribed!

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the note Julio and I'm glad you stopped by for a visit. I really appreciate the sub - definitely motivates me to keep making videos. All the best to you and good luck with your own building!

Nice kit which you can convert into a light Steyer German truck. Guess what division I would make it.

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Hey GPD. My guess would be.... it's all in the name. All the best and thank you for your comment!

Great build and video.Im building same kit and following your techniques.Have not done hairspray chipping in awhile.What is the reason you used sponge chipping rather than hairspray chipping on some areas?

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the note Mike. The two techniques yield different result so I usually use them both. The sponge adds to the base the chipping creates.

Excellent ! Glad I found this channel ! I really like your dent technique.. It looks much better than the "melted dent method". Although I do like to heat to bend straight fenders found on tanks & jeeps. Keep up the great content!!

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks DJ for watching and for the encouraging comment. I've destroyed one too many models trying to heat dent them so I think this method is much safer. Good luck with your own projects!

@doejon9424

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 I'm looking at doing a kubelwagen. I really liked some of your weathering methods too! Like that Tamiya X-26 Clear Orange for wood / leather. Do you have any recommended clear varnishes that will work with all kinds of paints including oil / acrylics & enamels ? Do you use Tamiya TS-13 / TS-80 clear "rattle can" spray?

@stevieRay3211

2 жыл бұрын

The "what is the best clear coat" debate has been raging for a while and there are many opinions. I've tried a few different ones and they all seem to work about the same although Alclad II Aqua Clear seems to have the edge at least with popular opinion. You really can't go wrong with any Tamiya products and the rattle can stuff works well. I use an acrylic clear coat since I use oils and mineral spirits for my washes and streaks and don't want the clear coat to dissolve. Currently I'm using Pledge (sometimes sold under the brand name Future) until the bottle runs out and it seems to work okay although it gets a lot of knocks from modelers. You have to experiment and find what works for you.

You are on a whole other level...can’t wait until I’m half as good. How are you assembling the body? With CA? cement?

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice words Steve. Keep building and practicing, and hopefully the videos help, and in no time you'll be an ace. I used plastic cement for the body, its the strongest when attaching plastic to plastic. I use CA when attaching PE to plastic or when gluing pre-painted parts, usually in final assembly where the joint doesn't have to be strong. Thanks again for the comment!

@stewpidazole

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Tom how do you get that perfect shading on the seats and cover? I know you use oil paints but it is dry brushed? Every time I attempt this it never comes out right. Any help is appreciated.

@stevieRay3211

4 жыл бұрын

It takes practice for sure. It's not dry brushed in the traditional sense. It's a matter of blending in the shadows and highlights. I use a small straight edge brush and touch a tiny amount of a dark colour for shadows, and dab it on. Then using a larger, really soft brush (sable is ideal) I blend the edges. Same procedure for the highlights. Look at how oil painters paint fabric and look carefully how the shadows and highlights are defined. ruthphipps.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/refrain-sml.jpg We're working on three dimensional, sculpted parts, so it's easier to pick out the areas that need dark and what areas need light colours. It's really an illusion that we're creating. Practice. You can always wipe away the oil paint and start over if its not working.

Are you based in the US? Coz it’s hard to get enamel paint here as the acrylic ones. 😅 So, I need to go vice versa, base coat in acrylic and weathering in enamel, right?

@stevieRay3211

5 ай бұрын

I don't think enamel would work for chipping. It isn't soluble in water and using a thinner on it would likely wipe all the paint off. You could try it on a bit of scrap but I'd bet it would turn out to be a mess. Maybe use a lacquer instead of the enamel if that's available. Your undercoat has to be a non-water soluble paint so it stays put when you wet the area (the parts covered with acrylic) that you're chipping. Sponge chipping on its own can still look really good.

@silvestersze9968

5 ай бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 Thank you. I appreciate your input! 🥳

@stevieRay3211

5 ай бұрын

No problem Mr. SS. Good luck on your project!

Where is Part 3?

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Norm - there is no part 3, the above video is the final one on the Steyr. She may be put in a diorama in the future if time permits but for now we're calling it done.

@normangebhardt

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 , o.k.

Good channel. I also have my own channel.

@stevieRay3211

3 жыл бұрын

I visited your channel and there is some very nice work there. Aircraft are a challenge and you've done a splendid job. Keep it up! And thank you for the comment!

@normangebhardt

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevieRay3211 ,Thank you, I'm not among the best yet. I would be happy if you subscribe to my channel.