I feel thankful to be able to watch Adam on a different journey discovering and showing us interesting cool things almost every day after Adam & Jamie left Mythbusters. Wonder how Jamie is doing.
These are amazing. I love his attention to detail because as a graphic designer I'm constantly fretting about all the little details that people wont normally notice and this dude is on a whole other level.
As a scale model builder this is a whole other level of scale building mastery. You can tell he loves building these scale replica bikes when he says he hand carved the tread on the tyres 🙌🔥 EPIC
Used to be a lot of it. Hobbyists saving up the pennies and buying an old third hand bench top lathe and "Drill/mill" to tinker with, Then spending the weekends in their sheds creating stuff from scratch...... But these days most kids don't seem to want to get their hands dirty, So they never learn the skills needed. :(
In Ireland there used to be a show called 'Hands' which was a documentary series that looked at the craft of anything. Horse saddles, candles, poitín. (Kinda like irish moonshine essential) Tested feels like the modern day vision of that series and I love it.
The ability of just a man in his garage never ceases to amaze me. I do believe that fewer of youngsters are learning these skills; hand made is turning into programming which translates to into 3d printed versions. Bravo Sir.
Hello Glen, I spoke to your dad yesterday for the first time to thank him from one armourer to another for all the years of inspiration... he is such a prolific maker... His body of work is absolutely breathtaking as is his eye for proportion and detail... there really is a Terry English style. He invited me over to talk rivets and perhaps as my speciality is miniature armour, if you like... Beers are on me, it would be great to meet, I love your work only I have only just discovered it... DAMN! From one miniaturist to another, one GIANT (but very small high five)! 😂Best wishes to you and yours, and keep up the great work, from me (and all the mice in the workshop) . 🏆
fantastic amount of skill. From what Glen briefly mentioned about his Father and basically doing the same but smaller, reminded me of carpenters apprentices making models of furniture pieces at scale to show techniques.
this is the most impressive kind of craftsmanship to me. as much as i love to see a space-age looking workshop with the most cutting-edge tools, this guy is making PERFECT, better than factory-made looking components in what (and no offense) looks like a shack filled with junk. that kind of quality, with rudimentary looking tools, from a tiny messy workshop like that. amazing!!!
microbuilder I know what you mean. I make models to an ok level and am always very critical when I watch something like this. This guy is way better than anything I could ever do.
Editor, PLEASE. When the interviewee says "for example, this part" don't cut to ANOTHER part. Show what he has in his hands! I understand that you want to make the video look better (thus you cut til your cameraman gets closer for a better shot and then come back), but it's terrible to follow! When he says "look at this" I wanna see that, not something else! That "something else" (the finished engine in this case) you show LATER. Jeez...
What I think happens in this case is that they've only got one camera in the room filming. That camera operator has to get *everything*. And believe me it is very difficult to get complete coverage with a single camera. Sometimes the angle isn't right. Sometimes the camera op can't pull focus fast enough before they move on. Sometimes the lighting is poor. There's any one of a number of things that can ruin a shot; especially when shooting on the fly with a single camera. Sure, it would be great to have the very insert you're talking about, but they might simply not have that shot. If they don't have the shot then there's nothing the editor can do about it except insert something else and say "good enough".
well this puts me in my place. i just finished a model i scratch built but it was nowhere near as labor intensive as doing anything like this. but i can at least relate to when he said that the research is what takes forever. you can have all the skill in the world but if you don't have everything right before you start then you're not gonna be able to make anything.
Beautiful model! I've only ever seen one MV on the road in all my life. It was about 20 years ago -- a 125 with full race fairing. That's it. Never seen one since. Super rare! But, I did once meet Phil Read coming out of a classic car dealer's. Rare stuff from rare days when motorcycles looked like motorcycles, and still had that sense of adventure about them. :0)
This level of creativity is absud! While i am a littlebit autistic, i can just look at this detailed stuff the whole day long. I like how we get to see this amazing people and their hobbies here on Tested! 600thThumb up!
While I'm not hugely into bikes I really like the idea Glen is able to put so much detail in them. Also, I wonder if anyone ever asks for a build kit for a bike. Where all the parts are made and they get to screw the bits together.
I'm not even that interested in British motorcycles and definitely not that interested in auto miniatures somehow I watched teh whole thing with Adam's exact expression. The fact he was English's son helped keep me watching after the intro and I'm glad I did. btw here is a hint to people who watch a lot RUclips vids. Just watch everything that is mildly interesting or is clickbait on 1.25 or 1.5 speed. Especially on people who have slow delivery takes too long to get to the point. You don't miss anything or can't follow and save a lot of time. Can't understand accents? Slow down to .75 time.
I got a little lost on some items. So he makes patterns but does he cast them himself? Does he do his own CNC machinist of the wheel parts? Almost sounded like he purchases spokes maybe mad to his spec? Cast rubber, mold fiberglass, vacuum forms, and he did show doing some metal shaping. Lots of skills to produce such lovely bikes.
I wish there were more videos or this video was getting longer. I am very passionate about modeling, you can see them from my channel, but I still haven't reached this level, thanks.
White metal is a range of metals like antimony, bismuth, cadmium, lead, tin, and zinc that have low melting temperatures. These metals are mixed to achieve a desired strength or flexibility. Silver is also called a white metal sometimes.
Now I've got a question; Would this be considered original art? (I really want to hear what some other people have to say about this) Would you say it is original in concept and execution? I'm trying to figure some stuff out for one of my own projects, and just thought I'd like to know what some people had to say about this man's work.
Oh I don't know. Mr Sony, Mr Ikea, Mr Whittle (he of the gas turbine) and countless others didn't so badly. but don't get me wrong, I'm British (English actually), and very proud of it, but it's definitely NOT a uniquely British thing. Regards Mark in the UK
I went to his website, saw what he's selling these for (8750,- GBP, for the curious), did some back of the envelope calculations and have to conclude this guy is making less than minimum wage doing this, unless he writes off the research and developing the molds and tooling as a dead loss. Impressive. I used to be an independent design engineer and used to tell people turning their idea into a production prototype would cost about 10-15k Euros, because that's just what it would cost to do so while being payed a reasonable amount for my time. This sort of model is not too far off of that, even though it doesn't have to be functional, it's still expensive to produce things in a limited run and very labour intensive.
An Englishman and his shed, a wonderful sight to see.
This guy is great. Props to him and his attention to detail, patience and talent
He’s my dad. He’s an amazing hard worker x
As someone who loves building model kits. someone who builds things from scratch is an artist. Those bikes are works of art.
WikdSeafood he's simply an assembler .all the parts are made for him elsewhere
That's not the case though greggers.
I was going to say, didn't he also make the molds for the parts? To me, that would make him an artist in my book
I feel thankful to be able to watch Adam on a different journey discovering and showing us interesting cool things almost every day after Adam & Jamie left Mythbusters. Wonder how Jamie is doing.
Pharmit24 running M15 like he always did
In a secret bunker, working on the next generation of self propelled soda can mortars.
The videos like these remind me of why I'm subscribed to tested.
These are amazing. I love his attention to detail because as a graphic designer I'm constantly fretting about all the little details that people wont normally notice and this dude is on a whole other level.
I've been lucky enough to visit his fathers workshop, he is a true craftsman, unbelievable work
As a scale model builder this is a whole other level of scale building mastery. You can tell he loves building these scale replica bikes when he says he hand carved the tread on the tyres 🙌🔥 EPIC
I take my at off to men in sheds. Britain is full of them, especially middle aged guys who grew up there after WW2. Lots of Boffins. FANTASTIC STUFF.
I love this - British garden shed engineering at its best.
Used to be a lot of it. Hobbyists saving up the pennies and buying an old third hand bench top lathe and "Drill/mill" to tinker with, Then spending the weekends in their sheds creating stuff from scratch...... But these days most kids don't seem to want to get their hands dirty, So they never learn the skills needed. :(
In Ireland there used to be a show called 'Hands' which was a documentary series that looked at the craft of anything. Horse saddles, candles, poitín. (Kinda like irish moonshine essential) Tested feels like the modern day vision of that series and I love it.
The ability of just a man in his garage never ceases to amaze me. I do believe that fewer of youngsters are learning these skills; hand made is turning into programming which translates to into 3d printed versions. Bravo Sir.
Hello Glen, I spoke to your dad yesterday for the first time to thank him from one armourer to another for all the years of inspiration... he is such a prolific maker... His body of work is absolutely breathtaking as is his eye for proportion and detail... there really is a Terry English style. He invited me over to talk rivets and perhaps as my speciality is miniature armour, if you like... Beers are on me, it would be great to meet, I love your work only I have only just discovered it... DAMN! From one miniaturist to another, one GIANT (but very small high five)! 😂Best wishes to you and yours, and keep up the great work, from me (and all the mice in the workshop) . 🏆
Losing it over this guy. Amazing stuff.
Fantastic video! Enjoyed hearing a local accent on here. Would love to see more crafters from around the around the world.
Great work! Superb detail. Love workshops like that :) Thank you for sharing and filming for us to see.
I love how this guy tried to downplay the insane amount of skill and work it took to make some of that stuff.Very smart and humble man,indeed.
Well he has looked at it for so long its not impressive to him anymore
He’s my father and he works very hard on them.
This man makes me proud to be British.
fantastic amount of skill. From what Glen briefly mentioned about his Father and basically doing the same but smaller, reminded me of carpenters apprentices making models of furniture pieces at scale to show techniques.
this is the most impressive kind of craftsmanship to me. as much as i love to see a space-age looking workshop with the most cutting-edge tools, this guy is making PERFECT, better than factory-made looking components in what (and no offense) looks like a shack filled with junk. that kind of quality, with rudimentary looking tools, from a tiny messy workshop like that. amazing!!!
That workmanship is stunning.
Proper british geeza in a proper british shed.
Come on Glen, you know the next step is to make one that runs :)
Glad I'm not the only one that thought that. Even if the transmission doesn't work it would be cool to fire up and exhaust coming out the tailpipe.
there are model engines of a similar scale that run. Seen a V12 !!
As a builder of miniature versions of larger things, I approve of this video.
microbuilder I know what you mean. I make models to an ok level and am always very critical when I watch something like this. This guy is way better than anything I could ever do.
Yeah this guy makes me look like a hack lol
i'm just blown away, by te level of detail!!! Out most respect!
Had a massive grin on my face the whole time. Thank you for this!
It's like Adam is in a candy store. This Man's Art is Amazing.
"... no one would have known... but I knew...", Awesome attitude, and inevitably, awesome craft.
Beautiful and inspiring work Glen. Just gorgeous.
Best episode yet
Absolutely amazing the detail is astounding how anybody could give a thumbs down to this video mystifies me that man is a true true artist
it's so... inspiring
Editor, PLEASE.
When the interviewee says "for example, this part" don't cut to ANOTHER part. Show what he has in his hands!
I understand that you want to make the video look better (thus you cut til your cameraman gets closer for a better shot and then come back), but it's terrible to follow! When he says "look at this" I wanna see that, not something else! That "something else" (the finished engine in this case) you show LATER. Jeez...
I was thinking the same.
Still a great video and amazing workmanship
What I think happens in this case is that they've only got one camera in the room filming. That camera operator has to get *everything*. And believe me it is very difficult to get complete coverage with a single camera. Sometimes the angle isn't right. Sometimes the camera op can't pull focus fast enough before they move on. Sometimes the lighting is poor. There's any one of a number of things that can ruin a shot; especially when shooting on the fly with a single camera. Sure, it would be great to have the very insert you're talking about, but they might simply not have that shot. If they don't have the shot then there's nothing the editor can do about it except insert something else and say "good enough".
It's the american style TV . Now here in England
These models take more time to build than the original bioe!!! Great work brother man!
This man is brilliant. These models are beautiful.
They are the best. Love your work glen.
Close your eyes, it's Danny Dyer! Haha! - Simply amazing, what craftsmanship.
I hope we get to see the other works of Terry English's kids :O those armors at the beginning looks nice
well this puts me in my place. i just finished a model i scratch built but it was nowhere near as labor intensive as doing anything like this. but i can at least relate to when he said that the research is what takes forever. you can have all the skill in the world but if you don't have everything right before you start then you're not gonna be able to make anything.
yup you really need the real bike on hand to build a model to that level
Absolutely beautiful models.
This is ridiculously good !
Beautiful model!
I've only ever seen one MV on the road in all my life. It was about 20 years ago -- a 125 with full race fairing.
That's it. Never seen one since. Super rare!
But, I did once meet Phil Read coming out of a classic car dealer's.
Rare stuff from rare days when motorcycles looked like motorcycles, and still had that sense of adventure about them.
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true passion revealed...yeah sure ill have some more
Wow, awesome craftsman and artist!
I used to feel good about myself building 1:12 scale Tamiya motorcycles but not anymore. This man is a God!
Haha me too! Hey its allways Fun to ultra detail one of them however!
I love the way this guy talks.
This level of creativity is absud! While i am a littlebit autistic, i can just look at this detailed stuff the whole day long. I like how we get to see this amazing people and their hobbies here on Tested! 600thThumb up!
While I'm not hugely into bikes I really like the idea Glen is able to put so much detail in them.
Also, I wonder if anyone ever asks for a build kit for a bike. Where all the parts are made and they get to screw the bits together.
Adam WILL invade your home and touch everything 😂
I'm not even that interested in British motorcycles and definitely not that interested in auto miniatures somehow I watched teh whole thing with Adam's exact expression. The fact he was English's son helped keep me watching after the intro and I'm glad I did.
btw here is a hint to people who watch a lot RUclips vids. Just watch everything that is mildly interesting or is clickbait on 1.25 or 1.5 speed. Especially on people who have slow delivery takes too long to get to the point. You don't miss anything or can't follow and save a lot of time. Can't understand accents? Slow down to .75 time.
Wow that is some amazing building. What a great inspiration.
I got a little lost on some items. So he makes patterns but does he cast them himself? Does he do his own CNC machinist of the wheel parts? Almost sounded like he purchases spokes maybe mad to his spec? Cast rubber, mold fiberglass, vacuum forms, and he did show doing some metal shaping. Lots of skills to produce such lovely bikes.
Excellent model making. wow, so detailed.
Brilliant work, what patience.
simply amazing Glen, bless you sir
Oh wow you were just on our doorstep!!! Hope you enjoyed your stay Adam :) :) :)
Glen should have his own channel!! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah👍👏
Also, this chap is living the dream
Love it when someone puts a skill to task.
Amazing work!
Yeah Yeah Yeah.
😂😂
What a talented guy,so down to earth
i dont know how silly this is to think, but i was genuinely expecting him to start it up and rev it :(
Great insight. Great English accent.
Cheers!!
Damn! Dude is my hero. Amazing work!
My grandad and dad are incredibly talented ❤
Thank you so much for this. But the audio is nearly impossible for me to understand.
Great guy, so humble and talented 👍🏼
Adam Savage's vibrant enthusiasm for crafting and modelling has finally met its match: a mumbling, apathetic Brit.
Every country should have a designation of "living national treasure" this guy would be one in England for sure
I wish there were more videos or this video was getting longer. I am very passionate about modeling, you can see them from my channel, but I still haven't reached this level, thanks.
Wow! That’s incredible. What does “white metal” mean? I’m not familiar with that term
White metal is a range of metals like antimony, bismuth, cadmium, lead, tin, and zinc that have low melting temperatures. These metals are mixed to achieve a desired strength or flexibility. Silver is also called a white metal sometimes.
Thanks!
such a great video Adam, they are works of art :-)
Really beautiful model.
There is a lot of talent out there.
Amazing work ! Next stop Spain to pay visit to the master Guillermo Rojas Bazán and his fantastic metal plane models ;o)
Adam did you go across the tamar bridge ?
oh man... second best thing to having the actual motorcycle.
I hope he's still making these by the time I'm finally able to afford one. lol
exceptional craftsmanship.
Is there really a wall made of corn? that would awesome.
That has just gone into my top five favourite tested videos. Thank you tested.
I'd love to see you make Evel Knievel's XR750 Harley
11:46 Haha! I knew it! There is absolutely no way he was *not* going to say Brough Superior!
Absolutely amazing stuff
Now I've got a question; Would this be considered original art? (I really want to hear what some other people have to say about this) Would you say it is original in concept and execution? I'm trying to figure some stuff out for one of my own projects, and just thought I'd like to know what some people had to say about this man's work.
Im a big fan of this man. Would that be fine if I share your vidoe on my facebook sir? I also build miniature motorcycle from scratch
Wow! Incredible talent!
Such a bummer you cant drive it ..
Would be such a cool RC bike !
incredible work.
God i love quarter scale modeling. Running quarter scale v8s would be a interesting show topic in the future.
the only thing i noticed when you introduced the team was the nonicorn-pony-thingy in the back......
Yeah Yeah Yeah...Nice one bro! Miniature Wonderland
Amazing. Very, very, very impressive.
Stunning , great inspiration
Dear God, I don't want to call him a liar, but I'm having trouble believing that was all scratch built... too good. Way too good.
Only in Britian can a guy in a shed do work great work like that!
Oh I don't know. Mr Sony, Mr Ikea, Mr Whittle (he of the gas turbine) and countless others didn't so badly. but don't get me wrong, I'm British (English actually), and very proud of it, but it's definitely NOT a uniquely British thing.
Regards Mark in the UK
thecorbies don’t forget Ford (1st car built in a shack behind his house) and all the garage start ups
Luxury!
Britten built the fastest most sophisticated and technically advanced motorcycle in the world, in his kitchen...
I went to his website, saw what he's selling these for (8750,- GBP, for the curious), did some back of the envelope calculations and have to conclude this guy is making less than minimum wage doing this, unless he writes off the research and developing the molds and tooling as a dead loss. Impressive.
I used to be an independent design engineer and used to tell people turning their idea into a production prototype would cost about 10-15k Euros, because that's just what it would cost to do so while being payed a reasonable amount for my time. This sort of model is not too far off of that, even though it doesn't have to be functional, it's still expensive to produce things in a limited run and very labour intensive.
That dude has some serious skills!
I have not understood a single word he said but damn it looks beautiful
AARONAUTIX I just want to say, not all English people talk like that, some of us can pronounce words correctly.
Big Gaz, the way you perceive an accent is subjective for everyone
I'd agree with that. I understood him fine. Mind you, I'm Canadian.
Big Gaz nothing wrong with his pronunciations, he is from south england and thats how the majority of people speak around london and bellow.
Nah sounds more like a London accent?
I am speechless !