Hi Andy. Looks like a nice little kit that. Anyway I hope your feeling better. So a little bit of info for you. That funny looking little shape at the top right on the box front is actually worn by the German millitary police. I think that it still might be worn today on ceremonial duties. Well it actually harks back to the days of the Tuetonic Knights. It was originally the chest armour that was worn by them. Over the years it got smaller and smaller until it got to where it is today. So it just goes to show how pieces of equipment from the past still form part of modern uniforms. I hope you find that midly interesting. Good luck buddy.
Hi Brian thanks for the info, i knew it was something about something and i did know it was called something, but had to wiki jt, its a "gorget" but knew nothing about its origins. No unfortunately not feeling better, though i am supposed to be in work but decided to bail, for the first time in 19 months....... 4 off, 4 in, 12 off. model building time!
@@TheNoviceModeller Hi Andy. Well I didn't know what it was called but I remember wtching a T.V program years ago where they explained what it was. Well I hope that you feel well enough to do some modelling pal. Good luck.
@@TheNoviceModeller Some of these kits are very hard to come by these days. I picked up a few rare, or what I thought to be rarer vehicles you don't see too often. Nice choice though, great taste.
Thanks a lot for the video. It's a nice touch of MB to include rubber tires and sprues ofdifferent colors. I think detail is usually better wehn body parts are glued together rather than one piece. The build itself looks bit complicated for such a small scale, but that's how they manufacture it. Hope you get well soon, take care.
Hello again fotograf736, thanks i am looking forward to be able to tlak again LOL. Yes the M/B kits are really good, even a novice like myself can appreciate that. I have a MiniArt 170 Merc which is also a nice looking but rather complex kit.
"Rubber" tires have disadvantages too. After years some of these will split before crumbling to many pieces. Other ones will become sticky, returning to their oily origins.
Hello there flitsertheo and thanks for watching. Do you think heat, humidity, light or how they are stored has anything to do with the degradation of rubber/synthetic tyres on models? Ive no idea but thinking about looking into it, now you mentioned it.
@@TheNoviceModeller The conditions in which the tires are stored and the material they are made of both play a role. My models are stored in the attic where it gets very hot in summer and very cold in winter. While the tyres of brand "A" didn't suffer at all the tyres of brand "B" split and crumbled as mentioned. Those tyres are actually hard plastic made soft and rubbery with a chemical process.
@@TheNoviceModeller A separate answer as it isn't only tyres that suffer this fate. I have a number of sets with miniature vehicles. Those vehicles are kept in place with a black foam inlay. After about 25 years that foam is also disintegrating into oily "crumbs" that stick to the vehicles. Very difficult to clean.
Hi Steve, i only found out by accident when i bought this...... i have a couple of MiniArt 170 staff cars, i knew a stripped down variant was also used by the W/M, this is the only kit i could find of this particular vehicle, or (stripped down car/kubelwagen), they are not very common on Ebay, so reckon i was lucky with the £25 price tag. Need to go the shop for the Star Lager.
@@TheNoviceModeller Andy you speak excellent German :-) The language amazes me , difficult to speak worse to read and write because they just run their words into one and put them in the wrong order in a sentence. Thanks for the info Brian
@@c123bthunderpig Hi there. I think that the way Andy is sounding right now most people will be struggling with his English let alone his German. Good luck.
@@TheNoviceModeller we must be " brothers from another mother", I scratched a D out in my course - the instructor and I didn't get along - I think she may have been related to that blond girl in your staff car review :-)
Nice historical kit, a bit rare because it's the only kit I've seen that actually show the military police with the chest plates they were usually older chaps familiar with the local areas keeping the law. Sounds like you need a bit more of that Malt to knock the cold out. Cheers Bob
Hi Andy. Looks like a nice little kit that. Anyway I hope your feeling better. So a little bit of info for you. That funny looking little shape at the top right on the box front is actually worn by the German millitary police. I think that it still might be worn today on ceremonial duties. Well it actually harks back to the days of the Tuetonic Knights. It was originally the chest armour that was worn by them. Over the years it got smaller and smaller until it got to where it is today. So it just goes to show how pieces of equipment from the past still form part of modern uniforms. I hope you find that midly interesting. Good luck buddy.
Hi Brian thanks for the info, i knew it was something about something and i did know it was called something, but had to wiki jt, its a "gorget" but knew nothing about its origins. No unfortunately not feeling better, though i am supposed to be in work but decided to bail, for the first time in 19 months....... 4 off, 4 in, 12 off. model building time!
@@TheNoviceModeller Hi Andy. Well I didn't know what it was called but I remember wtching a T.V program years ago where they explained what it was. Well I hope that you feel well enough to do some modelling pal. Good luck.
i WILL do something tomorrow though it will likely be silent, so that'll probably be a positive for you poor viewers LOL.
Very cool kit.
Thanks Juergen, i do like this one.
@@TheNoviceModeller Some of these kits are very hard to come by these days. I picked up a few rare, or what I thought to be rarer vehicles you don't see too often. Nice choice though, great taste.
I do like Merc's LOL
Thanks a lot for the video. It's a nice touch of MB to include rubber tires and sprues ofdifferent colors. I think detail is usually better wehn body parts are glued together rather than one piece. The build itself looks bit complicated for such a small scale, but that's how they manufacture it. Hope you get well soon, take care.
Hello again fotograf736, thanks i am looking forward to be able to tlak again LOL. Yes the M/B kits are really good, even a novice like myself can appreciate that. I have a MiniArt 170 Merc which is also a nice looking but rather complex kit.
"Rubber" tires have disadvantages too. After years some of these will split before crumbling to many pieces. Other ones will become sticky, returning to their oily origins.
Hello there flitsertheo and thanks for watching. Do you think heat, humidity, light or how they are stored has anything to do with the degradation of rubber/synthetic tyres on models? Ive no idea but thinking about looking into it, now you mentioned it.
@@TheNoviceModeller The conditions in which the tires are stored and the material they are made of both play a role. My models are stored in the attic where it gets very hot in summer and very cold in winter.
While the tyres of brand "A" didn't suffer at all the tyres of brand "B" split and crumbled as mentioned.
Those tyres are actually hard plastic made soft and rubbery with a chemical process.
@@TheNoviceModeller A separate answer as it isn't only tyres that suffer this fate. I have a number of sets with miniature vehicles. Those vehicles are kept in place with a black foam inlay. After about 25 years that foam is also disintegrating into oily "crumbs" that stick to the vehicles. Very difficult to clean.
Another interesting kit. Gotta admit didn't know Kubelwagen was a colloquialism 😱😱. One recommends several Nigerian lagers to sooth the throat🍺🍺
Hi Steve, i only found out by accident when i bought this...... i have a couple of MiniArt 170 staff cars, i knew a stripped down variant was also used by the W/M, this is the only kit i could find of this particular vehicle, or (stripped down car/kubelwagen), they are not very common on Ebay, so reckon i was lucky with the £25 price tag. Need to go the shop for the Star Lager.
Hi Andy. P.S. the canvass roof on these vehicles is called a Tilt. Good luck bud.
LOL that i will never remember! i shall continue calling it a thingeymagigwotsitmcguffin
@@TheNoviceModeller Andy you speak excellent German :-) The language amazes me , difficult to speak worse to read and write because they just run their words into one and put them in the wrong order in a sentence. Thanks for the info Brian
@@c123bthunderpig Hi there. I think that the way Andy is sounding right now most people will be struggling with his English let alone his German. Good luck.
@@c123bthunderpig Luckily i did GCSE German at school hmmmm let me see an F for fail i think it was LOL.
@@TheNoviceModeller we must be " brothers from another mother", I scratched a D out in my course - the instructor and I didn't get along - I think she may have been related to that blond girl in your staff car review :-)
Nice historical kit, a bit rare because it's the only kit I've seen that actually show the military police with the chest plates they were usually older chaps familiar with the local areas keeping the law. Sounds like you need a bit more of that Malt to knock the cold out. Cheers Bob
Hi Bob, yeah i dont remember seeing many with the Military Police included.
What were you building that left a blood stain???
Hello there Dniellabra4186 and thanks for watching, LOL no blood stain just some Tamiya XF-7 flat red from some practice with my Airbrush.