Damn. I've been watching Herbert on YT for quite a while, and I really thought he was more popular. I love these videos, they're strangely amusing and very relaxing. I hope you'll find that magical turning point where your channel skyrockets into tens of thousands of subs in weeks!
Feels a bit expensive to me. At first it looks okay, it is £12 ($22 AUD) but then I realised that you don’t get the driver or the load, you have to pay another £8 ($14 AUD). So all in all, the same price as a tank or AFV and it feels like you get a lot more in those kits.
Great video! I am somewhat disappointed there are no flame decals for the cart but still a nice kit. I'm tempted to pick one up for a Wild West board and game but I'm worried the scale might be a bit too off. Still a real cool wee kit
Really like rubicon models. Great detail and excellent quality. Stupid Question, though. Do they use different types of plastic on their kits? I built a panzer III and it was perfect. Built a sdkfz 222 armored car, accidentally dropped it outside when priming, but half of the car exploded! I use Testors liquid cement on both kits and for some reason, it didn’t seem to weld the armored car. Bit of a head scratcher
I’ve built a few and found that the plastic doesn’t take glue as well as normal polystyrene kits. When you apply cement, especially liquid cement, the plastic seems more resistant to melting. So the parts end up joined together by a layer of set glue rather than the mating surfaces melting and fusing together. It’s not quite that bad, but the bonds do end up a lot weaker than with normal polystyrene plastic.
@@nheather that’s good to know. The panzer III I built was fine, but the armored car shattered when i dropped it during priming. Tons of parts went flying! It was a disaster! On a whim, I emailed rubicon wholly expecting to have to buy a replacement model, but they sent me the parts I lost! Really awesome. But I’ll have to find a better way to glue them in the future. I much prefer styrene cement over super glue when possible. So I’ll have to look at a different brand
@@mattcappelli5822 Personally I think Rubicon plastic does melt and fuse with polystyrene cement but it is a little more resistant than other plastics. Do you use extra thin glue, like what Herbert uses almost exclusively in his builds. The problem with this stuff is that it is very volatile and can evaporate quicker than it melts plastic. So if you hold it on a seam and use capillary action it is usually okay, or if you slosh it on to surfaces it is usually okay. But if you use thin coats on surfaces there is every chance the glue will evaporate before the surfaces melt together resulting in a weak join which may only be tacked in a few places. You will probably get better results using a more viscous poly cement (like the standard Tamiya liquid poly with the white lid) that evaporates more slowly.
@@nheather I built a panzer 3 and no problems with the glue I used. The small German armored car went together fine, but I dropped it and a ton of pieces popped off. I used Testors liquid cement in a little squeeze bottle. I’d say it’s rather viscous and doesn’t evaporate right away which gives me some time to move parts around before it sets. I’m sure I just didn’t use enough on this kit because a lot of the parts were fiddly and I had to spend a fair bit of time getting the parts in the right spot. That’s why I was asking Herbert if he had any issues with glueing rubicon kits. Was it just me or is there a better glue I should use? I definitely will try Tamiya glue if I can get it because I don’t love this stuff from Testors.
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Damn. I've been watching Herbert on YT for quite a while, and I really thought he was more popular. I love these videos, they're strangely amusing and very relaxing. I hope you'll find that magical turning point where your channel skyrockets into tens of thousands of subs in weeks!
Yes! Just what I need to fight those powerful panzers on Bolt Action!
Horsing around today, are you. Nice build.
Scale shots would be nice
Those would be perfect for so many different periods, I could see that kind of wagons in 17th century all the way to 2000's in some rural areas.
I agree, they could even be used for modern times as a fair ground ride or some sort of museum or re-enactment thing.
ты реально круто собираешь модельки (you rily good make the model)
Very nice build there my friend 👍👍
Feels a bit expensive to me. At first it looks okay, it is £12 ($22 AUD) but then I realised that you don’t get the driver or the load, you have to pay another £8 ($14 AUD). So all in all, the same price as a tank or AFV and it feels like you get a lot more in those kits.
I feel the same as you on this
its waaay too overpriced for what it is. I also thought u get all the stuff in it, but no
Great video! I am somewhat disappointed there are no flame decals for the cart but still a nice kit. I'm tempted to pick one up for a Wild West board and game but I'm worried the scale might be a bit too off. Still a real cool wee kit
It is a bit lame to not include the flame decals. All horses have that, but I guess we just have to free hand them.
@@HerbertErpaderp haha yeah for sure pal. Like the racehorse in the simpsons
Really like rubicon models. Great detail and excellent quality. Stupid Question, though. Do they use different types of plastic on their kits? I built a panzer III and it was perfect. Built a sdkfz 222 armored car, accidentally dropped it outside when priming, but half of the car exploded! I use Testors liquid cement on both kits and for some reason, it didn’t seem to weld the armored car. Bit of a head scratcher
I’ve built a few and found that the plastic doesn’t take glue as well as normal polystyrene kits. When you apply cement, especially liquid cement, the plastic seems more resistant to melting. So the parts end up joined together by a layer of set glue rather than the mating surfaces melting and fusing together. It’s not quite that bad, but the bonds do end up a lot weaker than with normal polystyrene plastic.
@@nheather that’s good to know. The panzer III I built was fine, but the armored car shattered when i dropped it during priming. Tons of parts went flying! It was a disaster! On a whim, I emailed rubicon wholly expecting to have to buy a replacement model, but they sent me the parts I lost! Really awesome. But I’ll have to find a better way to glue them in the future. I much prefer styrene cement over super glue when possible. So I’ll have to look at a different brand
@@mattcappelli5822 Personally I think Rubicon plastic does melt and fuse with polystyrene cement but it is a little more resistant than other plastics. Do you use extra thin glue, like what Herbert uses almost exclusively in his builds. The problem with this stuff is that it is very volatile and can evaporate quicker than it melts plastic. So if you hold it on a seam and use capillary action it is usually okay, or if you slosh it on to surfaces it is usually okay. But if you use thin coats on surfaces there is every chance the glue will evaporate before the surfaces melt together resulting in a weak join which may only be tacked in a few places. You will probably get better results using a more viscous poly cement (like the standard Tamiya liquid poly with the white lid) that evaporates more slowly.
@@nheather I built a panzer 3 and no problems with the glue I used. The small German armored car went together fine, but I dropped it and a ton of pieces popped off. I used Testors liquid cement in a little squeeze bottle. I’d say it’s rather viscous and doesn’t evaporate right away which gives me some time to move parts around before it sets. I’m sure I just didn’t use enough on this kit because a lot of the parts were fiddly and I had to spend a fair bit of time getting the parts in the right spot. That’s why I was asking Herbert if he had any issues with glueing rubicon kits. Was it just me or is there a better glue I should use? I definitely will try Tamiya glue if I can get it because I don’t love this stuff from Testors.
The plastic Rubicon uses is ABS plastic not styrene! It was used cause its tougher for wargaming! You can get ABS Cement from Tamiyah or Plastic Weld.
Hm... no historical abstract about the horse drawn wagon on the back of the box. I am disappointed. 😄