Andy, without a doubt you have the heart of a teacher. You build videos are arguably some of the best on UA-cam. I not only enjoy them but I always learn something as well. Keep up the great work.
Hi Andy thank you for your videos. Ive been modelling for over 30 years, but since ive discovered your videos you have helped me to the next level of modelling and give me confidence with my spray gun. Thank you again and keep up the brilliant work. Davy W. Belfast, NI, UK
I can't wait to grab one for myself. You really can't beat that price for its size. Great work Andy! The modulation is almost perfect and very visible without the distracting camo.
Nice job Andy..ive bin building models of all sorts for years and years but stopped about 10 yrs ago because all the stores selling models and all the other stuff needed where i live have vanished..planes and tanks and ships wer my fave and seeing this video makes me wanna get back into this awesome hobby..i used to do weathering and all and was verry technical about detail and neatness and even used real pictures and info from books and so on..my fave model was the Bismark and got it to the exact thing by making my own handrail cables and stansions and rigging that never came with the model using the part holder frames by melting and stretching it out to the desired thickness..rigging cables the same..thnx once again for this vid on a verry good looking model 👍
Crazy to think that Germny started the war with a literal armored machine gun nest, and ended with the King tiger and the elephant in just a matter of 3-4 years
@wkruit1 Also these were LARGE countries with massive populations for the workforce...so it was a done deal that they would win the war...you tiny tank modellers always forget that..lol.
@wkruit1 People say this a lot, but I don't buy it. The idea that Germany lost the war because they built Tiger tanks doesn't add up. Tanks as a whole represented a very small minority of German armaments production, and in any case they would have been massively outproduced regardless of the design. Tigers were specialist heavy tanks designed for a specific task. They weren't built to win the war single-handedly for Germany, and the resources used to construct them wouldn't have won the war for Germany if they had been applied to anything else. Panthers were of course complex, but cost and production is massively over inflated. The reality is that Panthers were produced at the same rate as the Panzer IV once production got going, and only cost a few thousand more Reichsmarks. The various heavy tank destroyers were simply late war attempts to kill more enemy tanks produced at a time that Germany wasn't going to win the war anyways. The real trouble was fuel and spare parts. German spare part production was dangerously low throughout the war, and kept serviceability rates lower than they otherwise would have been. More spare parts would have done far more for the German war effort than no Tigers.
I think this is probably Andy's best work yet. Love the weathering effects. Great job, I'm jealous, I'm going to have to up my game after seeing this build.
Andy, according to my info (AK book "Real colors of WW2", internet, book collection) the primer on German tanks was red-brown RAL 8012. Grey primer was usually a heat resistant primer, used on the barrels, only. I have seen plenty of color pictures of German tanks, used in Africa during WW2, and they all show a red primer !!! If you ever see grey worn spots on a tank, i't has been worn down to the metal, but it hasn't rusted yet, because of dry weather conditions. Or it is the first grey layer of paint. Tanks were painted in grey, RAL 7021, at the factory. ALL of them. Only when needed, did they get an extra layer of Sand Yellow. These tanks had therefor three layers : Red etch primer, the standard Panzer Grey, then Sand Yellow, sometimes hand painted in situ. In the AK book you can see examples of parts of tanks with these THREE layers of paint !!! Remember, these are photographs of the real German tanks which actually fought in WW2 in Africa !! Also, don't use (black) pre-shading. It's totally unrealistic. Instead, add a bit of very light grey (almost white) to the Sand Yellow, and weather the tank with that. Paint weathers all over the tank, irregularly, not just in the middle of each panel. The paint does not know it is sitting in the middle of a panel............. And when paint weathers, it get LIGHTER, everywhere, and not DARKER (at the edge). Therewith, the reason for pre-shading disappears. Use photographs of real WW2 tanks to show you where and how to simulate worn paint, instead of randomly blotting a sponge all over.... You are a good modeler, you can do better. Large models like these are ideal to use the hair spray technique on !! The effect is far more realistic than blotting paint on.
Im pretty sure we do darker shading on the edge to make the model look sharper. Some go over board with it and some dont. If you do it right, you can get very nice results
Old time subscriber here and just glancing at this model gets me excited. Looks like one of your best ones and I will definitely watch the video when I have time too enjoy it...thx
I used to use the old thinners that I'd used to clean brushes as weathering just get the gunge out of the can and let it dry. It used to have multicolour so it looked okay but had to do it in an airy environment or it stank horribly
Hey Andy, I enjoy watching your videos, Your Pz 1 looks great. But have a to say, little disappointed you did not point out the bad fit of the upper hull, and the engine compartment, maybe you did not notice the upper hull does not fit, at 17:23 you can see the hull sitting up on the bracket next to the exhaust pipe, that same area causes issues with the engine desk, have to cut the inlet and pipe a little to move the engine deck back. The decals are really bad also, very thick carrier film. You’re lucky you glued the fenders on without the rear mud flaps as called for in step 17, else it is a nightmare to get it on. Ps You missed the wingnuts just about the rear tow hook part, B 25 Step 12 I only mention this for those about to build, the kit does have some beautiful details, but a few issues.
GREAT job, fabulous finish and weathering, the varying shades of sand works well. Normally I think chipping is overdone but that looks right on this one. If only you left a grey patch under the Afrika Corps logo....Coming out to Az in April, will stop by the store!
Hi Andy, greetings and happy new year from Germany. I love big scales. I really hope you will show a 1/12scale car in the near future! Especially the 1/12 scale GT40 from Meng would be awesome!
I was thinking about how the upper hull goes together, and why they did that rather then just molding it as one part, and it got me thinking about kit design. Do you know any videos or sites that talk about the process of actually designing a scale model kit?
Thank you Andy for building and painting one of my favourite tanks! Looks really great For some reason I love the panzer 1. I wish i could get that kit and add some rc components.
your modelling and painting skills are some of the best iv seen love how you weather the models !! just enough some modellers go to far on the weathering !!!
Andy: if you take a piece of tin foil and put it over the head light,then burnish it down, and cut off the excess , and then add the clear lens you'll a perfect looking head light!🤓
Wouldn't mind seeing a full interior kit of this one. Looks to build into a nice kit IMO. Been looking into getting this kit as well as the 1/16 Panda Panzer (38t) kit.
Andy, love your videos. Your heads up and advice is very helpful. Mu only gripe is tht "music". To me it is very distracting. I wind up muting it only to see I missed your commentary and unmute the volume.
Happy to see that your expansion is complete. (Lord only knows what happened behind the scenes). Best of luck in the future and looking forward to more videos.
Just a question, Andy. You may have explained it but just to be sure, you decided not to go with the white paint for primer underneath. Did you still do the black? Because it looked like you went straight to the Dunkel Grau only before you put on the Sandgrau. The reason I'm asking is because I was going to buy Tamiya's new Panzer IV Auf. G (F-2) and it's sand yellow in it's factory plastic,not German Gray (as you already know). What would you recommend with that one? Painting it flat black with white highlights before the sandgrau or would you even put dunkel (German Gray) over the black /white before the Sandgrau just because that was the original color before they got to N. Africa?
That smoke-bomb rack at the back of the tank? It's supposed to have the release mechanism in a little compartment on its left side. Takom apparently didn't provide that at all.
Andy always good stuff!! Will you do something on creating battle damage to a tank model. Such as bent fenders, bullet and shell ricochet, etc. Thanks and keep up the fantastic videos.
I get what you say about no interior keeping the parts count and therefore the cost down, but some of us really like our interiors. My eyes aren't what they used to be (I'm 67) but that huge scale will make scratchbuilding an interior far easier than it would be in 1/35th or any smaller scale.
I see you painted the mode with the running gear on. With the stabilizer bars on, did you have any issues painting those parts? (With airbrush or reg brush)?
Andy? Is that you, Andy? Haven't seen much of you these days, the price of YT fame, I guess 🙄 Nice to see another excellent, quality video, even if the number has fallen these days. Please, ring that notification bell more often!
Hey Andy. I know this is completely off this tank topic. I’m building an airfix B-17, and the cover art has one motor on fire with flames coming from underneath. I was wondering if you have a tutorial on making flames? TIA.
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Just for interests sake: The complete Panzer one weighed only slightly more than one set of tracks of the Tiger II (King Tiger).
Holy crap!
So the set must be the 'light tracks'...
Nev,mer new
Looking forward to Takom and other brands introducing more affordable 1/16 kits. Great and simple-to-follow build by the way!
Andy, without a doubt you have the heart of a teacher. You build videos are arguably some of the best on UA-cam. I not only enjoy them but I always learn something as well. Keep up the great work.
Andy, I virtually LIVE on Mozart! So glad you use his music in your builds. THANK YOU!
Bro, every piece of your work has moved me.
Hi Andy thank you for your videos. Ive been modelling for over 30 years, but since ive discovered your videos you have helped me to the next level of modelling and give me confidence with my spray gun. Thank you again and keep up the brilliant work. Davy W. Belfast, NI, UK
HOLY CRAP, love this one in 1/16 scale! Very well done Andy!
May have mentioned it before, but I LOVE the Mozart while you are building!
Hey Andy! Awesome to see another video! I missed these build vids. I'm happy the store is doing good, and that 1/16 panzer I is AWESOME.
I can't wait to grab one for myself. You really can't beat that price for its size.
Great work Andy! The modulation is almost perfect and very visible without the distracting camo.
Nice job Andy..ive bin building models of all sorts for years and years but stopped about 10 yrs ago because all the stores selling models and all the other stuff needed where i live have vanished..planes and tanks and ships wer my fave and seeing this video makes me wanna get back into this awesome hobby..i used to do weathering and all and was verry technical about detail and neatness and even used real pictures and info from books and so on..my fave model was the Bismark and got it to the exact thing by making my own handrail cables and stansions and rigging that never came with the model using the part holder frames by melting and stretching it out to the desired thickness..rigging cables the same..thnx once again for this vid on a verry good looking model 👍
Nicely done Andy and an awesome kit by Takom.
Im an aircraft geek, but I always love watching your videos, especially when you do these larger scale models.
Crazy to think that Germny started the war with a literal armored machine gun nest, and ended with the King tiger and the elephant in just a matter of 3-4 years
wkruit1 exactly quantity over quality lol...
@@kenrickfearn1448 Like constantly breaking down quality? Heavy armor and a big gun is not the measure of quality.
@wkruit1 Also these were LARGE countries with massive populations for the workforce...so it was a done deal that they would win the war...you tiny tank modellers always forget that..lol.
@wkruit1 People say this a lot, but I don't buy it. The idea that Germany lost the war because they built Tiger tanks doesn't add up. Tanks as a whole represented a very small minority of German armaments production, and in any case they would have been massively outproduced regardless of the design. Tigers were specialist heavy tanks designed for a specific task. They weren't built to win the war single-handedly for Germany, and the resources used to construct them wouldn't have won the war for Germany if they had been applied to anything else. Panthers were of course complex, but cost and production is massively over inflated. The reality is that Panthers were produced at the same rate as the Panzer IV once production got going, and only cost a few thousand more Reichsmarks. The various heavy tank destroyers were simply late war attempts to kill more enemy tanks produced at a time that Germany wasn't going to win the war anyways. The real trouble was fuel and spare parts. German spare part production was dangerously low throughout the war, and kept serviceability rates lower than they otherwise would have been. More spare parts would have done far more for the German war effort than no Tigers.
@@telescopereplicator LOL!
Just did that on the panzeryager96 times 2,pins are very fragile,easy to make with a heated sprue
I think this is probably Andy's best work yet. Love the weathering effects. Great job, I'm jealous, I'm going to have to up my game after seeing this build.
Good to see you back at the workbench
The pins on the tracks fall out super easy. For me it was necessary to put a tiny spot of glue on several of them.
Andy, according to my info (AK book "Real colors of WW2", internet, book collection) the primer on German tanks was red-brown RAL 8012. Grey primer was usually a heat resistant primer, used on the barrels, only.
I have seen plenty of color pictures of German tanks, used in Africa during WW2, and they all show a red primer !!!
If you ever see grey worn spots on a tank, i't has been worn down to the metal, but it hasn't rusted yet, because of dry weather conditions. Or it is the first grey layer of paint.
Tanks were painted in grey, RAL 7021, at the factory. ALL of them. Only when needed, did they get an extra layer of Sand Yellow. These tanks had therefor three layers : Red etch primer, the standard Panzer Grey, then Sand Yellow, sometimes hand painted in situ.
In the AK book you can see examples of parts of tanks with these THREE layers of paint !!!
Remember, these are photographs of the real German tanks which actually fought in WW2 in Africa !!
Also, don't use (black) pre-shading. It's totally unrealistic. Instead, add a bit of very light grey (almost white) to the Sand Yellow, and weather the tank with that. Paint weathers all over the tank, irregularly, not just in the middle of each panel. The paint does not know it is sitting in the middle of a panel.............
And when paint weathers, it get LIGHTER, everywhere, and not DARKER (at the edge). Therewith, the reason for pre-shading disappears.
Use photographs of real WW2 tanks to show you where and how to simulate worn paint, instead of randomly blotting a sponge all over....
You are a good modeler, you can do better.
Large models like these are ideal to use the hair spray technique on !! The effect is far more realistic than blotting paint on.
Im pretty sure we do darker shading on the edge to make the model look sharper. Some go over board with it and some dont. If you do it right, you can get very nice results
Love the Afrika Corp vehicles painting and Weathering Andy....
Looks like fun Andy,
Cheers Andy!!!!!
Sincerely
Don Frandsen 👍😀😀
Thank you Don, Im glad you enjoyed it . thanks for watching.😀
Old time subscriber here and just glancing at this model gets me excited. Looks like one of your best ones and I will definitely watch the video when I have time too enjoy it...thx
Looks like a great kit. Also happy it doesn't have an interior!
Nice job. Weathering looks great 👍
You’re a hero for mentioning a panzer 2 and 3 in the end lol! I would definitely love a StuG iii 😩
Will Thorson NO WAY!!! Yessssssss!!!!
Great job Andy. I love the early Africa Corp tanks.
Nice looking kit. I'm crossing my fingers for a Luchs in the future.
Mk yound 666:I believe there's already a1/16th out there (luchs)
i like this tank, it looks so different to most of the other panzers being the early one.
Great video I never considered building 1/16 now I am. Ty
Hi Andy,
Thought you did a really superb job on the desert weathering.
Keep up the great work.
You can heat up brass photo etch with a lighter and then quench it afterwards it’ll be easier to bend especially for doing muffler covers
@walt7500 what's wrong with pets?
@walt7500 what is a PET part?
Great looking kit you definitely nailed this one Andy great colour and i will be getting this one Steve 🇬🇧
Nice large kit Andy.
I am impressed as you maintained it simple and easy, doing an impressive job as always!
It was great to meet you; what a great shop! Wish I lived closer- Skyline guy from Yorktown.
I used to use the old thinners that I'd used to clean brushes as weathering just get the gunge out of the can and let it dry. It used to have multicolour so it looked okay but had to do it in an airy environment or it stank horribly
Stunning work! As always Andy!
Excellent. Thank you. I enjoyed this.
Trumpeter announced Pz III Ausf. M and Stg III Ausf.G in the 2020/21 announced. Both in 1:16
Nice job Andy, that looks great!
Nice to see a 1/16th tank kit that isn't some behemoth that needs it's own shelf.
Really hope you can do a video on good weathering techniques. Still struggle with this side of my work. Excellent build.
Beautiful model.
One of the best finishes I have seen you do, great review and great vid, SUPERB. I pre ordered UK in Dec so cannot wait, thanks Andy :-)
Hi Andy, another great video, glad to see back doing what you do best
Hey Andy,
I enjoy watching your videos, Your Pz 1 looks great. But have a to say, little disappointed you did not point out the bad fit of the upper hull, and the engine compartment, maybe you did not notice the upper hull does not fit, at 17:23 you can see the hull sitting up on the bracket next to the exhaust pipe, that same area causes issues with the engine desk, have to cut the inlet and pipe a little to move the engine deck back. The decals are really bad also, very thick carrier film.
You’re lucky you glued the fenders on without the rear mud flaps as called for in step 17, else it is a nightmare to get it on.
Ps
You missed the wingnuts just about the rear tow hook part, B 25 Step 12
I only mention this for those about to build, the kit does have some beautiful details, but a few issues.
Yes, i'm agree with you, How to remove black stain on swastika ? thank
just bought me one of these through you. Can't wait to get it.
Wow!!!!! Great job Andy
Absolutely love it. Very nice kit
that is a big one Andy looks great
GREAT job, fabulous finish and weathering, the varying shades of sand works well. Normally I think chipping is overdone but that looks right on this one.
If only you left a grey patch under the Afrika Corps logo....Coming out to Az in April, will stop by the store!
Nice. Can not wait to get one.
Hi Andy, greetings and happy new year from Germany. I love big scales. I really hope you will show a 1/12scale car in the near future! Especially the 1/12 scale GT40 from Meng would be awesome!
I was thinking about how the upper hull goes together, and why they did that rather then just molding it as one part, and it got me thinking about kit design. Do you know any videos or sites that talk about the process of actually designing a scale model kit?
Rocking the Mozart...Sweet.
Thank you Andy for building and painting one of my favourite tanks! Looks really great
For some reason I love the panzer 1.
I wish i could get that kit and add some rc components.
your modelling and painting skills are some of the best iv seen love how you weather the models !! just enough some modellers go to far on the weathering !!!
Andy: if you take a piece of tin foil and put it over the head light,then burnish it down, and cut off the excess , and then add the clear lens you'll a perfect looking head light!🤓
Awesome build. Love your work.
Very nice kit.
Great job, Andy, well done!
Hello! I looked with interest. Many thanks.
Wouldn't mind seeing a full interior kit of this one. Looks to build into a nice kit IMO. Been looking into getting this kit as well as the 1/16 Panda Panzer (38t) kit.
Awsome video. Can you actually move the cannon part and the tracks/wheels?
Looks great - if Takom makes a Pz II or III in 1/16 I'm in!!!!
You need to do a video of accessories by brand, type. Photo etch, resin, gun barrels, luggage ect.
Andy, love your videos. Your heads up and advice is very helpful. Mu only gripe is tht "music". To me it is very distracting. I wind up muting it only to see I missed your commentary and unmute the volume.
Another greaf video Andy, keep um coming. How about the Tamkom 1/16 Panzer iv.
Hey Andy,The Takom Panzer1a is a good size, too.🐨👍
Sweet build! And I know the next one is gonna be epic!!!
Turned out great!! Hope to see more amazing videos like this one soon!!
Happy to see that your expansion is complete. (Lord only knows what happened behind the scenes). Best of luck in the future and looking forward to more videos.
new store lay out looks great
looks very nice
Just a question, Andy. You may have explained it but just to be sure, you decided not to go with the white paint for primer underneath. Did you still do the black? Because it looked like you went straight to the Dunkel Grau only before you put on the Sandgrau.
The reason I'm asking is because I was going to buy Tamiya's new Panzer IV Auf. G (F-2) and it's sand yellow in it's factory plastic,not German Gray (as you already know).
What would you recommend with that one? Painting it flat black with white highlights before the sandgrau or would you even put dunkel (German Gray) over the black /white before the Sandgrau just because that was the original color before they got to N. Africa?
looks amazing,great work Andy
Fantastic Results Andy, thanks for Sharing Again, have a Blessed Wknd Sir.
Yay another model kit!
The kit looks great, good job. But the tracks are facing different ways. Not sure if you caught this or not.
Excellent!
Nice Andy . I think it's your best yet ! M
OMG that is superb, love it
Andy, why are these so difficult to get? They don't seem to be anywhere, are they still being manufactured?
Nice build by the way!
The Spanish Civil War pnzr 1 with Breda 20mm cannon by Ammo Mig is this kit with a new turret/gun/decals.
The more parts and detail the better andy,seems your shying away from hardwork kits it seems :-) dont rush building them.
That smoke-bomb rack at the back of the tank? It's supposed to have the release mechanism in a little compartment on its left side.
Takom apparently didn't provide that at all.
Welcome back
Andy always good stuff!! Will you do something on creating battle damage to a tank model. Such as bent fenders, bullet and shell ricochet, etc. Thanks and keep up the fantastic videos.
Love it. May pick this one up and give it a go myself.
very good job andy!!! store looks great!!!
I get what you say about no interior keeping the parts count and therefore the cost down, but some of us really like our interiors. My eyes aren't what they used to be (I'm 67) but that huge scale will make scratchbuilding an interior far easier than it would be in 1/35th or any smaller scale.
Another great job Andy.Think i'll have a crack at a 1/16 kit this year.
I see you painted the mode with the running gear on. With the stabilizer bars on, did you have any issues painting those parts? (With airbrush or reg brush)?
Dear Takom,
More of these 1/16 kits please. I'd love to see an American M2 (pre-Stuart).
Me
Instructional and entertaining video as always. You need to do a collab with Nightshift!
Just wondering, the instructions call for 86 track links per side but you did 84. Was 86 too "saggy"?
What color was used on the chipping? I didn't hear him call it out. It looks like a dark gray?
Andy? Is that you, Andy? Haven't seen much of you these days, the price of YT fame, I guess 🙄 Nice to see another excellent, quality video, even if the number has fallen these days. Please, ring that notification bell more often!
Hey Andy. I know this is completely off this tank topic.
I’m building an airfix B-17, and the cover art has one motor on fire with flames coming from underneath.
I was wondering if you have a tutorial on making flames?
TIA.
Awesome 😎 Andy!
I have it too. Great kit. I'm planning to RC it.
Michał Kaczorowski if you do do you mind posting the process? I'm wanting to make one rc but have no idea how to start
@@twankies8051 probably Taimiya double motor would fit. It's future project. If I would make any progres probabaly put on my channel ;)
Michał Kaczorowski nice!