1/35th scale Vintage Tamiya Panther ausf. A Medium tank model kit build
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2020
- A model showcase video for this 1/35th scale vintage Tamiya Panther Ausf. A medium tank.
In this video I review the kit, and go over the model's features and aspects of the build to watch out for.
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I recently acquired this kit via online and will be starting it pretty soon. your video gave me some good ideas for detailing mine. a couple of them, using pieces of wire for handles etc were something I've done in the past. also using mesh for exhaust vents. so thanks for the video.
Very nice build of a vintage Tamiya Kit. I built one in the early 1980's. When I recently got back into modeling, I bought one of these on Ebay.
just wanted to add: great idea using another model manufacturer's spare tracks. I left off the ones in the kit on mine because they ones in the kit had no detail
Great vid with tons of information. I have bought this kit for a number of the reasons you mentioned, I haven't built an armour model in over 40 years so I wanted a cheap kit to practise on before I build a more detailed (expensive) model. I am nearly ready for paint but I did notice two extra handles in the kit but not used in the instructions. After looking at old pictures I noticed the handle missing from the commanders hatch and one is the handle/step from the turret escape hatch so I drilled small holes and inserted them. I also filled the sponsons? with plasticard as I couldn't leave it so open. I bought a cheap tealeaf strainer from a shop (0.85p from Wilko's) and used the fine metal mesh to put inside the engine vents as they were also rather gaping. I have cut a hole through the bottom of the tank underneath the drivers hatch so that I can insert the driver figure after the tank is painted, I also wanted to have a go at painting figures but he won't fit through the hatch with his arms attached. The spare track links are very basic and plain so to give them a bit more detail I trimmed the teeth down a bit and glued them on the sides back to front, I know its not correct but it gives me some other detail to practise with. Overall I have really enjoyed making this kit, so much in fact that I may have to go buy another one to have a go at Winter camo.
Thanks for sharing this Oddball! For a mid seventies kit it still builds up into a great model, and they are such a nice break from complex builds.
The tooling is dated 1969, which makes it even more remarkable that it polishes up as well as it does.
Built that in 1979. Thought it was a hell of a step up from the old Monogram 1/32 Lee and Grant. Then a mate of mine got the Tamiya Tiger1. Hell, that even had black rubber hoses for the air filter gear on the back. I had built the motorised Leopard and Saladin when I was a little younger.
More information than I ever needed to know about the Tamiya panther, but appreciated.
I will be picking this up to add to my collection. Bravo!
Built this kit about 6 months ago with my 12-year-old son. The tracks were almost an inch shorter than needed. Tried to stretch them, no go, had to go with after-market resin tracks. That lesson learned I'm about to build another one using the photo of the destroyed Panther outside of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany, April 4th, 1945 as a guide.
I'm not sure how you ran into that issue, as the tracks on all the old tamiya Panther / jagdpanther kits came from the same molds
@@oddball759mm no idea, but I worked around it. And the resin tracks are much nicer and only $18 so no big issue. Never happened before with any Tamiya kits, maybe luck of the drawl
@@georgebernard8983 yeah that's a strange one. luckily panther tracks in 1/35 are super easy to find and any aftermarket option are better than the old kit tracks
What did you paint them with?, certain cheapo spray cans will do that, happened to me same kit, high solvent ratio and too many beers but won't be fooled again!
@@kenjones3715 vallejo red primer and then vallejo rust paints. All water based from the rust and chipping set.
Great video with lots of useful information. I really enjoyed seeing an old kit get an expert treatment, and turn out great. 👍
Amazing video, clear and concise. I'm using this to improve my Panther's look
Beautiful model. Great suggestion about the wire inside the barrel, never seen that before! Living proof that a great paint job/weathering makes a model, and not the age of the kit.
Really nice job there my friend well painted and weathered 👍👍
Great work on the camo scheme 👌💯
Very nice build! I really like your techniques
Thank you! Cheers!
hey thanks for whowing me this luv it this is going to be my first tank i will be going to build luv it
Hi, it's nice work. Exactly, your selected model is old Tamiya. But it's finished so nice and real.
I'd like to watch how to paint. Thank you!!
Greetings! It is simply, so to speak, a toy with the signs of a model from Tamiya. But you are well done! Great job!
Just got this kit. Wasnt aware the barrel warpage. Thanks for the heads up. Also dont own or have room for an airbrush. Thanks for the vid, i love the Panzer V
Very nice. A skilled builder can maker a simple kit like this more accurate than a perfect kit built by the average builder, love the paint, too many kits have too much weathering imo. kudos.
One of the first AFV kits I ever bought. Also the first and only one of many afv I have never finished in my collection.
perhaps you might want to finish it off?
By throwing it away?
@@dantimmerman6693 No, I was thinking more along the lines of building / completing it
That is finishing it, for good. It's a junk kit.
No, That's a cop out
I’m building this kit currently. Not a great kit, but a great kit for $15. Custom made zimmerit, schurzen, periscopes, copper tow rope and fan covers for it.
Yours is built better by far… but I’m only 13-14m into this hobby.
Like I stated at the end of the video this is the perfect kit to enter into the hobby where you can customize to your hearts content and learn the skills needed to build the more expensive complex and accurate kits that are out there. Sounds like you enjoyed your build and that is where the kit's experience was a success
@@oddball759mm absolutely. I was originally going to do a basic out of the box build… but decided to get silly with it to hide the flaws of the kit. Made great practice for better kits to even further detail.
Yeah Oddball totally agree with your treatment and evaluation of this kit, it's really not a bad thing for the money!
I'm getting back into it after 50 years and I bought a couple of them knowing what they were so I could just have fun building and modifying with out stressing about stuffing it up badly like you do on high end kits and I would recommend it to any modeler, even anal rivet counters, imagine the years of fun getting it right for them!
Like a $20 blank canvas and hey any Panther is a good Panther after all.
I have subscribed to see what else you've got to say.
Cheers KEN
Good video. I just bought one and I’m making it as my first ever model! Now, I’m sure this was just a mistake but around 1 hour in when you’re talking about the MG34 on the roof you put the same clip in twice.
goddammit >:( . I hate when that happens, Thanks for the heads up
You did wonders for that kit. Does it have too few wheels also?I guess I got barrel warpage over time and forget the wire trick lol.
thanks and no, the wheels are the correct number per side. where you can say that there are less wheel count in on the inner wheels. Where on a real panther these are doubled up, while on the old tamiya they are a single.
Recently acquired this kit (a second time cause I messed up the turret on the first one) and I plan on testing out soft-edge camo via brush (stippling, drybrushing, "feathering" the edges with the base color). Hopefully it works out, cause I want it to have that blended/faded look.
good luck with your project, for a soft edge camo that would be best done with a airbrush, you roll with a paintbrush if you want to have a hard edge pattern.
@@oddball759mm Oh yes, as much as I would love to use an airbrush, my current living situation makes it nigh impossible. But once I get that all sorted out, I'll be making the transition to an airbrush.
@@miken8875 good luck with your project. Right now I'm reviewing an affordable airbrush and also will have an affordable air compressor setup tutorial video in the works
Hi could you please share which paints you used for this build? Best Tamiya Panther ausf A I have seen on youtube! Thanks
Thanks. My colors are my own custom mixes and are not off the shelf paints, Tamiya Dark Yellow, Red Brown, and Olive green are close to the paints I use before the weathering and filters
@@oddball759mm I will check them paints out for sure. I am thinking of getting this model as my first one.
Your models camo is really nice and neutral - not overdone. It's the type I would like to go for as it looks very similar to real Panzer A's that I've seen in period photographs from Normandy 1944! Thanks again!
@@Pwntyounooblol no problem, good luck with your build
May I ask a few things, is the turret moving up, down, left and right? and, do I have to use glue to build it? if you answer me, thank you!
yes the turret rotates, yes the barrel goes up and down, and yes you have to use glue to build it
...YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS...
rereleases are often manufactured in the Filipines
I love this kit, but the gaping hole bothers me so much. Why couldn't they add side skirts
You wouldn't happen to have any information on the Panther they copied from the APG, i.e. date and place of capture and it's location now? I've tried researching this myself but with little success.
Sorry, I can't help you with the first two, but I do know for a fact that the panther and most of the APG collection is in FT. Benning GA
Missing hull sponson floors are also present on the Tamiya/Academy 1:25 Panther Ausf.A's
Building one now actually
yes they are missing on the old 70's Tamiya / academy 1/25th scale kits. When academy retooled the 1/25th scale panther G in the 2000's they redesigned the hull to have sponsons
@@oddball759mm I built both my Tamiya/Academy 1:25 scale Jagpanther and Panther A with the sponson floors, but only glued to the lower hull, as they are made to be opened for RC maintainence
And I made a massive facelift to the Panther A's Diver's viewport as it was too low on the front glacis.
Plus I modified the poly caps into two, that the part that holds the wheel is inside, and the poly cap head is glued to the wheel to spin with it.
These 2 were lucky finds, the seller was a car model builder, and got it off him cheap, despite the lockdown in my neck of the woods.
with the Panther A having the dual motor front gearbox, and the jagdpanther having the single motor front gearbox.
Track links too long for the scale, but they sag nicely, so it's a good compromise there.
@@h.cedric8157 I built both the panther a and the Jagdpanther many years ago. Mine were academy dual motor wire remote builds. like you I did a lot of scratch built mods to them bumping up the accuracy, or as much as I could. One mod I made to the jagdpanther was I added the split on the center wheels. This was tricky since at the time I didn't have a lathe.
I still have them both in my collection, probably give them a facelift.
@@oddball759mm
I read about people recommending to add the tire split on the center wheels, but decided against it as it wouldn't be too obvious with the tracks on, and after having spent much effort removing the thick ridges prior.
For now I modified the Panther A suspension to make it stand up prouder, by adding styrene shims below the torsion bar nubs on the far end, as the stock stance seems a bit too tired.
This was after looking at the Littlefield Panther A.
I also corrected the pivot axes on the driver's and radioman's top hatches and reposition these hatches' "doorstops" if you could call them that.
Up next is fabricating aluminum sheet metal schurzen for the panther A.
@@h.cedric8157 cool, good luck with your project
How did you create and secure the sponsor to the underside of the skirt
The sponsons are made out of sheet styrene that I cut to shape. I first make a paper template and trace it over to plastic. Once I have the plastic cut out I glue it to the proper locations on the model. for extra strength and support, I always use a strip of angle plastic strip. it's mounted internally This acts as a brace to connect the side of the hull to the inner top portion of the sponson. Once glued in place it makes the bond super strong and makes the install a bit easier. I hope this helps
@@oddball759mm ok Thanks. I'm wanting to do the same thing with my A Model. I've already drilled out the ports on the gun mantle. The above plan seems A Little complicated. But I'm going to try it anyway.
@@dennisgraham3087 in the JS3 OTR video I go over the steps and the technique on the sponson fabrication. That video is on the channel and can be found on this link, ua-cam.com/video/1aYRoml2rwY/v-deo.html
@@oddball759mm ok thanks I will check it out
@@oddball759mm I just watched it. Thanks
タミヤパンテルすこ;-)
Also with the Tamiya A ...the winch on back is wrong ..its not correctly placed or way around....needs rotating and fixed higher up
Like I said in the video, if you are looking for a really accurate rendition of a panther A... look elsewhere
how come you say Now` before every sentence?
dunno, just the way I talk I guess
For anyone looking for to buy this kit it's an okay model to build but ultra fun when finished because it looks super good at the end of the process. If you want to buy it go for it.
Edit/ Disclaimer I changed my reply to be more approachable and agreeable. So if oddball759mm reply seem a little weird, that's because I changed my reply.
interesting because, I had no issues with this one.
@@oddball759mm I thank you for your reply. Mine must have been a defective one then. I had to fabricate two or three peices to get the model in its current state. The entire left road wheel assembly did not fit and my dad and I had to drill them out to make them fit. Mr.odball I simply speak on the model and not yours or any other person's kit. I do apologise if it seemed it was directed to you. I was just giving my ratings on this specific kit.
@@thundercookie738 I'm just not understanding how you are having issues, this is probably one of the simplest kits to assemble. perhaps you got a lemon, but these kits are crazy easy to build
@@oddball759mm I agree with you on the simplicity of the kit but I truly mean it when some parts did not fit properly. Another UA-camr had a similar problem with the road wheels but most likely not the entire one side. But my panther definitely had some tooling issues I would like to see fixed (at least on my model). Compared to the dragon maus kit I built last December. But i would rather rebuild the maus than the Tamiya panther. The fitting was perfect instructions were clear and it was a smoother experience all together. (But that's just me).
@@thundercookie738 I also built the old dragon maus, and there is no way I would recommend that for a beginner due to the suspension and indie link track alone. Outside of the wheels what deformities did you have?
I'm way over 25 and that was not my first model because in 1957 that company did not exist
by the sounds of it you must be an aurora guy
@@oddball759mm are you kidding those kits were crap
@@jodyblackwell9012 Speak for yourself for the time period Aurora tank kits are great
Also we're talking about 1957 here, so your options were a tad limited. I mean you had Hawk, Pyro, Revell Monogram, Lindberg, AMT, MPC, Renwall, Life Like. I'm pretty sure I'm missing one or two but those were about it... and as enjoyable of builds those are, they are not exactly the superkits of today
@@oddball759mm your right the only decent kits then were AMT Revell and monogram i couldnt tell you about armor i built cars back then and a few planes build on brother
I have five of these in storage, STRANGE ?
build them