Don't be shamed mate, I am far from expert and we all start some where. Feel free to send pics of your build to my facebook page, I would love to take a look.
@@andrewsartscalemodels Will do mate. Did a different camo pattern but still. I'm going to back and do more battle damage and weathering. It's a very clean pant job so far with just a bit of dust/dirt dry brushed in the obvious places. I did paint the figures though so I've got that on you! :D Figures in this kit are shocking low detail though. I've been doing mini painting for ages and only just getting into scale modelling now so know a crap mini when I see it! May have to supplement with Miniart or Masterbox figures.
That old Tamiya Panther A kit has come out looking fantastic. Nicely done mate and really interesting observing your different techniques with the weathering process. Very cool!
Fair play for a kit that's older than my mother it came out great, I am building this atm so i was looking into zimm, I haven't got any of that tamiya paste so I may aswell just pick up another kit and some paste at the same time .... and do this one a post 44 panther... Thanks for the tips matey 👍 GB
@@andrewsartscalemodels Indeed. And there are factors affecting the successful outcome, such as the quality of the putty (funnily enough, I've never had good results with Tamiya). I've just built the same kit, but bypassed zimmerit and went for a basic two-tone red/brown camo scheme. However, on the next German armour project I'm determined to do zim and if I can get a result half ways as good as yours I'll be delighted!
Moulded teeth on the idler were for motorisation purposes of the original kit. The idler provided the drive from the gearbox when the model was motorised. For the static model, obviously not required.
Tnhe reason for the Idler road wheel tangs. Is that these modeld were moterized. That was the drive for the tracks. Also note the bottom of the lower hull. The holes were for the on off switch. Great video.
@Andrews Art &Models Enjoyed your post Have been cruising the web I've decided to do my first German tank I've pick three not in any order tamiya Panzer , Panzer stumgeschutz iii and the Acedemy Panzer iv ausf H I've found out tamiya makes a zimmerit decal sheet makes life a lot less complated thanks for your input stay the course Bruce after all need a worthy oppenent to go against the M4 Sherman stay the course Bruce
Hi Andy, wow that zim is fantastic ! Really well done. It's still summit I haven't had to do yet ! Funnily enough I was planning to try my technique out on the same panther kit !! Lol Anyway hope you and your family are well ? The base is brill too ! Really brill work ! Well done. Stay safe matey
Great video, Andrew. The kit turned out great, and the base looks really nice. As for the video, I liked it. I would like to get into doing some voice over stuff for my videos but haven't had the patience to try something new. I have enough work just putting a realtime video together! Anyway, I liked the whole thing... great job.
Isn't half shown its age now these old Tamiya kits eh! I remember doing them before the missing grill detail and the hull was awful I'm doing the Takom panther G and the meng bergepanther what a difference haha good old memories though!
I seal the decals in with a clear coat. I normally spray a lacquer based paint. Such as tamiya TS13 (gloss). Weathering and washes will likely dull this gloss depending in what you do. Or you can just spray it in a flat clear and this will dull them down. Before I used to spray them I also would brush paint them with a flat or gloss acrylic paint to bed them down and protect them.
Can you tell me about the spray painter you are using please and the paints you use with it ? I’m new to the hobby again after a 30 year break. Thank you
Hi mate. If memory serves the paints I use are tamiya. Dark yellow and NATO green. I should have callouts to the paints during the video. I thin my tamiya paint using the tamiya x20a thinner. The airbrush I use is just a cheap dual action airbrush off eBay. Cost around 30 AUD. 2mm nozzle. The compressor cost around 80AUD and it is a basic oilless compressor with a small storage bottle. I recommend these over the compressor alone as they tend to last a lot longer. Look on eBay for dual action airbrush and you should find plenty of options. You can spend as much as you want really but a cheap dual action gravity feed airbrush should do fine.
Thanks John. I hand scribed it after applying Tamiya putty to the surface. I actually managed to think ahead for once and did a tutorial video for it if you would like to see how. The method I used is an old one but I find it oddly relaxing 😀
Hi Dean. I usually prefer to use the Tamiya clear in a can as I seem to get a better coverage on rough surfaces. In Australia it is sold as TS-13 but the airbrush equivalent would be x22. I find I need to mix x22 about 50/50 with thinner to stop it from frosting the surface. Thanks for watching mate. I hope you liked the vid.
Hey man cheers for the reply really appreciate it, I picked up x22 last week for a panzer 4 build its my first build in about 12 years and first using tamiya paints. Have the same panther kit on my shelf ready for assembly. great video man 👍 thanks for the help.
Awesome video! Very inspiring. :) Question: I recently received this kit for Christmas and have started working on it, I love the kit but cannot seem to figure out why there is a big open gap in the space above the tank tracks. Am I making too much of this? I know its not something that will be noticeable when the tank is complete but its still confusing the hell out of me.
Thanks mate. Good question. Not something I touched on in the vid. It is like that as it is a very early tamiya kit. I am not sure but I think they did that on some of the earlier kits to help the tracks from getting clogged if you put the electric motors in the tanks. But that's just a guess. Glad you like it mate. I will have a video of the tamiya panzer iv painting up in the next week or so in case you are interested. Have a great new year.
@@andrewsartscalemodels I want to build this kit but Amazon oofed me mine never and they wouldn't even give a refund but also in that heap of kits is there any Panthers or Shermans
They were a series of projected Germany tanks, Different hulls using a lot of the same components to make building and maintaining them easier. You will see them in world of tanks. E-5, E-10, E-25, E-50, E-75 and E-100. The only tank I need to build in the near future is the Merkava IV in 1/35 as it is part of a group build and also for a customer.
Normally that is correct. The cross on the front was based on a reference image of the panther with zimmerit where the crew had applied a cross on the front. 👍
Damn I just finished this same kit and now looking at your video I'm shamed! Great effort. Few tips and tricks I learnt from this one to apply myself.
Don't be shamed mate, I am far from expert and we all start some where. Feel free to send pics of your build to my facebook page, I would love to take a look.
@@andrewsartscalemodels Will do mate. Did a different camo pattern but still. I'm going to back and do more battle damage and weathering. It's a very clean pant job so far with just a bit of dust/dirt dry brushed in the obvious places. I did paint the figures though so I've got that on you! :D Figures in this kit are shocking low detail though. I've been doing mini painting for ages and only just getting into scale modelling now so know a crap mini when I see it! May have to supplement with Miniart or Masterbox figures.
Very good zimmerit design well done this is probably my first model kit I made with my dad in 2005 when I was 7
Thanks mate. It is a lovely old kit that many in the hobby cut their teeth on. I am glad you liked it.
Andrews Art & Scale models no problem nearly brought a tear to my eye
I finished my Panther Ausf A today! That was my first model that i constructed...
Awesome mate. Feel free to send some photos to my Facebook page andrewsartandmodels I would love to take a look.
great work 👌 that old tamiya kit is definitely worth picking up.
That old Tamiya Panther A kit has come out looking fantastic. Nicely done mate and really interesting observing your different techniques with the weathering process. Very cool!
James C Thanks mate. I am glad you liked it. :-)
Very nice indeed its a great old kit and you have given it a new lease of life
Greg Reilly 1/35 Scale Models Thanks mate :-)
Fair play for a kit that's older than my mother it came out great, I am building this atm so i was looking into zimm, I haven't got any of that tamiya paste so I may aswell just pick up another kit and some paste at the same time .... and do this one a post 44 panther...
Thanks for the tips matey 👍 GB
great zimmerit. The patience needed to do it well is tremendous.
Only so many times I can do it lol.
@@andrewsartscalemodels Indeed. And there are factors affecting the successful outcome, such as the quality of the putty (funnily enough, I've never had good results with Tamiya). I've just built the same kit, but bypassed zimmerit and went for a basic two-tone red/brown camo scheme. However, on the next German armour project I'm determined to do zim and if I can get a result half ways as good as yours I'll be delighted!
Kind of you to say mate thank you. End of the day it's all about having fun. But the older tamiya kits are great for practising new techniques on. 👍
Wow wonderful details especially on the painting. Makes me want to do the weathering like you do. The details on the base was also very helpful.
Thanks mate. Glad you like it.
Moulded teeth on the idler were for motorisation purposes of the original kit. The idler provided the drive from the gearbox when the model was motorised. For the static model, obviously not required.
Great Panther!
Thanks mate. Subbed to your channel
@@andrewsartscalemodels Thank you!
Tnhe reason for the Idler road wheel tangs. Is that these modeld were moterized. That was the drive for the tracks. Also note the bottom of the lower hull. The holes were for the on off switch. Great video.
Looks great
@Andrews Art &Models Enjoyed your post Have been cruising the web I've decided to do my first German tank I've pick three not in any order tamiya Panzer , Panzer stumgeschutz iii and the Acedemy Panzer iv ausf H I've found out tamiya makes a zimmerit decal sheet makes life a lot less complated thanks for your input stay the course Bruce
after all need a worthy oppenent to go against the M4 Sherman stay the course Bruce
It was my first tank, i went off historical accuracy and never found zimmerit on it as i didnt find any on the panther ausf.A but it does look good
Hi Andy, wow that zim is fantastic ! Really well done. It's still summit I haven't had to do yet ! Funnily enough I was planning to try my technique out on the same panther kit !! Lol Anyway hope you and your family are well ? The base is brill too ! Really brill work ! Well done. Stay safe matey
Thanks Steve. All is well thanks. Glad you like the vid. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. It's a fun no frills kit 😉
I liked the video very much would you consider doing one with a building and figurines?
Thanks mate :-) Yeah I will do some more dramatic ones soon. Need a better camera first.
Top job mate love it...
Thanks mate. Glad you like it.
Nice
Great video, Andrew. The kit turned out great, and the base looks really nice.
As for the video, I liked it. I would like to get into doing some voice over stuff for my videos but haven't had the patience to try something new. I have enough work just putting a realtime video together!
Anyway, I liked the whole thing... great job.
Brett G Thanks mate. I really appreciate the feedback. Glad you liked it :-)
Isn't half shown its age now these old Tamiya kits eh! I remember doing them before the missing grill detail and the hull was awful I'm doing the Takom panther G and the meng bergepanther what a difference haha good old memories though!
Hey mate, great video. I was wondering if you could attach a list of paints and pigments used? Thankyou.
Hi mate. Sorry not sure how I missed this comment. You should find a lost during the video.
Hello, I would like to ask: what do you use to remove gloss from decals?
I seal the decals in with a clear coat. I normally spray a lacquer based paint. Such as tamiya TS13 (gloss). Weathering and washes will likely dull this gloss depending in what you do. Or you can just spray it in a flat clear and this will dull them down. Before I used to spray them I also would brush paint them with a flat or gloss acrylic paint to bed them down and protect them.
Can you tell me about the spray painter you are using please and the paints you use with it ? I’m new to the hobby again after a 30 year break. Thank you
Hi mate. If memory serves the paints I use are tamiya. Dark yellow and NATO green. I should have callouts to the paints during the video. I thin my tamiya paint using the tamiya x20a thinner. The airbrush I use is just a cheap dual action airbrush off eBay. Cost around 30 AUD. 2mm nozzle. The compressor cost around 80AUD and it is a basic oilless compressor with a small storage bottle. I recommend these over the compressor alone as they tend to last a lot longer. Look on eBay for dual action airbrush and you should find plenty of options. You can spend as much as you want really but a cheap dual action gravity feed airbrush should do fine.
Hey man,what pen brush size did u use for painting that beautifull panther?and can i make the camo line using 0.3mm pen brush?
Hi mate. The needle is a 2mm
woooow. this is great! :)
Great paint job on the Tamiya Panther A. What stuff did ya use for the zimmerit?
Thanks John. I hand scribed it after applying Tamiya putty to the surface. I actually managed to think ahead for once and did a tutorial video for it if you would like to see how. The method I used is an old one but I find it oddly relaxing 😀
Gonna buy this kit is it worth it
Can I ask what tamiya clear gloss did you use before decals? X-22?
Hi Dean. I usually prefer to use the Tamiya clear in a can as I seem to get a better coverage on rough surfaces. In Australia it is sold as TS-13 but the airbrush equivalent would be x22. I find I need to mix x22 about 50/50 with thinner to stop it from frosting the surface. Thanks for watching mate. I hope you liked the vid.
Hey man cheers for the reply really appreciate it, I picked up x22 last week for a panzer 4 build its my first build in about 12 years and first using tamiya paints.
Have the same panther kit on my shelf ready for assembly. great video man 👍 thanks for the help.
Awesome video! Very inspiring. :)
Question: I recently received this kit for Christmas and have started working on it, I love the kit but cannot seem to figure out why there is a big open gap in the space above the tank tracks. Am I making too much of this? I know its not something that will be noticeable when the tank is complete but its still confusing the hell out of me.
Thanks mate. Good question. Not something I touched on in the vid. It is like that as it is a very early tamiya kit. I am not sure but I think they did that on some of the earlier kits to help the tracks from getting clogged if you put the electric motors in the tanks. But that's just a guess. Glad you like it mate. I will have a video of the tamiya panzer iv painting up in the next week or so in case you are interested. Have a great new year.
Would you ever build this kit again
Not likely mate. It is a good kit but have a heap of others to get through first
@@andrewsartscalemodels I want to build this kit but Amazon oofed me mine never and they wouldn't even give a refund but also in that heap of kits is there any Panthers or Shermans
@@seandickie6289 sorry mate there isn't. I don't have any ww2 American tanks left to be built. Most of the German ones I have are E-series tanks.
models what are E-series
They were a series of projected Germany tanks, Different hulls using a lot of the same components to make building and maintaining them easier. You will see them in world of tanks. E-5, E-10, E-25, E-50, E-75 and E-100. The only tank I need to build in the near future is the Merkava IV in 1/35 as it is part of a group build and also for a customer.
imgoing to put mine in a factory
In Front was Not a cross
Normally that is correct. The cross on the front was based on a reference image of the panther with zimmerit where the crew had applied a cross on the front. 👍
Horribly
Bugger. Sorry you didn't like it. Maybe next time.