@@statoilbensin2190 You should give Michael Rinaldi a follow, if you don’t by now, and watch some of his weathering live streams. There is absolutely levels to weathering 👌
I’ve just returned to the hobby after being away for about 45 years and am blown away by how new techniques are really pushing what can be achieved with a plastic kit. This is absolutely fantastic work and if I can get anywhere near this level of detail I will be a very happy bunny. Superb!
weathering looks ace makes the kit really stand out Andy .... will say i do like Tamiya's latest kits with the link and length compared to the rubber band style .... so please Tamiya has not went down line of multi part track links like other companies .... Tamiya's engineering is always spot on compared to the other model companies
I just ordered this kit from your shop - and just want to thank you for your outstanding videos - I really enjoy them. My son got me back into military modeling after a 30+ year layoff and the 1/35 AFV bug has bitten, hard. Went into my crawlspace and came out with old model-making gear including a bunch of never opened Floquil paints - used a few and they are all still good. Keep up the great work!
I actually came into the store and bought a 1/35th scale T-72 and I said keep pumping out the videos and you showed me the Panzer IV WIP! I love the videos and love it when I can make it into the shop! Can wait till July 4th 2022 when I move there! Keep up the good work!!!
I Just realized I was just at your store the other day 😅. I've been watching your channel for a couple weeks now. I started looking for a Hobby store nearby this past weekend and I google searched and yours came up. I didn't even equate this store was the channel I been watching till today. Lol. I told you your store has a Great selection of models. I knew you looked kinda familiar. Lol
I was lucky enough to get 6 kits for Christmas and this was one of them, I have built 2 and this will be next. I always check your videos before I build to make sure I build in the right order ( instructions are not infallible) . Presently saving for an Airbrush and compressor to try and get close to the quality of your builds.
Really loved the build Andy!!and your choice of painting panzer grey is truly such an amazing choice and execution, rendering....weathering is really beautifully . Surrealism of the blue tone or hue of colour was prefectly rendered Andy.... Weathering was top notch!!! This was my fav video Andy!!! Just loved this!!!!! Cheers Andy!!!!
Hey Andy! I really like how the Pz 4 came out. Its your best build to date in my humble opinion. I also loved how the blue highlights looks on the kit. Cant wait to try this myself. Thanks for a great channel. Greetings from Sweden
Thanks for this - I was looking for this, as I want it to go with the crew that I ordered for ‘Team Anglerfish’ from Girls Und Panzer. My daughter enjoyed the show, and the heroines tank is the IV. She’s never built a model, so this sounded like a great gateway into Scale Models.
Dear Andy. Thanks for making this video. I have just purchased this kit and am expecting delivery next Tuesday. Thank you for your good ideas of aging and use. This is the first time I've built a German armored vehicle in grey. I hope it will be as beautiful as yours. I will, however, finish Tamiya's M18 before I start editing. Goodbye.
Excellent job! And awesome kit! I am primarily a WWII aircraft kind of guy but, this kit has my interest! There are so many ways to whether and dirty up a tank! Thank you for the advice and detailed explanation!
Thank you for sharing Andy! Beautiful work! Absolutely amazing weathering. I’m working on a 40 year old version of this kit from Tamiya that I gave to my younger brother to build with his son but they never showed much interest. It’s been sitting in his attic all these years. The variety of paints and washes and other special effects is incredible compared to what I worked with as a kid in the early 70’s. So is it ok to paint enamel over acrylic? And what is the purpose of spraying a gloss coat followed by a flat coat? I’m recently retired and this is my new hobby. Thanks again!
Another great build! I’m not an armour modeller (I’m an airplane nut), but I love your painting and weathering techniques. I’ve learnt a lot from watching your videos. All the best from Wellington NZ.
Great build, great effects. The light blue was great idea and it does make it pop. The weathering looks realistic. Lately I’ve been watching some builds where they really went overboard with the weathering.
This is too good! I like the blueish tone. Knowing that this kit won’t be available until the end of Nov. meanwhile watching your video, that feeling really kills me inside. Gosh, I want to get my hands on this kit right away.
The finished model has a wonderfully real, solid feel to it. The piecewise tracks contribute a lot (it was always rubber/plastic in my time, which took away a lot of the enjoyment), but so does the paint and weathering. I sort of flinch when I hear things like "ok, now I'm going to spend an hour putting millions of .05 mm^2 dots on everything, and then I'll cover that with a wash", but it does help the eye accept the suggestion of realness of the build. The blue-tinged grey is probably completely wrong, but it does suggest a Panzer under the unforgiving Russian sky. Very good!
Keep up the videos, you are the one I send new people to the hobby to. Your videos are more approachable....less awe inspiring but more approachable because it isn't so crazy in detail.
Love watching your videos. I just got into modeling a month ago. And your videos help alot! This is my favorite build you've done so far. I belive this will be my next build. Hope I can do half the job you did.
The multiple piece upper hull is needed so they can mold raised detail on the sides. If it was all one piece the sides and front would need to be smooth in order to get the part out of the molds. That would require multiple small detail pieces to get the detail and would still prevent any rivets or screw heads that would trap the part in the mold half. It also allows the sides and front to be perpendicular to the hull top, molding them together would require "draft", or an angle between the top and sides so the part would release. Look at any square box in a kit, the sides always angle out a little for mold release.
It sounds weird to say that because your builds are always great but I think this is your best build, I’ve seen. Turned out really well. It seems you really put a lot of thought and effort into it, instead of „just“ doing the regular paint and weather job.
Jaw dropping Andy! This is incredible. As much as I’d want to build and paint something similar, I haven’t been building scale models for at least 18 years. Could you ever create a playlist with the best videos for airbrush, weathering, gluing and other fundamentals? Thanks!
Hi,its Adrian from the 🇬🇧.its been awesome watching your channel 😀,and inspired me to do more to my models after starting abt 6 months ago. One thing I found useful when painting and weathering was to use a cheap cake decorating stand (ebay, around £4.50 uk) No need to worry abt touching the model,as you just spin it in any direction 😉. Keep up the greeeeat work 👍
I think the addition of blue to panzer grey worked really well, the slightly lighter colour really helped to show the weathering off to its full potential. Excellent look to the finished build. I too am interested as to why the upper section was made of multiple pieces. I have always liked the balance in the Tamiya kits of small, medium and large pieces. A great looking build as always,, clearly showing the techniques used to get there. Thank you.
Hi Andy just watched your video and I really like you panzer grey technique. Mine have always turned out a bit flat looking. My last one was the Krupp Protze and I only used a bit of white on top of German grey. I'm going to give your technique ago. Thanks for your inspiration Stu.
I built the D from the early 80s Tamiya kit. Even then it made for a great looking model. I really liked the figures that were included. Set it off very nicely. Beautiful job on the F!
I just subscribed to your channel. Your voice is nice and doesn't make me bored when you explain stuff. I think I'd like to buy this Tamiya kit for in spite of the many track pieces, the kit still remains simple enough to have fun while building it and not wishing you hadn't spent so much money on a Dragon and Meng kit that seem to only add heavily to life's stress.
Just got this kit and the video is always helpful. I'm not sure about the blue tone but I may try it. I've also added some blue (dark blue) to the German grey. I like that affect too.
Hi Andi. Really like how this turned out. Have to admit that when you were applying the blue I was thinking "What is he doing, that's way too bright?" But surprised how the weathering brought it all together nicely. Top job👍
Your building videos are superb - wellmade and with lots of good advices. It is a pleasure to follow you - lots of good inspiration. Greetings from Thomas, Denmark.
Best weathering yet. Maybe best on You Tube.. I believe I have of things I need and going together well just have having a few problems with final worn look. I've watched several times and I know it's hard to know when to stop but having problem with final worn look because of different make of product. ETC. Oil a Acrylic
Hello, I just completed the older Panzer IV Ausf D kit and pre-ordered this one. Really looking forward to building it. Definitely like the length and link track instead of rubber band
The paint on this one is great. That blue tint really paid off. I also appreciate that you're using classical music again, instead of that other stuff you had for a while. ;) Really nice job on the chipping.
The sag in the tracks looks great. However I like my tracks to rotate. No fault of Andy, just the way I like my tanks, hope you build more different armor and rotary winged aircraft. Also Army miniatures, uniform color variations of both our Allies and the Axis Powers. Really enjoy your description of the specific new part in the tooling. Keep up the posts, so glad TH-cam decided to keep letting people like you, with & without businesses post Hobby Videos of the crafts they build to inspire us to build and keep our mental acumen, even in non outbreak or disaster times. Thank You Andy, wish you were closer. Best Wishes for 2o21!!!
As usual, your weathering is superb! I have a Tamiya Aust D kit from the 70's I barely started. Maybe I'll go and finish it now and see how close I can get it to look like yours.
Great Tamiya model and you did a fantastic build and paint job. One thing you didn’t show is how you painted the tracks with your mix. Usually you assemble on the vehicle, remove and paint then re install and weathered.
Seems a nice kit, in fact all Tamiya’s more recent kits all seem to be excellent. I recently built their T-55 and have just primed the Korean War M4a3e8 and have no complaints about either of them, very little sanding needed and almost no filling at all. Even things I usually replace with wire like the handles, grab bars and light guards are OK to use. The only after-market parts I used on either were on the T-55 - thin lead wire for the external fuel lines, which Tamiya don’t represent at all, and Friul tracks to get the “heavy tracks sagging a lot” look. I generally prefer to paint the lower hull sides, wheels, tracks and bogeys etc. before assembly while I can still get at them easily, so I’m not a big fan of tracks assembled from styrene parts which usually have to be fitted before paint. I’ve also come across a few kits with individual styrene track links, and not even an assembly jig provided, which made assembling the tracks a much bigger and more difficult job than the entire rest of the kit. As for the blue, sorry Andy but it doesn’t quite work for me. Before the weathering stage I found myself thinking of SS Panzer Division “Das Leuchten Im Dunkelm“, which was transformed into piles of smoking scrap metal during its first operation, an ill-advised night attack across open ground against massed Red Army AT batteries. Though to be fair weathering has toned down the day-glo effect a lot. I might be won over to it if it was a lot less saturated and the whole tank was somewhat darker in tone. Your weathering job, on the other hand, is excellent. That tank really looks like it’s been wading through deep Russian spring thaw mud.
Really nice work as usual. I especially like the blue highlights but my preference is for a bit less weathering. You really did a great job on it overall.
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters Get her into the hobby. Something she can enjoy doing with the kids. We've been married 40 years and it has it's troubled waters, but that builds stronger bonds when the waters are fair.
Really enjoy your builds Andy and the weathering looks fantastic and the blue tint works well. I am new to the hobby and find your channel to be one of the best on TH-cam. I'm in Scotland but who knows, if I am ever in Arizona i'll be sure to pay you a visit.
From a weathering standpoint, I believe this is your best effort to date. Your videos are a great cotribution to the hobby.
Weathering is weathering there is nothing that is considered better.
@@statoilbensin2190 You should give Michael Rinaldi a follow, if you don’t by now, and watch some of his weathering live streams. There is absolutely levels to weathering 👌
I’ve just returned to the hobby after being away for about 45 years and am blown away by how new techniques are really pushing what can be achieved with a plastic kit. This is absolutely fantastic work and if I can get anywhere near this level of detail I will be a very happy bunny. Superb!
Andy, you are the Bob Ross of the modelling world. Watching your video's has a therapeutic effect.
I plan on going to Arizona,
My primary motive is this store.
I hope you get a chance. thanks
I wish I was able to do that.
Arizona is on my list too, but to be completely honest, Andy's is only number two on the list, the Pima Air Museum tops him. Sorry!
@@Mishn0 I'll take number two, I just appreciate being on your list! Thanks for watching. - Andy
I hope to get out there in 2021
Just bought this kit the other day. Awesome kit. Plenty of parts with excellent fit. 👍
weathering looks ace makes the kit really stand out Andy .... will say i do like Tamiya's latest kits with the link and length compared to the rubber band style .... so please Tamiya has not went down line of multi part track links like other companies .... Tamiya's engineering is always spot on compared to the other model companies
I have seen a lot of very talented people construct, paint, and weather tanks. This one stands out as superb among them all--truly!
Thank you so much 😀
One of the best paint jobs I've seen on a Panzer model. Really enjoy your show. Thank you.
I just ordered this kit from your shop - and just want to thank you for your outstanding videos - I really enjoy them. My son got me back into military modeling after a 30+ year layoff and the 1/35 AFV bug has bitten, hard. Went into my crawlspace and came out with old model-making gear including a bunch of never opened Floquil paints - used a few and they are all still good. Keep up the great work!
I actually came into the store and bought a 1/35th scale T-72 and I said keep pumping out the videos and you showed me the Panzer IV WIP! I love the videos and love it when I can make it into the shop! Can wait till July 4th 2022 when I move there! Keep up the good work!!!
I built all my kits back in the 1970's, good to see Tamiya is still round and making great kits.
Beautiful work Andy! Really professional it looks authentic and convincing.
I Just realized I was just at your store the other day 😅. I've been watching your channel for a couple weeks now. I started looking for a Hobby store nearby this past weekend and I google searched and yours came up. I didn't even equate this store was the channel I been watching till today. Lol. I told you your store has a Great selection of models. I knew you looked kinda familiar. Lol
I was amazed when i saw this build. It looks just like LPJ's model that he just built. You did a awesome job!
I think so, too. Uparmored front, sides without the vision ports of model H and I. Also the multi piece turret would make sense this way.
I was lucky enough to get 6 kits for Christmas and this was one of them, I have built 2 and this will be next. I always check your videos before I build to make sure I build in the right order ( instructions are not infallible) . Presently saving for an Airbrush and compressor to try and get close to the quality of your builds.
Looks great Andy. You can see the blue tones but I like it. 🇨🇦
Great Weathering!!! Thanks for doing this video, just a great example Sir!!
I visited the shop a few years ago during a business trip. Andy is a super cool guy. I’ll definitely visit again. Glad he now has an online shop
One of your best paint jobs yet...outstanding work. Tamiya keeps turning out great kits.
Built my last Tamiya Tank model in 1973. They sure have stepped it up!
just purchased this kit, cant wait to start building and your lessons on weathering are always great
Love watching your videos Andy.👏👏👏
Great video Andy , I’m from England and just love watching your videos , and have upped my game in building and weathering thanks to you 👍
I have a feeling that Tamiya May release different versions of the Panzer IV. That may be the reason why they have upper hull built up as such.
Love the kit weathering and all really nice fit up and all that good jazz I’m only 23 years old and love the hobby
Really loved the build Andy!!and your choice of painting panzer grey is truly such an amazing choice and execution, rendering....weathering is really beautifully .
Surrealism of the blue tone or hue of colour was prefectly rendered Andy....
Weathering was top notch!!!
This was my fav video Andy!!!
Just loved this!!!!!
Cheers Andy!!!!
Hey Andy! I really like how the Pz 4 came out. Its your best build to date in my humble opinion. I also loved how the blue highlights looks on the kit. Cant wait to try this myself. Thanks for a great channel.
Greetings from Sweden
Andy, you are a competent builder as are many others. However, your commentary on the kits you present is excellent!
Thanks for this - I was looking for this, as I want it to go with the crew that I ordered for ‘Team Anglerfish’ from Girls Und Panzer. My daughter enjoyed the show, and the heroines tank is the IV. She’s never built a model, so this sounded like a great gateway into Scale Models.
Dear Andy. Thanks for making this video. I have just purchased this kit and am expecting delivery next Tuesday. Thank you for your good ideas of aging and use. This is the first time I've built a German armored vehicle in grey. I hope it will be as beautiful as yours. I will, however, finish Tamiya's M18 before I start editing. Goodbye.
Andy you’re amazing for helping people get into the hobby!
I love Tamiya kits. They are so clean off the sprue and slide together so effortlessly. Well done!
Some of the most realistic painting/weathering I have ever seen!
Excellent job! And awesome kit! I am primarily a WWII aircraft kind of guy but, this kit has my interest! There are so many ways to whether and dirty up a tank! Thank you for the advice and detailed explanation!
Andy you and your videos resurrected my love of the hobby. Just finished the Blitz StuG III!!
Hi Steven Tyler! Glad my videos helped inspire you, that's so awesome ... thank you! Sweet kit BTW
How are Joe Perry and Brad Whitford doing? Say hi to Joey and Tom for me!
I apologize for my slow response Bill, and thank you for sharing that information to me. Have a great day 👍
Thank you for sharing Andy! Beautiful work! Absolutely amazing weathering. I’m working on a 40 year old version of this kit from Tamiya that I gave to my younger brother to build with his son but they never showed much interest. It’s been sitting in his attic all these years. The variety of paints and washes and other special effects is incredible compared to what I worked with as a kid in the early 70’s. So is it ok to paint enamel over acrylic? And what is the purpose of spraying a gloss coat followed by a flat coat? I’m recently retired and this is my new hobby. Thanks again!
Another great build! I’m not an armour modeller (I’m an airplane nut), but I love your painting and weathering techniques. I’ve learnt a lot from watching your videos. All the best from Wellington NZ.
Great build, great effects. The light blue was great idea and it does make it pop. The weathering looks realistic. Lately I’ve been watching some builds where they really went overboard with the weathering.
This is too good! I like the blueish tone. Knowing that this kit won’t be available until the end of Nov. meanwhile watching your video, that feeling really kills me inside. Gosh, I want to get my hands on this kit right away.
Great job Andy! I agree the light blue really gives the dark gray an interesting and varied look. Looks like a great kit! Keep up the good work!
Thanks 👍
The finished model has a wonderfully real, solid feel to it. The piecewise tracks contribute a lot (it was always rubber/plastic in my time, which took away a lot of the enjoyment), but so does the paint and weathering. I sort of flinch when I hear things like "ok, now I'm going to spend an hour putting millions of .05 mm^2 dots on everything, and then I'll cover that with a wash", but it does help the eye accept the suggestion of realness of the build. The blue-tinged grey is probably completely wrong, but it does suggest a Panzer under the unforgiving Russian sky. Very good!
Keep up the videos, you are the one I send new people to the hobby to. Your videos are more approachable....less awe inspiring but more approachable because it isn't so crazy in detail.
Love watching your videos. I just got into modeling a month ago. And your videos help alot! This is my favorite build you've done so far. I belive this will be my next build. Hope I can do half the job you did.
The multiple piece upper hull is needed so they can mold raised detail on the sides. If it was all one piece the sides and front would need to be smooth in order to get the part out of the molds. That would require multiple small detail pieces to get the detail and would still prevent any rivets or screw heads that would trap the part in the mold half. It also allows the sides and front to be perpendicular to the hull top, molding them together would require "draft", or an angle between the top and sides so the part would release. Look at any square box in a kit, the sides always angle out a little for mold release.
I think it is one of your best weathering jobs. Finished build is just awesome!
You can tell you really liked this kit - you put a lot into the final distressed finish. Beautiful job Sir.
It sounds weird to say that because your builds are always great but I think this is your best build, I’ve seen. Turned out really well. It seems you really put a lot of thought and effort into it, instead of „just“ doing the regular paint and weather job.
Jaw dropping Andy! This is incredible. As much as I’d want to build and paint something similar, I haven’t been building scale models for at least 18 years. Could you ever create a playlist with the best videos for airbrush, weathering, gluing and other fundamentals? Thanks!
I think that hint of light blue was a perfect idea! Love the contrast it brought to the build! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi,its Adrian from the 🇬🇧.its been awesome watching your channel 😀,and inspired me to do more to my models after starting abt 6 months ago.
One thing I found useful when painting and weathering was to use a cheap cake decorating stand (ebay, around £4.50 uk)
No need to worry abt touching the model,as you just spin it in any direction 😉.
Keep up the greeeeat work 👍
Just bought this kit yesterday. Excited to get started after your video.
Excellent build video. 1/35 scale is a really good size model kit, it really shows the details and with the great paint work, great finish.
Andy, it's really very nice job indeed . I love this decoration! Thanks for your serving!!
Andy, I'd like to see a video on weathering tracks in-situ to see how you deal with working around wheels and fenders.
I think the addition of blue to panzer grey worked really well, the slightly lighter colour really helped to show the weathering off to its full potential. Excellent look to the finished build. I too am interested as to why the upper section was made of multiple pieces. I have always liked the balance in the Tamiya kits of small, medium and large pieces.
A great looking build as always,, clearly showing the techniques used to get there.
Thank you.
I’ve used these pigments. The work amazing and easily give a realistic rust finish.
Glad you like them!
Andy outstanding job. very good build and like your paint job and weathering a great deal. Keep them coming. Brock
Enjoy your build video's. Thank you, for your time. The music is great. Is that Mozart? Godspeed my friend.
Hi Andy just watched your video and I really like you panzer grey technique. Mine have always turned out a bit flat looking. My last one was the Krupp Protze and I only used a bit of white on top of German grey. I'm going to give your technique ago. Thanks for your inspiration
Stu.
I built the D from the early 80s Tamiya kit. Even then it made for a great looking model. I really liked the figures that were included. Set it off very nicely. Beautiful job on the F!
Andy,
I love your videos! Although I have built models since 1959, I learn something each time I watch. Keep them coming!
Your weathering on this kit is exceptional! Using the blue really makes the German Gray pop!
I just subscribed to your channel. Your voice is nice and doesn't make me bored when you explain stuff. I think I'd like to buy this Tamiya kit for in spite of the many track pieces, the kit still remains simple enough to have fun while building it and not wishing you hadn't spent so much money on a Dragon and Meng kit that seem to only add heavily to life's stress.
Very nice!!! I'm French and i like your build's!! THX you for video
Glad to see you building again- post COVID.
I did like your new paint technique, I agree it made the weathering pop more. Very nice.
I just brought this model, great detail,awesome work.
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Just got this kit and the video is always helpful. I'm not sure about the blue tone but I may try it. I've also added some blue (dark blue) to the German grey. I like that affect too.
Hi Andi. Really like how this turned out. Have to admit that when you were applying the blue I was thinking "What is he doing, that's way too bright?" But surprised how the weathering brought it all together nicely. Top job👍
The weathering is absolutely first class. Very impressive. 👍
Your building videos are superb - wellmade and with lots of good advices. It is a pleasure to follow you - lots of good inspiration. Greetings from Thomas, Denmark.
I love this kit too, and I already completed one built several days before...........
Best weathering yet. Maybe best on You Tube.. I believe I have of things I need and going together well just have having a few problems with final worn look. I've watched several times and I know it's hard to know when to stop but having problem with final worn look because of different make of product. ETC. Oil a
Acrylic
Looks like a fun kit to do. The paint and weathering really make it pop!
Hello, I just completed the older Panzer IV Ausf D kit and pre-ordered this one. Really looking forward to building it. Definitely like the length and link track instead of rubber band
I like the blueish tone to the Pz grey. It gives a lot of interest and would really show off some gear and stowage on it well.
The weathering looks awesome . The blue really makes the paint look sun effected , brilliant :)
This is one of your best builds Andy, great work. I’m a big fan of color modulation when it’s not over done. I really like the blue filter/highlight.
The paint on this one is great. That blue tint really paid off. I also appreciate that you're using classical music again, instead of that other stuff you had for a while. ;) Really nice job on the chipping.
The sag in the tracks looks great. However I like my tracks to rotate. No fault of Andy, just the way I like my tanks, hope you build more different armor and rotary winged aircraft. Also Army miniatures, uniform color variations of both our Allies and the Axis Powers. Really enjoy your description of the specific new part in the tooling.
Keep up the posts, so glad TH-cam decided to keep letting people like you, with & without businesses post Hobby Videos of the crafts they build to inspire us to build and keep our mental acumen, even in non outbreak or disaster times. Thank You Andy, wish you were closer. Best Wishes for 2o21!!!
As usual, your weathering is superb! I have a Tamiya Aust D kit from the 70's I barely started. Maybe I'll go and finish it now and see how close I can get it to look like yours.
Great Tamiya model and you did a fantastic build and paint job. One thing you didn’t show is how you painted the tracks with your mix. Usually you assemble on the vehicle, remove and paint then re install and weathered.
Seems a nice kit, in fact all Tamiya’s more recent kits all seem to be excellent. I recently built their T-55 and have just primed the Korean War M4a3e8 and have no complaints about either of them, very little sanding needed and almost no filling at all. Even things I usually replace with wire like the handles, grab bars and light guards are OK to use. The only after-market parts I used on either were on the T-55 - thin lead wire for the external fuel lines, which Tamiya don’t represent at all, and Friul tracks to get the “heavy tracks sagging a lot” look.
I generally prefer to paint the lower hull sides, wheels, tracks and bogeys etc. before assembly while I can still get at them easily, so I’m not a big fan of tracks assembled from styrene parts which usually have to be fitted before paint. I’ve also come across a few kits with individual styrene track links, and not even an assembly jig provided, which made assembling the tracks a much bigger and more difficult job than the entire rest of the kit.
As for the blue, sorry Andy but it doesn’t quite work for me. Before the weathering stage I found myself thinking of SS Panzer Division “Das Leuchten Im Dunkelm“, which was transformed into piles of smoking scrap metal during its first operation, an ill-advised night attack across open ground against massed Red Army AT batteries. Though to be fair weathering has toned down the day-glo effect a lot. I might be won over to it if it was a lot less saturated and the whole tank was somewhat darker in tone. Your weathering job, on the other hand, is excellent. That tank really looks like it’s been wading through deep Russian spring thaw mud.
Love the colour you achieved with this kit, also love the fact you leave your mishaps in the video. 😁👍
Really nice work as usual. I especially like the blue highlights but my preference is for a bit less weathering. You really did a great job on it overall.
The blue effect looks very cool. Yes, the weathering really adds that final touch!
Fabulous finished model. Learned a lot from watching you. Thank you.
One of your best work in my opinion.
The blue really make it POP. Great job.
Thank you! 😊
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters I enjoy listening to you as much as I do watching the builds. You're a good soul.
@@Absaalookemensch Thank you so much! If only I could get my wife to say that. LOL
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters Get her into the hobby. Something she can enjoy doing with the kids. We've been married 40 years and it has it's troubled waters, but that builds stronger bonds when the waters are fair.
Looks great Andy. The Blue/Grey coat really works. From one of your fans in Vancouver, BC, Canada🇨🇦
Great looking build. Thanks for sharing the process with such an in depth tutorial
Really enjoy your builds Andy and the weathering looks fantastic and the blue tint works well. I am new to the hobby and find your channel to be one of the best on TH-cam. I'm in Scotland but who knows, if I am ever in Arizona i'll be sure to pay you a visit.
Just stumbled on your channel, been over 15 years since I've built any armor models, watching this has given me the ich again lol
Great looking model. Very realistic weathering. In the right diorama, you couldn't tell it was a model. Also love the color choice.
Like your weathering and like how the kit looks love your work Andy well done again with this one
Wow! Andy, this is absolutely fantastic, one of your best ever! 🤩
I just ordered the German PZKPFW IV AUSF D. And I have a new IWATA airbrush. Can't wait to paint, weather and rust this tank.
I do like the separate hull and fender parts. I think they did that to get more detail during the molding process.
Great looking build Andy I like what tamiya has done with the Hull and the weathering looks awesome Steve 🇬🇧