Looks pretty straight forward. I have this kit on my bench and have been looking forward to your build video. As usual, you didn't disappoint. First Blitz kit and first Panzer III in a very long time. Thank you Andy!
Hi Andy, The Covers on the Air intaktes and outlets are because this Pz. III was able to forge deeper to Rivers than normal Pz III. They could close this openings Walter tight. Also the Exhaust was positoned higher then normal and was fittet with a nonreturn valve Sorry for my bad Englisch Btw: Love your Videos All the best from good old Switzerland
Be driving by to pickup some kits in mid September. Awesome kit, I picked it up on our way home from Texas to Las Vegas last month. Awesome build Andy!
Thank you some really awesome build short cuts. Just shows that there is always something new to learn which is alwaye a goodthing . Thank you for all the building tips . Two thumbs up
Good idea marking the track direction before fitting everything together...or you just use the Oddball excuse if you get them the wrong way round ("we can go as fast backward as forwards - I like to think we can get out of trouble as quickly as we got into it").
Love anything on German armor especially Kursk and Tiger 1s and Panthers and other tanks . I just love these build these build videos. You’ve seen the milk ad,got milk, how about ‘Got Armor?
Love your videos, enjoy the commentary.....you break down each part into simple, doable steps and it makes sense to modellers at all levels of experience. Great job, Andy....keep them coming!
Great job Andy I just picked up this kit today. Loved the video, at the end however while the tank is turning giving us the all round views of it I could spot that the two pipes that attach to the muffler don’t look to be connected to the rear underside of the hull.
Excellent video as always Andy! 👏 But then, I am somewhat biased, because I have always had a soft spot for PzKpfW IIIs. lol 😆 I will also add this: While the Panther, Tiger I & II, etc get more attention, we must remember that it was the PzKpfW III that formed the backbone of the Panzer divisions when they were experiencing their greatest successes. So the PzKpfW III is an important tank from a historical perspective. ☺ Andy, I must say that you have a real knack for airbrushing perfect camoflauge patterns, which is something I struggled with. As is always the case, you have airbrushed the perfect amount of surface area with the camo colour(s) & avoided making the pattern look to 'busy' or repetitive. Kudos! 👍👍 I do have one question for anyone & everyone. 🤔 From what I understand, the schurzen on German tanks in WWII was between 5mm & 8mm thick. Given that the schurzen was made of hardened steel, I must admit that I'm skeptical that schurzen plates could get bent during travel or in battle. Even if they could get bent, I would expect that a force sufficient to bend hardened steel would first totally mangle the thin rails holding the schurzen, the fenders, etc.. FWIW, I have watched countless videos of actual footage on TH-cam & I certainly see plenty of examples of broken & bent rails, and schurzen panels hanging in strange directions, but I don't recall seeing any that showed schurzen panels that have been bent (unless they've been hit by large calibre projectiles) So I guess I am looking for opinions on this issue, and, if there are examples of German AFVs with bent schurzen plates (rather than misaligned plates because the rails are bent), I would greatly appreciate links to the photos/videos so I can peruse them. ☺ Thanks!
Ohhh😍 So nice tutorial 🙏! I started to enjoy assembling plastic models in this may. When I try to assemble that like a tank (military), I’ll back this channel & learn again. Thanks for making nice video😆!
Right on Andy!!!! Love the vid Andy Back in action Yah!!! My fav 1/35th tanks Andy you Rock. Thank you Andy for all your sharing , builds, paints, whats new !!!! Right On!!!!
Gotta get in there with the Tamiya Panel Line Accent Colors! You've gotta get with the Vallejo Washes and Pigments program too! I don't know if you have Big Lots stores in Arid-zona, but they are a great place to scrounge ladies' make-up brushes cheap for doing dry pigments! Next best is Sally Beauty Supply or Ulta Beauty. Both have nail sanding sticks cheaper than "hobby" sanding sticks too! I like Sprue Bros. but I can get the same sanding wands up to 50% cheaper at the beauty supply houses...put 'em in your store! We do! Gotta make our hobby dollar go as far as it can. Take care, Andy!
Hey mate. You're still going strong I see. Joined and saw your tank painting on Nov 10 2015. How time flys. Catch up every now and then. Cheers 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺♿♿
As usual a very informative video. Another winner from Takom. My guess is that we can look forward to a few other kits based on the Panzer III like StuG,s for instance. I really would like to see a late StuG III.
Come on andy son it's not armour plate over the exhaust remember it's the Ausf M and a very ACCURATE Ausf M at that too! I'm building it now going by all my references and books it's the most accurate panzer 3 out the box I have ever built and remember this has all the Deep wadding seals and covers on this version! The exhausts close from inside the hull the turret side doors hatches have rubber seals and cupola same as the breaks and gearbox housing plate notice that's 4 handles at.each corner with a gasket and the deep wadding exhaust! There new Ausf N is very accurate too adding the whole new parts sprue to make I a true N!
A beautiful model, as the usual, I had the old ESCI 1/72 in the early'70 and for that times was very good. Ironically Hitler &Guderian were pushing for a more powerful gun but the bureaucrats choose the pathetic 3,7cm for standardization, then there was the upgrade to the 5,0cm.
Just bought this kit, there are some minor fitting issue, but nothing I can't handle. What bothers me the most are those seam lines on practically everything, especially the road wheel swing arms and in very tight places to clean them up.
I love how the tank looks good job Andy! I wanted to ask about the shadow coats to give the tank a shadow,highlight fading effect that you use with an airbrush. I was wondering if you could do the same with tamiya spray paint? With the black all over it and the highlights
Watching your old video of you building the 1/350 Ranger (CV4). I don't have an airbrush, and building something that big seems a bit tedious to paint without one. Especially the hull and flight deck.
Hi Andy, love your videos, been watching you for years. Just wondering why you have never addressed your volume issues, you are so much quieter then every other you tube video I watch, i have to double my volume level just to hear you. Cheers
That airbrush seems to be mulfunctioning quite a bit, there are green dots all over the place -_- Also you should spend some more time with the chipping and everything in general, like weathering effects, its very bare bones
Hi Andy I really like your tutorials , I like how you end up with the same results as some of the many other tutorials that seem to use alot of overkill in their painting process. I just want to get your advice on how to get a nice even fine spray without so much overspray. I'm OK with mono colours and modulation, weathering,but I have trouble doing those finer camouflage patterns especially on the German armour and aircraft. Also I'm confused with the waterbased acryllics and the Tamiya acryllic , what can you and can't use together? Cheers Stu.
pity i cannot get Squadron 90 degree tweezers over here in the UK, have to get them from America , but $16 odd postage for $5 tweezers is much too much for me to pay, shame really as i have to make do with what i`ve got, still i like your vids, very informative, will keep watching them
@@rodgercox2770 Except that is not the right analysis. Dupont tweezers are about 35 USD. With postage you are paying over 20 USD for five dollars tweezers. So the adjusted out of pocke cost is another 15 pounds or more, for a thousand times more the tweezers. I have had one pair for over ten years. Just as good as new. The cheap ones you have to replace every couple of years.
@@fwsauerteig which country do you live in( not being funny, just curious) cos in England the cheapest ones are £30 upwards and out of my price range as my pension won't stretch to it, but as I said , thanks anyway and keep on happy modeling
@@rodgercox2770 United States. They can be had for as little as 25 (about 20 BPS if I am not mistaken), for the small ones under 35 for the more standard size. So aroun 30 BPS, maybe a little less, sounds right. I mean no disrespect--but over time, you will save money buy buying one pair that will last. I was skeptical too, of the price, but decided to give it a shot. The only other tweezers I have bought are other Dumont tweezers (sometimes it helps to have to pairs... I would do whatever I could to find a way to get a pair. Sell kits you will never biuld, or sell rare oop books you do not want. Donate blood. They are worth it.
Damn, I was really stoked for this kit after I saw your video. Sadly, I've found out that this is the worst kit I've ever worked on. Really contemplating on just straight up throwing it in the bin. I find the fit to be extremely horrible. First Takom kit I've made, but I had really high expectations. Sure this is a "Blitz" kit and not a proper takom one, but I find this a very poor kit. Not going to buy any Blitz kits ever again, that's for sure.
I'm curious why you don't paint the turret separately. What do you do about the area underneath? Or is painting it while on the tank just for the video?.. Or do you just never turn the turret?
Краска для камуфляжа не понравилась - слишком зернистый распыл. Тамия и Ганза гораздо лучше было бы. В видео многие этапы окраски и визиринга просто пропущены. Раньше ваши видео были гораздо информативнее и подробно сняты все процессы работы. Посмотрел только для того, чтобы посмотреть.
german tank commanders almost always had their cupola hatches open while on the field. all your builds show them down. don't get me wrong i dig your model tanks but an open hatch on your future model tanks would be nice. peace out.
Looks pretty straight forward.
I have this kit on my bench and have been looking forward to your build video.
As usual, you didn't disappoint.
First Blitz kit and first Panzer III in a very long time.
Thank you Andy!
Hi Andy,
The Covers on the Air intaktes and outlets are because this Pz. III was able to forge deeper to Rivers than normal Pz III. They could close this openings Walter tight. Also the Exhaust was positoned higher then normal and was fittet with a nonreturn valve
Sorry for my bad Englisch
Btw: Love your Videos
All the best from good old Switzerland
Outstanding job on the tank. I really like when you take the dioramas outside and let the natural light shine on them.
Be driving by to pickup some kits in mid September. Awesome kit, I picked it up on our way home from Texas to Las Vegas last month. Awesome build Andy!
Thank you some really awesome build short cuts.
Just shows that there is always something new to learn which is alwaye a goodthing .
Thank you for all the building tips .
Two thumbs up
That is the COOLEST LOOKING tank for the price!!! Awesome work Andy!
Your videos always help me decide if I want kit or not. Genuine, not too fancy and achievable.
Good idea marking the track direction before fitting everything together...or you just use the Oddball excuse if you get them the wrong way round ("we can go as fast backward as forwards - I like to think we can get out of trouble as quickly as we got into it").
Love anything on German armor especially Kursk and Tiger 1s and Panthers and other tanks . I just love these build these build videos. You’ve seen the milk ad,got milk, how about ‘Got Armor?
I love this model. I have never built anything by Takom but this kit make me want one for my next purchase! Great job!
Superb Takom Panzer 1/35 kit , I like very much the project ,and how it looks the final result . Thank you for sharing !👏👏👏🥇🏆👍
Seems like a good & easy weekend build
Love your videos, enjoy the commentary.....you break down each part into simple, doable steps and it makes sense to modellers at all levels of experience. Great job, Andy....keep them coming!
Great job Andy I just picked up this kit today. Loved the video, at the end however while the tank is turning giving us the all round views of it I could spot that the two pipes that attach to the muffler don’t look to be connected to the rear underside of the hull.
Excellent video as always Andy! 👏 But then, I am somewhat biased, because I have always had a soft spot for PzKpfW IIIs. lol 😆 I will also add this: While the Panther, Tiger I & II, etc get more attention, we must remember that it was the PzKpfW III that formed the backbone of the Panzer divisions when they were experiencing their greatest successes. So the PzKpfW III is an important tank from a historical perspective. ☺
Andy, I must say that you have a real knack for airbrushing perfect camoflauge patterns, which is something I struggled with. As is always the case, you have airbrushed the perfect amount of surface area with the camo colour(s) & avoided making the pattern look to 'busy' or repetitive. Kudos! 👍👍
I do have one question for anyone & everyone. 🤔 From what I understand, the schurzen on German tanks in WWII was between 5mm & 8mm thick. Given that the schurzen was made of hardened steel, I must admit that I'm skeptical that schurzen plates could get bent during travel or in battle. Even if they could get bent, I would expect that a force sufficient to bend hardened steel would first totally mangle the thin rails holding the schurzen, the fenders, etc.. FWIW, I have watched countless videos of actual footage on TH-cam & I certainly see plenty of examples of broken & bent rails, and schurzen panels hanging in strange directions, but I don't recall seeing any that showed schurzen panels that have been bent (unless they've been hit by large calibre projectiles)
So I guess I am looking for opinions on this issue, and, if there are examples of German AFVs with bent schurzen plates (rather than misaligned plates because the rails are bent), I would greatly appreciate links to the photos/videos so I can peruse them. ☺ Thanks!
Amen! They never get the attention they deserve.
The mold looks as good as A Tamiya Kit...Nice build Andy ...Good Advises .👏🏻👏🏻🤗
It was great meeting you today in your shop Andy! Thanks for suggesting this kit. I'm going to enjoy building it.
Ohhh😍 So nice tutorial 🙏!
I started to enjoy assembling plastic models in this may.
When I try to assemble that like a tank (military), I’ll back this channel & learn again.
Thanks for making nice video😆!
Right on Andy!!!!
Love the vid Andy
Back in action Yah!!!
My fav 1/35th tanks Andy you Rock.
Thank you Andy for all your sharing , builds, paints, whats new !!!!
Right On!!!!
Gotta get in there with the Tamiya Panel Line Accent Colors! You've gotta get with the Vallejo Washes and Pigments program too! I don't know if you have Big Lots stores in Arid-zona, but they are a great place to scrounge ladies' make-up brushes cheap for doing dry pigments! Next best is Sally Beauty Supply or Ulta Beauty. Both have nail sanding sticks cheaper than "hobby" sanding sticks too! I like Sprue Bros. but I can get the same sanding wands up to 50% cheaper at the beauty supply houses...put 'em in your store! We do! Gotta make our hobby dollar go as far as it can. Take care, Andy!
Exquisite art as always. Like the kits that I can afford and build.
I will pick this up someday, just busy with the RFM panz3 at the moment.
Nice little kit, you make the painting look so easy? great job thanks for showing.
Nice work Andy. Enjoyable video. I think I will have to get one of these for my stash. Cheers from the U.K.
I have just started my kit you are right it go to gather really good I'm looking forward to seeing you build the stug as well well done andy🇬🇧
Love your finished model Andy, you have made a cracking job of it.
Great build and video!
The anti-HEAT armor turned out great!
Any idea when we'll see the rest of the giant Tamiya wrecker build?
Another great video as usual Andy.............. I need to get back to building some tanks.
Hey mate. You're still going strong I see. Joined and saw your tank painting on Nov 10 2015. How time flys. Catch up every now and then. Cheers 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺♿♿
As usual a very informative video. Another winner from Takom. My guess is that we can look forward to a few other kits based on the Panzer III like StuG,s for instance. I really would like to see a late StuG III.
Great looking kit weathering looks great nice work Andy Steve 🇬🇧
Outstanding Build. I just ordered that kit from you.
Well done! 👍🇳🇿
Super job! I built a Panzer IV last year that looks similar.
Can you show us how you painted the tracks and the wheels when they're all already put on the tank? Thanks
You have a great channel! So many important information.
Come on andy son it's not armour plate over the exhaust remember it's the Ausf M and a very ACCURATE Ausf M at that too! I'm building it now going by all my references and books it's the most accurate panzer 3 out the box I have ever built and remember this has all the Deep wadding seals and covers on this version! The exhausts close from inside the hull the turret side doors hatches have rubber seals and cupola same as the breaks and gearbox housing plate notice that's 4 handles at.each corner with a gasket and the deep wadding exhaust! There new Ausf N is very accurate too adding the whole new parts sprue to make I a true N!
Thank for posting
looks great man
Nice build, well done.
You are an artist my friend
Another nice build. Received my order today from Andyshhq. Should make track build easier like you stated on video.
Thank you for you support!
Pro tip: never use a marker on your model because they are oil based and paint will peel away ...especially if you don't use primer lol
Glad the music changed, after years of the same old tune hehe.
considerate how they keyed the drive wheel to line up with the tracks
Getting ready to start mine soon
A beautiful model, as the usual, I had the old ESCI 1/72 in the early'70 and for that times was very good. Ironically Hitler &Guderian were pushing for a more powerful gun but the bureaucrats choose the pathetic 3,7cm for standardization, then there was the upgrade to the 5,0cm.
Just bought this kit, there are some minor fitting issue, but nothing I can't handle. What bothers me the most are those seam lines on practically everything, especially the road wheel swing arms and in very tight places to clean them up.
Why did u use the iron oxide as the undercoat w chipping
Wouldn't it be the panzer grey?
How do you get such thin lines with your airbrush.
As usual awesome work
I love how the tank looks good job Andy! I wanted to ask about the shadow coats to give the tank a shadow,highlight fading effect that you use with an airbrush. I was wondering if you could do the same with tamiya spray paint? With the black all over it and the highlights
I like this one Andy!!
Watching your old video of you building the 1/350 Ranger (CV4). I don't have an airbrush, and building something that big seems a bit tedious to paint without one. Especially the hull and flight deck.
It is I've built a 1/700 USS Yorktown it took a long time without a airbrush
Hey Andy great work as always. I was wondering if you could help me out, how do you brush paint tamiya if you have thinned the whole bottle? Thanks
Hi Andy, what an amazing video you have produced but at 13:20 there is a little audio problem 😁
Excellent as usuall
New song is really good
Looks like a great kit. But I absolutely hate those tracks. They always give me problems. You make it look easy tho.
Awesome Job !!!!!
Looks a beauty 😊👍
Hi Andy, love your videos, been watching you for years.
Just wondering why you have never addressed your volume issues, you are so much quieter then every other you tube video I watch, i have to double my volume level just to hear you.
Cheers
Thanks for watching! I apologize for the volume issues, I am trying to find a better solution.
How do you paint the tracks on the vehicle???
what white paint do you use for the highlights?
Last time I built a Panzer III was a 1/30 Nichimo in the mid 70's.....
verry well
Very nice love your vids can you do the sturer emil from trumperder
That airbrush seems to be mulfunctioning quite a bit, there are green dots all over the place -_-
Also you should spend some more time with the chipping and everything in general, like weathering effects, its very bare bones
Does anyone know the code of the yellow colour he uses on the tank
Can you build a Tropical version?
outstanding, love your job, btw link to your group is broken
Hi Andy I really like your tutorials , I like how you end up with the same results as some of the many other tutorials that seem to use alot of overkill in their painting process. I just want to get your advice on how to get a nice even fine spray without so much overspray. I'm OK with mono colours and modulation, weathering,but I have trouble doing those finer camouflage patterns especially on the German armour and aircraft. Also I'm confused with the waterbased acryllics and the Tamiya acryllic , what can you and can't use together?
Cheers
Stu.
Hi , you might need a finer airbrush , or possibly thin the paint down a slight bit more and get a little closer.
Are those angled tweezers a Tamiya product?
pity i cannot get Squadron 90 degree tweezers over here in the UK, have to get them from America , but $16 odd postage for $5 tweezers is much too much for me to pay, shame really as i have to make do with what i`ve got, still i like your vids, very informative, will keep watching them
You would be better off with swiss Dupont tweezers. A little but more for much higher quality.
@@fwsauerteig but i don`t consider £30-£40 a little bit more, but thanks anyway
@@rodgercox2770 Except that is not the right analysis. Dupont tweezers are about 35 USD. With postage you are paying over 20 USD for five dollars tweezers. So the adjusted out of pocke cost is another 15 pounds or more, for a thousand times more the tweezers. I have had one pair for over ten years. Just as good as new. The cheap ones you have to replace every couple of years.
@@fwsauerteig which country do you live in( not being funny, just curious) cos in England the cheapest ones are £30 upwards and out of my price range as my pension won't stretch to it, but as I said , thanks anyway and keep on happy modeling
@@rodgercox2770 United States. They can be had for as little as 25 (about 20 BPS if I am not mistaken), for the small ones under 35 for the more standard size. So aroun 30 BPS, maybe a little less, sounds right.
I mean no disrespect--but over time, you will save money buy buying one pair that will last.
I was skeptical too, of the price, but decided to give it a shot. The only other tweezers I have bought are other Dumont tweezers (sometimes it helps to have to pairs...
I would do whatever I could to find a way to get a pair. Sell kits you will never biuld, or sell rare oop books you do not want. Donate blood. They are worth it.
Love it
Got this kit in a thrift store for 5$.. didnt know u needed glue to assemble it
what happened to the rubber tracks?
They probably made the journey over the 'Rubber Track Rainbow Bridge'....sign...😞😢😭
😉😆😆
Do a revell kit pls!
Nice
Damn, I was really stoked for this kit after I saw your video. Sadly, I've found out that this is the worst kit I've ever worked on. Really contemplating on just straight up throwing it in the bin. I find the fit to be extremely horrible. First Takom kit I've made, but I had really high expectations. Sure this is a "Blitz" kit and not a proper takom one, but I find this a very poor kit. Not going to buy any Blitz kits ever again, that's for sure.
What will your next build be?
You've not put that odd cupola photo etch sight on there!
I'm curious why you don't paint the turret separately. What do you do about the area underneath? Or is painting it while on the tank just for the video?.. Or do you just never turn the turret?
I do take it off and paint the rest off camera
@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters Awesome, thanks for indulging my curiosity 😅
The side skirts look, well, daft.....
💯
Краска для камуфляжа не понравилась - слишком зернистый распыл. Тамия и Ганза гораздо лучше было бы. В видео многие этапы окраски и визиринга просто пропущены. Раньше ваши видео были гораздо информативнее и подробно сняты все процессы работы. Посмотрел только для того, чтобы посмотреть.
I from Russia
Too many ads now Andy!
The tracks are link and LENGTH, not link and link............
Lol. Also accessories is ACKsessories not ASSesories. (pet peeve...dad used to say it that way as well....)
german tank commanders almost always had their cupola hatches open while on the field. all your builds show them down. don't get me wrong i dig your model tanks but an open hatch on your future model tanks would be nice. peace out.
i’m half way through this kit and it’s kinda horrible
are you aware of the fact that these lovely vehicles killed many humans?
First