Andy, I really enjoyed your review and construction video, your painting and weathering techniques were a great bonus in seeing how to apply the weathering in a step by step narrative. Thanks again for sharing!
Thanks Andy. I'm really learning a great deal watch you paint. I didn't have any idea how to weather a model before but your videos that includes great segment of painting is teaching me some techniques. Thanks again and keep it up.
I just got this kit and figured I'd see if there was a build so I could identify problem areas. Very nicely built and looks like a nice easy kit. One note though, the bar assembly at the back wasnt used to ram home the rounds. It was a gun lock and locked the rear of the travel solid so the gun didnt move around during transit. Thanks for another great video Andy.
Thanks Andy! Just nice to see one video, start to finish of a not so common Wespe. Really enjoyed this build and if you haven’t been told lately, classical music just works with modeling.
I remember building this kit when it first came out. A real gem. I can't wait to build this updated one. Nice build really liked the way you weathered this one
Once again...Top marks Andy, i'm loking forward to getting this Tamiya kit. After watching your paint job, I think I'll go the dark yellow also. Cheers mate. 10/10
Hi Andy, another great kit build, it looks really good, always love your vid's they are very easy to watch, i have learnt a lot from them. Thanks from UK.
I am glad to see the paint color formulas given right on the screen. Very nice build, BTW! I've seen a couple Wespes like this one in museums. Judging by the "through and through" holes from anti-tank weapons, the Wespe armor did not offer much protection, except maybe from rocks.
I just built the JU 87G-1 made by Revell.its a good model, but I got 2 of the stabilizer for the left cannon pod so I need to buy a replacement. the rage is real and the tears are flowing. btw great vid Andy! I love the interesting SPG, AA, & anti-tank vehicle build videos the most. GL & HH
Andy, another great build. I was able to get my hands on an older Bandai 1:48 scale Wespe kit a year ago, and it had similar parts. Now you have to add a couple of figures loading the gun and add some stowage for a nice diorama.
Andi good vieo! I'd like to correct something you said, The red and wite poles you refered to are Aiming stake the artillery use the as aiming points and to take up displacement caused during firing.
I got a E-100 Super Heavy Tank for Christmas two years ago and your videos inspired me to get off my butt and build it, ended up painting it with my 3 year old son and he loved it now we're going to get more to do them together! :) Here's a link to how it turned out: 1: imgur.com/a/UDrtR 2: imgur.com/a/hZkiX 3: imgur.com/a/qXuPu 4: imgur.com/a/VGLCt A few missing pieces since I have a 3 year old attacking it, but we got it done, made my own soil with Sand + Water + PvA then coated it with a non watered down brown acrylic and it's held that wet looking effect, made the fence by hand with stuff around the house, going to add vegetation at a later date. I unfortunately did the scratch effects with a silver instead of an Oxy Red, that was a mistake as a Warhammer player!
Nice kit, builds into a good looking model. I like the multi-link tracks, fast and easy to assemble, look decent (if I'm going individual-link I'd probably go aftermarket anyways). Thanks!
nice build. just one thing: the "little slide-up thing" you mention at 12m39s is not to load the shells, it's the locking mechanism to hold the gun place while the vehicle travelling :-)
I'm a little disappointed the Wespe wasn't an all-new tooling; I'm glad they finally put in the missing interior components and fixed the tracks, but I would have liked a new Wespe using up-to-date manufacturing. The Wespe is an iconic German vehicle that deserves it. I scratch-built all my missing interior as I didn't know about the Eduard set at the time, but I will likely pass on this release unless I can get it hella cheap.
Andy, you mentioned a few months ago a book on figures and how you wanted to start doing them. Are you any closer to this? as you don't seem to be showing this in the vids. Still enjoying btw :)
Since tamiya is updating this kit, how about them updating there old panther ausf. A kit? Afterall, it's "the year of the panther ". Thanks, great video.
ThatAussieBloke to an extent if your not one the main battle lines than you going to be doing mantince to keep you boys coming home. The men might not clean up but the mechanics behind the lines will do all they can to keep the vehicle on the line.
Tamiya's engineering keeps getting more amazing all the time, those tracks are fantastic. Unfortunately, tamiya did their old upgrade practice of adding one sprue of new parts and doubling the price of the kit. I'm hoping that this latest release will cause the old Wespe kits to go down in price on the secondary market.
My mate has this and is saving up all the extra parts he has about 7 PE sets for it there will be no damb plastic left when he start it! Been in the stash for a couple years think hes waiting for new tracks so must be the old kit
Andy do you have any news if anyone will make A30 Chalenger cruiser tank? It's baffing that no company released it yet, it shares many cromwell parts so i would expect Tamiya do do it, especially that they released some british kits recently.
Daft question coming up. The side protection armour - Were these sprayed off the model ( and interior detail done ) and then attached to the main body which had already been painted? I worry about doing that because would the paint affect the ability of the glue? Thanks.
Hi andy,great new kit from Tamiya,I remember having the old Tamiya Marder II S.P. gun(3560) kit back in the early 80's,the gun itself on this kit looks to be almost the exact same molding of the AFV club german 10.5 cm leFH18M howitzer kit(kit number AF35S24)?,or very similar?,I built that kit just about 3-4 months ago,before Xmas,interesting,another great build by the way
Love your work, Andy... And your shop is a bucket list item for me... My time in this world is short, so I need to grab as much of life as I can... A question, If I may, I have the Tamiya 'Mark Fit Decal Solution'. Not the same?
Hello on your recent TH-cam showing painting and weathering the new 1/16 scale Tiger ( I have preordered one) I believe you showed some graphite which you applied with your finger onto the tank treads, can you tell me where that can be purchased please and what you used? Can I order it from your website? Thank you.
Please please build the crew . I don't expect you to paint them , but tamiya are really working hard and I'm sure I noticed even bits of there uniforms were seperate even the way they join is new . It would be helpful . I know your busy but if you just tag it on your next video
Great build, the Wespe was always an interesting SPG. On another note, does anyone know how to clean up rough acrylic paint? I didn't thin mine down enough and the paint dried leaving the air brush leaving a rough grainy surface on my model.
CURRENTLY WORKING ON A ITALIAN DIORAMA AND MAY HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA FIGURES I MAY NOT USE. LOOKS LIKE IVE GOT A NEW KIT I HAVE TO GET TO WORK THEM INTO!
Andy, thanks for these videos. You gave me the confidence to finally paint my big 3d printed scratch built T34-85. Question: what were the vehicles painted underneath? I can only assume the factory painted the base chassis with a generic colour before sending them to the crews?
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every time i see a vid from Andy in my notification list im filled with joy
Watched this video 4 times. Going to get started on building a Wespe today. Thanks Andy!
Andy, I really enjoyed your review and construction video, your painting and weathering techniques were a great bonus in seeing how to apply the weathering in a step by step narrative. Thanks again for sharing!
I too, built the original Tamiya Wespa about 15yrs ago. Good job.
Thanks Andy. I'm really learning a great deal watch you paint. I didn't have any idea how to weather a model before but your videos that includes great segment of painting is teaching me some techniques. Thanks again and keep it up.
I just got this kit and figured I'd see if there was a build so I could identify problem areas. Very nicely built and looks like a nice easy kit. One note though, the bar assembly at the back wasnt used to ram home the rounds. It was a gun lock and locked the rear of the travel solid so the gun didnt move around during transit. Thanks for another great video Andy.
I'm late! My suit didn't come back from the cleaners, an old friend came from out of town, I got a flat......it's not my faulllllt!
Sweet build bwt
the model is really aweome. not much weathering, just a few steps, but the result is soo complicated and looks, again, awesome!
One of your best, Andy. Chipping and light staining is 'spot on' to my eye !
As soon as I see a white box, I know I'm in for a treat! Great kit Andy and I am exited for it to come out!
Very nice...the part at the rear behind the gun between the ammo bins is the rear internal gun travel lock. Thanks for posting....
Thanks Andy!
Just nice to see one video, start to finish of a not so common Wespe.
Really enjoyed this build and if you haven’t been told lately, classical music just works with modeling.
I actually picked this very kit up about a month or so ago. It's the next one on the bench after my Lang. That was also a fun build to do.
Congratulations with 84 000 Andy, you deserve it!
Great job Andy, and I love the new tracks that Tamiya have provided.
I remember building this kit when it first came out. A real gem. I can't wait to build this updated one. Nice build really liked the way you weathered this one
Once again...Top marks Andy, i'm loking forward to getting this Tamiya kit. After watching your paint job, I think I'll go the dark yellow also. Cheers mate. 10/10
Can't tell why,but view this Video again and again.love it so much!great great build.thx for this Andy👌👌👌
Nice build as always. Thanks for posting this great video.
Hi Andy, another great kit build, it looks really good, always love your vid's they are very easy to watch, i have learnt a lot from them. Thanks from UK.
I am glad to see the paint color formulas given right on the screen. Very nice build, BTW!
I've seen a couple Wespes like this one in museums. Judging by the "through and through" holes from anti-tank weapons, the Wespe armor did not offer much protection, except maybe from rocks.
Lovely work Andy! Nice details on the kit!
Fabulous job Andy!!!! I've really been inspired by your work and have learned a lot from you. Thank you!!!!
Superb job! I really like the heavier than usual weathering - the scratches in particular. Great kit for a diorama.
I just built the JU 87G-1 made by Revell.its a good model, but I got 2 of the stabilizer for the left cannon pod so I need to buy a replacement. the rage is real and the tears are flowing. btw great vid Andy! I love the interesting SPG, AA, & anti-tank vehicle build videos the most. GL & HH
Another great review. Looks like a great little kit. A relatively simple build. Thanks again Andy.
One of your best builds so far. Great result straight OOB!
Andy, another great build. I was able to get my hands on an older Bandai 1:48 scale Wespe kit a year ago, and it had similar parts. Now you have to add a couple of figures loading the gun and add some stowage for a nice diorama.
Nice Video I like the timelapse with the music
Fantastic build Andy.
Andi good vieo! I'd like to correct something you said, The red and wite poles you refered to are Aiming stake the artillery use the as aiming points and to take up displacement caused during firing.
Andy, suggest you post your TWITCH Streams to your TH-cam channel ... both are interesting .. cheers john
Love the kit, hate the tracks. Don't know why they do that. More trouble to build than it's worth. Great job as always Andy.
Stunning work as always Andy
I got a E-100 Super Heavy Tank for Christmas two years ago and your videos inspired me to get off my butt and build it, ended up painting it with my 3 year old son and he loved it now we're going to get more to do them together! :)
Here's a link to how it turned out:
1: imgur.com/a/UDrtR
2: imgur.com/a/hZkiX
3: imgur.com/a/qXuPu
4: imgur.com/a/VGLCt
A few missing pieces since I have a 3 year old attacking it, but we got it done, made my own soil with Sand + Water + PvA then coated it with a non watered down brown acrylic and it's held that wet looking effect, made the fence by hand with stuff around the house, going to add vegetation at a later date. I unfortunately did the scratch effects with a silver instead of an Oxy Red, that was a mistake as a Warhammer player!
learned a lot of your techniques and love your evaluation after you finished the built.
Nice kit, builds into a good looking model. I like the multi-link tracks, fast and easy to assemble, look decent (if I'm going individual-link I'd probably go aftermarket anyways). Thanks!
Nice build and great weathering Andy, looks really good 👌
I really like the PnP of the paints you are using.
Good job! You never disappoint Andy! Glad to see a difference in your builds lately...alot of panthers...
Great looking kit! I've never built armour or vehicles in a larger scale like that.... One day!
Nice work as usual Andy. Must have felt like a beginners kit after the two 1000+ part Panthers.
nice build. just one thing: the "little slide-up thing" you mention at 12m39s is not to load the shells, it's the locking mechanism to hold the gun place while the vehicle travelling :-)
I'm a little disappointed the Wespe wasn't an all-new tooling; I'm glad they finally put in the missing interior components and fixed the tracks, but I would have liked a new Wespe using up-to-date manufacturing. The Wespe is an iconic German vehicle that deserves it.
I scratch-built all my missing interior as I didn't know about the Eduard set at the time, but I will likely pass on this release unless I can get it hella cheap.
The interior is still missing parts....
Andy, you mentioned a few months ago a book on figures and how you wanted to start doing them. Are you any closer to this? as you don't seem to be showing this in the vids. Still enjoying btw :)
Great job Andy. Keep 'em coming. Another on the wish list.
Excellent techniques Andy, thank you for sharing!
Excellent 👍 Great build and weathering job! 👍
Since tamiya is updating this kit, how about them updating there old panther ausf. A kit? Afterall, it's "the year of the panther ". Thanks, great video.
Leave it alone best beginner kit of all time
Awesome!!!
Pls do stug IV/ some sdkfz or kv 2
An upgraded wespe kit? I'm liking this!
Congratulations on topping 84K subscribers! I'm ~ #8,539... And thanks for all the videos and inspiration!
Always impressed with your work
I love models with heavy weathering, because they wouldn't have cleaned them during the war so it makes sense to me that they would be really dirty
ThatAussieBloke to an extent if your not one the main battle lines than you going to be doing mantince to keep you boys coming home. The men might not clean up but the mechanics behind the lines will do all they can to keep the vehicle on the line.
Great build Andy.
Cannot believe Tamiya went with those tracks over the vinyl.
You should consider doing that destroyed tank diorama sometime think it would be kind of fun to see
Tamiya's engineering keeps getting more amazing all the time, those tracks are fantastic. Unfortunately, tamiya did their old upgrade practice of adding one sprue of new parts and doubling the price of the kit. I'm hoping that this latest release will cause the old Wespe kits to go down in price on the secondary market.
Great job Andy! Love the new turn table.
My mate has this and is saving up all the extra parts he has about 7 PE sets for it there will be no damb plastic left when he start it! Been in the stash for a couple years think hes waiting for new tracks so must be the old kit
great job! Another nice looking model
Another masterpiece. You sir, are an artist.
Love your builds its so cool. Keep up the good work
Nice Andy, tanks for sharing!! See you soon. Joe
Really looks fantastic Andy, great job!
Might I recommend Tamiya's 1/700 Shinano? I'm building it right now, and it is going together beautifully!
What about the figures? How do they seem? I have heard you say you cant paint figures, but can you show them built up.
1 min online 13 likes. What a nice Community
Andy do you have any news if anyone will make A30 Chalenger cruiser tank?
It's baffing that no company released it yet, it shares many cromwell parts so i would expect Tamiya do do it, especially that they released some british kits recently.
Looks real nice Andy
Beautiful! Very nice build.
Nice work Andy, great chipping on it!
Looks like a nice model but it would look really cool with some figures hanging out.
Love how his turned out
That version of The Blue Danube sounds like the sound track to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Gonna have to put this kit on my wish list.
Daft question coming up. The side protection armour - Were these sprayed off the model ( and interior detail done ) and then attached to the main body which had already been painted? I worry about doing that because would the paint affect the ability of the glue? Thanks.
I just got this kit yesterday to review.
Hi andy,great new kit from Tamiya,I remember having the old Tamiya Marder II S.P. gun(3560) kit back in the early 80's,the gun itself on this kit looks to be almost the exact same molding of the AFV club german 10.5 cm leFH18M howitzer kit(kit number AF35S24)?,or very similar?,I built that kit just about 3-4 months ago,before Xmas,interesting,another great build by the way
Essentially the same with a different muzzle break and some different ammo....
Just brought one due to this vid :) can't wait to give it a go cheers for the awesome vids
great build as always!
Great video Andy. 👍
As usual, amazing build. Congrats
Great build! Do you have a preferred enamel thinner for the streaking grime and pigments that you use?
I use vallejo pigments and I do like enamel washes better
Love your work, Andy... And your shop is a bucket list item for me... My time in this world is short, so I need to grab as much of life as I can... A question, If I may, I have the Tamiya 'Mark Fit Decal Solution'. Not the same?
Hello on your recent TH-cam showing painting and weathering the new 1/16 scale Tiger ( I have preordered one) I believe you showed some graphite which you applied with your finger onto the tank treads, can you tell me where that can be purchased please and what you used? Can I order it from your website? Thank you.
Another nice one, Andy!
Nice one Andy. Very nice indeed.
Please please build the crew .
I don't expect you to paint them , but tamiya are really working hard and I'm sure I noticed even bits of there uniforms were seperate even the way they join is new .
It would be helpful .
I know your busy but if you just tag it on your next video
Fabulous model !
Great build, the Wespe was always an interesting SPG. On another note, does anyone know how to clean up rough acrylic paint? I didn't thin mine down enough and the paint dried leaving the air brush leaving a rough grainy surface on my model.
CURRENTLY WORKING ON A ITALIAN DIORAMA AND MAY HAVE A COUPLE EXTRA FIGURES I MAY NOT USE. LOOKS LIKE IVE GOT A NEW KIT I HAVE TO GET TO WORK THEM INTO!
Nice build buddy :)
Andy, thanks for these videos. You gave me the confidence to finally paint my big 3d printed scratch built T34-85. Question: what were the vehicles painted underneath? I can only assume the factory painted the base chassis with a generic colour before sending them to the crews?
Very nice Andy. To bad Tamiya does not do a RAM tank. We could have a RAM kangaroo. that will be nice!
Looks fantastic mate!
Very nice work.
Nice build!
Do you not mask the wheels, do just spray inside?
Cool! I really like it.
Well done Andy! Thank you!