Wow, what a great result, well done. You did a fantastic job building, panting and weathering this iconic tank. Many thanks for sharing and allowing us to see this wonderful model of the Panzer III. Have fun mate, Joe
Absolutely stunning Evan! Awesome build. I really like the camouflage you chose. The mud effects look amazing! You did an awesome job with the weathering. Love this little tank. Well done!
That is epic! I'll definitely get this kit (since you recommend it) and make a diorama that looks similar to the box art! Great video, you have to be one of the best scale modellers on TH-cam! :D
Looks great Evan....sorry for the late reply. The part on the back with the chains could be fired from inside but the crew could fire them from outside if needed, thus the chains....nice weathering and video.
Yeah I saw the photo on your channel....I still haven't built the interior hehe as I'm not sure how I wanted to do it detail wise. Actually I don't think they used that engine for the Waffentrager anyway, since the whole lower hull was a redesign. Also noticed you got some Hataka paints, I bought some Luftwaffe colors a few months ago but haven't tried them yet. Looking forward to your review of them.
it's like I watched it grow up. (sniff sniff) Lol Great work again. Looks like more blue oil was added to the hull since the last video. Great work again.
Lol true, I did do lots of videos showing this one getting built and finished up! I'm excited about my next video, it will be a huge full weathering walkthrough with a focus on each step and how it contributes to the final weathered look. I didn't do more blue, but more black and brown pigments. Probably just slightly better lighting ;)
Thank you :D It's great! Also one thing I forgot to mention: be careful of the fit of the engine deck piece...mine ended up a tiny bit lower on one side which is a bit obvious when you see it against the upper hull area behind the turret.
Had the same problem with the J Tp, fortunately I dry fitted it first and noticed, and was able to compensate for that before the glue went on. I will be careful with this one too then! Thanks for the warning!
Great work, I like that you didn't chip it and I think the mud and oil paints work really well if perhaps a tad overdone as you say. I'm gonna have to get some oil paints. I'll check out your tutorial
Thank you very much Owen :) Oils are very useful; I've done a few other tutorials on them showing streaking and chipping effects you can do as well. They are my favourite medium by far!
i am returning to the model building world after a year and a half long break and this was my favorite channel but i want to do more cars rather than tanks, what are some channels i can watch for more car model stuff.
Excellent work! You got the colors down pretty good there. Do you even use any clear coat on your models? Especially the dusty muddy parts i can immagine wouldnt look as good if sealed.
You've sure been binge-watching! Yes I barely ever use a sealing coat, and when I do its always a matte coat rather than gloss as gloss makes the surface too smooth. And I never seal at the end since that usually murders the pigments as you said. I usually seal if I'm at a point where I want to 100 % protect the base coat, so for example if I've painted and weathered it and am now going to do a whitewash camouflage and then weather it again on top of that. Then I would matte coat it before the whitewash.
Well, once i´m hooked ;-) But i just learn so much from your explanations. I already tried a number of things you do but didn´t really know how when i did it and now that i see how you do it i even see what i did wrong. So hopefully my next model will me at least moderately fine. I´ll sure as hell gonna send you pictures!
Shouldn't those little bumpers on the turret be the other way up so that little horn actually blocks the hatch from swinging fully open? My take is that they are to prevent the hatch from slamming into the viewport cover.
You're right about the purpise of that thing, but they are on the correct way. There's a little edge along the top of that part that stops the hatch from opening all the way.
Then do you happen to know the purpose of the bit that extends downward? If I had never seen one on a real vehicle, I might guess it to be a rubber stop but if they are on correctly then that idea doesn't work, so they had some other purpose that I can't figure out. Grab handle?
I have no idea, but a grab handle seems to be the only thing that makes sense to me. I'm curious now...they may be there to bump against the side hatches, but maybe should have been installed at a steeper angle so the turret doors make contact there.
Nice, I was wondering if you could basically just do a tutorial about the different paints like enamels and washes and oil and all that other stuff because I've been in this hobby for about a year now and I still don't know the how to tell difference between them!
Thank you very much! I am happy with it, just I am quite critical of my own work :) But I do always have tons of fun and I did enjoy this one very much.
Wow, dude... very nice. Your mud build up looks really good. I don't think it is too much at all. Hopefully, I will use this word properly, but the paint weathering etc., is very homogeneous. It all goes together. It blends well. Sometimes a kit can be painted great on its own. Then the weathering looks good on its own. But then the two don't fit together. Like the wrong weathering for the wrong model. Hopefully that makes sense. This one looks great together. With the appropriate back drop and photo angle, one would be hard pressed to realize this isn't a real vehicle... especially in black and white.
You're right about tanks being grey until then, but yes, some tanks very early war had this "one-third brown" camouflage pattern over top of the grey. You only ever see this on tanks used during the invasion of Poland and France...I've never seen it used in Russia.
I've bought a few models and I'm thinking trying some weathering. What do you think about using a bare metal paint with a rust colored paint as a base coat, spraying it with a chipping medium or hairspray, then use panzer grey? What do you weather/chip with? A brush, toothpick or both?
I've done a few videos where I show my hairspray chipping process. Usually I use a toothpick and some small brushes with water. As for your chipping idea, that sounds good if you're going for metallic chipping!
Thank you! Yeah I know what you mean...but that's what the kit is called. I can take that out of the video title if you think it's not okay, I wouldn't mind doing that.
Panzermeister36 hi, in this period of madmen where we are living , its needed to be careful with this kind of title !The mixture model / aplologie of the Nazism is fast found ! we are , alls , scale modelers only ! take care my friend ! tschuss jy
Ah yes. I will be doing something like that on my next build, the StuG F/8. There will be a full weathering video on that one, and I plan to have lots of grass and stuff mixed in with the mud on that one. Unless you mean foliage camouflage....
Turned out really nice and I like the richness in the paintwork. I also like the mud effects.
Thank you very much!
Wow, what a great result, well done. You did a fantastic job building, panting and weathering this iconic tank. Many thanks for sharing and allowing us to see this wonderful model of the Panzer III.
Have fun mate,
Joe
Absolutely stunning Evan! Awesome build. I really like the camouflage you chose. The mud effects look amazing! You did an awesome job with the weathering. Love this little tank. Well done!
Thank you very much Scott :) I sure did have plenty of fun weathering this one up. I do like these early war camouflage patterns too!
That's a nice build. Living is learning, learning is living. Great job.
Very nice build. I like that it isn't overly weathered or chipped. The camouflage/paint looks very good.
Thank you Erik :)
Nice going Evan. Paint fading looks superb. Like the way the lower hull weathering went.
Thank you Mark!
Awesome work on your France campaign Panzer III. Love the 2 tone, early war camouflage. Weathering is Uber realistic. Bill
Thank you Bill! Great to hear from you :D
Was für ein wunderbares Modell, absolut Realistisch. Klasse Weathering.
Ganz großes Kino. 👍
Danke :D
This was an amazing video series and the finished model looks great! I cant wait to get some tips and tricks from you in the future!
Great paint job and weathering, looking awesome.
Thank you Kim :)
Great job! One of the nicest two-tone pz-3 that I've seen. Looking forward for a STUG :)
Thank you Mitko! I'm looking forward to it too :)
Very Cool Build, Keep on Modeling!
superb model and well conceived concept you had behind it :) i like this early war camo very much! should get back to it soon on my panzer III A.
Thank you Michael! I'm certain you will do an awesome job on it :)
Love it! Beautiful work mate! 👍 👌 👏
Thank you very much :)
Great work Evan, it looks wonderful and I think the weathering is excellent 👍👍👍
I could write an essay, Evan, but I hope you're happy when I just say: WOW!!! :)
Stunning work mate!
That is epic! I'll definitely get this kit (since you recommend it) and make a diorama that looks similar to the box art!
Great video, you have to be one of the best scale modellers on TH-cam! :D
Thank you :)
Hey buddy very nice! I really love the weathering on this one! I hope that you are doing great and Merry Christmas btw. Keep em coming!
Looks great Evan....sorry for the late reply. The part on the back with the chains could be fired from inside but the crew could fire them from outside if needed, thus the chains....nice weathering and video.
Thank you Paul! (It's Paul right? Been a while....) I've always wondered about that one.
Yep Paul's correct....
I just finished that kit I traded you the interior for the other day too :)
Yeah I saw the photo on your channel....I still haven't built the interior hehe as I'm not sure how I wanted to do it detail wise. Actually I don't think they used that engine for the Waffentrager anyway, since the whole lower hull was a redesign.
Also noticed you got some Hataka paints, I bought some Luftwaffe colors a few months ago but haven't tried them yet. Looking forward to your review of them.
it's like I watched it grow up. (sniff sniff) Lol
Great work again. Looks like more blue oil was added to the hull since the last video. Great work again.
Lol true, I did do lots of videos showing this one getting built and finished up! I'm excited about my next video, it will be a huge full weathering walkthrough with a focus on each step and how it contributes to the final weathered look. I didn't do more blue, but more black and brown pigments. Probably just slightly better lighting ;)
Love it, got the same kit a few days ago, can't wait to start on mine!
Thank you :D It's great! Also one thing I forgot to mention: be careful of the fit of the engine deck piece...mine ended up a tiny bit lower on one side which is a bit obvious when you see it against the upper hull area behind the turret.
Had the same problem with the J Tp, fortunately I dry fitted it first and noticed, and was able to compensate for that before the glue went on. I will be careful with this one too then! Thanks for the warning!
That turned out awesome dude. I like the fact you didn't really chip it.
Thanks Adam. Yeah I didn't want it too heavy, so it's pretty alright
Outstanding my friend
Thank you Steve :)
+Panzermeister36 Anytime
Great work, I like that you didn't chip it and I think the mud and oil paints work really well if perhaps a tad overdone as you say. I'm gonna have to get some oil paints. I'll check out your tutorial
Thank you very much Owen :) Oils are very useful; I've done a few other tutorials on them showing streaking and chipping effects you can do as well. They are my favourite medium by far!
Homerun all the way looks great.
Great work :-) J.
Thank you John :)
i am returning to the model building world after a year and a half long break and this was my favorite channel but i want to do more cars rather than tanks, what are some channels i can watch for more car model stuff.
Excellent work! You got the colors down pretty good there. Do you even use any clear coat on your models? Especially the dusty muddy parts i can immagine wouldnt look as good if sealed.
You've sure been binge-watching! Yes I barely ever use a sealing coat, and when I do its always a matte coat rather than gloss as gloss makes the surface too smooth. And I never seal at the end since that usually murders the pigments as you said. I usually seal if I'm at a point where I want to 100 % protect the base coat, so for example if I've painted and weathered it and am now going to do a whitewash camouflage and then weather it again on top of that. Then I would matte coat it before the whitewash.
Well, once i´m hooked ;-) But i just learn so much from your explanations. I already tried a number of things you do but didn´t really know how when i did it and now that i see how you do it i even see what i did wrong. So hopefully my next model will me at least moderately fine. I´ll sure as hell gonna send you pictures!
That's awesome! I'm glad my videos have been helpful. And yes please do send me photos :) I enjoy that. panzermeister36@gmail.com
Shouldn't those little bumpers on the turret be the other way up so that little horn actually blocks the hatch from swinging fully open? My take is that they are to prevent the hatch from slamming into the viewport cover.
You're right about the purpise of that thing, but they are on the correct way. There's a little edge along the top of that part that stops the hatch from opening all the way.
Then do you happen to know the purpose of the bit that extends downward? If I had never seen one on a real vehicle, I might guess it to be a rubber stop but if they are on correctly then that idea doesn't work, so they had some other purpose that I can't figure out. Grab handle?
I have no idea, but a grab handle seems to be the only thing that makes sense to me. I'm curious now...they may be there to bump against the side hatches, but maybe should have been installed at a steeper angle so the turret doors make contact there.
Nice, I was wondering if you could basically just do a tutorial about the different paints like enamels and washes and oil and all that other stuff because I've been in this hobby for about a year now and I still don't know the how to tell difference between them!
Thank you :) Yes I will be doing a video like that soon, which explains all the steps and products I use.
Beautiful!
You are being too hard on yourself, buddy, its looks amazing and accurate!!! Thanks for sharing...
Thank you very much! I am happy with it, just I am quite critical of my own work :) But I do always have tons of fun and I did enjoy this one very much.
Wow, dude... very nice. Your mud build up looks really good. I don't think it is too much at all. Hopefully, I will use this word properly, but the paint weathering etc., is very homogeneous. It all goes together. It blends well. Sometimes a kit can be painted great on its own. Then the weathering looks good on its own. But then the two don't fit together. Like the wrong weathering for the wrong model. Hopefully that makes sense. This one looks great together. With the appropriate back drop and photo angle, one would be hard pressed to realize this isn't a real vehicle... especially in black and white.
Did they paint camos on tanks in 1940? I thought all the panzers were painted grey until 1943
You're right about tanks being grey until then, but yes, some tanks very early war had this "one-third brown" camouflage pattern over top of the grey. You only ever see this on tanks used during the invasion of Poland and France...I've never seen it used in Russia.
The grey-brown camo scheme was officially the only scheme used from c1938 until well into 1940. Some time in 1940 they stopped adding the brown.
Nice job!
Thank you :)
Very Cool Build))+
Did the Germans use camouflage during the France 1940 campaign?
Yes, they used this camouflage, and rarely this but also with dark green patches. But most tanks were just grey.
I've bought a few models and I'm thinking trying some weathering. What do you think about using a bare metal paint with a rust colored paint as a base coat, spraying it with a chipping medium or hairspray, then use panzer grey? What do you weather/chip with? A brush, toothpick or both?
I've done a few videos where I show my hairspray chipping process. Usually I use a toothpick and some small brushes with water. As for your chipping idea, that sounds good if you're going for metallic chipping!
The Tamiya Panzer Grey is a little too dark if you ask me. Which company makes the most accurate panzer grey?
I usually take that XF-63 colour and lighten it with a little XF-2 and/or XF-18.
very nice ! the mud is perfect ! but why : 70 th anniversary of bliztkrieg ?its a little bit disturbing ! no ? so , well done mate ! jy
Thank you! Yeah I know what you mean...but that's what the kit is called. I can take that out of the video title if you think it's not okay, I wouldn't mind doing that.
Panzermeister36
hi, in this period of madmen where we are living , its needed to be careful with this kind of title !The mixture model / aplologie of the Nazism is fast found ! we are , alls , scale modelers only ! take care my friend ! tschuss jy
I understand. Thanks for letting me know; I changed the video title.
still waiting on bush tutorial.
On making bushes?
on adding them to vehicles
Ah yes. I will be doing something like that on my next build, the StuG F/8. There will be a full weathering video on that one, and I plan to have lots of grass and stuff mixed in with the mud on that one. Unless you mean foliage camouflage....
foliage camo. although some more dio vids are nice to see. I've recently been getting into dio building but I need help with grass
I like bush,but preferred shaved bush
Beauti Dude!!!
Thank you very much Mr. Coen :)