A very nice looking Hetzer! I’m currently building a n Academy Hetzer kit. Your part #1 video has been extremely helpful. And your part #2 video will be helpful when I get to the airbrushing and weathering. What air pressure do you use when airbrushing AK Interactive 3rd Generation paints. Thank you for posting both Hetzer videos. Larry
Thank you Larry! My air pressure is usually around 2 Bar. But the AK 3rd gen paints must be thinned before being used in an airbrush. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions
What brand airbrush and needle size do you use. Do you use different airbrushes for applying base coats and camouflage airbrushing. Thank you for your help. Larry
@larryolsen9971 I do 95% of my airbrushing both priming and base coats/camouflage with a basic Fengda FE-183K and a 0,5mm nozzle. If I need to work more precise I have an more expensive Harder & Steenbeck Ultra with a 0,2mm nozzle
In der Minute 7:42 auf dem Foto ist ein Panther der Ausf.G Oktober Produktion 1944, somit nicht ein Panther Ausf. D der ersten Produktion wie du ihn da baust. Die Variante, die du baust, hatte weder den Splitterschutz auf dem Turmdach noch auf den Lufteinlässen hinten auf dem Motorraum. Das war nur auf Panther vom I/Pz.Rgt.26 in Italien 1944-45 zu finden. Es wurde im Feld aus den Schürzen gefertigt. Aber dein Bau ist ganz gut 👍
Danke für die Info weißt da deutlich mehr als ich. Grade bei diesen ganzen Feldmodifikationen ist es manchmal schwer rauszufinden auf welchen Fahrzeugen sie verwendet wurden
Guys! This Takom has an error in positijning the scopes on the commander's cupola! Be careful! Everyone has a mistake in their buildings. Author, you also have a mistake but it's too late to correct it
As this builder states, one of the periscopes in the commander's cupola should point straight ahead. It's a very simple fix to clip off the locater tab and install properly. I only repeat this because it's only an issue with the Early and Mid, the Late does not have this problem. One other mention, is that the radiators and cooling fans should be attached to the underside of the upper deck instead of going into the lower hull. It's very difficult to get them in at the right angle so the upper deck sits down all the way. If you attach them to the upper deck instead, the alignment sorts itself out better.
Hi. I think that you need to take a closer look at the wheels. The spokes on the wheels should face outwards. The kit is not a bad model but you need to look at the instructions more closely.
Thanks for the recommendation. From what i found online that set is a bit older and not really sold anymore. But I do have the new Takom Hetzer's too when I want to build another one in the future. Hope they are fun to built aswell.
A shame they decided to do the most painful way to build tracks. Their previous Tiger P 003 kit had these beautifully designed single pour gate tracks that required even less clean up than metal tracks.
I agree. This is the part I'm least looking forward to when I start building the kit. I hope that all the parts will at least fit together well afterwards.
At 20:25 you tell us to keep the two small notches at the sides. Why is that? On the real tank, that is a locking ring, so it can be tightened up to any angle you like. Does the kit require the notches to be in a specific place?
You seem to know more about Tigers then me. Every model kit i saw had the two notches at the side so i just assumed thats how the barrel had to be oriented. But i guess it can be in any rotarion then, so thank you for the heads up :)
The armoured covers on the exhaust are in the video upside down. When you put the shroud over them the will not fit. The lifting pegs should be lower. When you turn them around it will be ok. Intresting and great video.
This is incorrect. The lifting pegs are actually on the higher side. Even Tiger 131 has them up higher. The way DSM has them on in his video is correct. Maybe there is an issue with the kit's fitment? But every picture I've seen of a Tiger 1 or 2 that has the pegs has them on the top half not lower.
Great video, I am in the middle of building one of the other once, and have had the same issues :-), missing instruction on the grill and the also had to cut the fuel tank top away. Nice to see that I am not the only one with the issues. Great watching, keep it up.
Thank you! It really is a shame that a recently released kit like that has such big errors. That probably means that all other Tigers based on this tool have the same issues as well. I hope the rest goes smoothly for you and enjoy building!
Great build, nice kit. You mentioned the Jagdpanther, warning the Meng Panther / Jagdpanther tracks require you to glue the guide horns (2 each link) onto each track. I have built 2 Meng Panthers. Set aside some time.
Thank you! I am currently working on the new Takom Tiger I, which also has separate guide horns. At least they are designed in a way that you can attach multiple at once. But it still took a lot of time and patience
The AK pencils are great for exhaust. I spend way too much time on exhaust lol. Last set I did I spend 3-4hrs alone on that. At least that one could be seen. First exhaust I did was about 2hrs work and had a cover that hide it entirely.
Carefully building and painting parts and then covering them happens so often. At least we ourself know how much time we spend on certain parts even if others wont ever see them
I have a hard time with figures. I haven’t used any really in any of my builds but I paint them for practice. Sprues and Brews has a good figure tutorial if you haven’t seen it, similar to your method. That’s what I try to do anyway. Watch a bunch of different ways to do something and try to figure out a mixture that works for me. I like the airbrush idea for speckling, I’ll have to give that a try.
I watched Sprues and Brews and Nightshift to get an idea how to paint figures. Watching different people and their techniques is a really good way to learn a bunch of things to try out yourself
Border has a really good kit out, their early version. Honestly I just assume all Border/RFM/Takom and most Dragon kits are all top tier. At least every kit from the first three I have seen are and most from dragon I have seen are.
I can only agree. Most new releases these days have a really high quality. Its a huge difference to any model kits released 30 or 40 years ago what even cheap kits can achieve today.
@@dreamzzscalemodelling I just built Tamiyas Panther A, I believe it’s a 70’s tooling. Light years difference between that and other kits I have. A lot of fun though. Made me scratch build to compensate for shortcomings
The Panther A i also have on my shelf waiting to be built. Cant go wrong with a Tamiya kit even the older ones and scratch built upgrades are always a good idea
