Building Dragon Panzer 3 Reconnaissance Tank. From Start to Finish. 

Hello from Canada again. Thanks for your time doing these videos. We all really appreciate it! I always look forward to your videos! I know you have a busy life as most of us, yet you take time to film and edit these videos for us in your spare time and you should know how much we enjoy them and appreciate your efforts. I'm always recommending you when I encourage someone to start modelling.

Very modest of you to say that you're not an expert. You do, however, (and don't deny this!) combine an engaging personality with an enthusiasm for the hobby and a down-to-earth approach. You've inspired me to get on and build a similar Dragon 1/35 kit (not the exact one, but a III H) having not done any modelling since I was a boy 40 years ago. Well done, QDC and thanks!

looks very nice

Love your videos qdc! They always make me wanna buy more model kits

Does anyone else watch his videos for his voice & the various noises that are made building the model?

Wonderful. Good job with the turret.

Absolutely awesome as usual. Something about your videos are so soothing to watch, and this build is no exception. The tank looks excellent as well. Can't wait to see what you have in store next!

Another great job!! You made it look easy. Many Dragon Models are very well done and easy to assemble. The Magic Track sets are always great and fun to work with. It does take a bit of patients when working with them. I am a huge fan of German Armour. Most of my Armour collection is German tanks, followed by American then a mix of British, French and Russian Armour. Thanks again for making great video.

Great video!!! THANKS for actually showing the construction of the track shoes - now I have an idea of what to expect on them and how they go together. Most other web-sites usually skip over that part for whatever reason.

I think this is my favorite model you've built so far. Bravo👏🏼

Hi qdc, I've been watching your channel and videos for a few months now, and I've learned several new techniques for building my armour models, so thanks! I particularly like your weathering tips, and will be trying them soon, once my new airbrush arrives! Looking forward to it as I've never used one, but your videos will certainly be a help. Thanks!

Once again you have weaved your magic and produced another masterpiece. Well done qdc, well done

cool build & awesome paint, glad to see you back.

this is awesome kit and cool paint

Hello from Moscow! Thank you very much for your videos. Very informative! I love watching your videos for my work with models. Good luck!

Great work ! Thanks for the video.

You have inspired me to try my hand at a model (Dragon 1/72 Panzer III Ausf J). Thank you for the great videos!

It's a very nice model kit, qdc. Congrats on building it and thank you for sharing this and inspiring us with your kind words at the end. Respect, mate!

Another perfect video and model build, an inspiration to all us budding amateur model makers out here in youtube land. 😉

Great job! I'm enjoying seeing the tanks. Can't wait for the next one!

QDC I looked through the comments and couldn't find any hate comments because your such a good RU-vidr. Keep making videos :)

good job, cant wait to see the next kit you build

As always QDC every one of your builds is a pleasure to watch.

an interesting kit , well finished. love the mud splatter effects . nice job

Brilliant as always mate. The mud effects turned out really nicely too!

Awesome as always !

i love this kind of german camouflage: easy to paint with excellent results

thankyou very much for sharing, fantastic model and build!

I only ask that you make more because I can't stop watching them.

Great camo paint up! Your skills are getting consistently better with time.

Another beautiful tank.. can't have too many!! :) :) Great job..

you always do the kits such justice :)another stunning build

Another beautiful project you made mindblowing work good job qdc!

Nice build - I like that kit. Nice technique of blowing mud onto the tank, I hadn't seen that, only the toothbrush method.

Wicked! i know you,re all smoked out on dioramas, but when your interest picks back up, it would be awesome if you made a german flak88 aagun diorama with sandbags ammo cans anti-air squad and maybe even a half track. thanks for making so much awesome content for us viewers and enthusiasts alike to enjoy.

Glad to see you back @qdc748a ! Good new model projects ! :)

Cool project Colin. Enjoyed the video. Very nice work mate

great work as usual

well done QDC!

lovely work and you simplified it for us, learned alot

excellent, well done mate

Amazing Just Amazing!!!

I think it's great that you eally love building kits, I just started again and some kits are really over done with PE and thousands of parts. My latest Trumper kit was the worst fitting kit, the Soviet 2K11A Krug, the holes for the small fiddly pieces were was to small to attach to the hull. most of them weren't even round.

Great video which was fun to watch. That antenna looked really fragile but you managed perfectly. Well done!

A great job

Actually its full name is "Panzer Beobachtungswagen III"! And as always: Nice work, QDC!

Great Job, well done. Greetings too your cat. I miss her....

beautiful model! :D like all of yours!

Great job

Wonderful job QDC.......You need to build a B17! or B24 Liberator!!

Very interesting vehicle, it´s always fun to watch your builds. Very clear an easy to follow, good job, cheers...

Looks really good ;-) Thank you :-)

Cool! Well done! :)

That's a mouth full!

Just perfect, good vídeo...

I can certainly understand that ! After that D-day diaroma you just built ,I wouldn't want to do anymore either.

Hi qdc, I'm not an expert myself but one way to add to your realism is to use panzer aces old wold color for german tools, it's a lighter tan brown but german wood was actually that color. The wire cutters are a compressed paper and you can use like any red brown on those and be fine. Then you can use tamiya panel liner brown on the old wood handles and it gives off a nice wood effect. This is not a critique, your videos are great and your kits are even better, I just thought u might want to hear about the technique. Cheers, Josh.

Great videos pls keep making them there very helpful.

This is awesome that I want it!

amazing

That's really nice! I really like how you make your videos as well, they are amazing tutorials showing the building, painting, etc. KUTGW!

Nice model!!!!

Hi Colin, it's Panzer III BeobachtungWagen ( Bee-Oh- Bach-tung Va-gen) Ausfahrung (Ous-Fa-Rung) H. which means Panzer III Command or supervisor tank variant H. I hope this helps in the future. Great to see these "Start to Finish" videos again

good job sir

very nice

Excellent job on your build. Was curious why this kit looks almost identical to my Revell 1/35 Pz.III. Turns out my Revell kit was made by Dragon as well. One slight comment: This is a Panzerbeobachtungswagen. Armored observation vehicle. These vehicles accompanied tank and StuG units into combat and called in artillery strikes and aiming corrections to "walk" artillery fire on to the target.

You are such a great model maker I truly admire every one of your videos. I just hope and pray that my model making videos can one day life up to your standards!

"From February of 1942 to April of 1944, 262 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf E/F/Gs were up-armored and converted into Artillerie Panzerbeobachtungswagen III (Sd.Kfz.143) - observation vehicles which served with Wespe and Hummel batteries until the end of the war. Panzerbeobachtungswagen III had a dummy gun mounted and in the place of original gun, Kugelblende (ballmount) for a 7.92mm MG34 machine gun was installed. Sd.Kfz.143 had a crew of five and was equipped with powerful radio equipment."

great model i like dragon model i like your costruction and wathering

as always qdc you did a great job! keep up the good work and have a good day :)

Hello, Maestro. Oh, my... What do we have here? A few weeks ago, you gave us Tamiya King Tiger Ardennes Front and now, Dragon Panzer III Reconnaissance Tank. Well done, Sir! Two videos from you just like that? Whatta a treat. X'mas in February. You put a lot of effort into it: prep work, assembly, painting, detailing, weathering, etc... A styrene, Master Piece, equivalent of J. Strauss The Blue Danube. Let it play, Maestro. Let your work be heard. You are right about the main gun. It's fake. The only armament is the 7.92mm MG34 machine gun with about 1500 rounds per tank. Thanks, again. So, let me finish by saying: "WE BUILT THE MODEL KIT. WE PAINTED IT. WE WEATHERED IT." The "WE" makes you special. It shows generosity from within you, unfortunately, a lonely word nowadays. Not too many people even knows what it means. My best to you and yours. Take care, Bro. Lou

Hey qdc love ur channel keep up the great work

Very nice tank!!! Always watch your vidoes with big pleasure. Looking forward to new works. P.S. Sorry for my English

Nice work, I built the Tamiya version .

The black primer makes the Dunkelgelb turn into OD....

magic tracks can be a pain in the ass but they look so much better than the rubber ones

Hey qdc, nice work as always. How long do you let the glued tracks set until you wrap them around the wheels? Greetings from Germany!

great work this is Very good :)

I saw this kit online and would like to recommend this to you! It's the Autoblinda AB 40 Ferroviaria in 1/35th scale. Another kit I found interesting is the Skoda PA-11 "Turtle" Both of these kits, I think, would be an excellent addition to your collection. Plus, I'd love to see you build them! :)

Nice build up Q! This model is calling for a diorama though. Your painting and weathering is again excellent as usual but try this, dry brush some steel on the grousers and track guides even after mud has been applied. When you get the chance take a look at some archival footage and you'll see what I mean. Just a dab'll do and you will be amazed at how realistic they'll look!

nice job :)

Nice, i like it :)

Very good joob and awesome movie ;)

Aber ausgezeichnet, Panzerfahrer!!!! Vielen Dank!!!

nice i like your videos!

I would love to see more planes would that be something we could expect in the near future by the way the model looks great.

The full name is sonderkraftfahrzeug (special-vehicle) panzer beobachtungs wagen (armored recon vehicle) Nice build btw!

That is one sexy looking Panzer lll, nice jobe ;)

How do you do the dust effect? PS. You're the best! Greetings from Sweden!

Hey qd you got cheers from France and I have a suggestion for you : Can you show us the collection of your completed model kits it be nice to see evrything you showed to us in one video and keep making model kits I like it.

Hey QDC I'm sure you're busy with many other projects, but I think it would be cool to see you build a B-17. It's my all time favorite airplane and I think you would do a good job on it.

Great looking PzIII! The finish is gorgeous. What brand of paint did you use? Thanks for sharing!

I've been subbed and watching for like 2.5+ years now and I just realize what I love the most about these videos, they trigger my ASMR (google this) and I love it xD

Master Modeler

Very nice build. Any chance you can mention what type of paints you use? My guess is Tamiya? Keep up the good work!

Hi qdc awesome work. I was wondering if you could make a video and explain in detail how you paint your models (what paints, airbrush, how you mix the paint, etc). I have recently got into models mainly from inspiration from your videos and painting is something I can't get right. It would be very appreciated if you made that video.

Cool😺

Yep

Looks great! I love Panzer IIIs. What did you use for the base colour?

Can you show us the brand of the "buff" color you used for the dust effect?