Finishing your first model Tank! Tamiya 1/35 Panzer II F, Full Build, Part 2 Basic Armour Modelling 

You know I'm getting back into modelling after 30 plus years... I'm fast tracking to get back to top end style modelling. After watching this video it reminded me that building a model is about quiet time, enjoying yourself and de-stressing, ( maybe with a special beverage along for the ride). Whatever your goal remember to enjoy yourself relax and switch off from the world. Paint a Panzer pink with yellow poker dots for all I care, but remember to enjoy yourself.....Great video..👍

I've been building models for over 30 years and this was how it was all done before the likes of MIG and AK. It was refreshing to hear someone say you don't need that premade stuff to achieve good results. For that, my hat is off to you sir. Well done.

I'm finding these videos helpful and entertaining. I'm modelling again after a 20 year break. Going to build some of these.

I have just gotten back into modeling after quite a few years. Things today are so much different. You helped me to understand a lot of things I need to know. Thanks for the video

Enjoyed watching this series. Been modelling again for about 18 months now and feel I am not that bad. However, it is nice to see a series like this as it goes back to basics and doesn't over complicate the build and painting process. And there are some tips and tricks I haven't seen before. Complex kits are great to do but sometimes a simple build is needed so you can just have fun but be pleased with the result.

Absolutely fantastic I'm totally hooked and been out today and brought this very model, and hope to follow the steps and progress into the hobby. Many Thanks

That’s a fantastic build, filled with lots of great techniques. Thank you. I’ve gotten back into modelling after some 40 years break. At present I’m focusing on WW2 planes, but will definitely try and build a tank. You’ve given me some wonderful ideas regarding weathering for my planes. I naturally moved to the oils a couple of months ago when I restarted this terrific hobby because I didn’t have a library of Tamiya paints. I wasn’t sure if I was doing it right, but you’ve made my confidence grow after watching this. Thanks once again.

Good job showing the easy and less expensive way of building a model that looks great. Thanks

Brilliant, I am just about to start my model journey, bit nervous to be honest. I really loved how well the sand look came out, I couldn't see it at first whilst you were painting, but it looked fantastic.

Just returned to scale modelling after a 20 year gap... your videos are fabulous. On your advice just started with Tamiya Acrylics as per this PzII ...OMG!!! they are so much better than Enamels... cheers mate😊

A beautiful clean build. really enjoyed watching this one come together

Thanks for your videos, I am just finishing up my Panzer II only the last bit of weathering left to do. I'm pretty happy with it for my very first model. Great to have your videos to follow along with, I have already got a Churchill MK.VII ready to go and a Sturmgeschütz IV on the way in the post, excited to start them. Thanks again!

About year back into building model and this was very helpful. Can't wait for the next one! Thanks!

Fantastic video. I'm very envious .

Can't wait for the next build in the series!

Enjoyable, informative and very useful. Thanks.

Very well done!

I'm new to all of this! It's both fascinating and frightening, but you make it look doable. Thank you for your running dialogue and voice over explanation. That's really helpful to me. Best wishes.... Ax

Another great video, so glad I found your channel. Thanks for sharing

Excellent video (1-2 ) and feel a lot more confident now 😊

Excellent tutorial, looking forward to building this kit as my first Armour build

This beginner series is very helpful to me!

Nice model. Thanks Jason for a simple way of building, painting and weathering a model.

Fantastic help, Thank you.

Thank you. I’m thinking about starting. This helped a lot. Beautiful work you did. 👍👏

Very useful, motivating and entertaining. Kudos and thanks.

Very new to this. Your instructional videos are really helping - well done and thank you !

Thank you. I’m very new to the hobby and the information is brilliant. Looking forward to my next build. Awesome video

Getting back into modelling after a long layoff. Built this kit following your tutorial and really enjoyed the build. Now looking forward to kit number two. Thanks for all the hints and tips.

Thank you so much for this tutorial. I followed your advice and built this model. It's been decades since I built a model. Thanks for the encouragement!

*Very nice Panzer II! 👍*

Brilliant!

Very helpful, much thanks!

Tremendous! Thank you.

Very good videos just started to do some armour models myself returning to the hobby and your videos are really helpful and detailed 👍👍👍👍

Excellent 😊

Iam going to start modelling again after 40 years and it's all very different from the old days but your videos are of great help still scary to do weathering but they are great keep up the good work.

Very good tutorial on weathering of a model. Some really good tips for the beginner or even intermediate modeler.

Thank you for the video, I'm just starting to get into the hobby and want to learn more about the process~

I'm getting back into modeling after a few years off. Your tutorials are amazing!! I may not do a Pz. II but several if not all of your techniques will be used!

A new masterpiece is going to life!

My model production is very slow & find these vids re ground me again in the basics , & prime my enthusiasm !

Just purchased this kit, my 2nd Tamiya tank kit. My previous was a Panther which I was quite pleased with, but wasn't perfect. Thanks for these great videos, especially the painting in part 2 - some really useful tips there !

Thank you for the video, I've been out of modelling for about 30 years and this has been very helpful since I want to start the process of adding "light weathering" to my builds. Also, prior to this video, I've pulled my 1982 vintage Tamiya Panzer II kit for my first build, Again, thanks.

Very good guide. I’ve been watching some other channels with very advanced techniques that assume a lot of foreknowledge, great to get the basics. 👍👍

Thank you for this nice, easy to follow video. I’m using it, and the 1st, as a reference for my first armor build. I’m very happy with the way things are turning out! I like your approach to balancing detail. Yes, I want to be proud of my first model, but I’m also not in a competition scenario. I look forward to finishing the series, building each model along with you.

Just completed this tutorial and was very pleased with my first effort. Thank you for such detailed guidance.. it’s inspired me to invest in a few armour kits and diversify from aircraft

Just picked up a few of these kits at our Hobby Lobby on discount. Had built one about 35 years ago and just built one not long ago. Ditched the figs that came with the kit and added some Dragon DAK figs. It’s a fun and easy kit for starters as well as old pros. Just bought a box of old Tamiya models built many many years ago and some still have the motors and gears. I’ve been having a blast rebuilding and restoring these models. Thank you for your videos.

Really enjoyed watching and learning these techniques. I'm new to scale modelling and have been struggling to get my models looking realistic. Thanks

Just ordered 2 of these kits, one will be dak, the other german grey. Cant wait!

日本人のプラモデル好きは、必ず一度は作ったことのある戦車です。アフリカ軍団のフィギュアが付いていて、小学生の時、見よう見まねでジオラマを作りました。とても懐かしいです。

I’m just starting out....only found your channel today and what I’ve seen has been really useful. thanks

Keep the series going. Just got back into modeling after about a 25-year break. Full of great tips, the only problem is my eyesight is not as good as it was 25 years ago. 😅

I'm new to armor modeling. Your videos are a great on construction and weathering. And your info on armor modeling wearing and building are the greatest I've seen.

I used to model years ago. But coming back and my painting was never a high standard. Great tips. Thanks

I'm new to this and your videos are very helpful. Building on basic techniques without overloading on info and as of yet unnecessary effects like rusting and chipping. All tanks, planes, and other equipment was new or slightly used at one time.

Nice tutorial. I am an experienced modeller, but not for armour models. I like the step by step approach your are taking.

I'm more a neophyte in the armour area, but after having friends serve with armour divisions over the years I've taken a stronger fascination with more early period tanks and lighter personnel carrier's, say from earlier times when it wasn't as ponderous a vehicle as these days. Enjoyed your rendition of this oft seen model, as opposed to the later, and far less frequently seen tiger, there being so few built because of it's advanced design, and the cost of even building many due to their complexity. My gratitude for your personal attention paid this staple of the Nazi Forces in both North Africa, and the Eastern Front during Barbarossa against the Soviet Red Army.

Just bought three of these to practice on.

Great videos,. One point if I may, Tracks in a desert environment are polished by the sand and roads and would have a silver look to them

this was my first ever 1/35 th scale tank back in 1970-something.. great value with the figures, though they are outdated now and most modellers wont use those.. the tank itself is a great first BIG tank model - if you've been making 1/76th ones - and still makes into a pretty nice kit. i made one recently and like 99% of ppl put it into Afrika Korps scheme.

Great!

Thanks for your help with your video, my wife has thrown me in at the deep end, she was struggling on what to get for my birthday last month, she had remembered that I used to do Airfix models when I was younger, a lot younger, so she bought me a Airfix king tiger, I am still looking at the instructions and scratching my head, so if there’s a king tiger video out there It would be very appreciated, if I could get it looking half as good as yours I would be happy, 👍👍.

I own this tank. Pretty good tank

Badass 👍👍

Love it👍 she’s a beaut 🍺

Faltó agregar desgaste . Polvo Uso en las condiciones donde se libró las batallas, para aumentar su realismo… saludos!! 🍀

You really need to leave them Windsor newton oils a good 4 hours on card or paper towel before starting and mixing a wash really it'll not dry matt and not dry under a gloss or matt coat very good, that wash would have dried very shiny I've noticed with my own builds the difference it makes just getting that linseed oil of them! I'll squeeze them out in the morning and there fine for working with late afternoon night and for the next 3 days if kept in a Tupperware box. I like to paint my tools the dark grey or the tire black that's fantastic for a cold steel effect

Great beginner series. Will you be doing more advanced stuff as you progress. Chipping , modulation etc ?

We've been waiting for you all year, and it's finally time to meet you * doors open to hell *

I'm in the states & would like to get my hands on Swann Morton scalpel. My apologies if I've miss spelled the name. Thanx for any info . B T W , love the series

Oh man this is so cool. I will start this hobby soon an this is a godsend. What paints would you recommend to get first? Model specific ones or some basic colors to be able to mix? If anybody could recommend the most useful ones that are shared for painting tanks I would be very grateful. Like nato black seems very useful. My problem is that i'm from Uruguay and nothing of this is available. So soon I'm going to buy from the USA but this isn't something I can do regularly so I should get it right before ordering.

If that is basic, I am beyond basic!

@Champion Scale Modelling, what colors did you use to paint the exhaust?

Great build. As an aircraft modeller wanting to try a bit of armour this was very useful. One thing I’ve had problems with in the past is painting small objects (such as the spade handle) with a brush. Any advice on this would be welcome.

2 Balkan Cross decals on the same side of the hull . Never seen this in any photos

Awesome tutorial. Only thing I'd say is that the teeth of the drive sprocket would be a little more lived-in

I'm enjoying this series, thanks. One question, after you put the decals on, you said you put a quick clear coat over them but didn't clear coat the whole model again. Did you just use a brush to do that on the decals and did you thin the clear coat first?

I like this video series. I'm worried about the oil paints though. I've tried some enamels and I do prefer my acrylics...especially when it comes to fumes. How do you clean oils? Can you rinse the brush in water?

This is a amazing looking tank! So dose it not come with the soldiers like on the box or on Amazon?

I'm confused, on this build you do the weathering over the gloss coat, but on the churchill you do it over the matt clear and say, " we always weather over a matt coat". Am I missing something? Great series btw.

Greetings. I'm using soft pastels from one of your earlier videos. What colours would you suggest for a sand blasted weathering for a desert vehicle.

Hi, i recently got this kit from hobbycraft and i was wondering how to add a battery pack and motor to it as there are no instructions on how to do it.

Finding these videos were great when it came to building the kit. However when it came to painting it since this was my first kit I didn't have a Airgun I had to use Brushes it ruined my kit

Would the Panzer II be painted Tropen 1 or Tropen 2 in North Africa campaign?

is the decals with xf-22 thinner method because you used that to thin your paint? e.g. if one thins with Mr. Leveler, would xf22 worm or should MrL be used?

Too bad I can't afford an airbrush. Brush painting tanks always leaves an obvious texture, even when the paints are thinned. Also makes doing gloss coats really hard

What do you use the paynes grey and burnt sienna for? thanks

I enjoyed a great video let's be friends😊😊😊😀😁 우리 친구 해요!

This is the original color or straight out the box? I plan buying these models but painting purchase is last

Nice. I do think it needs a figure, to show its scale and bring it to life. Just my constructive suggestion 😊

How do you clean your airbrush after you are done painting? Been scouring the internet for answers and heard 10,000 different methods

Im building along, 1st armor kit, moved to armor from planes. I dont get the part where the pin wash is locked in with matt coat and then more weathering is added to model. Why not coat it after all weathering ? Looks like theres no final coat to lock in the dot filter and track wash. Also in the Stug video series the final pastel weathering do you lock that in with any varnish coat ? Thanks

I am having trouble finding low odour thinners, any suggestions for a substitute?

I just bought this kit in Germany and they seriously opened the box before selling and cut out the afrikakorps decals. They also went through the instructions and blackened out every little swastika. Apparently it's only illegal to sell them or display then publicly, so I'm probably going to make my own. Do you have experience with printing custom decals yourself?

How do you decide which decal goes where ???

what kind of thinner you using for those oil paints? is it that acrylic thinner used in the airbrush ?

cool what's the music near the end?

Do you paint the soldiers aswell?

What is the make and model of the primer you use in your models?