Building the Academy Models M3 Lee Tank plus we try out the new Mission models paint
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This is the complete build of the Academy models M3 Lee tank
We used the new paint from Mission Models to paint the model in faded Olive Drab
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Even with 40 years of modeling experience, i am still able to learn something from Andy: Cleaning up small parts after they are attached. And that Vallejo Acrylic Putty is very handy!
I'm new to your channel and the CZcams modeling world . I Love your work and at 61 years old you and the other CZcamsrs have got me building models again . Thank you and Merry Christmas from the great state of Ohio .
Great video
I like him from JAPAN.🇯🇵🇯🇵
thank you ❤️
Thank you for calling them de-cals.
'Deckles' makes my skin crawl (Australia).
BC3012 ikr
They're deck-als in Canada; where else do they say it that way?
They were called “waterslide transfers” when I was a teenager in England in the 1970s.
@@carmium
I remember that !!!!
Lol
I still find myself saying "dekals"....in the land of decals ......or my fav is , I use dry transfers now
Lol
if anyone calls them stickers im personally gonna burn all my models
Another fantastic Model for sure. You are a true craftsman. Now, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or make someone angry, but I enjoyed this video the best, simply because there was no music. None at all and I was a very happy modeler wanna be. LOL! Anyway, thank you again for a terrific tutorial video on a really neat tank. I'm going to have to get this particular type of tank, hopefully in my go to company of Tamiya. Nothin' against Academy, I just prefer Tamiya.
your painting and weathering skills keep getting better and better with each new model Andy!! awesome stuff man!! love these videos
Thank you for watching , I appreciate the kind words
Bought this kit. This kit would make an outstanding technology demonstrator on how to produce flashing. It reminds me of the Revel kits from back in the day. I'm spending more time cleaning up and trimming the parts than I am in assembling them.
I'm presently building a 1/72 M3 Lee, so this video gave me a lot of useful tips.
Like that Academy is producing some nice kits, always good to have another choice of manufacturer. M3 Lee/Grant has some crazy angles, good to see Academy pull it off so well. Liked the build and painting/weathering, nice to see bit of a 'grungy' finish - looks great. Awesome video as always!
I remember making one of these....
I did paint some of the wheels before I took them off of the tree....
But mine didn't look nearly as good as this.
Only thing I did which I've yet to see others do... is "smoke" certain parts (with a lighter) to give some things a burnt look.
Mostly did that with Planes or Jets
Beautiful shop. Enjoy watching and always learning.
excellent video Andy, i learn a lot by watching your videos. I really like this tank, have to look for one
Great Job Andy.
Thank you
Okay, I don't know everything, but I know that design of tank was origionally called a "Grant"-from WWII photos/listings. Also the Grant's side cannon wasn't nearly as long as is the one on your model (don't they elevate/rotate?)!! Tamia/Tamya(sp?) was my favorite WWII model company!! They ('69-'73) when I bought them, some were even motorized, and actually wish I still had them!! Have fun, sincerely Randy.
I love the M3 Lee. It was featured in the 1943 movie "Sahara" with Humphrey Bogart.
mr.modern44 " I'm riding this tank into Berlin "
mr.modern44 also in the movie 1941
play world of tanks, it'll make you hate the m3 lee forever
also i know this comment is a year old
Yes the tank' s name is " lulubelle " 👍
Great job !! Probably , thanks to the movie Sahara . The most famous US. Tank .
Andy your videos are truly fun, and very entertaining model build videos. The best actually most informative
Thank you for your videos
Cool stuff my friend !!!!
Love US Armor , early N Africa Campaign .
Andy you the Man!!!
Always so informative, really has helped awaken my interest in 1/35 scale after quite a gap and get me get back into modelling.
Thanks Andy.
Really enjoyed your video, as a beginner I really appreciate the extra detail you go into :)
Thank you.
Nice model and techniques, and nice to get another build video to tide us over Christmas. Have a great holiday Andy
Thank you Davie
Anyone thinking the M3 Lee looks very funky? 😁 it looks pretty bad but at the same time good 😋
By the way the M3 was a total disaster in real life. Almost no gun depression so it could not get into hull-down positions. The armour was bolted so when the tank was hit the armour could just fall off.
Great build Andy! Keep it up!
I am addicted to your vids)) You are a true professional and i love your tips) Thanks so much and greetings from London)
Outstanding painting and weathering on another great build Andy. thanks for all the videos and tips throughout the year, love your channel. keep up the good work , Merry Christmas :)
Thank you Robert
you are so good at this you have certain skills I could only dream of.
Merry Christmas Andy and thankyou for all your help throughout the year, cheers.
Merry Christmas Thank you for watching.
Wow looks great. Never heard of this tank before
Great video for a beginner like me in weathering
very nice and alot of good information..thanks Andy. and Merry Christmas
Great job Andy. I like it !
Beautiful Job Andy !!
I absolutely love your videos, learning a lot and the music you use is perfect
Good job I feel like getting this one day
very nice model mind you I enjoy all your videos I'm currently building this kit but converting it into a British Army version in Burma. keep the bids coming cheers Andy.
I seem to remember that when the Lee and Grant kits first came out Academy got the suspension units wrong and then they came out with correct sprues to fix this issue.. I still have both kits in the stash..
Used to have alot of issues with Academy kits back in the day. Probably the worst Academy kit I've ever done was the Tiger I w/interior before I knew about the wrong things like the cupola. This build looks nice though, great job and enjoyed watching.
Another fine model Andy, well done!!
Thank you hope you have a great holiday season.
Thanks Andy for all your videos from 2016! Happy holidays to you and yours!
Great video Andy, I m currently going through my first academy model, an m 18 Hellcat, looks quite nice, and something different to offer other than Tamiya, and thanks for recommending the Vallejo putty, that will come in very useful in future builds
Great work Andy, throughly enjoy your channel.
The end result, as usual, looks really good. One thing I noticed though, when you started the "wash" it really wasn't a wash/panel liner to make the details pop, you applied and blended it more like a filter.
Man, that looks really awesome! I still need to try an Academy tank model. Happy Holidays!
Happy holidays thank you for watching
Andy's Hobby Headquarters good morning. I was entranced by his video. I ask that uses glue and if you can send me the link to buy it?
thanks again and inscribed immediately.
Another nice video
Thank you hope you have a great holiday season.
Looks awesome you're very artistic.
As usual a very informative technique video.
Thank you very much
Really love American ww2 tank models
Love how the paint turned out Andy
amazing mate, well done
Great build and very enjoyable to watch as always, Andy. Have a great Christmas and New Year.
Got to get this kit. loved the film Sahara.
That looks really great Andy, well done my friend.
I hope that you have a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, Happy Yuletide, Happy Hanukkah or whatever makes you most happy and fulfilled. Sending warm wishes to you and your family during this Christmas Season. May your home be blessed with love and happiness (and maybe a few nice presents too).
Many thanks for all of the fantastic videos this year, they have been so interesting, helpful and also entertaining too.
Many Thanks and have fun Andy,
Joe
Thank you Joe same to you hope you have a great holiday season
I like it
great job. I love watching your vids.
Thank you.
Cant wait to mine to arrive in the mail
Nice kit and the outcome is great Andy. Happy holidays. .
Thank you Happy Holidays
great stuff! have a super holiday season, Andy and all :D
Thank you hope you have a great holiday season
Great video as always. Happy Holidays.
Nice looking M3 Lee. The weathering job is superb. I learn alot from this channel. Merry Christmas Andy!
Merry Christmas , thank you for watching
Andy's Hobby Headquarters question the 1/35th scale stars would they fit on the front of a 1/35th scale Abrams turret?
Handy to know about the short spring I got this kit today along with the Scammel pioneer and trailer and T34
i really love this channel, i learned a lot how to paint, masking, washing etc from your channel, great! i love military model kit especially tank. Andy could you please someday make your shop tour video? :) thank you
Great Job Andy !!! :-)Have a great Christmas and a happy New Year.Greetings from Germany.
Keep up the great work!
Thank you
iv used washes before but never in this way ill have to try it on my next build.
Thank you for doing the Lee, I have this in the stash but the multipart upper hull has been pit me off.
Thank you hope you have a great holiday season.
what a great build Andy !!!! The weathering is superb...would you recommend the Vallejo putty to do Zimmerit?...have a great Xmas and all the best in the New Year to you n all the viewers.
You should consider doing the Trumpeter 1/35 Stryker next! It's a pretty tough but fun kit that I've been tackling for the past month!
Great build and have a merry Christmas:)
Merry Christmas Thank you for watching.
Dear Andy! This is one of yours best videos I like it so much. I am a big fan of yours from EU/Hungary. I would like to build up this kit but please tell me where to buy this great "Demon decal ? The original kit does not include it. Thank you!
Hey Andy are you going to start to carry Mission Model paints and other items from them? Great Job on the weathering of the Lee. I liked how you explained the washes.
hey Andy really enjoy watching you build all these models, I can tell you do a lot to make the videos really helpful, has anyone asked you to list the paints you use on a model, as some of the really weathered ones, you use paints, washes, dust, dull coat, hair spray, and that stuff for the decals, etc. and for the modelers that are inexperienced a list would be very helpful.
i will try to remember to start doing this for you guys
Hi Andy,
That is a fantastic job on the M3 Lee, I agree with what Dack stated, your building style is the most entertaining on CZcams, keep going strong, also I would like to wish you and your family and viewers all the very best for the holiday season and a safe and Happy New Year. here in Australia it is going to be about 35deg (100deg old scale) for Xmas Day.
Les
Thanks Les I appreciate that have a great holiday
cool kit
Thank you
Who in the wide world of sports down votes these videos? This guy is a model making genius! I have not built anything in decades but love watching this guy work.
제작 동영상 너무 유익하게 잘 보고 있습니다. 아카데미 키트라 더욱 관심있게 봤습니다. 영어도 댓글을 달고 싶지만 워낙 영어가 짧아 댓글이 한글이라도 용서해 주시길 바랍니다. 영상을 보고 여러가지 질문도 드리고 싶은데 짧은 영어라 그렇게 하지 못해 정말 아쉽습니다. 영상 잘봤습니다^^
Very interesting build! Well done! Do you find the Academy decals bad to work with?
Happy Holidays!
Does the thinning have an affect on the luster of the gloss paints?
think i found my new hobby
What pigment do u use to make the mud?? great job...loved it.
Mmm makes me want to do the Strv 103C
That looks great. What air brush and compressor do you use?
Hey Andy if u do requests could u do an m18 hellcat plez
great tank love the vids but were's the music?
Hey cool. That's an interesting tank for sure. Any chance of you doing some of those 1/35 8 wheel trucks and trailers from dragon etc?
Andy, how does the Academy M3 Lee compare to the Takom M3 Lee? They look just as each other. I like way the Mission Model looked after you spraying them on. Thanks also Andy for the warning of the springs. To remember 2 dry fit every part and check out the the instructions. 😭🕊
again really nice work. But I question, do you no problem with paint dust in your shop with the airbrush?
Andy,great video been watching from the beginning, you r getting better and better. I did one after watching the movie Sahara with Bogart, ha be a pic on my phone and would like to send you a picture, but where?
Another great build! Merry Christmas Andy! Is there a link for Mission Model Paints?
Thank you hope you have a great holiday season. I don't know of one yet but I'll be doing another video about there paint and I'll try to find one.
No #57 Buff on that model ? ^^
Just kidding... :p
Nice video, as always. Thank you ! if only you coul build the Meng AMX-30B as I'm planning to do it, it should be a strong help for me.
Greetings from France and Merry Christmas !
I have the same Academy model. I thought the interior was pretty cool, but that's just me.
Andy how about M41A1 Walker Bulldog or some T54?)
This is my 2nd favourite tank but tiger 1 is still the best
Merry X'mas Andy and u guys :) Saw your black and white method. Does it only work while spray painting or can you use that method with hand painting with a brush too? Thanks
Merry Christmas the black and white works with airbrushing because you have to put a really light coat so not to cover it up
Great video. Just didn't show the interior, which, I feel, is the highlight of this kit.
andy is it necessary to put a coat i mean cant i just paint the model straight away with the suggested colors?
I agree, however an undercoat is advised as it will allow the paint to adhere better to the plastic
The undercoat/primer also shows up any flaws which can be addressed before the base coat is applied.
He's not priming, just adding a pre-shade (black) and some hilights (white). When you paint over this it adds some variation (weathering) to the base coat of olive drab. Not necessary though, you can prime and then base coat with the olive drab.
Andy did you address the two ejector pin marks on the rear plate?
Andy do I need to thin Tamiya paints for airbrushing, if so how much thinner is needed
yes and I have video explaining it czcams.com/video/CQsXFl3yLho/video.html
Yea, Andy just adds a little thinner to the Tamiya paint bottle. A lot of people thin with Tamiya lacquer (their paints are not true acrylics) - the paint sprays beautiful this way, it levels out nicely and provides really good bite/adhesion.
This is a great video!!!! I'm into HO scale model trains, but the techniques you are using will translate to all hobbies where weathering is done. Question, You paint, seal and then weather. When you weather and put a thinner on top of paint and start moving the thinner around for washes, will this start to take of the sealer you put on the paint and then will it start attacking your paint? I never thought of using thinner to help wash colors because I've been afraid of ruining the pain job. Thanks for the videos and very happy that I have subscribed to you channel.. Much Respect and please have a Peaceful and Safe Holiday Season. D. Muse (Washington Terminal Co. Model RR)
David, to answer your question, if you put a sealer down, such as Vallejo Satin varnish or even Future Floor Finnish/was, those sealers protect the work that you've already done from following coats during weathering. If you use enamel washes or water based washes the sealer should continue to protect what you've already done as long as it is fully dried/cured before you start weathering over it. I usually let my kits sit and cure for a full 24 hours or even two or three days after applying the sealer coat before beginning to weather to be sure that I wont have issues with the previous coats being effected by the weathering. I hope this helps and answers your question.
yes he is right and I always seal everything first that will protect your paint job and experiment on old kits or on the bottom first to try things out , happy holidays
Which Super glue is the best? Brush, or Nozzle?
What kind of compressor/paintbrush do you use?
Also, does the thinner attack the decals since they were not sealed with a flat coat? D. Muse
I did seal them with flat coat, Always sandwich decals between lacquer
Thanks for the reply Andy!!!
Those tips really help and really do enjoy watching and learning from you videos. Thanks so much and will be looking forward to more of your builds and information.