Building the New Takom M3A1 cast hull Lee American tank

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  • Thank you for watching, this is the complete build including painting and weathering of the New Takom M3A1 Lee
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Komentáře • 156

  • @thejanglyman3886
    @thejanglyman3886 Před 3 lety +6

    Andy seems like one of those friendly uncles the kids always hang around with at a barbecue.

  • @marchellochiovelli7259

    Big fan of the cast hull series of these and the Shermans.

  • @11bravo1789
    @11bravo1789 Před 5 lety +3

    Went into the shop today for some paint. Andy was helpful, gave me some pro tips. Will be going back once i finish my current project.

  • @Simonize41
    @Simonize41 Před 5 lety +18

    Now that’s weird, I was just thinking about an hour ago that ‘Andy’s been quiet lately’... Hey presto! Haha. Awesome!

  • @mattmckean3876
    @mattmckean3876 Před 5 lety +4

    my friend designed some of the decals for that tank, glad to see you made it.

  • @RomanStepanovTV
    @RomanStepanovTV Před 5 lety +4

    Very cool kit and as usual beautiful build Andy. Thank you for your awesome videos man.

  • @mr.modern4419
    @mr.modern4419 Před 5 lety +2

    Beautiful build. These "Lee" tanks always make me think of the movie "Sahara" with Humphrey Bogart!!!

  • @johnburdis5352
    @johnburdis5352 Před 5 lety

    Thanks Andy, 4 the M3A1 Lee build & 4 all the helpfull hints during assembly. great paint job.

  • @rb67mustang
    @rb67mustang Před 2 měsíci

    Nice weathering, Andy.

  • @wesmander
    @wesmander Před 5 lety +7

    Another good build up Andy , love you’re vids & they have got me back into modelling 👍

  • @lesthiele4921
    @lesthiele4921 Před 5 lety +5

    Hi Andy, I think you have surpassed yourself on the Lee, great build mate.👌👌

  • @antonrudenham3259
    @antonrudenham3259 Před 5 lety +1

    That really is a very convincing weathering job Andy, for me it has the perfect balance and you've achieved the goal of making it look like it's made from steel!

  • @robbo1068
    @robbo1068 Před 5 lety +3

    love your work.....you make it look so simple....but the results are awesome!

  • @Sam-hy2rc
    @Sam-hy2rc Před 5 lety +2

    I've always seen Photos of the Iron cathedral but ive never really seen one in great detail, Cheers Andy!

  • @nitromyke
    @nitromyke Před 5 lety

    Thanks for posting another great built!

  • @zacharygifford6847
    @zacharygifford6847 Před 4 lety +1

    I love your videos Andy. They never cease to amaze and inspire me.

  • @kevinaylesbury3657
    @kevinaylesbury3657 Před 5 lety

    Thank you Andy I’m from Perth Australia Thank you for so much I’m the guy who’s sick on a pension stuck at home Big Thank You mate You have made so much difference in my life and just wanted so much to tell you my friend a BIG THANK YOU🤩

  • @VonRammsteyn
    @VonRammsteyn Před 5 lety +1

    Love it! The M3 Lee is one of my favorites allied tanks. It has this steampunkish looks... Or even warhammerish... Don't care how much of this armor you build, i'll allways enjoy see you working on it. Great job man!

  • @reconranger1370
    @reconranger1370 Před 5 lety

    Nice build video Andy, really nice!! thanks for sharing!!!

  • @stephenharrington528
    @stephenharrington528 Před 5 lety

    Another great build can't wait to build this great weathering Steve 🇬🇧

  • @VonDrinkoften
    @VonDrinkoften Před 5 lety

    A great looking Lee tank. Love the colour and overall dusty appearance. Nicely done.

  • @Ettoredipugnar
    @Ettoredipugnar Před 3 lety

    M3-Lee immortalized in the movie Sahara ! Great job weathering .

  • @alansheppard1128
    @alansheppard1128 Před 5 lety

    Andy ... one of your best. paint and weathering spot on looks had good as any modelling magazine build. nice one mate

  • @javiergope8797
    @javiergope8797 Před 5 lety

    Great as usual Andy!!!!! Very good job in each video!!!!! Follow you from Spain.
    Thanks a lot for all you make for our hobby!!!!!!!!

  • @jeffersonchocron
    @jeffersonchocron Před 5 lety

    Nice kit and cool build up!

  • @garyparker2969
    @garyparker2969 Před 5 lety

    Another Masterpiece Andy, Awesome Video, Thanks for Sharing Your Skills n God Bless All

  • @sugarhillsrr
    @sugarhillsrr Před 5 lety

    Love this tank, never dreamed there would be a kit of it

  • @timvaughn8696
    @timvaughn8696 Před 5 lety

    Great vid Love your weathering techniques

  • @camrunner6633
    @camrunner6633 Před 5 lety

    It is artistry to build that from what comes in the box

  • @markhannel2885
    @markhannel2885 Před 5 lety +1

    Sweet build Andy!

  • @russellwilliams825
    @russellwilliams825 Před 2 lety

    I have come back to this video several times because I wanted this model since it came out. I started it last year(!) and had horrendous trouble with the tracks. Started over and re-started over trying to get the tracks to work. I finally gave up and found some aftermarket rubber band tracks on eBay. Your track technique has worked for me over and over again...but not with these track links! Now I'm studying your weathering techniques to finish the tank even though instead of your black/white shadowing I used Ammo Modulation paints. Once I'm absolutely done with weathering, I'll post on Facebook although I'll get hit with, "those aren't the right tracks for that model", I'm sure. Love your vids, your FB pages and your store, Andy. Thanks for all you do for us out here.
    BoyScoutWilliams

  • @johnatkinson738
    @johnatkinson738 Před 5 lety

    Love your videos Andy you have inspired me to do more to my models

  • @GiftedGreed
    @GiftedGreed Před 5 lety

    Thank you for all you do I'm new to your channel but have watched many of your videos already and learned so much. Appreciate everything you do

  • @scotthumphreys1789
    @scotthumphreys1789 Před 5 lety

    Awesome build Andy!

  • @MGB-learning
    @MGB-learning Před 2 lety

    Outstanding video and presentation.

  • @Tobys-Glue-Bomber-Circus

    Thanks for all the tips.

  • @alessiodecarolis
    @alessiodecarolis Před 4 lety +1

    This was a version I didn't know was produced, as the usual an excellent work, expecially in the weathering. The same one can be used on the Lee employed by the Aussies in Burma.

  • @TimHayes74
    @TimHayes74 Před 5 lety

    Hi Andy, great job on the build! I'm building this model and am in the painting stage. I did have to add one additional link per side for the tracks. It's a good thing they added extra links to the D sprue.

  • @darknut9696
    @darknut9696 Před 5 lety +2

    For movable suspension I would recommend a thicker white grease (compatible with the plastic/ non-solvent)or non set putty to stick it together

  • @AFV85
    @AFV85 Před 4 lety

    Ah this is the one Iv got for the back of the Scammel n trailer I'm building just now the cast hull m3a1 still looks good can't wait to see it all together now

  • @ApriliaRSV4F
    @ApriliaRSV4F Před 5 lety

    I was looking at this kit 2 days ago. I've got the SMK sitting in the cupboard, and I like the shape of this.

  • @realkekec4028
    @realkekec4028 Před 5 lety

    Good work as always,Andy.

  • @user-bu7sy4cw1h
    @user-bu7sy4cw1h Před 5 lety

    Very very nice work....I ve really enjoyed it !!! Well done my friend !!!

  • @Darckstar52
    @Darckstar52 Před 5 lety

    Awesome build!!

  • @MrFLORESBR
    @MrFLORESBR Před 5 lety

    Hello, I beleive this is the first model you actually invest time in weadering with wonderfull results. Please keep doing this!!! One sugestion: Could you build ZWILLING FLAK 40 from Takon? I think you will enjoy a lot!!!! And it is rare to see one of this built.

  • @johnking7928
    @johnking7928 Před 5 lety

    Just got this kit and a earl one as well love your videos

  • @kevinaylesbury3657
    @kevinaylesbury3657 Před 5 lety +1

    Looks awesome Andy 😃

    • @kevinaylesbury3657
      @kevinaylesbury3657 Před 5 lety

      BIG THANK YOU ANDY 👍I’m the guy Luka said he would thank you for me a couple of days ago , your a great man , you have made such a difference in my life if you ever come to Australia let me know please I owe you so much !!

  • @marksimkiw923
    @marksimkiw923 Před 3 lety

    Great job as usual Andy

  • @thomashignell2444
    @thomashignell2444 Před 5 lety +9

    Andy you are the best man

  • @uncledoglips
    @uncledoglips Před 5 lety

    first time watching, very impressed.

  • @julieblundell7421
    @julieblundell7421 Před 3 lety

    Hello Andy, great video mate, the way you have weathered it, it looks more like it has come from off the sea bed, Lee.

  • @hobbyhermit66
    @hobbyhermit66 Před 5 lety +2

    S'weet! Love to have it in 1/16 RC.

  • @tonysurridge8608
    @tonysurridge8608 Před 5 lety

    real nice job!

  • @JDsHouseofHobbies
    @JDsHouseofHobbies Před 5 lety

    I'll have to get this Lee to go with the one that I already have!

  • @C00T47
    @C00T47 Před 5 lety

    Good job! I love it

  • @tpbbuzzelli1327
    @tpbbuzzelli1327 Před 5 lety

    Very nice build

  • @AFV85
    @AFV85 Před 4 lety

    Hi iv just cracked in to my stash and away to start this now, what a kit the detailing is just unbelievable! Only thing iv just noticed is the seem line down the cast hull iv tried to lighty sand it but not sure if it'll show up when paints on or what yet and not wanting to go any harder I dont want to take the casting effect out the hull, I was thinking of using abit of wet putty iv got to kinda give more texture to it not sure yet want to rewatch your video and see if you done anything with this or if noticable when paints down

  • @LyleHatch
    @LyleHatch Před 11 měsíci

    Another kit to add to the list...!

  • @beuford1982
    @beuford1982 Před 5 lety

    Nice build Andy. I haven’t seen this kit built until now. I’m currently working on the M3 Lee (early) from Takom. Unfortunately the tracks don’t fit as well on it as they do on this version of the vehicle. It’s about 1/2 a link to short, and adding a link makes it too loose.

  • @AugustusCaesar88
    @AugustusCaesar88 Před 5 lety

    Glad to see another video Andy! I was just thinking you'd been quiet lately and was starting to have withdrawals from your videos. Haha!

  • @Norman92151
    @Norman92151 Před 5 lety

    Looks faaaaaabulous.

  • @whitebrow45
    @whitebrow45 Před 5 lety

    Excellent job Andy, I always enjoy videos. My two cents for you though, is that having lived on a ranch in Texas along the gulf coast (just like Louisiana for those who don't know American geography) every hinge needs to have some rust and rust streaks. I'm serious everything down here rusts...bad!!!

  • @chelseachelseaboy
    @chelseachelseaboy Před 5 lety

    Excellent build Andy, thanks for sharing......a quick ?....have you ever put any weight inside a model tank, lead weights or something else ?

  • @Musketeer009
    @Musketeer009 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm impressed by the Takom models. Never built one so far, but they are on my 'To Do' list. I like your painting and weathering on the model. Do you not make the arial for the tank? You have the base, but no actual arial.

  • @averypayne9520
    @averypayne9520 Před 5 lety

    Awesome! Just recently finished a KV-1 and started on a T-34/76, I totally stole the black/white undercoat idea!

  • @dirkhartemink7652
    @dirkhartemink7652 Před 5 lety

    Men i could spend a week in that shop😍 and Nice work

  • @randygagliano5984
    @randygagliano5984 Před 5 lety

    when you used the olive drab 3, was it all over or just in some spots? great build

  • @joebennett3937
    @joebennett3937 Před 5 lety

    great job

  • @Happenedin62
    @Happenedin62 Před 5 lety

    Hi Andy, I really like the video's. I'm curious how do you keep your bogies wheel treads black and still paint the kit? Thanks again Joe

  • @AFV85
    @AFV85 Před 4 lety

    Come out nice

  • @AFV85
    @AFV85 Před 4 lety

    Iv just got this kit in paint just now and you get more than enough for the tracks plus spares! Iv heard that too the tracks don't fit!. They must be buggering it up somewhere!

  • @stevenV57
    @stevenV57 Před 5 lety +2

    I'm thinking that would be Fort Polk in Leesville, Louisiana.

  • @wendygibeau770
    @wendygibeau770 Před 5 lety

    great video

  • @hsnbrg6649
    @hsnbrg6649 Před 5 lety

    Hi really great work!
    Can you tell me what airbrush you use and which you could recommend to a beginner?

  • @redgreen09
    @redgreen09 Před 5 lety

    looks good to me and be seeing more when piosted

  • @ItZLukeOfficial1508
    @ItZLukeOfficial1508 Před 5 lety

    Wow, really impressed. Where did the antennas go?

  • @Ettoredipugnar
    @Ettoredipugnar Před 4 lety

    My favorite WW-2 tank . Either Lee or Grant . “ I’m riding this tank into Berlin “

  • @vwjunkie03
    @vwjunkie03 Před 5 lety

    Hey Andy, what bottle colors from Tamiya would you substitute for
    AS-10
    AS-26
    AS-27
    AS-28
    and TS-48

  • @CC-dq6ck
    @CC-dq6ck Před 5 lety +19

    do a kv2 plz

  • @ByTheCreekCustoms
    @ByTheCreekCustoms Před 5 lety

    Andy primed a model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol. Good job as usual.

  • @cursedmonkey1033
    @cursedmonkey1033 Před 5 lety

    The decals can go on matt surface using Mark Fit?

  • @FreddyHoffmann
    @FreddyHoffmann Před 5 lety

    Great build Andy, but I think you should put some fuel stains around the fuel caps behind the turret.

  • @bryceharper5915
    @bryceharper5915 Před 5 lety +5

    I like to think that Andy’s shop is out in the middle of nowhere with nothing around for miles.

    • @timorvet1
      @timorvet1 Před 5 lety +1

      In a Monument Valley scene with a hitching rail out the front for your horse....lol.

    • @franklinlewis6059
      @franklinlewis6059 Před 3 lety

      Sort of.

  • @evgeniy4145
    @evgeniy4145 Před 4 lety

    Andy after all layers of paint do you coat the model with varnish?

  • @DN_S
    @DN_S Před 5 lety

    Realy nice build Andy. What model will you build next.

  • @travis_thompson
    @travis_thompson Před 5 lety

    Great vid as always, any live shows coming up?

  • @marceldekerpel2268
    @marceldekerpel2268 Před 5 lety +1

    Hey i just want to ask, what kind of weathering effects could you use on a barrel to make it look like it has been firing for an extended period of time? Thanks

    • @brandoncorley1508
      @brandoncorley1508 Před 5 lety

      You could always try drybrushing a dark gray on the end of the gun barrel.

  • @kristopherslawinski7205

    Andy, what type of thinner do you use with Tamiya panel liner for weathering? I had clear coated a project with testors spray dull coat and then tried using some testors thinner (the little glass bottles) and Tamiya panel liner to weather but it ended up causing my base paint coat to strip

  • @stivelars8985
    @stivelars8985 Před 5 lety

    Would be great if you made a build with workable suspension and track!

  • @falc0n298
    @falc0n298 Před 5 lety

    Andy what you doing before wash? Some kind of spray

  • @TR_TenSeven
    @TR_TenSeven Před 5 lety

    You do some very nice work, Andy! I'm still really looking forward to see what you have done with the Panzer in the factory/shop diorama.

  • @willierants5880
    @willierants5880 Před 5 lety

    She's a beauty. Did someone steal or break off the antennas?

  • @knelson3145
    @knelson3145 Před 5 lety

    How did you do the chipping that shows at 20:48??

  • @darkojic
    @darkojic Před 2 lety

    Hi, do you made 1/48 scale models, and how do you weathering those models? The size is much smaller and it's not easy to apply all effects to be clearly visible.
    Recently I made my first model (Tamiya Matilda MK III/IV in 1/48 scale), but it's already looking good and I even rethink about weathering it at all. I am not planning to make diorama or so.
    PS. Anyway thank you for your videos. I used them as tutorial for my first model. :)

  • @Chicken_nodsop
    @Chicken_nodsop Před 4 lety

    Hey Andy! Do you have any recommendations on a russian tank green? The ones ive been doing havnt been working as well as i thought

  • @walterwilmoth8390
    @walterwilmoth8390 Před 5 lety

    I think the people having problems with the tracks did the same thing I did
    when using extra thin cement when you push it together you shorten the links sometimes which after 5 or 6 times you end up missing almost a link
    could be what's happening

  • @fenbeiduo
    @fenbeiduo Před 5 lety

    The tracks XD

  • @marijnvanderlugt7120
    @marijnvanderlugt7120 Před 5 lety

    Hey Andy,
    I was looking for glue with a brush like you have at my local modeling shop, but they didn't have any.
    Do you knie where I could buy them. I love the modeling video's anyway, I even made a Revell 1:72 Tiger 1 and I enjoyed it a lot. The only problem I had was that I had is that I didn't have that brush.
    P.s. I live in the Netherlands

    • @cdev2117
      @cdev2117 Před 5 lety +2

      Revell Contacta Liquid Special maybe? It also has a brush.

    • @fidinboca
      @fidinboca Před 5 lety +1

      Try in Amazon, or E bay my friend. www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B072FHZ2WQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1538687575&sr=1-1&keywords=tamiya+87038+extra+thin+cement+glue+fine+tip+40ml

  • @avengingtank1102
    @avengingtank1102 Před 5 lety

    How much would a tank actually rust if being used almost every day

  • @jihwan7269
    @jihwan7269 Před 5 lety

    아 망리 너무 멋진데