Building the Tamiya 1/35 Matilda infantry tank plastic model
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A little fun fact.
The "blue" of the matilda was actually a silver gray/green calles BSC 28 Silver grey. But because of a major error a museum in the UK did we now know the mathilda with a bluish colour. Even other restorers made the error in continouing the blue sceem.
I'm amazed that so many individuals and organizations are still unaware of the colouring error, it sugests very poor research as the information is out there.
From what I have found, the Imperial War Museum actually incorrectly painted their Matilda 2, which led to the “fake” paint schemes that are displayed in model kits and pictures. Official documents from 1940 about the desert camouflage do not include blue as a color.
The official British tank livery camouflage Caunter Colours’ shown in an official document dated July 1940 were Portland Stone (BSC No.64), Light Grey (BSC No.28) or Silver Grey and Slate Grey (BSC No.34). The grey paints were apparently originally from Royal Navy paint stocks in Alexandria, Egypt.
There is no Blue shown in the official document. The Imperial War Museum in London painted their Matilda II tank light blue instead of Light or Silver Grey by mistake. Because the museum used this colour scheme it was copied by the French tank Museum and many Model kit companies.
my first kit I ever built, was inspired after finding a photo of my great grandfather sitting on one in North Africa
Ducati121 My First kit was the Pz Kpfw IV my Great Grandpa was sitting on after being Destroyed in Germany
Same. My grandfather commanded a Matilda during the siege of Tobruk.
Thanks for showing me how to paint this. Great video. Built one to remind me of my dad who fought in a Matilda in North Africa.
Your video's are great, if I lived anywhere near your shop I would 100% be a customer.
super stuff. One of the easiest models that I've built, and looks fantastic to boot. I was too scared to try the Caunter scheme, so it's plain old desert yellow!
Never did i click so quickly on one of your videos, please do more british tanks
That's great thank you I will
you should do a Churchill with the tracks exposed!
Same!
Great build, Andy. The paint job, chipping and weathering are superb on this Matilda.
This is a great model of the TAMIYA range and you certainly put it in a different level, thank you sir for sharing it. greetings from Portugal.
Thank you
Great model and great techniques! Thanks a lot for sharing!!!
Awesome looking Matilda - you make it look so easy! This will come in very handy when I come to build mine. I realise the colours are wrong but I'm still going to paint mine like this, because it's my model and I think it looks good this way ☺
One of my favorite kits. Some nice upgrades and decals are out there .Fun tank to play in World of Tanks as well.
Wouldn't mind Tamiya tooling up an Australian variant of this tank or maybe even the German OSWALD SPG conversion.
I drove a 577 when I was stationed in Fort Sill, Oklahoma around 1981-82 as a Fire direction specialist Hq Battery 2/36 FA, and again in Baumholder Germany with A Battery 1/83rd FA 8th Inf Div and again in Fort Hood with C Battery 1/77 FA 1st Cav. Div. Bought this kit in 1988 after I got out of the regular army and scratch built the interior to look like a fire direction center as I was usedsw to. Then I built an M109 A1 self propelled howitzer and a Jeep. It took me a long time to find a model of a game goat and an M548 ammo carrier. Those were the main vehicles I had driven while in the army. Later in the reserves we had towed m198 howitzers and our FDC was mounted in the back of a humvee. I also drove a 5 ton truck and a colonels sedan. Over the years I had to give up modeling as the house got a bit crowded. After my daughter grew up and moved out and hsvmy beautiful wife of 30 years passed away i recently dusted it off and with a new paint job and some spare parts added it is once again back in service! Thanks for the video
This channel gets the *Bob Ross* award for wholesomeness.
This was the kit that got me back into model building. Excellent kit, fits very well and looks great.
I'm building this kit as we speak and so far, I love it! gives me no trouble and very smoothly!
I enjoy your videos. You've developed a very entertaining as well informative format. I've learned a great number usable techniques from you and hope you continue to produce these wonderful videos.
Thank you for watching I appreciate the nice comments
Amazing how the final dust coat blended everything together. Nice job
Great Job Andy. I remember building the original 70s kit.
That's a swell build! I look forward to picking one up!
Matilda is my favorite tank of England
Nice paint job. I built this kit around 2 years back encounter lots of problem on the suspension and the paint job. Thank God the side skirts blocked out the mistakes I done with the suspensions. As for the paint job I just sprayed it all desert yellow and buff it down p
That's fine I have seen them solid color , thanks for watching
Music begins rising to climax
Andy: Now that we have the decals in place..
Awsome! One of my favorite tanks of WW2. So glad you did this model and you did a great job as always.
thank you
Really learned some critical tricks from your contribution! like specific direction of airbrushing, helping surface paint flow by thinner, and distant spray to achieve buff effect... thanks.
your very welcome , Thanks for watching
The matilda is one of my favourite tanks from WW2, and you made it look awesome! Great work!
thank you
Great job! I’ve just started one & this will help no end.
great painting and weathering on this classic British tank . good job Andy , nice one .
Thank you Robert
Outstanding paint job.The No1 tutorials on CZcams.I am now ready to kick-start my new hobby.Cheers Andy,from Oxford UK.
Thank you David I appreciate that . thanks for watching
Best model friend! Best work
Thanks for showing how to paint hard lines on a tank. Great looking model!!
Just built this 3 weeks ago as the town I moved to had this tank as you enter town. This model is spot on from a reference perspective. Just wish it had individual tracks instead on the vinyl ones
that is great reference to have , i used the series of videos the tank mueseum has on youtube . thanks for watching
Nice job, glad you've done thus kit
Thank you
can you do the 1/6 scale pz.2 ausf.b
excellent weathering-so impressed
Thanks for all the good vids, use to make models as a kid and got back into at 27 and I’m having a lot of fun taking it more seriously learning skills and getting recommendations from your vids. I’m picking up this model soon and I can’t wait!
Outstanding paint job Andy. First time I have seen a pattern like that. Can't wait to try it.
Thank you
You make it look so easy !!
thank you lots of practice
Another fantastic build and how to presentation . I like that every one of your presentations I come away with a new tip or technique to try myself .
Thank you
hi Andy great video and a beautiful job again my uncle was in these tanks during the war in Africa again thank you 👍
Thank you for watching , that is cool about your uncle.
That tank looks amazing! Great job
I'm building this kit just now the road wheels you can cut on the branch and lay on top of the others to glue and cut both at same time when glued and sand off and the road wheels surprisingly stay in the holes when assembling they don't pop out the spin really good not that I will be playing with it haha and the drivers hatch is really nice and smooth sliding open and closed!
Fantastic build Andy, really enjoyed watching the assembly of this model.
great build, model looks fantastic when weathered.
thank you
shez awesome Andy keep them coming
Thank you Gilbert
Excellent application of the weathering techniques and amazing camo!
Thank you
that particular desert camo is very unusual and appealing. Nice work
Thank you
Nice work.
Thank you!
Tracks looks amazing
Very nice build and video Andy!
thank you
Awesome work and an awesome tank! i might pick one of these up this week to build :)
thank you
Its blue!! Use the caunter scheme paint set there was no blue surprised at Andy doing this though!
another awesome built and a very good job on decalling the turret which it really looks good, i would be glad if you built the t-55 or t-62
Another great video Andy. Brilliant model.
Great build, nice addition to the series.
thank you
Hi Andy I love your videos you inspired me to take up model making again, I've just finished my first diorama and its really good. thank you from the UK keep up the good work.
Thank you
In real life the blue was a grey. Don't feel left out most Matilda tanks in museums use the blue.
Yep never copy a museum lol! The caunter scheme was definitely not blue! Haha hideous I have mine in caunter rolling of the back of the scammell in north Africa in a diorama the same as the photo of the pair online its an amazing diorama!
Thanks Andy. Great job again.
thank you
awesome job 👏
Nice one
I have the older Tamiya Matilda, and certainly this video will be a very nice reference.
Keep the good job!
thank you
One of my favorite WWII AFVs.
Andy, great video on this tank! I always pick up a tip or two and enjoy watching your builds. Keep them coming.
Thank you
Fantastic build as always a nice little treat for us brit watchers! Hope santas kind enough to bring me this kit soon😉
Thank you
Good modeling that you did on your tank
hi Andy! could you do an updated shop walk around? I'm really looking forward to seeing your shop and how much it differs from the stores in the Netherlands. thanks!
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Looks awesome!
Nice Job Andy, sweet little Tank.
thank you
Good looking paint job, Andy!
Thank you
Had we live in the same country, I will come and bought some of your finished model. I do. I will.
as always, very nice and easy to listen to video, thank you
Thank you
Need to see more in the British caunter scheme! I'm trying to get this right with my Matilda just now! Prefer the grey to green like on defiance and golden millar
very very nice kit thx
Great job yet again.
I think it's awesome you have a channel like this.
Great job, nice result!!
Fantastic video.
thank you
I would so love to see a 1/16 of this tank!
Very cool Andy, and a really nice job. I've got the older 1/35 Matilda Mk II kit that Tamiya released back in 1973 that I had intended to do the desert caunter scheme in. Would like to see you do some Meng armour kits as well.
Thank you, I learned from your video.
i started building this today, and my rubber band tracks just snapped simultaneously. Shame as it looked really good with them on!
nice job congrats!
what an awesome paint job! Absolutely love your channel, I would kill for a local hobby store like yours.
thank you
Andy - Great build! i like the history of the model as well. Keep up the good work!
thank you for watching
E T Models have very good PE with metal barrel and resin parts , end bronco have workable tracks for this model.
This is your best work on youtube so far :) amazing
Thank you
awesome build great job Andy !
Thank you
I've just found your channel and I love it! You've got a new subscriber and as a Brit I would love to see more British tanks or even planes but I'm happy with anything!
great video Andy!!nice way to start the day with in Belgium!!
thank you
Great job!
thank you
I love this build: I think you are definitely one of the very best modellers that I have seen. If there was a good A34 comet set in the same scale out there which I knew about I would be begging you to make many of them. I think that the modelling world is lacking in the British tanks even though the Brits invented tanks. Anyway you have just earned yourself a well deserved subscriber.
Thank you very much , I haven't seen a comet for a while but I will build it when it comes back out
Great job I'm very inspired.... I'd love to see you do a 1/35 scale Paladin M109A6 to throw in with your modern armor
Buen trabajo,una vez más,Andy
Thank you
A very nice and well explained assembly. Thank you for doing one of my favorite tanks.
thank you for watching
Great job Andy!
thank you
brilliant, many thanks for posting
Impressive work as always. Nice work, Andy.
thank you
Looks amazing! That buff coat really makes a difference!!😁
thank you
This look's like a future build for me, and an excuse to go back down to Bovington to look at real thing,, Cheer's Andy....
That's lucky having it so close I would love to visit there. thanks for watching
You painted it pretty fast, looks really nice!
Thank you
great video keep up the good work
Thank you
Andy's Hobby Headquarters maybe can you build the German jagdpanzer E100 in 1:35 from trumpeter.
I like that Idea except I haven't been able to get them.
Oh ok
Keep up the good work :)
You maybe could have painted the red and white squares on would have been a nice touch but the result is stunning
I did the first time I built it but masking was a pain ,Thank you for watching
Nice video it looks great
thank you
Another gureat work Andy :) this is one of your best models made
thank you