EPIC Model Hobby Shop | Building the Panzer 38(T) Tank | Tamiya 35369
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Today I explore Hobbies Unlimited to find a Panzer 38(T) model tank to build!
Which tank would you rather see me paint: The Merkava or the Panzer T38? Tell me in the comments!
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EPIC Traditional Hobby Shop | Building the Panzer 38(T) | Tamiya #35369 - Jak na to + styl
Check out the followup video where I painted the 38(T)!
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I like that the 38(t) is actually a Czech designed and produced tank that the Germans commandeered and used after they took over Czechoslovakia. It was a fun little tank to use in World of Tanks.
Paint the Merkava.
The 38t indicates a Tschechisch of 1938, ie czech.
One of my favorites in WoT too. Always a favorite from the history. #8t was very reliable so they did alot with the chassis. Love all the TDs Marders and hetzer
@@dialwright So, that's what the (t) means. Very nice.
@@slimslamfl I find that I was more eager to get my hands on the German TDs than a Tiger or Panther.
Now that's what I call a hobby shop. It's been a long time since Ive seen a store so well stocked, and I just loved your infectious enthusiasm while walking round the store. I think I would have had a similarly hard time in choosing something to take home. Fun choice though.
Thank you so much!
I would have skipped the 38 t and gone with PZ II to go with the 3 and 4. I'm building the PZ VI-E commonly known as the Tiger I. You may want to go with the simpler 38 t for painting first. You could get bogged down in all the choices in how to finish the Merkava.
Gotta visit, you'll be looking for hours once you walk in their door!
I did not think places like that existed any more.
Wow, wow!
Paint the smaller Panzer tank! Looks fun and would be interested in seeing what color scheme you go with!
Panzergrau, lol
Panzer 38(t) was designed and built by the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia. The Germans took over the existing tanks of the Czech army and kept building them for a while. They called it the "38(t)" after the year they annexed Czechoslovakia (1938) and the "t" is for "Tschechien" which is the German name for Czechoslovakia.
What a fantastic nostalgic trip back to childhood when I used to browse the model shops and dribble at the stacks and stacks of model kits, most of which I couldn't afford
Ikr, can't remember how many hours I and some friends just spent drooling in those shops as a kid :)
Now I still can't afford them!
Love the 38(t). Looks almost like a cartoon tank next to late war tanks.
A buddy of mine is big into miniatures wargaming. He has HUGE collections of miniature vehicles, in different scales, most of which he built and painted himself.
I admit that I didn't click to see a plastic model kit being built. Neverthless, I wasn't disappointed.
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Shame on you
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😂😂😂😂Your like a kid in a candy store with all those models, enjoyed watching you getting all excited!!!!❤️
I started with models when I was very young. There's probably 98% consensus in this comments section that model-making and brick-building Lego pieces are nearly parallel. I'm thrilled my time learning from people like Adam Savage and the Tested crew, This Old Tony, Xylia Foxlin, and so on has ultimately led me to this channel. It is so nice to see a fellow nerd who likes to build stuff. :)
I am very glad Im not the only woman to be building 1/35 scale armor and i been doing it 40 years (my mother used to build shop displays for hobby shops to), you rock!
That's awesome!
I wish there was more woman scale model builders, that's just totally awesome knowing you are out there!!!
My mother used to build plastic scale model cars, especially the 1920 and 30 era cars she did a Fantastic job.
Ditto
The 38T was a Czech design and a decent tank. Later in the war when obsolete the chassis was used as the base for self propelled howitzers and tank destroyers. My all time favourite is the Merkava so it would be cool to see you paint that up.
So cool to see a youtuber give some airtime to my favorite hobby shop!!!
I've been watching and enjoying your channel for awhile and had no idea you were in the bay area. I'm lucky enough to live just a few miles from Hobbies Unltd. The owner Al is incredible and has given so much back to our hobby! My vote is for painting the panzer. Great video!
Nice! It's such a fantastic store and Al was very kind when I spoke with him. I am very grateful that he let me film!
My grandfather was a Feldwebel in the 9th Panzer division. He once commented to me, that in 1940 "Half of our Division was Czech tanks with Austrian crewman. A match made in some sewer somewhere"
At one time I had purchased probably over 700-800.$ from the very same model shop the 1/35 scale military models in different brands. They are pretty nice and very knowledgeable. I'm glad to see hobby's unlimited being advertised, from my home town.
Personally I'm a British Churchill tank lover, but that 38(T) is a very beautiful model. Also, that shop was amazing btw! I miss when I was a kid spending hours in a similar shop here in Spain :) nice memories.
Thank you very much! Im lucky to still have one locally (it's still like 45 minutes away)
Enjoyable video as many of the content creators are so advanced its not much use to a beginner. Thank you!
I'm in San Leandro at least 3 times a week for the past 5 years and NEVER knew of this place !!!! Thank you for sharing just that bit !
The 38T was a Czechoslovakian tank. It was produced after Germany invaded Czechoslovakia because they had only inferior tanks at the time and saw the weaknesses when they invaded Poland. It was a fairly good tank in the early days of the war and was one of the tanks that Otto Carius crewed in the early days and was wounded in. He received a facial wound and the scaring can be clearly seen in later photos. Otto was one of the most decorated German tanks commanders of the war for those who do not know the name. He was on par with aces like Whittman and Knispel.
Now that is a proper model shop! I used to live in San Leandro when I was in the States, great little place.
Holy crap! I've been going to Hobbies Unlimited since they were on Hesperian in San Lorenzo!!!
That places is the absolute BEST for models, paints, tools, you name it!
This is my go to place when I need to buy scale models. Awesome place, and awesome episode. Thank you for sharing.
What a fantastic shop and such a helpful owner.
OMG, that was the store I grew up on. You must be channeling my soul. Same taste in in stuff. I even had dioramas in the window. Still looks the same. Thank for this flash back. I built the mark 4.
Nice!! That's a local shop in my area! Sweet seeing content creators in my area. Good stuff
That C-130 in the beginning, if it's 1/48 scale, looks like the one I built decades ago.
As a Marine I painted it in Marine Corps camouflage. Also did an A-6 Intruder, AH-W Cobra in USMC colors.
My pride and joy was a 1/35 M543A2C 5 ton 6x6 wrecker, of course it was done in Marine Corps 4 color camouflage, kinda like the full sized one I drove and had to paint prior to an inspection. Luckily I had access to a technical manual with the patterns in it.
Hi Angela, Great video! Welcome to the world of Fine Scale Modeling. Can't wait to see more of your modeling videos.
Thank you so much!
Thank you Lovely Lady for showing Us that Good Looking ,well stocked, Hobby Shop. Look forward to your future Tank builds. Nice to see a Lovely Lady enjoy building model Kits. Well as for me Its time to say Over and Out.
You officially won the internet for the best video thumbnail!
Those fishnets were the highlight for me!
I live in NYC, which is, as another commenter pointed out, a hobby wilderness. I wish we had a hobby shop like the one you stopped in at the beginning of the video.
You are a very good builder. Great idea in heating the pliers to assemble the tracks on the Merkava.
I love how excited you are
Obviously an beginner, she doesn't have models just lying around waiting to be built.
She actually said " let's find a tank to build", I'm in love!
I thought the same when seeing gaps in this build - plus the idea of painting a fully assembled kit would be a nightmare - imaging trying to paint the supoerstructure behind the bogies and drive spocket. Nice detail on the model though - my first visit so please do not take this as negative - it is not aimed as such. I have never made a tank - only biplanes, props and jets and can only say well done. I have one waiting to build at the moment - a Viper mk1 from Battlestar Gallactica and have to wait to get the right kit to build it as currently unemployed (I bought it 4 years ago with redundancy/severance pay)
Panzer. As in some ways may seem simple. But I think with washes and so on added with give more of a challenge with it smaller size taken into account.
Omg for some reason I thought hobbies unlimited was gone. I used to go there more than 40 years ago. 47 to be exact. Back when most model planes were powered by cox 049 engines.And were tethered. Before radio control. The last model I built from them was a 1966 mercury comet caliente. I remember specifically because I owned a 1966 comet caliente and put in on the back window shelf of my car. Obviously you are local to me. You have a new subscriber
Great to see another kit build! Nice job! I see a Panza paint comming soon!
Woah, what a great shop! That’s not too far from me, need to pop in and check it out. Thanks for posting up their info Angela!
Thanks for promoting Hobbies Unlimited. It is the last real hobby shop in the Bay Area. Al is a great guy and is all about his customers. Exciting to see my Valentine tank on youtube 6:02
Jestem w ciężkim szoku. Skandal, szok, niedowierzanie... Świat się kończy. Kolejna dziewczyna zajmuje się modelarstwem... Nie chciałbym być z taką dziewczyną w związku!!! Nie chciałbym, ponieważ posklejała by mi wszystkie modele. Angela jeśli będziesz zajmowała się medelami pojazdów lub samolotów masz kolejnego obserwującego Twój kanał. Twoja mimika twarzy na iinych filmach - bezcenna ❗ Szczególnie oczy i uśmiech 😁 Serdeczne pozdrowienia 👍💪🤣🇵🇱
Nice Czech tank. Germany integrated the 38T into their early panzer divisions replacing the Panzer I and IIs in several of the divisions. Link and link tracks are very easy to work with once you get the hang of it. The trick is let the glue set up for a few minutes before you attempt to bend the tracks. When you get around to painting the 38T use a black primer and then spray white into the larger open panels to give a modulation. When you get it all painted up try using the oil dot filter which adds even more modulation to a mono color. I am about to start building the Takom 1/35 Panther Ausf G late so happy building!
So fun to see someone who loves toys as much as me!
You seemed to have gotten the train guy at the counter; he didn't really know that much about tanks or he would have told you the 38 was a Czech tank right then and you could have gone with the others. Next time, the Pzkpfw III Ausf L is a good kit to pick. I primarily have Dragon as the bulk of my collection but I built the Tamiya L as a Bergepanzer and the lower half goes together in typical Tamiya shake'n'bake style. The Panzer IIIs and IVs represent the mainstays of the German forces with the Stug III actually being the most produced line of vehicles. Tamiya's Stug III's are from 1995 so a bit dated; Takom, Das Werk, Border, MiniArt, and Rye Field all make Ausf G's tooled in the 2020s. The Dragons are very good but are pricey now. The iconic one is the Ausf G in case you ever get Stug fever. Which everyone should be exposed to for the sake of their immune system. Exposure to Stug fever builds up your resistance to the idea of never building a Stug.
Also, the rubber band tracks aren't as good for German tanks as it is harder to recreate a proper sag. And in some cases those bands can deteriorate over time and break.
The Pz 38 (T) was a Czech built tank that the Germans used following their annexation of Czechoslovakia. They were an excellent light tank for the time being a match for most early medium tanks. The Germans used them as front line battle tanks, until they had enough Pz III's and IV's in service. I built the Warlord Games plastic kit of it for Bolt Action. I don't know where I could share some pics so you could see, otherwise I would
Turned out great!
Good choice. The 38t is one of my favorites. Also love the Hobbies Unlimited shout-out!
I built all three of those tank kits when I was younger, my favorite was the Panzer IV. Which was especially cool because it came with three crewmen to ride on the tank. Looks like she picked the least expensive, but can't blame her for that.
Let me just add the thing about that Panzer IV that drove me nuts was painting all those little wheels. Very monotonous and repetitive. Great model though, like all Tamiya products.
Today’s glue is space-age technology compared to the Testers goopy glue I used 50-years ago.
Brilliant job, video quality, and YT channel!
Thank you!
You definitely can't go wrong with the 3 choices you made. The 38(t) and Pz IVF are relatively new Tamiya kits, and the Panzer III, while from the 1990s, is also very very good. The Panzer IVF in particular is an outstanding kit.
👍Fantastic episode! 👍
I'm jealous! Here where I live in South Carolina is a modeling wilderness and I have to get kits and such online. The link and length tracks in the 38t are a major improvement over the rubberband tracks in their older kits. I have two 38t's in the stash, Tristar's 1/35 with full interior and the Panda 1/16 kit.
Let's paint that Panzer. Really enjoyed seeing the hobby shopping trip.
Glad I found this video. I didn't know hobby shops still existed in the bay area. TY!!!
Pz 38()T, I think would be more of a challenge.
Hello!, I'm Brazilian and I'm just starting out in plastic modeling now! You helped me a lot with this video! thank you very much ! 🙂
Happy to hear that!
Two best things in the world, super cute nerdie girl and a hobby shop!
I think you would have fun with the Panzer. The fading gray paint and weathering will look sharp.
Very nice builds in that display cabinet.
Well done, keep up the great work. FYI the Hetzer, a very formidable Tank Destroyer, was actually adapted using the Chassis of the Panzer 38(T) due directly to the 38T being so under powered. Also the 38T made up a large portion of the WWII Germany's Blitzkrieg; more so in the very beginning. It was considered a flaw once other nations started to produce better tanks than the 38T. Early on, it had it's place, but as time wore on it faded away much like how the bow and arrow were replaced by the gun. The 38T's chassis, however, did live on in the Hetzer and finished the War as a wonderful tank loved by its crews and hated by its enemies. Check out the Hetzer, I'm sure you'd like it just as much as it's very similar in size but the shape is a bit different as the Hetzer does not have a Turret...
thanks angi for your youtube site so good i just got the 1/35 scale italaeli cruseder ii tank with figures
The panzer is classic, so I would like you to paint the Pz38(t). Beautiful job on the build!
Panzer 1 is a tankette(it’s armed with twin MG’s), Panzer 38(T) was Czech and after Czechoslovakia was annexed the Germans adopted it. Panzer 4 was one of the main work horse tanks of the Wehrmacht during the war.
Awesome build enjoyed that 👍👍🤟🤟
Glad you enjoyed it
nice work the tanks look good keep them coming
Thanks, will do!
Years ago my buddy used to work in that same Hobby Shop. Small world for sure.
Love that hobbyshop. I drive up from San Jose, enduring all the traffic once a month to see whats new. Waiting on the Border Models 1/35 FW 190.
Great pick, the 38t was originally a chech designed and manufacture. Germany captured a few hundred when it took over Chech, and kept producing them and a modified version. In addition, this tank was famously commanded by Edwin Rommel "The Ghost" when he invaded France, it is also one of very few tanks to invade Poland, and then park on the coast of France and look over the channel to Great Britain, and then later invaded Russia. Once the tank became obsolete, they kept making the chassis and turned it into low profile tank hunters, and mobile Anti Aircraft batteries and even Self Propelled guns. It has a massive history.
I would love to see the little Panzer 38(T) painted, this is the first time I have seen your channel but not the last...
Oh my G! I know you from NRB blood on the clocktower, but was only peripherally aware of what you do outside of that.
Now I just bought my very first gundam model, that I will build this weekend, so CZcams has been recommending me all sorts of model videos.
It was absolutely lovely to come across you again, and I knew you were a nerd, but not that you were even a model nerd! You just got so much cooler than you already were in my mind! 🤩
If you are really missing the playing with fire part, you can use heat to bend and crumple the fenders. Its a typical use damage seen on these -38(t) vehicle as they kicked up rocks and tree branches especially, wedging between tracks and fenders before the wood was chewed up.
Look at operational photos.These vehicles had short lives!
This tank chassis was used as the basis for bunch of other ersatz versions: a self-propelled assault gun, a recovery vehicle, and an end of war anti-tank gun that is my favorite (Hetzer) which Tamiya has made too. One chassis to bookend the wartime service of this tiny tank. Check out the kit when you are next shopping. Later versions have more and better finishes, including one to make it look like a pile of bricks.
A buddy of mine sometimes adds combat damage to the model tanks he uses for miniatures wargaming. For example, he heated the point of a punch, made a crater in the body of a painted tank, then painted the crater off-silver to look like bare steel. On one 28mm scale (1:56) tank he even dry-brushed a little rust red onto the bare steel.
... Fahrvergnügen, Angela. That is a beautiful tank! I love the muscular brutalisim of the WWII Panther. Lovely!
However... I would really like to see you work-on the Merkava Mark-5. That... is a thing-of-beauty!
I like studying them in books better. 38(T)? I have them all. The Spielberger and Kliment books are the standard references.
It is quite crazy but my first 40k Ork battle wagon was a 1/48 Semovente spg. An Italian self propelled gun that looked shoddy and clunky. I built a tray on the back, hung a couple of big shootas off the side using 40k oil drums as cupolas and had ork and grot gunners. This was back in the 90's when Orks had no vehicle models. Still have it.
Nice! and great to see a lady hobbyist with a lot of enthusiasm 👍
Paint them both. Yes, I,m addicted to building.
I love to watch you built 1:35 scale tank model kits.
The model nerds are interested in the history of the tank and your building and painting process. I say more of the fishnet stockings…😍
I’m happy to see there’s still a hobby shop like that in the Bay Area.
That is totally AWESOME, a young lady building scale models, that is so cool to see that, GOOD ON YOU, I wish there was more woman like you, Much ❤️ to you, and ENJOY IT!!
I am looking forward to watch more of your videos. You are amazing.
Thank you so much!
I'm glad I found your channel. What a fantastic model store, fully stocked. And wow, I saw the Russian KV 2 on the shelf that would be a great one for you to build. I would do it in winter camouflage. Very interesting history, this tank.
Good luck with the build...
I've been shopping here for over 20 years, back when the shop was on Hesperian. My 8 year old bought his first kit here a couple of months ago.
amazing hobby shop!
The 38T in panzer-grey with a winter white-wash camouflage would be interesting. Would not be as boring as simply all grey.
The 38T was the chassis used to create the Hetzer light tank destroyer. The Hetzer would be a nice model to go with this one.
Thanks! I'm going to build one! Paint the Panzer!
Have fun!
The Panzer 38T😊. Modern Tamiya tank kits are beautiful to build.
I'm so jealous, that is a great hobby shop! There is nothing like that within 300 miles of here.
Great model making and tank choice. It was one of the German's best small tanks, commandeered for the Czechs. Great model shop too. I guess you could paint either tank. The Merkava being larger would use more paint but otherwise it's really 50/50 as they would both be primarily one single colour, all the best.
Thank you very much!
My LHS! Thank you for helping get the word out for Al. This shop is the last one standing in the Bay Area.
I think I'm in love!
Awesome hobbyshop too.
The Czech 38T was a great tank. Picked up and used by the German (Nazi) after the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Its was also licence built by the Swedes (STRV m/41) and the base of the amazingly competent Hetzer and Marder 3.
Please paint that Panzer 38(t). Thank you for the video!
Awesome build my friend keep up the good work
Thanks 👍
I actually did the Tamiya 1/48 Panzer 38 (T). It’s pretty much the same kit, but in a smaller scale.
I wish I had a hobby shop like that.
Yeah, I would scoop up the Bad Batch Maurader myself.
Please airbrush the Panzer 38T, it is such a cool tank! The tank was actually produced by the Czech's
Merkava. I'd be interested in seeing that.
The Blitz PZ 3 M is a good kit. Grandpa said it looks just like his.