1/35th scale Amusing Hobby Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe super heavy tank

[@mr.laughington5740]

Wow you have a lot of kits, I hope you build them all and make a video about them

[@oddball759mm]

working on it

[@321CatDaddy]

Good in depth evaluation of this kit. Also wonderful build information; any questions regarding the construction are answered before I even thought of them! Great job!

[@haruharu0w0]

Finally a detailed video about amusing hobby kits, since i plan to buy FV217 one

[@jimmytgoose476]

Nice paint . Glad you had more luck with the tracks than i did ... One small point - the Löwe wouldn't have had a jack . The last King Tigers didn't have them because the standard jack wasnt strong enough to lift the vehicle so they would have been pointless on the Löwe . Liked your mod of the armoured exhaust covers ; i did mine like that as well . I also added a ball mount for the hull mg rather than the bogus letterbox affair and modified the heck out of the turret .

[@oddball759mm]

Thanks, on the Jack and MG ball, The Lowe is a paper panzer so this does open up the artistic licensing quite a bit

[@MrTigertank69]

nice build dude

[@ROLKChaos]

The pronunciation of the Tank´s name was superb! Like you´re a native speaking German ;)

[@oddball759mm]

Danke!

[@julief562]

Cool

[@rocksteel44]

...I am happy that I watched this video, because I always wanted to know about this Model Company!!! By the way; THE TANKS PAINT JOB IS BAD-TO-THE-BONE!!!!!!!

[@SgtBones]

Interesting, I built this one also recently, funny thing, you thought about the castings over the exhaust, but what about the serious lack of a pivot point where the idler wheels attach? I admit it, I didn`t notice the exhaust mistake, but did find it wierd as far as track adjustment would go...anyways, great build, Amusing Hobbies Jagd E-100 is a quick and dirty build, with some seriously nice suspension, well worth a look.

[@oddball759mm]

yeah I was looking onto the other amusing hobby kits, lots of cool variants. the idlers didn't bug me at first, it wasn't until I assembled the track was when I noticed that the kit would be a lot better if it had some adjustment for the idlers. If I were building another one I would make some mods to the swing arm. I happy with this one, but I'll keep this in mind for the next time I do an amusing hobby build

[@davidmarinmartinez3307]

Hello, what color did you use for the turret

[@oddball759mm]

ace hardware brand red primer

[@michaeltolanojr3024]

So I'm planning out making a M4 easy8 sherman with the M41 bulldog turret instead of the sherman turret. I looked up an AFV club M41 bulldog suspension conversion set and I can't seem to find it anywhere, do you know where I can find it?

[@oddball759mm]

outside of tracking one down with a google search, ebay is the only other thing I can think of

[@michaeltolanojr3024]

@@oddball759mm ok thank you for the help

[@ozmister101]

The King Tiger's Forgotten Big Brother - Panzer VII Löwe (Lion) - KZbin this is more on the lowe it shows a completed lowe in a picture. they recovered a partially completed lowe in a factory. that is a far stretch from just being on paper. this tank was very much in the testin portion before fielding it. the tigers were rushed due to the need for tanks.

[@oddball759mm]

As far as I know and all the resources I have read the lowe never left the drawing board. The allies did capture a partially completed tank hull at the end of the war and took photos of it, but this was the E100 not the Lowe. If you have a link to the image of the lowe post it because I would like to see it

[@ozmister101]

@@oddball759mm watch the video youll see one completed in a picture. hence posting the video

[@oddball759mm]

@@ozmister101 what video? can you post a link?

[@ozmister101]

@@oddball759mm the link I posted

[@oddball759mm]

@@ozmister101 there is no link. I think youtube scrubs links from the comment sections now because I've seen this happen before. it was something to do with spam or something, try posting the link with spaces or something. That might work

[@titan51928]

Greetings! Such a question, it sounds like a request ...... maybe you will ever make a Panther 1/16 from Heng Long ...... really looking forward to this project from you. Today on KZbin there is not a single video on the REAL refinement of this model ......

[@oddball759mm]

The closest thing I have on hand is the HL jagdpanther. The HL panther is ok and is a workable model, but the Torro / Taigen upgraded one is better IMO. The biggest issue I have with the HL panthers is that the lower hull angle is flatter than it's supposed to be. Not by much but if you look for it you will see it. HL did this to set in the gearbox which is hard if the panther's hull is at it's correct angle. The torro / taigen version has this section revised to have the correct lower hull angle. Perhaps I might get a HL panther, just depends on the tank I would make and / or the price of the model.

[@titan51928]

@@oddball759mm Thanks for the answer ..... good luck!

[@titan51928]

@@oddball759mm I recently purchased a Panther from HL, for $ 60, without electronics and almost no internal wiring ..... I really have old electronics from Taigen ..... so I’m thinking what to do with it now ....

[@oddball759mm]

@@titan51928 you can drop the taigen electronics into the HL with minimal conversion work. $60.00 was a steal, almost the cost of the old tiger and M26 back in 2004

[@diremiralis1998]

I don’t see link and length tracks as lazy per say but it’s better than rubber band tracks

[@oddball759mm]

no, they are absolutely not and are trash my man. That's just objectively false... Over the last 25+ years of doing this I have seen far too many otherwise nice builds dicked by link and length track. I'll gladly take the worst rubber band track over the "best" link and length all day long

[@diremiralis1998]

And we don’t talk about what revel did with their T-90

[@BaronGaigern1930]

Why is the turret rusty, the rest of the tank in camouflage? Nice work!

[@oddball759mm]

it's not rust. It's red primer. It was not uncommon to have mix matched colors or unfinished parts on the vehicles towards the end of the war

[@Raiden6277]

Where did you add the glue in the tracks? Can you do a tutorial for that or will it vary greatly among different models?

[@oddball759mm]

each model is different so I can't make a one size fits all tutorial video on the tracks. I will say that on these tracks there are two small pegs on the track grouser and matching holes on the link. you add one small drop of super glue on each of these holes and mount it. Once it dries fully the part will be kept in place, but still have full function.

[@oddball759mm]

P.S. If I ever make another amusing hobby Lowe I'll have a segment in that video about the track assembly.

[@Raiden6277]

@@oddball759mm superglue. Noted. Cement melts the pieces in place.

[@oddball759mm]

@@Raiden6277 you can use cement too, the trick is the adhesive needs to be precisely added to the right spot w/ the right amount. Too much will weld it shut, too little and it will fall apart. Also besides the glue, the other most important thing is to LET IT DRY! If you don't the parts can shift and not set properly which can cause the issues I mentioned above. The kit gives you a jig that aligns 4 or 5 links, Assemble these and let them set, once done move the segment over and add another 4 or so. Let it fully dry and repeat. After a little bit you will have a whole set done. BTW this is one reason why I use super glue since it sets quicker than cement, and lasts longer as the model ages, cements from what I have seen get weaker over time and the bonds tend to give way as the model ages

[@Raiden6277]

@@oddball759mm thanks for the tip. Now I know what to do when I can finally afford a kit.

[@philbonaffini6674]

Awesome build love your videos. I have 1 question what color did you paint the barrel. And thanks again

[@oddball759mm]

I think I used a dark gray primer spray paint from ACE hardware. Then I used washes to get the look you see in the video.

[@guidor.4161]

Did you use all track links? Tracks could do with slightly more sag like on a Tiger?

[@oddball759mm]

The kit gives lots of spares, I did experiment with having two extra links, however the tracks were way too floppy. so I had to tighten them up to the way you see in the video. Because of the track design you have to add / remove 2 links. One mod I would recommend would be to remove the lock on the rear idler wheel swing arm. This would give you some adjustment and would make for sagging tracks to be more fine tuned. I though I had this info in the video but I guess I forgot to add this clip. On german tanks the tracks would be tighter than you see on the most scale models. On the RC ones the track will throw with ease if the links are as loose to the point of some people's builds. If I were to do this build again I would adjust the idler to give me slightly less tension you see on this model, but the tension you see on this build would be appropriate for this tank

[@guidor.4161]

@@oddball759mm Thanks! I guess you are right, people do tend to copy what they see on other models and that might not match the available original film footage either...

[@oddball759mm]

@@guidor.4161 it's one of those things where they look aesthetically cool with the supper saggy track but in real life wouldn't be like that

[@jimmytgoose476]

They would . Look at photos of King Tigers and Jagdtigers ; the tracks come from the sprocket straight onto the front road wheel rather than hang in a curve like Panther tracks. This is probably due to the weight ; I've seen a single Tiger track link in a museum in Normandy and it would take two people to pick it up - far bigger than a Panther track link . The Löwe's tracks would have been even larger .

[@oddball759mm]

not necessarily, there are war time pics of king tigers with the track in the way you see it on my model. It all depends on how the tension was set with the idler, same is also true for the Tiger I

[@Reisbaellchen77]

Stop sniffing that curtain in the background Heinz!! WE ARE ON DISPLAY, OBACHT!

[@warthunderfan9920]

Great build but is the tracks hard to build for someone who never built these kind of tracks before.

[@oddball759mm]

yes, If you have never built these type of tracks before avoid this kit for the time being! To build these tracks you need to have experience with very small delicate parts, and the tools to free / clean them. The kit does give you an assembly jig that is real handy, but if you use too much glue or don't have the snips and the patience with working with something this small / precise then you will have a bad experience. This is something you need to level up to IMO. Once you have this experience this kit's track will be a breeze

[@warthunderfan9920]

Okay thanks for the information, because I’m interested in these type of “what if” or paper panzers. Do you have any recommendations for those type of kits.

[@oddball759mm]

@@warthunderfan9920 Trumpeter made several of the what ifs. They are really good detail wise, and are easier to build because of the track being 1 piece rubber. I built the E100 and the Crocodile. Both builds have videos on this channel, kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3XIpH2Yeb6jp68 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h52ZnWyfoLqEgNk I would recommend doing these before jumping onto the Amusing hobby kits

[@justrandomthings8370]

Thank you for the information.

[@rocksteel44]

John, explain the term: "PAPER-PANZER" please...

[@oddball759mm]

a paper panzer is a slang term for prototype german WWII tanks that never made it off the drawing board.

[@rocksteel44]

@@oddball759mm ...Got it, thanks Bro!!!

[@oddball759mm]

@@rocksteel44 anytime!

[@kristinpinnell9743]

and instead of pronouncing Löwe with w its with a v ( lerva) is what I think it would be in letters

[@tanker12999]

why so many m60s?

[@oddball759mm]

M60s are cool, I want to build them with different paintjobs

[@tanker12999]

@@oddball759mm understandable, could you build the 1/35 amusing hobby waffentrager auf e100 at some point in the future?

[@oddball759mm]

@@tanker12999 sure, both sound like awesome builds

[@kristinpinnell9743]

did you know that the name Löwe in German means lion

[@oddball759mm]

Ja, Ich spreche Deutsche