Building the Meng 1/35 Panther AUSF A late with zimmerit

Panther FIles:
Episode #1 ; Meng 1/35 AUSF A late complete build video .
2018 is going to be the year the Panther Tank with at least 8 new kits coming out on the Panther we are going to break down and build each one and compare all of them at the end .
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[@thedarkartist3635]

Commander: paint on the camouflage! Painter: sir the tracks are still on the tank. Commander: JUST PAINT OVER IT THEN.

[@bloodyapril6392]

Personally I love the Panthers from Panzergrenadier div Grossdeutchland. My favorite armored division of all time. Always use Tamiya-Tiger crew and machine guns with sights on my Dragon 1/35 Panthers A-Gs.

[@randomations11]

You, and a couple of others, have gotten me back into modelling. Thank you.

[@dannycross3808]

Panther has got to be the finest looking tank of that era

[@wisedonkey7644]

My 2nd fav looking tank, behind the King tiger

[@wolfhardt1830]

Nah man, the Tiger I does it. Looks broad and mean!

[@philipplutki]

Wolfhardt looks like a giant peace of lego...

[@slicky3677]

@@philipplutki it being rather blocky doesnt mean it aint beautiful.

[@philipplutki]

HaV0c It is not beautiful in the way of blocky, the best looking blocky tank is the Panzer II J in my opinion

[@richardbrown9623]

Just amazing. I think this is the best paint job you have done so far. When I reach retirement and have time to immerse myself in this hobby, I will have your uploads cached and will watch them closely.

[@davidlynnjohnson6132]

Great tip with using staples on the Friul tracks ...I've struggled with them many times puncturing my fingers with wire on lots of occasions ...tried it out and it works great. Thank You

[@jeffersonchocron]

I'm reaally impressed with these zimmerit decals. Nice build! Keep coming more.

[@cursedmonkey1033]

I'm so envious of Andy's enthusiasm.

[@stuartmacgregor3192]

Great tip with the staples l will be sending away for a set of panther metal tracks. Iove your videos all the best from Scotland andy🤚👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@haleygerdes5248]

Andy, please build some new kits soon. Your videos are therapeutic for me and I watch and rewatch them every evening. I will someday soon start building tanks again like I did in my youth, you have rekindled that spark in me. Thanks :)

[@user-yn7rt1pm5e]

Andy you are not a mediocre modeler. Your skills are great.

[@Scorpio-dd4pt]

I love your videos, its really inspired me to get back into modeling and I've picked up alot of helpful tips from yohr videos. I also had the chance to build a 22 year old italeri Panzer IV H, the kit had no instructions and unlabeled spues but i was able to find instructions online and the kit came out beautifully with only a single fit error or the back of the hull.

[@rodhayes7777]

This has to be a really good Panther Ausf A model kit. Impressed with Meng. Thanks for sharing. Panther Ausf A late production has never had a decent model kit made of it, pre-2000. And Panther Ausf A is my favorite, so I like your show. Panther Ausf. A is great.

[@Oldermodels_are_twitchy]

Nice work Andy. Love watching you work :)

[@rudivanreet4287]

Verry nice details and another nice build tank.♥️♥️♥️💪👍👍

[@TikerFighter]

great video! Im pretty excited for all these coming panther videos

[@JN-vp1mx]

Another great build Andy! Really enjoy your videos, keep them coming :)

[@johnranson347]

Great build Andy keep up the videos I look forward to them

[@GTMatukka]

Hello Andy! A nice way to start year 2018 with a Panther. I bought mine two weeks ago. Damn it's cold outside , -15°C in Finland. Let the (winter) tracks roll and keep up the good work!

[@einefreunde]

The year of the Panther. Great work

[@JALEO1970]

Thank you for the video. It's a great looking model.

[@joeshmoe9978]

Nice 1/1 scale track link! Keep up the good work on your videos.

[@jerryvolpini7987]

Nice video Andy, like the new studio set-up, nice and bright.

[@stu1664]

Got the first like on Andy's video. Brilliant stuff Andy thoroughly enjoy all your videos, thanks for your enthusiasm for the hobby

[@pinfarmer]

Super looking forward to another tank with interior kit being done on your channel!!

[@stevenhunter4029]

Nnnnnn.kkuiluAspf I 33eeeeewwwwwww . ,€77€£*4£€€€_€____&/€6 ,:

[@uther10]

Great build and great looking tracks!

[@VonDrinkoften]

Top job mate on what looks like an awesome kit.

[@SOU4355]

Andy is the Tom Brady of model building! G.O.A.T.

[@andrewshaw8396]

Great idea using the staples, cheers.

[@FoxtrotWhiskey3]

What a beautiful kit and superb build. I really like the end result and the way the camo of the tank looks so balanced. Great job mate. I will post my "virgin" (not weathered) Tamiya Panther in your facebook group soon. Keep it up Andy. And thanks again for the great Facebook group. :)

[@stoves92]

Can't wait for the trumpeter 1/16 panther. Love 1/16 kits.

[@larryscarafile7309]

Very nice job. I would wait for the interior and show it opened up

[@giannisgiannis561]

Another one nice work from you Andy !! greetings from Greece

[@Kuba-bp3eq]

Wow Andy your greate man Thanks for telling about this trucks it will help a lot :)

[@13bravo72]

Very nice work! will be starting mine soon!

[@-coelian-detlev2274]

good work again good to see that one build !

[@jerryvolpini7987]

And, congrats on 75k subscribers!!!

[@johnburdis5484]

Good job on Meng Panther A, Andy.

[@1x_rj_x1]

I am currently building a Panther A kit from 1999. The model still fits well.

[@ianrobb9484]

Hi Andy since you produced this vid I've had the pleasure ofofbuildping Mengs Panther D twice ...same points you make are relevant to these kits though Meng in their wisdom have included BOTH cupola's and two differant wheel types...these are really lovely kits to go together using a metal barrel AND some friulmodel tracks they look brilliant ....as an aside I've done a jagpanther from Meng again metal tracks and barrel yet again another lovely kit ....enjoy the vids Andy keep them coming hank you Ian from York,England

[@jamesbednar8625]

I am in the process of building Tamiya's ancient 1/35 Panther A. Have built it a few times in the past, and just decided to build it again for whatever reason. Figures - once I started building that kit, the ENTIRE industry is coming out with Panther A's!! Oh well, will have to see what comes out. Anyway, awesome video of this particular kit. Great job!! Hey - maybe do a video of that Tamiya Panther A and also include it in your comparison video at end of year.

[@mathewszymanski7905]

Awesome kit Andy I will get that one in the future

[@cuhurun]

Hi Andy. A quick point about something I've noticed after watching a few of your (and some other pro-modeler's vids), from which I've happily learnt a heap of tricks, and which I very much enjoy. My point is about the rubber rims of tank road-wheels. Even within a short period of use the rubber takes a Hell of a battering and, although you guys do absolutely amazingly accurate jobs with attention to weathering etc, I've noticed that the rubber of the road-wheels pretty much invariably show no signs of cuts, welts, tears or other general abrasion and wear. Anyway, all the best.

[@user-gk7ww1qu6s]

Прекрасная работа. Просто и понятно. Молодец!!!

[@shannonholley3896]

Another great video and I will be a lot closer to the poor house buying up all these Panthers .

[@pinfarmer]

I like that this is cast in primer color. I'd love to see someone do a diorama of a portion of a tank production line.

[@Hallelujah1979]

Nicely done. Now I am waiting on the rye model field with full interior since I pre-ordered since December

[@stevenchandler153]

The Eduard zimmeret set is great.

[@joshuakamenski2448]

Wow, great work

[@rottingflesh7]

Just perfect ! 👍

[@mrbordmechaniker]

I pre-ordered the Takom Early Panther 💪🏻

[@junglelands9119]

Another great build Andy, I got the same model and zimmerit but after watching your video I don't think I'll use the zimmerit because your a better modeller than me, I would only make a mess of it. I think I'll get the metal tracks they look brilliant and the staples is a great tip. Great work mate looking forward to your next Panther, all the best from Ireland.

[@communisttears5998]

Why are German tanks just so beautiful..... King Tiger and Leopard 2A6 are in my opinion the best looking tanks.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Great video!

[@szymonz4314]

Greetings from Poland

[@DeerHunter308]

Kudos on using the Friul Tracks. I don't use anything but Friulmodel.

[@erichearth5061]

Looks good!

[@neiswestnij]

Nice tip with the staples.

[@vortexmodeling]

Andy, no kidding .. you have to make s shirt with the following wording on it: "POP IN POP ON POP OUT" with some image related to the hobby, because the word POP is now like signature for you .. it is the word of the day xD. Thanks for the great video!

[@chelseachelseaboy]

Did you ever get around to telling us your favourite Panther from all those new releases Andy ?.....If you did i missed it, they all look superb but there had to one you picked out for ease of building, inclusion of zimmerit be it decal or molded & easiest tracks to work with etc ?, perhaps another video giving us a run down of your choices would be worthwhile ?, thanks.

[@adamrudinni289]

Andy movie is over 5 years old and thanks to that I know how to go about zimmerit on my Panther. And I was wondering if it makes sense to buy metal tracks ... I ordered and I will also make this patent with mounting tracks. Thanks Andy and greetings from Scotland 2023 😇😇😇😇

[@lazzer2795]

looks good andy

[@MrBMBuilder]

I think this stick on zimm would annoy me, I used a Cav set once and it wasn't to bad. I think I prefer having it already added like some of the newer Dragon kits. I am holding off on buying this kit due to the zimm and the fact that this version really needs to have it. If it didn't have to have zimm I would of bought it already. Nice vid Andy

[@jamesbednar8625]

Have also used a few of those Cav sets as well. They are OK, in my opinion. Am using an Eduard Zimmerit set for the ancient Tamiya Panther A and, must admit, the fit is just great - was not expecting that. Have not built anything yet with the Zimmerit already molded on.

[@mark_of_the_legion2346]

Andy you have to do the Panther F and the Panther ll !!!!! also awesome vid as always!

[@robinthompson5091]

I appreciate the video. I'm currently building the kit and have to say I wish you had spent way more time on the many fit issues with this kit rather than demonstrating again how to build, paint, and weather the metal tracks.. I'm glad you mention the road wheels on the torsion bar axels but you really understate just how much work it is to get them to fit correctly. Also the axels are way to flimsy for the job they do on this kit. If you don't get the side panels strait on when attaching them to the floor pan they can leave gaps at the rear hull plate. Not a huge deal fixed with filler but still should be mentioned. Tons of ejection pin marks and actually huge chunks of plastic attached to them that have to be carefully cut off. The instructions can be good to vague at best. They can leave far too much up for interpretation and that can cause part removal in a panic because you've already glued it. This kit is definitely NOT a beginners kit. So many tiny parts that it's pretty off putting and not in the wheel house of what I would consider a beginners kit. Beginners should stick with Tamiya and stay away from this MENG Panther. Oh the torsion bars all have an "extra" part that needs to be installed... I see no reason for this other than to add to the part count. The kit supplied individual link tracks are a nightmare. Too many parts and too much clean up. I can't even imagine using them in this kit. It would take 40 hours to complete them and by then I'd likely be ready to toss the kit. I can see why you chose the aftermarket metal tracks. By the way the Zimmerit is junk as well as the aftermarket tracks and suspension. I bought both and decided to use neither. I bought a set of metal tracks as well but I hate to waste them on this kit. I'll save them for some of the other Panthers coming out later this year. I've already got the RyeField Panther G on it's way so this kit is going into storage.The MENG kit may in the end build up okay but it is a poorly engineered kit at best. Like I said I appreciate the build video and honestly this is the first video I've had some issues with. I think you really understated a lot of engineering issues with this kit. More time on those issues would help all of us determine if this is a kit we want to invest time and money in. Again I DO NOT recommend this kit. Just because it hit the market first doesn't mean in any way it is the best.

[@madbluntz42069]

Took me two frustrating weeks to do the tracks and the upper hull fit was horrible huge gap at front glacias plate ,my wheels actually went good but those stupid Lil pieces in the torsion bars were stupid

[@alanmoffat4454]

YES LOOKS GOOD.

[@christianhowarth4333]

Yes! Panther!!!

[@annanbejat1578]

Bwahbwhabwa now that's a life size piece of track😆

[@hgbarnes1584]

Nice work Mr. NOT so Mediocre Modeler :) Added to my list. Thanks Andy. One thing you might clarify though please. I've heard that only a certain number of initial kits have the metal barrel.

[@chelseachelseaboy]

I have this kit on the way, if I could have found the Dragon Sd Kfz 171 Ausf A with zimm I would have bought that instead, you certainly made the application of the zimm decals look easier than I imagine it actually was.....when you mentioned the zimm decals looked flat that was a concern....I'm hoping Eduard put out a etch zimm set for this kit as I would certainly prefer it to the decal set.

[@psadorski]

Good job Sir ;)

[@vladlipovsky2915]

Oh, that truck!

[@pvt.helldog22ndpursuitsqua35]

Nice mate

[@frogmedia]

Small photography tip... turn of the Auto White Balance of your camera. On minute 21, when showing the paint job, white balance reajusts automatially every time you get your hand near the model. Anyway, thanks for a greta build!

[@paulhenry3664]

Hope you have all the Panthers lined up when you've finished

[@AFV85]

I got the bergepanther A from meng and the panther G from takom last week 2020

[@thefattestofalberts3500]

Am I the only one watching this that doesn't own an airbrush yet

[@GinMiko]

No, you're not. I've been building models for over 70 years and never had a need for one. I have to admit though, sometimes airbrush painting would be easier.

[@jamesbednar8625]

I, also, do not have an air brush. I do everything with a spray paint cans AND brushes.

[@allencruce78]

The fattest of alberts, no you’re not. Built my first model when I was 8. I will be 50 in October. I’ve never used or owned an airbrush.

[@car296rd]

I still use spray paint and brushes

[@thesketchydude1315]

nope, I've always used brushes...they can be a Pain and a half with certain things but also a Godsend in others, I'll Admit that I've always wanted an airbrush but...trying to find one where I am for a good price is near impossible

[@MojoDevirus]

Ohhhh wow !!!!

[@quantumplastic]

Bom trabalho ! ;)

[@benjaminsassaman7854]

Andy its looks great! Do you plan on doing a diorama for this kit?

[@ianmiller6698]

And the Meng Panther D..

[@allanstott6999]

Andy, if you lift the turret off do you have a silhouette of where it was? Whenever I spray camo as you do it seems to leave a dusting of overspray which means if I turn the turret to display, there's a clear outline of where it originally was placed.

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Andy do you have an opinion of who has the better kits? Ex Dragon, Tamiya, Academy?

[@hammyhamster5014]

Sorry to bug u Andy? Starving for another build. Panthers/panzers yeah.

[@johnking7928]

Andy next time you mack a tiger with zimmerot but a little bit of pva glue it with the water it helps to stick the zimmerit down

[@danielficke131]

I got this kit with a first production metal barrel

[@keanelombard65]

What kind of air pump do you use for your models?, because I am thinking of getting an airbrush kit, but if there is any cheaper versions of it please tell me, thx and I love your videos, and the classical music. Thank you

[@DJJAW11]

Great build, as usual .... Have you considered a late War, Stug (with the remote mount, top firing mg34, like the Hetzer, and revised frontal armour, plus nose MG etc)?. And a Puma?.

[@pineconepinetree2578]

Hey Andy will you be building Panda's M1 Abrams? Also great video and I've learned alot about modeling from your channel so thank you!

[@Steven197106]

great video!

[@sb-ant6457]

I loved Zippy! Rainbow never paid him his worth imho. Rock on.

[@Matthias-ps6vg]

S Bryant wut?

[@ellis8238]

Steven 197106 Can't believe you like Andy too! Keep making good mods :)

[@Steven197106]

I make some models as well

[@ellis8238]

Steven 197106 Ah, didn't realise

[@Kitsune5552]

Gonna pick up a tamiya panther and I wanna go by your shop but I live in Florida

[@berniescheid5286]

Awesome job Andy. Did you use the fuilmodel tracks for the spares?🇨🇦

[@briandiehl6184]

Where would you buy actual tank tracks? That giant panther track at the start of the video looks so cool.

[@kaleu6]

Between Dragon and Tamiya, I've got 6 Panthers in the stash, so I'm not sure if I will buy a new Panther (other than the Bergepanther kit) this year or not. I'm looking forward to what the other manufacturers do with their Panther releases.

[@tjm7275]

Andy where the hell did you get that track link?? Please let me know buddy… love your videos, you’ve really helped me out so thanks

[@metellandfireworks5215]

good evening as always top videos. I would burn times to intresieren like your empire looks. Are there any videos

[@mikecooper8462]

Andy - what is the weight of that Panther track link? Cool discussion piece for the man cave.

[@chelseachelseaboy]

Do you think it might be possible to apply some of the Zimm decals as you put the kit together to see if it's easier rather than wait until you complete it ?

[@timdywelska1719]

Fuck I love this channel. Goooooo Andy!

[@ennisanderson2719]

Great build ! Does the kit come with zimmerette ? I know you said they were available separately. I'm really glad you are doing all the new Panthers. I'm looking for a particular type to match a photo my dad had. I think it's from Das Reich because I know his division fought against them in the early days in France. Interesting as well is that the Panthers he saw had crosses on both sides of the turret. As my picture shows ?