Preview, Takom 1/35 Armor kits ( Panther G with zimmerit and Bergpanzer 2a2 )

[@simonmichaelis1]

I never thought that I would be so interested in looking at unbuilt models! Thankyou great promo! I always look forward to your videos, and yes, for those of us who don't have the 'calmness' to do Zimmerit, this is very welcome on tank kits.

[@70rrsteve51]

Very cool. Something to note though...submarines have periscopes. Armoured vehicles have episcopes.

[@mikequandt7724]

That Panther Ausf G is amazing. The Zimmerit is stunning. WOW!! Priced right to for all the detail. Looking forward to a purchase. Thanks Andy. Love your videos. 👍👍

[@aggnesswang-spzabt5023]

That Panther is so deadly AWESOME!!!😉👍 I got mine the very first day it was released, but not going to build it until I finished making the proper historical research and getting the right colors.

[@baukemiedema2420]

Would like to see the Bergepanzer build ;). Btw yes it is based on a leo 1. quickly to be seen by the exhausts on the sides.

[@stephenharrington528]

Two great looking kits but for me it got to be the panther as the zimmerit is superb nice video Andy Steve 🇬🇧

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

I'd love to see Uncle Night Shift build that recovery tank

[@John_Sharrock]

The Zim on the Panther looks amazing.

[@TheSaturnV]

And apparently completely incorrect as far as pattern.

[@Lt.Gruber]

It’s beautiful in person

[@John_Sharrock]

@Eddie Boone you're right.. no one gives a shit.

[@dotdashdotdash]

Hank Brooks liar

[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

I really like Takom's kits. I have only built the Mk1 Heavy Battle Tank WW1 but I own the Mk IV Male Heavy Battle Tank. Takom is quickly becoming my go to model company in 1/35. The detail and quality of the kits is spectacular. I am thinking of either getting the Konigstiger with interior or the Panther G you just showed.

[@sparki20081]

That "Berge-Leo" looks awesome. I got to drive one of these during my time in the Bundeswehr. Great Memories.

[@donfrandsen7778]

Panther G with zim right on!!! Great video Andy right on!!! This is fantastic wow!!!!

[@johnvoss7103]

Now that’s a proper zimm look, well worth getting for the work it saves.

[@adamrentschler6497]

Agreed. Would love to see a build video on the bergepanzer. Working through an AFV club version now. Great looking kits.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Nice unboxing for two great kits..... 👌 I just got the 2A2 .......😊

[@nategoalbevazin1387]

I appreciate the details in the instructions, this is excellent

[@Cadmium_wraith]

That's the panther I bought myself for Christmas. But it wasn't in stock even at the distributor. So it was going to be a 6 week or more wait. Gonna have to order it again since I saw the kit.

[@ianstewartbrown5308]

Hey Andy, they are not all American markings as such, "Cuckoo" was a captured Panther used by the British 4th Coldstreams Guards Armored Battalion

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

I believe that another Panther captured by the British was named "Deserter", and was captured by the 33rd, the Duke of Wellington's regiment - their regimental museum is very close to where I live so I should really go see if there are any clues there.

[@ianstewartbrown5308]

@@Kevin-mx1vi I believe that Panther was captured intact by Canadian infantry in Italy and handed over to the British

[@clintm6551]

Thanks Andy, just ordered it! I am finishing up the Das Werk/Takom King Tiger, a few challenges, but what a great kit for the price! I am looking forward to the Panther!!!!

[@LittleJohnAB1]

The takom tracks go together very nice. Looking forward to the 2A2 build.

[@juawei1940]

Glad to see your doing well Andy, please continue to stay safe :)

[@ecidaho]

Nice looking but dont have patience or interest in link tracks with detatched guidehorns. Its kinda sad and cool that most manufacturers are going to such huge mounts of detail. I for one am not interested in so many parts. I like detail, but am happy with more of a balance like Academy shermans or Tamiya Tigers. Thanks for the review Andy. All the best!

[@Jackdaw5]

Yep. Tamiya are catching up in detail, and now include excellent figures too, yet still retain the great fit and build quality they always had. I'll take a new generation Tamiya kit over one of these any day.

[@henryschmitt7577]

YEAH!!!! On the Panther G!!!!

[@w.p.958]

I really look forward to your videos! I live in the Pacific NW and ordered a couple of kits from you today.

[@kevinmaloy1628]

Andy , I LOVE your reviews so much ! I HAD TO BUY ONE ! You do such an awesome job ! Thank you so very much ! Kevin

[@dusanbolek8004]

Rather similar system of working tracks is used by Academy for its more expensive versions of recent armor kits and it is super easy, but very time consuming to assemble. They have it even more complicated with each track consisting of three different parts (one track plus two pads) and in my experience on these kits it takes double the time to assemble the tracks only than to assemble the rest of the kit. These are basically track kits with extra free tank added in similar way how you get a motorcycle with some Tamiya WWII tanks. :-)

[@anthonygregory1391]

Lovely kits, zimmerit is nice👍👍

[@alexauclair3843]

Building the hobbyboss panzer a with zimmerit right now and I’ll definitely be buying this kit!

[@BarnacleBrando]

Definitely going to grab the Panther!

[@stephenwinchell1041]

I can't wait to build the Panther! Love the Ausf G. Might get two, do one in German livery, the other in American. Great video as always!

[@romavictor1SPQR]

Hope you build the Panther soon!

[@JEB-wv8ti]

Hi Andy, it looks to me that TAKOM has made it possible to glue a Run of Guide Horns, both on the Links and Lengths on the Sprue, at one time to speedup the prosses.

[@RESlusher]

Good stuff, Andy! I really like Takom! I built their M9 ACE kit. Highly recommend it!

[@kiss4luna]

I finished building the Panther G early with zimmerit. This kit is not as good as those previous Takom Panthers. It's a little strange but when building it you can feel that Takom doesn't put their heart on it. The design is done great by the designer, but the molding by the factory is not good cause there are some obvious errors that didn't exist in the previous ones. Like the mantlet on 8:54, you can clearly see the mounting bases for the night vision are on the wrong side. And some instruction errors that don't exist in previous ones too.

[@juliocesartaylor3595]

Good video mr.

[@MuskyJaeger19]

That Panther kit is going to sell out really fast.

[@mikedaley4558]

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[@mikedaley4558]

Zmsx

[@michaelb3096]

Love this channel!

[@gervisprantl1711]

I hope you're building the Panther with allied markings. It would be nice seeing a captured german armored vehicle for a change on YT

[@Floodric1991]

Panther starts at 6:35

[@decarlossanchez4856]

that white American star is definitely the best M10 cosplay presented by Panther ever.

[@anxietydisorders5917]

takom > everything else

[@johnhill8568]

If anybody is interested our fellow modellers across the pond record exercises showing the German,Dutch,and Danish armored units in operation. The Bergepanzer is in a few of them.

[@mafmaf6417]

I am surprised they did not do a Canadian Taurus in Afghanistan. It would look great with the Leopard C 2 Mexas.

[@ThatAussieBloke1]

Could you check out San Xin metal tracks? They seem to be better than fruil model tracks

[@kampzkampz3170]

This looks amazing can’t wait for the build

[@davidarmstrong7549]

Would love to see you build the Panther. The zimmerit looks fabulous!

[@peterszar]

That Bergepanzer looks pretty cool, it's nice to see something really different for a change. Seems this and the LCM, I think that what it was the last thing I'd seen other than the norm in a long time.

[@MrBMBuilder]

I love the Panther it will be mine.....hang on I think I have already got it...... love the stash LOL. Andy build a Ma.k Krote or GANS kit c'mon!!

[@ФедарФедя]

Привет, я твой калелега по хобби. У тебя хорошие обзоры и классные сборки.

[@briankuhn8997]

If we were looking for a multiple month project, what would you suggest?

[@lesthiele4921]

Another excellent review Andy, which will you be building first? I vote for the Bergpanzer, take care and best regards to you and your family and friends.

[@oldtown6240]

It would ordinarily seem a tad bit expensive, but for what you get and the quality - it is a good price.

[@yentlfeys4375]

When do u gone build the panther?

[@NapFloridian]

@Andy's Hobby HQ, The Panther is NOT yet listed on your online store.... please could you update the store page? Thanks in advance

[@NapFloridian]

as of 1/29/21 those are still not listed on your side

[@jimcollins4758]

Panther looks like a great build especially with the stars

[@ndenyer]

The star marking is actually a British Panther called cuckoo I think.

[@chikabungiekirkhoff8669]

How come no more build videos....?

[@paulhennessy5627]

Not ususally tempted by anything that needs Zimm- but OMG that is pretty much stretching my self-control...

[@noelmorris5807]

Do you ship to Australia

[@Emtbtoday]

Had to do a small update if anyone instrested amd have read my previous comments from from while back on here!? Well I Just bought this just to do cookoo the Zimmerit is the das werk resin been stuck on and then re Moulded! I have the extra Zimmerit sheets from das werk for there panther's the shape round the bottom Hull and damage is the same! It is what it is I'd have preferred it dragon like Zimmerit or blank so could do my own it's really not great in person it's quite embarrassing tbh! I know zims not perfect but this isn't even perfect for non perfect zim if you know what I mean? I love Takom kit's but they CANNOT do Zimmerit to save themselves! Das werk had the right idea with the basic panther kit's bringing out the extra Zimmerit resin sheets! Using gorilla pva glue with that sheet Zimmerit is just spot on! 👌 I have sheets spare.for the Ausf A I think I'm going to slice alot off and sand or melt with glue down what I can and redo it!

[@DilophoMS]

A new Sd.Kfz. 9 in 1/35 would be nice. The Tamiya model is already 20 years old.

[@joeshmoe9978]

It's nice to see a unique kit, like the bergpanzer be released. 😁 The panther is kind of ho-hum, because of so many other panthers on the market right now. 😥

[@sayeager5559]

I think Takom is my favorite kit maker. Looks like 2 great kits.

[@Emtbtoday]

Cookoo was British captured by Coldstream guards

[@felipfelop8220]

Which ever company,is missing a trick, everyone is waiting for the leopard 2 recovery vehicle Bergepanzer 3,an FV 434 with REME and TANK CREW, and an internal Chieftain kit with engine bay,however we wait and wait considering how many were made and operated

[@vtbmwbiker]

"Sloppy zimmerit?" Geezum-- you mean every effort I made years ago looking that way purely by accident/inexperience was more accurate than I knew? Nuts...

[@johncheek2415]

Tracks are a breeze, it's the crane that is a bear

[@loganfrancel9275]

ANDY YOU RECENTLY TOLD US YOU CAN TALK TO MANUFACTURERS, PLEASE GET US A 1:48 AH1G THERE ARE NONE THANK YOU

[@announcerspeakerboxbfdi4966]

I love it

[@burntbybrighteyes]

Build the Panther with the crazy wavey line American camo.

[@jeremywitt1940]

It was British!

[@burntbybrighteyes]

@@jeremywitt1940 Ah sorry. I thought because of the big white star it's american. So I guess the british also put white stars on captured tanks?

[@jeremywitt1940]

@@burntbybrighteyes ALL Allied units used the white star, this annoyed the Canadians so they painted theirs on wonky on purpose!

[@burntbybrighteyes]

@@jeremywitt1940 I didn't know that because I feel I often saw british tanks without one.. I have a comet Model that doesn't have any white star (on the particular variant I built). I suppose it wasn't the case everywhere and all of the time during the war but I presume during the joint Invasion and operations in europe?

[@jeremywitt1940]

@@burntbybrighteyes Yes, exactly, the white star came in for the invasion of France in 1944, by time we were getting Comets in late '44/early '45 there was no need any more.

[@cdev2117]

1:07 Wintercamo is wrong. According to regulation all green areas have to be covered with white (chalk) and not the black areas. But to be fair, people would get this wrong all the time in reality.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

Sorry, what is "slide molded"?

[@davydbudden1583]

Old molding was done with just a top and bottom mold, slide molding has othe molds that slide in to the sides to give extra details, particularly for making hollow tunes like gun barrels.

[@billd.iniowa2263]

@@davydbudden1583 Ok, thanx for that.

[@jamesfloyd6803]

Panther build

[@tonysurridge3033]

zimmerit on a panther G ???

[@derekbaker3279]

Early-G Panthers (manufacturing started in March, 1944), should have zimmerit. 👍 Late-G panthers were manufactured after Zimmerit program was cancelled on September 9, 1944, therefore no zimmerit. 😎

[@TapChanek]

Panther looks great but the tracks are a bit crap TBH. I hate painting them on the tank, rather have the workables which I can paint aside.

[@Peteftm]

Great video , just noticed takom have released a Bismarck turret ‘Bruno’ it would be great if you could review this 👍

[@desolatori]

I am a Tool maker...and I really have to admit that great quality of the tools from Takom. Its quite shocking to see such nice molded sprues chinese origin.

[@paulosborne6517]

Heck, I'm not sold on that Panther... 'Realistic' it may be, but sometimes 'less is more' in small scale - hard to argue with realism when a 45 ton tank is in front of you, but a model... I'd 'calm' the 'realism' down just a little bit, for aesthetic purposes. The left side of the upper hull is an absolute horror story... BUT I'm sure valuing modelling aesthetics as well as realism won't stop angry replies to this comment.

[@derekbaker3279]

"uneven zimmerit", a.k.a "the Schnapps Effect" 😉😁

[@Serenityindailylife]

I prefer my burger panther with cheese

[@a-gyimotfalvi-betyarok]

I am not fan of the zimmerit tanks look much better without that

[@Emtbtoday]

Bergepanzer 2A2 is just the same kit as there first Bergepanzer 2 only difference is the leg jack support on the rear right! Rest of the kit looks exactly the same as the first one I've just built from Takom! Tacks are a nightmare rubber ends don't hold worth S#÷/ need super glued

[@thomashartwig3485]

There is more than just the leg jack support that is changed - but they are small changes and additions

[@Emtbtoday]

@@thomashartwig3485 all the sprues are the same as the first one I can guarantee you all that's changed in the kit is the rear leg jack and the rear mud flaps! Go in stalemates download both instructions for the 2 kits there exactly the same apart from a jack and 2 mud flaps!

[@vibeforge]

Sprue K is new and some parts of original kit being replaced with new. There are alot of difference between two (to mention a few: rear starboard hydraulic support, support pad on portside, relocated stowage and tools, frontal blade support arms blockers, different tools basket, different winch, etc.) and I'm gonna buy A2 as well and if they release any other mod (uparmored, modernized, with raised superstructure, export versions, etc.) I'll buy every one of them. Hope they will make Bergepanzer 3 with variants as well. Long live the engineers!

[@Emtbtoday]

@@vibeforge I'm comparing mine to the A2 now same tools same location the shackles have been moved for the Jack legs base on the side

[@Emtbtoday]

@@vibeforge it's one my favourite kits I'm more the ARV modeler have you checked scale mates and the small updated parts? All the tools are in same place only jack foot round base is stowed on the side now

[@Emtbtoday]

That Panther's hull is Horrible with that patch work what a disappointment! Really looks ugly even the mantlet looks really bad! Looks like a first time zimmerit try for a modeler has done it!

[@der_fuxs]

That‘s what Zimmerit look‘s like in reality. It was hand-applied in the factory on top of the red oxide primer and was very uneven like recreated in this kit.

[@Emtbtoday]

@@der_fuxs I know whatnot was like I've seen many real examples this is more rough for Krupp application well compared to Dragons Zimmerit it's horrid! This kits looks like a first timer has applied to much putty and not sanded it off round the edges!

[@chikabungiekirkhoff8669]

Why support China ? Buy Tamiya!!