Tamiya 1/35 - 3.7cm PaK35/36 w. Stielgranate 41 - Built Review

[@theblytonian3906]

Might not be state of the art in 2019, but it still builds into a *very* nice model representation and is super value. Considering that the mould is nearly four and a half decades old, comes with four relevant and realistically posed decently sculpted injection moulded figures which build and still scrub up surprisingly well, and the Pak, with options of loaded Stielgranate 41 or 37mm barrel and accessories. i.e. Stielgranate 41, Panzergranate ammunition cases, empty and full, rounds, empty shell cases. Lovely *very* affordable kit which characteristic of Tamiya is a pleasurable reasonably quick and easy build, and makes an versatile theatre and period diorama. As always, its the figure painting which soaks up time.

[@ossian108]

Good video and i loved how you pronounced the German names :) Made me order this particular kit.

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

What a nice little kit i'm sure i have one in my stash thank you for the information on the Pak35/36 and what a nice end result

[@MottysMilitaryModels]

Great job buddy and I like the history to !! It's a great way of doing videos. Really brill stuff

[@soppdrake]

Interesting to hear that you plan on using hobby paints! I mix my own colours from my acrylic paint supplies that I have for when I paint pictures. Getting the right consistency is a biggie, but the rewards are great! I use acrylic spray-cans for the primers and a few dedicated metal acrylics (which I love) but even a copper metallic hobby paint. I do all this to minimize the effects of odours from oil-based thinners and paints - and it's cheaper to use your "own" colours 😊

[@ovidiuschley3346]

Great project , excelent work with weathering , it's a great work , I like that diorama !

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you very much! It's worth getting, really a enjoyable small model kit.

[@251Thunderbolt]

I just built the 1/35 Dragon version of this kit and man, I wish I gone with this Tamiya kt. The Dragon instructions are photographs which do not translate well and are pretty incoherent. I so wish I had seen this first, I just wasted a lot of effort trying to salvage my Dragon kit, which I did but man, whatta chore. There really is no comparison when it comes to any Tamiya kit. They are always well engineered and go together seamlessly. This guy did a nice job on his.

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks mate. I feel with you, opened a 2005 dragon jagdpanzer IV today, quality was much lower than expected. The old tamiya one I have as well has a much better fit, but still its own problems from beeing pre-CAD : /

[@scaleplasticclassics]

You are right on, this is a great kit and a prime example of how superior Tamiya kits are.

[@BAST_master_MODELS_]

Nice build! Great work! Best regards Mike

[@mikehector4197]

Great result from an old favourite.

[@SCALEBENCHplasticmodels]

Hi mate ... very good choice ... it's a pretty nice vintage kit ... great result :-) ... Thanks for sharing ... greetings make*

[@deetee-uk]

Excellent...just bought this kit...really useful video - thanks

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you, I'm sure you'll enjoy building yours - it's such a nice and fast kit.

[@philRminiatures]

Great looking gun...and crew...and channel...new sub!!

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Beautiful work!

[@kitswithkaren5003]

A nice looking kit i have it here in the pile.Nice vid👍

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you, I'm sure you will enjoy building yours - it goes fast, fits perfectly together and is a lot of fun : )

[@jackjufer9776]

Nice work on the PAK.

[@alessiodecarolis]

This is really a nice model, the build options are very intriguing, it's genial give some accessories for the sdkfz/251 , I saw this gun in an episode of Band of Brothers (Battle of Carentan), the only problem is that the figures are for the early war

[@Tankbrusher]

it's great fun to build it as well : ) Figures beeing early period does fits the model - for upgrading a halftrack, would you not need a different figure kit anyway?

[@theblytonian3906]

Given that the predominant period of active deployment for this PaK was early war, early war uniforms for the accompanying crew makes the most sense. Important too to remember this mould dates from tooling now nearly 50 ears old. Back in the day, knowledge at all that the German Heer uniform changed constantly throughout the war wasn't generally known, let alone the minutae of it promulgated or researchable with the ease it is today courtesy of internet. One of the 1/35 miniatures focused companies like Master Box, Mini Art, ICM or Dragon possibly have suitable alternative available? Alternatively for about three times the price of Tamiya's venerable offering, Zvezda (3610) have a newer tool released this decade of the same weapon with a nicely detailed crew included OOTB. I don't think the gun is a vast improvement over Tamiya's, and it's a two piece barrel unfortunately, but the crew are later war period in smocks.

[@babayfrommars7856]

My first kit

[@gruppenfuhrer45]

Very nice looking kit my man....

[@Tankbrusher]

Thanks Copper69!

[@cygnusx10]

Nice vid and nice work - you got my sub. :)

[@user-jn4bd3ne4b]

Great job man

[@manningjackson2723]

Awesome mate 👍🇦🇺👍

[@herrlogan17]

I think it´s a good deal for 5 bucks. Looks great.

[@Tankbrusher]

yes it is, it's just great fun to build it. Thank you.

[@strikeman5973]

Will it work with 1:32 army men

[@Tankbrusher]

Hi, 1/32 scale figures? Hard to tell, noticed different proportions in 1/35 across many manufacturers. Can tell you as a Person from Germany, there is no standard "Hans" : ) So it should look fine.

[@strikeman5973]

@@Tankbrusher thank you!

[@strikeman5973]

One last thing, how many pieces is it?

[@Tankbrusher]

@@strikeman5973 About 50 pcs max to glue together - very small kit, only one sprue + figures.

[@strikeman5973]

@@Tankbrusher thank you so much, I was gonna get the zvezda one but I’m not to great with models but have done some harder ones.

[@deetee-uk]

What do you add to the pigments to apply them wet?

[@Tankbrusher]

simply water

[@Vapourwear]

I like white spirits.

[@markedwards4616]

Well done

[@Android-rz8mb]

Awesome job

[@Tankbrusher]

Thank you.

[@r0yal_0perat0r]

You wanted to show off how you can say German names for vehicles in every way didnt you! 😂

[@Akna6901]

You are not romanticizing it, you are humanizing it...

[@Tankbrusher]

I like to stay on the technical /machine side of things for all AFV topics. For miniatures I paint Warhammer.

[@Emtbtoday]

It would be great if tamiya done new kits of these and likes the British 6 pounder from same time they all do show there age and very poor detail for the likes of nowadays! I went and bought the Krupp protze the Bronco one with this in towy god good old Bronco with the over engineering! That's why we need new tamiya one's.

[@case3270]

the pak 40 was a pain in the ass with pretty terrible instructions, I spent nearly 30 min getting A34 into the spots then later looking to find out theyre facing the wrong direction. partially my fault, partially the directions fault.

[@ritaheggdal453]

Hallo, Kumpel. You should check out The Scale Modellers Critique Group on FB. It's the best group for critique, techniques, technical information and overall learning. It'll up your modelling skills.

[@Tankbrusher]

Danke, I will do so. Good advice.

[@Vapourwear]

I think you mean "...m. Stielgranate 41..." ;)

[@TK-1103]

Noice