From a weathering standpoint, I believe this is your best effort to date. Your videos are a great cotribution to the hobby.

I plan on going to Arizona, My primary motive is this store.

I’ve just returned to the hobby after being away for about 45 years and am blown away by how new techniques are really pushing what can be achieved with a plastic kit. This is absolutely fantastic work and if I can get anywhere near this level of detail I will be a very happy bunny. Superb!

Andy, you are the Bob Ross of the modelling world. Watching your video's has a therapeutic effect.

I have a feeling that Tamiya May release different versions of the Panzer IV. That may be the reason why they have upper hull built up as such.

Pros : almost everything Cons: price and this is true for most new kits , even kits from 20-30 yr old molds are way too expensive. This makes it hard for new modelers to get started . These companies need to make older models to be $20 or less so kids can purchase. As a kid i could buy models in 1/48,1/32,1/35 with my own money.

Some of the most realistic painting/weathering I have ever seen!

I built all my kits back in the 1970's, good to see Tamiya is still round and making great kits.

Great video Andy , I’m from England and just love watching your videos , and have upped my game in building and weathering thanks to you 👍

One of your best paint jobs yet...outstanding work. Tamiya keeps turning out great kits.

I was amazed when i saw this build. It looks just like LPJ's model that he just built. You did a awesome job!

I love Tamiya kits. They are so clean off the sprue and slide together so effortlessly. Well done!

This is one of your best builds Andy, great work. I’m a big fan of color modulation when it’s not over done. I really like the blue filter/highlight.

Really loved the build Andy!!and your choice of painting panzer grey is truly such an amazing choice and execution, rendering....weathering is really beautifully . Surrealism of the blue tone or hue of colour was prefectly rendered Andy.... Weathering was top notch!!! This was my fav video Andy!!! Just loved this!!!!! Cheers Andy!!!!

Andy, it's really very nice job indeed . I love this decoration! Thanks for your serving!!

One of the best paint jobs I've seen on a Panzer model. Really enjoy your show. Thank you.

Love watching your videos. I just got into modeling a month ago. And your videos help alot! This is my favorite build you've done so far. I belive this will be my next build. Hope I can do half the job you did.

just purchased this kit, cant wait to start building and your lessons on weathering are always great

The weathering looks awesome . The blue really makes the paint look sun effected , brilliant :)

Always great info! Andy makes model building fun! His enthusiasm is infectious! Keep up the great work!

The market is more competitive than it used to be for Tamiya, the rise in complexity probably reflects the fact that other companies are offering kits that can be converted more easily or upgraded with after market, and Tamiya needs to keep up with that, for a long time they've been falling behind

Just bought this kit yesterday. Excited to get started after your video.

Thanks for this - I was looking for this, as I want it to go with the crew that I ordered for ‘Team Anglerfish’ from Girls Und Panzer. My daughter enjoyed the show, and the heroines tank is the IV. She’s never built a model, so this sounded like a great gateway into Scale Models.

thx Andy for all the great videos you give us . I can imagine it's a alot of work and very time consuming to make these. thx again for your knowledge and tips for building models

Looks great Andy. You can see the blue tones but I like it. 🇨🇦

This is too good! I like the blueish tone. Knowing that this kit won’t be available until the end of Nov. meanwhile watching your video, that feeling really kills me inside. Gosh, I want to get my hands on this kit right away.

Love these videos Andy.. Great work. Inspiring me to get back into the hobby after many years away

Great build, great effects. The light blue was great idea and it does make it pop. The weathering looks realistic. Lately I’ve been watching some builds where they really went overboard with the weathering.

I just ordered this kit from your shop - and just want to thank you for your outstanding videos - I really enjoy them. My son got me back into military modeling after a 30+ year layoff and the 1/35 AFV bug has bitten, hard. Went into my crawlspace and came out with old model-making gear including a bunch of never opened Floquil paints - used a few and they are all still good. Keep up the great work!

weathering looks ace makes the kit really stand out Andy .... will say i do like Tamiya's latest kits with the link and length compared to the rubber band style .... so please Tamiya has not went down line of multi part track links like other companies .... Tamiya's engineering is always spot on compared to the other model companies

Andy you’re amazing for helping people get into the hobby!

Love your weathering techniques, always learning something new. Thanks mate.

Looks like a fun kit to do. The paint and weathering really make it pop!

Love the colour you achieved with this kit, also love the fact you leave your mishaps in the video. 😁👍

The finished model has a wonderfully real, solid feel to it. The piecewise tracks contribute a lot (it was always rubber/plastic in my time, which took away a lot of the enjoyment), but so does the paint and weathering. I sort of flinch when I hear things like "ok, now I'm going to spend an hour putting millions of .05 mm^2 dots on everything, and then I'll cover that with a wash", but it does help the eye accept the suggestion of realness of the build. The blue-tinged grey is probably completely wrong, but it does suggest a Panzer under the unforgiving Russian sky. Very good!

Great colour contrast, and good weathering make this a fantastic tank.

Thank you for everything you do!! Love the videos

I think it is one of your best weathering jobs. Finished build is just awesome!

You can tell you really liked this kit - you put a lot into the final distressed finish. Beautiful job Sir.

Just bought this kit the other day. Awesome kit. Plenty of parts with excellent fit. 👍

Love watching your videos Andy.👏👏👏

Hey Andy! I really like how the Pz 4 came out. Its your best build to date in my humble opinion. I also loved how the blue highlights looks on the kit. Cant wait to try this myself. Thanks for a great channel. Greetings from Sweden

Great looking build. Thanks for sharing the process with such an in depth tutorial

The weathering is absolutely first class. Very impressive. 👍

Great job. The weathering and wash effects are eye popping. I have this kit and will be trying out these techniques .

I Just realized I was just at your store the other day 😅. I've been watching your channel for a couple weeks now. I started looking for a Hobby store nearby this past weekend and I google searched and yours came up. I didn't even equate this store was the channel I been watching till today. Lol. I told you your store has a Great selection of models. I knew you looked kinda familiar. Lol

Hi Andi. Really like how this turned out. Have to admit that when you were applying the blue I was thinking "What is he doing, that's way too bright?" But surprised how the weathering brought it all together nicely. Top job👍

I visited the shop a few years ago during a business trip. Andy is a super cool guy. I’ll definitely visit again. Glad he now has an online shop

Like your weathering and like how the kit looks love your work Andy well done again with this one

I built the D from the early 80s Tamiya kit. Even then it made for a great looking model. I really liked the figures that were included. Set it off very nicely. Beautiful job on the F!

Excellent build video. 1/35 scale is a really good size model kit, it really shows the details and with the great paint work, great finish.

Wauw -you did a great job there Andy, it looks amazing!!

The blue really make it POP. Great job.

It always a pleasure to relax to your "assembly" videos with music :-) keep the videos coming, you have an amazing talent !!

I think the addition of blue to panzer grey worked really well, the slightly lighter colour really helped to show the weathering off to its full potential. Excellent look to the finished build. I too am interested as to why the upper section was made of multiple pieces. I have always liked the balance in the Tamiya kits of small, medium and large pieces. A great looking build as always,, clearly showing the techniques used to get there. Thank you.

great result Andy, thanks for all the vids

I just brought this model, great detail,awesome work.

Excellent job! And awesome kit! I am primarily a WWII aircraft kind of guy but, this kit has my interest! There are so many ways to whether and dirty up a tank! Thank you for the advice and detailed explanation!

A very good "let's get started" like you're really into it.

Fantastic. This makes me want to build some armour. Inspirational Andy. Keep up the great work. We can all learn a lot. Thank you! .

I think that hint of light blue was a perfect idea! Love the contrast it brought to the build! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

The paint on this one is great. That blue tint really paid off. I also appreciate that you're using classical music again, instead of that other stuff you had for a while. ;) Really nice job on the chipping.

Awesome job Andy! I really like the looks of the faded blue highlights as well, it really brought it to life, great job my friend!

Love the kit weathering and all really nice fit up and all that good jazz I’m only 23 years old and love the hobby

Glad to see you building again- post COVID.

Hi Andy, great job as usual. Love the faded colour, especially after it was weathered

Well done ,impressed with the weathering. Waiting on more builds

I did like your new paint technique, I agree it made the weathering pop more. Very nice.

Great work Andy, i think the blue/grey colour works really well and the weathering and pigments look awesome. This armour is on my list to purchase .

Andy, I'd like to see a video on weathering tracks in-situ to see how you deal with working around wheels and fenders.

Seems a nice kit, in fact all Tamiya’s more recent kits all seem to be excellent. I recently built their T-55 and have just primed the Korean War M4a3e8 and have no complaints about either of them, very little sanding needed and almost no filling at all. Even things I usually replace with wire like the handles, grab bars and light guards are OK to use. The only after-market parts I used on either were on the T-55 - thin lead wire for the external fuel lines, which Tamiya don’t represent at all, and Friul tracks to get the “heavy tracks sagging a lot” look. I generally prefer to paint the lower hull sides, wheels, tracks and bogeys etc. before assembly while I can still get at them easily, so I’m not a big fan of tracks assembled from styrene parts which usually have to be fitted before paint. I’ve also come across a few kits with individual styrene track links, and not even an assembly jig provided, which made assembling the tracks a much bigger and more difficult job than the entire rest of the kit. As for the blue, sorry Andy but it doesn’t quite work for me. Before the weathering stage I found myself thinking of SS Panzer Division “Das Leuchten Im Dunkelm“, which was transformed into piles of smoking scrap metal during its first operation, an ill-advised night attack across open ground against massed Red Army AT batteries. Though to be fair weathering has toned down the day-glo effect a lot. I might be won over to it if it was a lot less saturated and the whole tank was somewhat darker in tone. Your weathering job, on the other hand, is excellent. That tank really looks like it’s been wading through deep Russian spring thaw mud.

The blue effect looks very cool. Yes, the weathering really adds that final touch!

I was lucky enough to get 6 kits for Christmas and this was one of them, I have built 2 and this will be next. I always check your videos before I build to make sure I build in the right order ( instructions are not infallible) . Presently saving for an Airbrush and compressor to try and get close to the quality of your builds.

Your building videos are superb - wellmade and with lots of good advices. It is a pleasure to follow you - lots of good inspiration. Greetings from Thomas, Denmark.

Awesome! I'll definitely be picking up this kit.

Thanks Andy. Really interesting and helpful.

I really enjoy your new product videos, they are helpful in alot of ways when i build.. I hope with this way they did this tank that they might have some new updates coming out.. But i would really like to see them do a full interior tank.. that would be wild.. keep up the great work.

Nice. Thank you for posting👍

Another great build! I’m not an armour modeller (I’m an airplane nut), but I love your painting and weathering techniques. I’ve learnt a lot from watching your videos. All the best from Wellington NZ.

These videos are so cool, thank you it’s inspiring, motivating and very interesting.

I’ve used these pigments. The work amazing and easily give a realistic rust finish.

Hey Andy great job...I always enjoy the videos. This tank came out great love the blue hue to it. It breaks up the dullness of greman grey vehicles. Keep up the great work

I like the blueish tone to the Pz grey. It gives a lot of interest and would really show off some gear and stowage on it well.

Great Weathering!!! Thanks for doing this video, just a great example Sir!!

Love the filters. Nice job Andy!

Jaw dropping Andy! This is incredible. As much as I’d want to build and paint something similar, I haven’t been building scale models for at least 18 years. Could you ever create a playlist with the best videos for airbrush, weathering, gluing and other fundamentals? Thanks!

I have seen a lot of very talented people construct, paint, and weather tanks. This one stands out as superb among them all--truly!

Great looking model. Very realistic weathering. In the right diorama, you couldn't tell it was a model. Also love the color choice.

Nice kit. Love weathering and paint scheme.

Looks to be a great kit and your highlighting and weathering look great as usual. Will look out for it being released in the UK

I apologize for my slow response Bill, and thank you for sharing that information to me. Have a great day 👍

Awesome work with that blue effect it makes it so different as versus your black and white I think it is way better thank you for the tip

Great job Andy. Keep 'em coming.

looks like nice kit, you've done a real nice job on the weathering!

One of your best work in my opinion.

Great job Andy! I agree the light blue really gives the dark gray an interesting and varied look. Looks like a great kit! Keep up the good work!

Andy outstanding job. very good build and like your paint job and weathering a great deal. Keep them coming. Brock

Looks incredible, the kit itself....Tamiya, high standards.

FREAKING PHENOMENAL Andy, I Really Think You've Done OUTDONE Yourself on This Baby. Thanks For Sharing Your Fun n God Bless All.

The guide for the tracks' building is genial!