My dad loved the Centurion, he wasn't to keen on its replacement, the Chieftain, mind you he did his driver training in a Sherman. He also served in Aden, and the Suez crisis. 1st Royal tank regiment 1953 to 1977. Sadly lost him in 2005.

Andy has one of the best jobs in the world y'all, seriously but he's absolutely put in the work and I imagine he's had to make some tough decisions to keep his business afloat, couldn't happen to a nicer man👍

I actually like building up individual tracks. It's repetitive, but relaxing. And what a feeling of accomplishment when they're done.

Can't wait for this one to come out to all of us modelers. I would love to see an M60A1 1:16 scale come out. Haven't seen one as of yet.

Great review, I've been building and collecting the Tamiya 1/16 full option R/C tanks more than 20 years. They're so much fun to build, paint and drive around using the battle system.

Wow, what an amazing kit. Thanks for the review.

Great job Handy , this is a fine addition to any 1/16 tank collection

How exciting. I hope Tamiya will start producing one pint paint bottles in the near future . This is one of my favorite tanks and look forward to building this kit. Thanks Andy for the great review .

Awesome huge kit Andy

That’s huge! Can’t wait to see the videos on this one. Also anticipating the factory build. Happy days and model on! 😎

Looking forward to this build,Andy!

WOW, Beautiful!

I love your videos Andy! I bought the Tamiya 1/16 scale Tiger II in 2000 and finally built it in 2016. I absolutely enjoyed that build and the Centurion looks like a similar kit. I didn’t have the parts to make it RC but maybe someday.

Looks like a nice winter project.

Awesome kit. I want one and I want one NOW!!!

That looks amazing! I'm a British armour fan so would love to see it done like that. Also a Sherman fan so a 1:16 Firefly IC Hybrid is the dream

Great Review Andy😄

That looks wild.

As usual, an informative and entertaining video. Thanks for doing them! I'd love to see a couple of 1/16 Tamiya tanks static or r/c. A Japanese Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha and/or a Brit Matilda.

Just ordered a bunch of kits to carry me through the winter. Mostly 1/700 battleships and carriers, but also a couple of 1/350 German destroyers (Z25 and 44).

A damn good model of a damn good tank.

That is a fantastic model.

Oh nice! Looking forward to this build.

Awesome!

Cool... we used to operate Centurion tanks with our NZ Army and we have one in a museum.. thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

Huge box!

Awesome MBT, even in GW1 it served as a bunker buster, sand didn't affect it whilst Abrams ground to a halt (due to sand ingress)! My dad was a Centurion driver then commander and TA instructor. The Isrealis used them to good effect, iirc, in The Valley of Tears (Yom Kippur War). Their 7th Armoured Brigade - funnily enough my dad served in what was 7th Armoured (Desert Rats) when it had been rolled into the 7th Hussars in the 1950s.

Looking forward to this build :)

Looks awesome to me.

Amazing

Andy! Wondeful!

One of the mantlet covers is for a static display only and the one with the bigger openings is for the moving tank.

Was just on Andy’s website looking to see if the ship kits are back in stock when a new video drops, awesome!

awesome can wait to see it

The engineering Tamiya puts into their stuff is extremely impressive. This thing is a masterpiece.

Centurion tanks.. Built at Leyland in Lancashire. A road is named after them leading up to the now defunct factory. Centurion way. There is a full size one on a roundabout junction just outside Preston. Looks superb.

Awesome I would love a Cromwell tank

Such an awesome channel 👍🏻

I'll keep my fingers crossed for a 1/16 Chieftain Mk5

looks neat

A CenturionTank was tested in outback South Australia using an atomic bomb at Maralinga and it withstood the blast , only the paintwork was blasted off, the internals were like brand new. The engine only stopped after it ran out of fuel. Later the same tank served in Vietnam with the Australian army.

Look at him go with all these giant projects. Now 2022 is going to be fun for sure :D

Was hoping to see it built and working

Hi Andy when I was in the army we saw the centurion firing live rounds and the tank rolled back about 3 or 4 feet that was something to see that was back in the 70s in Canada

I’d like to get my hands on one of these. I enjoyed the Tamils 1:25 Centurion when I was a kid.

The one I drove in the late 50's was 52 ton

Nice kit. For new kits there obvious choices. Is3, t54/55, t72/90, t80 , isu152, chieftain, challenger 2… there is some of them on the market by other vendors or kits. But it would be nice to have them on tamiya lvl

Fantastic. It's amazing that the greatest tank ever made has so few model options. Just wish Tamiya would do a 1:35 detailed kit.

Wooo tht huge

I think Tamyia did again a wonderful RC model regarding the Centurion with very high quality parts. Would love to buy one👍👍👍

Still working on a 1/16 scale King Tiger with full interior (far more difficult than I initially thought), however, I need one of these in my life, eventually!!

Andy, you need to start that build ASAP. :D

Classic Tamiya quality. Can’t wait to see the build video, but definitely go Israeli. 😊👍🏻

Tamiya is famous for its detailed instructions and high-quality, easy to assemble kits. one trivia: the history is in multiple languages but what little I could glean from the Japanese section, it always provides more info than other languages sections

戦後も良く戦った戦車ですが、タミヤさんから35分の1でリニューアルして欲しいアイテムです！！動画👍

Wow what a kit and helpful review. Just looked up the UK pre order prices. £1,085 was the cheapest ! I need to get saving lol.

I love the metal sprockets, but metal tracks are a must, because of the sound ;-)

The Centurion mbt was in British service for 3 decades. quite a few were deployed to trouble spots around the Empire and were finished in desert camouflage. several deployed to Kuwait when Iraq first started sabre-rattling in 1960 ( at a time UK was withdrawing from Gulf colonies. ) .. Australians used Cent's in Vietnam also. being 1/16 scale there's prob not that many parts or modification kits around so somewhat limited unless scratch-building parts. The Korean War versions look pretty good though. with a bit of weathering etc, the overall green would look fine.

I don't need it... I don't need it! I NEED IT! But seriously this ones awesome, can't wait to see this one finished!

Tamiya making dream come true

That box is enormous

My favourite British tank of all.

I think I need one of these! Aussie Mark 5 Centurion would be cool, also an M3 Stuart . 👍🏻🇦🇺

I would love to see a M-47 1:16 scale come out.

i hope they do a static display version

I think either Korean War (which Tamiya appears to have produced judging by the white star) or Suez. Centurions have a wide range of upgrades for each Mark so it may be quite hard to get the detailing quite accurate for a none UK standard mark III.

One day i will visit you from germany, your videos and your store are great

Hiya thanks for the great video of the Cent .. Israel used mk5s and a totally different engine deck .. And next US TANK the M60a3 ..and A2 starship ..

Oh WOW, that's cool!!!!👍👍👍

Wow, that Centurion looks so good, and the kit is as you say a bit of a beast! And I'd love to see you do it as an Israeli Centurion, should be good!!

Being part way through an original 1970's Tamiya 1/16 Leopard 1A4, this 2022 new release is a very interesting contrast.

Hi Andy, A few of us in singapore got the kit from the japanese release. We're building like 3 sho't kals in their dalet and gimel variants. There are sources to get the 1/16 L7 gun for conversion as we do it for the T-55 to tiran. Can't post the links for it here, I can send you the link to get one via other means. We are designing and 3d printing the addon ERA via resin printing.

This is huge

Great video! Depending on what you want to do with it, it would be the easiest to upgrade into a Sho't (meteor) as it basically is the same version of tank. However they were fitted with 50.cals and a mesh stowage bin on the back of the turret. The afv club shot kal (1967) can be used as inspiration 😁

It would be really cool if Tamiya would come out with a 1/16 challenger 2

Yes, I would love to get a chance to see Israeli version of this wonderful Centurion tank ......... Love your channel Andy 👍

I'll be making mine as a swedish Strv81

very cool RC tank Andy might have to invest in one of those I have a King tiger in a Sherman

I've made isralei mk3 on tamiysa 1/25 scale. if you make painting using colours form early 60', you have nothing to change except machine guns from Besa to fn-mag. Later all mk3 was converted to shot, whuiich change maing un to L7 105mm and engine for that one used in M60, so diffrent engine deck.

I want one!

Suggestions,Late Jagdpanther(I know Trumpeter are doing a full interior one).Jagdpanzer,Sturmpanzer,Sturmtiger,SDKFZ250 and the Famo.I know some of these are already around but they're either expensive or r/c all my suggestions are for kits like your upcoming Sherman detail wise or like the Das Werk Stug iii level.

Thank you for sharing, I hope you do the Israel Version!

This is the third kit of the Mk III Tamiya have produce in 1/72, 1/32, and now 1/16 scale, for me, personally, I hope they update the new kit to a RAAC Centurion Mk 5/1 and release it in the near future. I can imagine the aftermarket people will bring out a ton of stuff for this one.

Wow you have my attention

Oh wow. I wonder if they will release a non motorized version. Love me some 1/16.

The Smoke suppressants in the israeli version are different on the barrel you need fume extractor

greetings from germany! very interesting content!

a challenger 2 1/16 tamiya rc would be awesome

Awesome kit! Another great video, as expected. One clarification: it’s called CENTURION, not CENTURIAN.

Pretty cool looking kit, but I'd rather see it built as a British Army unit. Either way, looking forward to the build.

I believe that the version of the Centurion MBT used by the IDF ( Sho't) was equipped with a 105 mm L7 and not the 20 Pounder gun that the Mk III had. Internally it had an American diesel as well.

Oh wow, my most favourite tank ever. My wallet is going to hate me... If you want a "different" Centurion just paint it in British desert colours, we used them in every theatre and it was unquestionably the best British tank ever. So good that they named a street in the town where they were built "Centurion Way" after it. 👍

After I heard about this I was trying to find someone doing a build. Most are just it in RC action etc.

Hallo Andy. Love your videos to death. You have a very calm approach, to reviewing your kits. "Know that your business is selling them". How about a Danish MK5 2DK with the British L7A1 105mm rifled gun and laser ranging equipment. Keep your inspiring videos coming. Regards from Denmark. Alex.

A nice looking kit, a pity it doesn't come with the L7A1 gun.

It would need to be an early IDF Centurion before they changed out the gun and engine for a 105mm and diesel respectively. Maybe try an Aussie Centurion in Vietnam. Had a 20 PDR gun instead of the 17 PDR in this kit, but would be an interesting build.

@Andy's Hobby Headquarters, I wish I did not live in NC, you would get so tired of seeing me in that store, hahahaha, thanks for all the Vids and Keep it up!

SU-122, ISU-152, M-48, M-60, T-34/76, T-55, T-62, T-72, S-tank, “Ferdinand/Elefant”, Sherman (cast hull). The list is long.

It is not a new tank from Tamiya that I am looking forward to, but a halftrack like the Sd.Kfz 250 or 251 as it will bring some diversity to the 1/16 battlefields. Or maybe a Famo with trailer, as the Asiatam offering is s%&t!

Nice Tank Andy, I have one inbound to build on my channel and will be sticking with the original British paint job, as for the IDF Sho't they did for a short while use stock Mk III's but quickly upgraded them in both main gun and drive train, so in theory if you did an IDF tank it would not be a Sho't but just an IDF Centurion MK III from the late 60's. good luck with the build!!