I spent a good part of my career in the Army on the M60 series tanks. I am so happy to see that this kit does not use those multi piece link by link tracks! I wish more manufacturers would still include the vinyl or rubber band tracks. I ordered the M60A1 and M60A3 Blade tank kits yesterday, both were good reliable heavy metal war machines looking forward to recreating a pair of my old trusty mounts!

Great kit , love the M60 . Awesome build and weathering Andy 😉👍

About a 1/3 of the way in construction of this kit. This video has helped a lot so thank you Andy. My first Takom kit and what an amazing one it is. Very happy with my purchase.

Another Cooolll Build, You're Getting Me more n More interested in armor n Weathering of it Andy, Thanks for Sharing n God Bless All

Love the look of the tracks. What a brilliant idea.

I don't build anymore. I did in my younger days. Had a subscription to "Scale Modeler". I love your videos!

Awesome, Andy! Looks really amazing! Just the shape of it makes look realistic. I like the camo too. Love it!

A cool looking build. Nicely painted and weathered, as usual. Cheers!

I recently purchased the Tamiya version to build it as a USMC Desert Storm model and purchased the TWMR (track width mine rake) from the Tamiya M1A1 with Mine Plow kit and the CLAMS (Cleared Lane Marking System) from the Dragon M1A1HA model to complete the tank. I’m using pictures from Desert Storm and the tank I’m replications is the “American Express” tank (Tamiya provides the decals on their kit). Look forward to getting this project done.

Nice review/build! Kit looks well engineered (ERA is a bit complicated) and those tracks are actually pretty good. Should make modern armour modellers happy 👍

Watching your video gives me the inspiration to finish the ryefield sturmtiger

Andy, I just built a Lindberg T-55, the parts were all over the place. Bouncing from one sprue to the other. Whew!

Nice build. Looking forward to building this kit. ,

I just bought this kit,it would be my first takom kit.

I think it would have been fun to paint that tank in Woodland pattern 1 and then did the sand color over it so that when done right you can see the woodland 1 pattern on it like on some of the Marine tanks had different variations of sand or Woodland camo during Desert Storm same with the Marine M1 Abrams tanks during that same time period.

I think in repaint my old tamiya model. Not bad for the 90's.

I hope Takom have an M60 cold war variant in the works.

Super looking kit getting one shortly

Nice build, great looking tank!

Another nice one Andy, I have built the Tamiya one and have this one in the stash

On most US army vehicles, there's gonna be extreme chipping around the hatches and on most hard edges. Also, not all the pieces are matching colors, in reality any given M1 Abrams or Bradley will have a green drive sprocket, some green wheels, a green smoke discharger, or barrel, or shackle... Especially shackles.

Nice work! Wouldn't mind seeing you do an M48A1 build!

Nice build my friend😀😀💝

Finally a new modern kit with good rubber tracks and not the horrible link to link like most kits

@thejohn6912

5 жыл бұрын

rubber bands are nice when I'm feeling lazy, but I can't say that I don't like the individual track links for functional suspension systems Edit: these are not the rubberband tracks I was expecting, these things look badass

Nice model. Reminds me of the Tamiya M60 Blazer a built years ago.

@silentumexcubitor6747

Жыл бұрын

I've built them both. This new Takom M60 series is WAY BETTER detailed than that 1970's-80's era Tamiya!....and more accurate!

Awesome.. nice build👍

Nice , I'm stuck on the Tamiya version of this turret basket .

Super!!!! 👍👍👍

Great vid. Andy. How many more upgrades can they do to this old tank? Its a great tank, that's one of the reasons its still around.

Great as always but I think u FORGOT to put the word 'FORGET ' after the word 'don't in the opening credits for the mediocre modellers club Facebook section lol 👍👍👍👍😂😂😂😂

Another kit or maybe 2 to get. gr8 vid Andy. :)

the inside of the sprockets and road wheels where the Centre guide teeth wear against them should be bright silver as well as the Centre guide teeth

i had allot trouble with a takom kit it just seemed to have parts that melted under paint and instructions that had no clear meaning at times

Hi, Andy. How much thinner did you add to the jar of Real Color to get it to spray nicely? I've found even if I top up the jar, it still wasn't enough.

Nice build!

I love those tracks

I was a US Marine tanker in Desert Storm, Charlie company 8th tanks attached to A\1\6 2nd Marine Division. I was the loader on an M60A1 in Desert Shield/storm. An interesting fact for you is that the Marine Corps had a shortage of reactive armor at the time and on my tank only the front turret and hull blocks were real. Everything on the sides was actually inert empty blocks. You can see me and the rest of the crew of the "Make You Famous" in my profile pic.

@sgthaunted33

Ай бұрын

I was aslo a USMC Tanker in the Srd Tank BN 27th MEB

I've built the academy kit, but might check this one out as well.

@dannymiller3315

3 жыл бұрын

I built the tamyia one

Andy,what dulcoat do you prefer and do you have a video that shows what you do between paining and weathering and decals?

Hi, What did you use to fix the pigment?

I love the M60 tank

Hi. I have just quick question - when You paint and clear coat whole model, what is Your trick to attach other parts to it afterwards? I mean, tamiya cement won't work unless You scrape some paint off before You apply it right? So is it the way You do it usually or do You have different approach to it? Also I forgot : great job on built. As always !

Was about to shut off the PC and hop to bed...then this showed up. Nice!

@baguettewithcheese3880

5 жыл бұрын

@Tomah4wk surprised to se you here! Are u building models or this video just popped up?

@Tomah4wkVideos

5 жыл бұрын

@@baguettewithcheese3880 nice to find a sub here! I'm building models myself quite a bit

@baguettewithcheese3880

5 жыл бұрын

@@Tomah4wkVideos well that's nice!

Excellent built Andy , as always! What is the retail price tho?

Hi Andy! Love your videos. Do you know of anyone who is making a 1/35 CMP truck? Brit or Aussie markings preferred

did you put binder on after you put the dust on

Hi, at 18:00 what is the drill bit set you have there and where did you get it from? Thanks, I have just built this model a week ago.

Fun fact. The welders who put the ERA on the tanks during Desert Storm got paid 50 an hour to do it

what kind of glue are you using??

loooks good to me see more as post

very cool build and paintjob - thumbs up, could you do a M60A2 in European Winter MERDC Camouflage ? Would be great. Thanks. The other Starship you,ve already done Looks great

Another great job on an interesting kit. I have no willpower when comes to kits that you review/build. :)

Nice, looks like a nice M60A1 kit. Was the lifting eye on the left side/front of the commanders turret missed?

@silentumexcubitor6747

Жыл бұрын

Good eye! Might have been a construction mishap. I broke 2 of mine! And, Andy left off the fire extinguisher button assembly on the air cleaners. You can see the semi-circle mounting hole! Doubt he drilled the gun barrel, either! Oh, well, lol!.... btw, I counted 4, 397 rivets, how many did YOU count?....lol....

Hey Andy are there tow straps for this kit

@Andy's Hobby Headquarters Those parts you say are the Explosive Reactive Armor isn't that those are just the mounting brackets for the ERA. The ERA is blocks bolted to the mounting brackets themselves.

Absolutely love your videos. Great work, keep it up! I'm wondering - please don't take this as a criticism - that if in future builds you'd consider different painting styles? I know you have your method and it works for you, and the result is great, but the viewer (and maybe even yourself) could learn a few things if you tried some different shading techniques like colour modulation, or maybe base coating / hairspray as your main chipping technique. There's a million ways to do it obviously. But yeah wondering if you've ever thought of changing it up for a video or two?

@MrOpiatesoul

5 жыл бұрын

When I say colour modulation I mean the whole time consuming/5 million different shades of the same colour, because you already technically do modulate with your black and white pre shade. What do you think?

very nice

I thing it’s very good and informative video! I wish you fast promotion of you channel!

What happened to the takom panther factory scene??

@bic100

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, good question.

@JasperJokerII

5 жыл бұрын

Over run by zie Rushions

@Chris-m-m02

5 жыл бұрын

@@JasperJokerII seems legit

Hey, brother. Was the Takom Panther factory scene not panning out? Can we at least see how far you got with it? Please?

Are u working on the 1/16 Panther

My Academy's Bradley m2A2 I'm building just now for a diarama with the husky TSV kit Iv built before the Bradley the armour is crazy you get 2 different iraq versions one for Iraq 2003 and one for iraq Baghdad 2003 model iv done the nor iraq version with all the rivited addon armour and done my own PE for the grills and scratch built the crane for the side as this version is have all the extra addons and scratch built parts iv done! So glad of the photo references sometimes when box art is pretty poor for detail, the tank has come out completely different to box art she looks amazing I love the Bradley but is the non interior version but have that one in stash and the M3A3 and Abrams to build next for my diarama not in a hurry as still waiting for my resin British troops iv ordered off ebay its take 2 weeks already there only coming from Ireland and the UK only got locked down yesterday so don't know why taking so long to come but still alot to do before need to add them, Iv got MB figures that are pretty nice detail the mB figure kit came with some Iraqi figures too there so cool haha! Going to look great in a diarama do need a goat though hahaha!!

When is there going to be another DeAgostini R2D2 kit building again?

Andy have you done a USMC Amtrac?

I wonder how long it will be before someone moulds workable tracks as a one piece moulding with pivoting joints? Bandai do it now on their Gundam kits, so why not do it on Tracks?

do the kv 2!!!

@Cheetah437

3 жыл бұрын

Stalin will like this

For wash and weathering it good oil paints products Abteilung 502 and thinner Mig ? To time build mix HB Strv 122/ Revell Leo 2A6 mit gun L44' Final Strv122. Future days it build this model Takom M60A1 Era. Thx all. Edward.

Do my eyes deceive me or did you miss spots with the base desert paint on the underside of the turret bustle, the jerry cans, the screen on the right light and the lower hull suspension. Also above the tracks. Great kit.

@xRepoUKx

5 жыл бұрын

Not just you, I came here to post pretty much the same thing. Guess Andy was in a hurry! He also missed the inside of the road wheels as you can see at 26:32

Hello, I'm new here and interested your painting for this model, Hown I order this model scale item?

pls do the bob semple nz tank. partly cuz im for nz and its a funny looking tank

I've noticed lately that the M60 roadwheels are of the M48 style instead of the "mag" wheels with the gusset-style reinforcement on earlier models, Why?

Anyone knows ak varnishes?

nice video and building! Go to Phoenix speedway this Sunday for nascar? ^^

@M60gunner1971

5 жыл бұрын

Eat shit Julio...peddle your ass fucking wares somewhere else.

実戦参加の経緯が遠征軍で磨かれたスタイルだったなぁ:-O

So...what's in the gigantic box over your right shoulder? A tank of some type, obviously.

Hi Andy! Do You ever spray varnish on Your models?

@BunnyUK

5 жыл бұрын

Stefan Olsson - think he said in other videos he uses Testors Dullcote or the Tamiya flat varnish.

Can the kit be built without the ERA as a M60 AOS?

@raybrindos4514

4 жыл бұрын

M60A1 RISE PASSIVE. You would need to change the drivers hatch to the older style. Also, no smoke dischargers.

Build a TAM Tanque Argentino Mediano

No glue rubber band tracks........sweet

I think its safe to assume this channel has kept your store alive? as brick and mortar stores are slowly dying

What does it mean when there are two chevrons

Lick the kit i have just finished my one it was a good kit to build i love the tracks i hope takom will do a vitnam m48 or a m113 for vitnam

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Which is better Tamiya or Takom? I'm planning to get this model.

@sholtham1

4 жыл бұрын

You've probably already bought your choice of kit by now, but I'm presently building the Tamiya version. The plastic is thicker than the Takom version and there are some holes to fill in on the bottom of the hull. The Takom looks more refined with those great tracks and the photo etch for the turret basket - you'll pay nearly £20 (GBP) extra for the Takom though. I'm happy with the Tamiya for that price difference.

@Myexoticexperience

4 жыл бұрын

@@sholtham1 its 9 months ago but seriously i still dont have this kit because the time i want to buy its very difficult to find and in some online shop shipping is too expensive and then i forget about it. anyway thanks for replying for my very old comment. cheers mate!

How come you never show of the road wheels painting?

@craigsanford1023

Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same...I love the way yours looks but haven't a clue how you went about getting that look on wheels...colors..etc...

Hey Andy, when are you going to build the Bandai 1/72 PG Milliennium Falcon?

Noice

l happen to love bands...hate individual links...BUT THERE ARE INSTANCES where you must have buildable track to get proper lie on bogeys on panzer 3s and 4s....

0:19 you forgot to put forget there

Rome will live on forever

@Seanthefox

5 жыл бұрын

No

You finished it before the spitfire tho

That’s just sacrilege - an advert right in the middle of Andy’s intro music! It spoiled my air-pianoing!! Tsk!!😂😇

Am I crazy or does the decal on the gun say "Wood Bitch"? Great build as always.

@raybrindos4514

4 жыл бұрын

Wicked Bitch

good job Andy but video quality is so low.( 360p )

@AndysHobbyHeadquarters

5 жыл бұрын

give it a few minutes and it will be 1080

@CC-dq6ck

5 жыл бұрын

mine is 1080

@Mattim78

5 жыл бұрын

Great build again Andy, keep up the good work & all the best to you!

@snowleopard7120

5 жыл бұрын

@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters it's ok now.

please please please build a p51 or flying fortress Wich is the b15

@danielpaulsness6951

5 жыл бұрын

B17

@wendygibeau770

5 жыл бұрын

you are right

@wendygibeau770

5 жыл бұрын

I messed up

hey andy, instead of playing classical music, put on military music, it's good! Insane models bro nice channel!!

@vasili1207

5 жыл бұрын

Drum n bass

At the beginning of the video: "and don't to check out out facebook page where 1000's of modelers share their work." ????

Dude I poopola in your cupola.

Wisely the israelis decided to remove the mg turret from their M48 & M60, it was too vulnerabile and dangerous for the tank commander, then added a remote controlled mg

I did not this was in 1991 gulf war