Hi, I'm QDC. What we're about to build today is Tamiya's JS-3 Stalin Tank. This is also
known as the IS-3. The reason why I'm building this kit is because if this tank's rich history.
This tank was invented back in World War 2. The design of this tank was to defeat the
German heavy tanks such as the Tiger and the King Tiger. Unfortunately, by the time of
this tank was in production the war was already over. In my opinion, this tank became the
first Cold War tank during the Cold War Era. Let's start building this kit right now.
Lets's take a look inside this box. We have the lower hull. Turret and the upper hull.
Wheels. The gun and figure. Tracks. Decal and the instruction sheet.
I want to talk to you more about a tool that Tamiya has offered in their kit. Tamiya wants
you to have all the arms of the torsion bar system nice and level so they included the
jig. All you do is to put this jig on the arms of the torsion bar system and that will
keep it nice and straight. I find this very useful.
Ok, so we built the model kit and now it's time for me to what I think about this kit
so far. Take a look.
This is the completed model kit before painting and Tamiya has outdone themselves in engineering
of this kit. Tamiya always been striving to make their kits both easy to build and highly
detailed as well. This model kit is the pinnacle of their achievements. This kit was easy to
build I didn't find any issues building it. Very straightforward. What you get out of
this is a very highly detailed model kit. I love the cast turret. You can see all the
texturing which is realistic. The wheels look very nice and the external fuel tanks looks
nice. As well as the hull of the tank. Very nice. If you are a beginner and never built
a model kit before but want to build a nice tank or has a hard time choosing a first model
kit, this kit should be of interests to you. It was so easy to build I do not think any
beginner would have a serious hard time building this kit. If you are an advanced modeler,
this will be a very delightful, easy to build kit and you get great satisfaction knowing
that it's both easy and highly detailed at the same time. I like this kit a lot. It's
time for me to paint the model.
Time time for me to paint the model. I already gave the entire model a coat of black primer
and now I'm going to use my airbrush and paint the panel lines with a coat of grey color
to accent everything with the main color latter on.
I'm going to make some chipping effects. What I have in my hand is a sponge that has dipped
in white paint and I'm going to simply give areas of the tank where I think there's going
to be some chips.
I'm going to do some pin washing. What you see right here is a cup of black artist oil
paint mixed with mineral spirits and what I'm going to do is to give the entire model
a pin wash.
It's time for me to paint the main color.
I'm adding more chipping effects. Instead of using white paint, I'm going to use black
paint.
I'm going to add mud effects. What you see right here is a cup of tile grout and I'm
going to add the tile grout in areas where I think there's going to be mud and I'm going
to add that to the wheels latter on.
I'm going to add dust effects. I'm going to tint the entire model with a coat of buff
color mixed with a little bit of white.
I just finished painting the figure and I done a ok job.
Alright so we built the model kit. We painted it. We weathered it. And now it's time for
me to show you the entire model kit from the beginning to the end. Take a look.
This is the completed model kit after painting an weathering. I do like the way I painted
and weathered this kit. You get to see the subtle color variations on the tank. Also
my paint job has brought out the nice texture on the turret and also you get to see the
slopes of the turret hull especially the pike right here. It's just very nice. Like I said
earlier, one of the things that is interesting of this tank was designed in World War Two
to defeat this tank the Tiger tank and this tank the King Tiger. Both of these kits are
also on Youtube. You are welcome to watch those videos. Going back to this kit. This
tank is historical. Even though this tank was not produced fast enough in World War
Two to fight, in my opinion, this tank was the first Cold War tank after World War Two.
The basic design of this tank with all the slopes on the hull and the hemispherical turret
influenced later Soviet designed tanks in the future after this tank was built. This
is a historical tank.
That completes this model project. What you're about to see next is a video slideshow of
the entire model kit but before I go, as always, just because I put this video here on Youtube,
it does not make me a model kit expert. I am not an expert. I'm just a regular guy just
like you. I hope this video encourages you to build a model kit of you're own. Either
it's a model tank, a mode plane, a model train, or even an automobile. It doesn't matter.
In the end, it's all about having fun. I'm QDC. Thanks for watching and always please,
have a great day!