Italeri / Tamiya 1/35 Crusader Mk III - Full Build Review
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My Full Build Review for the Italeri / Tamiya 1/35 Crusader Mk III, showing you that some Italeri kits are really worth a go, with fine details and good construction even if they were produced in 1970!
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I like your attitude toward less expensive more simple construction and older kits. These kits may be less detailed but 90% of modelers could not recognize inaccuracies. Keep up the good work!
Spot on with this comment. I also have and appreciate Dragon and MENG kits, but even so I am favouring Dragon's more recent Smart Kits with DS link tracks, moulded-in Zimmerit where necessary, with their now far lower parts count with slide moulded in detail rendering so fine it renders buying aftermarket metal barrels or adding most of the supplied PE surplus to requirement even for those wanting higher detail.
That said, today as I age I very much enjoy the simpler building, great fit and lower parts count of your typical Tamiya kit. Their 1990s kits arguably best fit the 'where price meets performance' criteria for many I expect. As long as one is content with that, they're saving a packet too. Sure those kits are missing the finer detail of the likes of a current tooling Dragon kit, but 95% of modellers wouldn't spot it unless told.
So much as I enjoy fidelity, these days I tend to build whatever it is OOTB as is - unless Zimmerit is required. It's the one historical accuracy thing my mind struggles to get past. Where not supplied in kit, I will tend to pick an Ausf and early or late production as applicable not requiring it. e.g. Tamiya's 35176 1/35 Panther Ausf G spät. In the end, they look the part when all dressed up in their warpaint with a half decent paint job acting as an eye magnet to distract from things like hatch hinge detail simplicity or no wire to a Bosch headlamp. Even with the Tamiya's venerable 1970s kits, only the hardcore armour modelling afficionado is going to either know of from having read about or spot their inaccuracies. They layperson perusing the cabinet likely couldn't even Identify the armour type beyond its obvious nationality markings, and the average modeller would struggle identifying beyond that discriminating between Ausführung or chronological series and assignation e.g. T-34/76 1940 Cast turret from a T-34/76 Model 1943 late with F34 let alone the myriad of other specific minutae.
Long live the Tamiya's inexpensive great fitting fast building bake 'n shake kits and their ilk!
People who dish older kits forget that modelling skills and uses were very different in the 60s and 70s. It's like scoffing at an MG TC for being crude and slow compared to a Lamborghini Murcielago.
Totally agree. OK, I'm a wrinkly now and I get a bit miffed when modern critics mess with my childhood but you're right, technology was more primitive back in the sixties and seventies; no aftermarket goodies and often hand made moulds. Criticise some of the companies who kept kits in the catalogue too long but not the kits themselves - they were state of the art once......bit like me!
This was a good build. When you show what can be a problem and how you fixed it Helps to know where to look when a problem of your own comes up. It gives us more knowledge to have our build come out a little better then it would have. I'm glad I ran across this video. Thanks for your time in making these videos.
love you work and videos even if i have been building since 1957 im always learning
Nice! I built that when I was in jr high school in '76 or so. It was the original Italieri boxing. Loved it back then and I think I should have a crack at it again!
I think Italeri kits are in most cases are a great deal. These kits sometimes need a little more work , but that’s part of the hobby. Remember we are not going to drive them into combat.
Italeri tanks are some of the finest kits ever produced !
Not exactly but they are nice when in "retro mode"!
@@BigAndTall666 If you compare them to early Tamiya tanks kits Italeri kits are light years ahead, for example the Panzer 1 and Panzer IV kits are awesome.
I like these Crusader kits... I have several in production (Bofors AA, Twin-Oerlikon AA, 17pdr gun tractor) and each have been good builds... I have just not built a °straight" version... Adding the available PE detailing has been a great enhancement as well...
I built this a few years back. I replaced the barrel too and the track with Fruils (gift from a friend). I kept the doors open and used the crew figure.
I Love italeri kits. The newer ones fit without problems and have Great detail
Never tried any Italeri kits, the Italeri paints are good thought, but they dont get as much attention as they deserve.
As some one just starting out with this hobby, i really like these cheap/old tamiya kits. Great to get some practice both building and airbrushing.
Thanks for all great tutorials.
I made the crusader italeri's kit in the80's. it was very good.
Got there in the end jason,looks fine,hd a love for this tank since I was a kid back in the 70's,remember building the airfix 1/32 version back in around 1979,built the actual italeri boxing of this around 5 years ago,found alot of the same issues you experienced here also,but went together fine at the end of the day and looks fine in my display case,since went back and built the Airfix crusader too and then the later war Tamiya Cromwell,both went together easy as,no issues,cheers
Lovely clean build👍 I bet it’s great fun to weather with all those bolt heads.
Would love to see a Challenger (1 or 2), not enough RUclips modellers make them.
Recently built Tamiya/Italeri Sdkfz 234/1 and the plastic is inferior and a lot of sanding and filler used . The etched mesh and straps etc were a bonus - some added detailed work was required and after painting and weathering it turned out to be a decent finish. This kit looks to be a slightly better one than the 234/1 and I think I'll purchase one for a future project I have in mind. Another bloody good video and a joy to watch and listen to.
Tamiya has always been on the top mark of building kits and was my preferred model maker.
Thanks for this. I have this one in my (mainly aircraft) stash. It was to be my first AFV since starting modelling again now I've retired, ( my last one, at the age of about 14, was the Tamiya M113......dating myself or what?!?) I'm doing a Chi Ha instead as a 'training tank' simply because the Crusader is my favourite tank and, although an out of the box sort of bloke, I'd really like to do a decent job; this video really gives me an idea of what to expect and a gun barrel will be acquired. Really appreciate the upload.
*Very nice built, Italeri kits are amazing, specially the new ones!*
I'm building it right now, some issue here and there, but overall a fun built.
In the "new" Italeri box there are also 5 very nice infantrymen.
I'd like to see some pictures of your especially of the assembling process.
All the best!
First ever scale model I built (without dad's help) was a Taimya 1/48 Crusader. Bloody great kit! Clearly a different tooling and all that but this 1970s bad boy doesn't look too bad, especially for the price. I think I bought the Crusader because it just looked so cool. Still maintain it's a great looking tank!
Well done. I built the Italian P40 rebox. The kit fought me every step of the way. All the flat planes of armor had poor connection points and required a lot of filler. The turret plates did not fit well either. Once completed it looked great. It just took a bit longer than normal. The painting was a fun challenge.
Great build review of a kit that I was 'this close' to buying only yesterday !!
Older Italeri AFV kits get a terrible rep which is a h*ll of a shame as they did some simply superb subjects that have (thus far) either not been kitted by others or if they were are now near impossible to find. Stand outs for me would be their Marder III (kit 6210), the Leo 1A2 (kit 0374), the Staghound (kit 6459), Pz IVF (kit 0217) and last for now... Steyr RSO (kit 0227).
Yes all or some had their problems, but they were cracking kits (from memory) to build - OK, I didn't 'actually' have the Steyr, but I did have and build the others and IMO, Italeri could do a lot worse than to copy Airfix and re-release these and a few others as a sort-of 'greatest hits' compilation series.
...or I could be simply talking out of my (Scouse) back-side as usual ! - All the best from NZ.
Looks nice when it's built, but to get it there takes some work - not for the beginner I would say, who have usually been told that Tamiya kits practically build themselves.
Great vid, looking forward to seeing it painted.
I used to build a lot of planes. Italeri was good. It was Airfix that was bad. This was in the eighties.
I've found both to have their ups and downs. Airfix for instance proved better at Harriers than Italeri or Tamiya, though both Airfix & Italeri have good Tornado sets.
Airfix did certainly have the worse boxart in the '80's though XD.
(though Italeri & Revell gaffed a bit there too)
@@jimtaylor294 airfix's problems back then were badly formed formed sprues and also huge gaps in things. Since we were in different countries, no internets and so on... Do the math. :) Back then Matchbox easily had the best quality.
@@jaanikaapa6925 Depends on the kit really (I've got lots from that era and since). Many of Airfix's aircraft kits didn't really have sprues at all [as we'd know them] for a long time, and usually loose in the box (as was typical for most kit companies of the time).
Matchbox had their high notes for sure (especially in their prime), but also some major gaffs. Their Buccaneer S.2 kit for instance, objectively a dissapointment by Matchbox's own standards by being less good than FROG's from a year earlier (1973 vs 1972), yet was more expensive than it.
(Airfix had no 72nd Buccaneer S.2 until 1989, but still have the only kit of the prototype Buccaneer [NA.39], which with some work is a decent S.1 too)
@@jimtaylor294 I think I ran bad luck too. :) I do remember loving Airfix's metallic plastic's look. I KNOW the current level is far better than it was and also being a child a disappointment colours memories. :)
Good video!!! Have actually built this kit when Italeri offered it a few years ago. Picked it up at a local hobby shop for about $10.00. Was a pretty good kit for Italeri. Do not remember having that many problems, think you pointed out everything I may have encountered.
However, the 1 major problem that I ran into: NO parts numbers on the darn sprues!!!! How does that happen?!?!?! NO parts numbers on the sprues. Definitely had to study the instructions in order to build the kit. Have ran into that problem 3 times with Italeri kits. One thing have discovered though, when I 'discover" an Italeri kit that does NOT have parts numbers on the sprues, I usually have no problems with the kit, it builds like a champ. All other kits that are "normal", usually an exercise in futility.
Did Italeri Stug IV, same no numbers. Costs saving at its best.
Good work helpful review, had some cheap inaccurate kits myself but like you say if you can live with it they still fun to build.
for most modellers, the italeri kit was good enough, i built it years ago.. for those of us who don't add rivets etc it was fine as it was back then.. Tamiya have a world class record so i wouldn't expect them to launch a dude.. they have update several old kits with SOME new parts, metal barrels etc - like M24 Chaffee .. and they are the better for it so i may give the Crusader a go. its a lovely mid-war era British tank. and looks great in desert camo.
I've just built the Border model's crusader what a stunning kit beautiful build I had to go get another! The only problem with it was the metal gun barrel, it's unusable it's completely inaccurate but the slide
Moulded one with separate muzzles counter weights are perfect it's first time I've used a kit barrel for a long time it's that nice! I'd like to pick up a cheap mk2 italiri kit and swap the turrets over from a border Hull! The Border one has a good bit of pe for all
The rear air intakes for the housings the sit in and alot for along the edges of the fenders if not using the sand shields lots detail! This kit is
Missing the half moon exhaust I noticed when I built
The Border one, it has it in the rear loovers!
Doing this exact kit right now. This was an excellent video and gave me some valuable tips. I have built several Italeri kits, maybe a dozen Opels. I think Italeri kits are a ok. Thanks
Im currently building the tamiya Quad Gun Tractor with British 25 pounder field gun and .........i am really enjoying it! Yeah its an old kit (1974) and there are seam lines and its not perfect but for $35.00 Australian dollars i might build another one 😂
It comes down to the joy of modelling and the hobby. Luckily i dont model mens underwear! 🙄 👍🍻🍻
I think Italeri kits from awhile back are dissent kits that might need some extra work, but we are not going get in them drive them in combat.
A very nice tidy build. Great work
Border models released a brand new mold/kit of this like a month or 2 ago. It looks amazing plus a metal barrel, pe frets, Individual track links. It is a really nice looking and building kit
It cost twice as much as the Italeri kit though, is it worth it? I guess that's for the individual to decide.
@@kitbag9033 agree cost is a real turn off for these super nice kits. I'm still learning a lot about scale modelling but so far these cheaper kits are still bloody good value and totally buildable unless you are after super dooper accuracy and detail. That's probably only 1% of the people building kits though.
I would be willing to meet the cost of the Border kit, for the accuracy alone but, 'individual track links' makes my brain hurt - 58 year old eyesight and sausage fingers can just about cope with link-and-length tracks, a link comprising three or four tiny parts times eighty, times two.... yeah, no thanks.
@@ianjackson7515 ha yeah I'm still in my 30s but after doing an Asuka kit with individual linkes I'm a bit put off. The link-and-length look just as good once they're on so fail to see the need for individual links really.
I suppose it depends what one wants from the model. The Border one hassome natty features like multi-posable hatches and openable stowage bins, but for most dioramas the Italeri kit is still detailed enough for most situations.
I've always considered the Testors/Italeri kits very good value. As a Youngling I didn't make a whole lot of pocket money doing odd jobs and the Hobby Shops in the area, even in the late '70's & early '80's gave me sticker shock! While the local KMart seemed to always have the Monogram armor in stock, with quite a bit of older Revell 1/40th scale offerings, I really liked these kits as they seemed to have a bit more finese, even if they were a bit more work.
Nice build ... I built the Italeri kit a few years ago and it does have a few challenges .. the main difference between the Tamiya kit and the older version is the Italeri kit has a step on the front fenders.. It took me a while to see what they were talking about but once you see it , you can't unsee it. Other than that I noticed the tool stowage seemed to be backwards which was too hard to fix.. references helped get everything in the right place. But with only those little fixes I was able to bring it up speed and actually won a gold medal at the AMPS Nationals in 2019.. So don't be afraid of a bit of work and if you chose the Tamiya version then you should have a great kit out of the box.
Italeri kits were quite good in the 1970’s they were often more accurate than the tamiya models of the time because they weren’t motorised. If you can get hold of their panzer 4 F/G and compare it with the tamiya panzer 4 H that was out at the time you will see what I mean. By today’s standards they are a little bit crude but they can still be made into a reasonable model if you are prepared to do a little work as this video shows. We today are very spoiled by the quality of the kits available but this kit was about £2.50 when it was first released not £40 plus.
Definitely agree! I especially liked their initial releases (the ones with white box backgrounds, "Italieri" logo, light olive brittle plastic) of the Pz.IV, M13/40, Semovente, Kfz.15 staff car. Their only problems IMO were the very stiff vinyl tracks and "rubber" tires. As a whole, their kit quality began to decline when they became "Italeri" and switched to a softer mustard-yellow plastic. Their kits reached rock bottom, again IMO, when molded by Testors in that horrible black-green styrene. The latest releases seem to be on a rebound though.
@@richardklug822 Yes they are getting better again they had a really duff period where the new kits (panther & tiger ) were terrible and the reboxing of the old ESCI range had mixed results. I used to enjoy making the italieri kits at the time the hetzer ,marder 3 ,m13/40 etc .No they didn’t go together as easily as the tamiya equivalent and some of the detail was a bit soft ( their figures were terrible) and the tracks were hard often silver plastic that took some effort to fit but I was in my early teens and the kits were cheap mostly less than £5 . Kits in those days were kids toys aftermarket parts were few and far between I miss the simplicity of the time . I these days have set a limit of £40 for a kit and have to stop myself from doubling that on aftermarket parts metal tracks, barrels and etched metal and wouldn’t know where to start a 7 year old on making kits .
Can't wait to see what's next
I’ve a couple of these to build, this is helpful. Doesn’t look so bad. If you want to build the unbuildable try the Bronco 1/35 Comet 🥴 Full of ejector pins, flash and poor fitting.
Enjoy your stuff always 👍
Turned out nice!
I have a big amount of italeri kits in my stash just because they are cheap. I have a lot of spare or leftover parts from dragon kits so my plan is to upgrade the italeri kits with the spare parts. Also italeri panzer 1 ausf b is a wonderful kit. 2 sprues except the tracks which are actually very nice link and length tracks. It even has a figure and a photo etch piece. You just gotta replace the machine guns. That kit is being slept upon.
Another great video my friend looks great top job stay safe 👍🙏
Another great build/review video. It's hard to comprehend why Tamiya, know for their quality of engineering and historical accuracy would even bother with a kit like this, unless they're desperate for sales which I highly doubt.
Interesting review. Having the Italeri boxing of this, I was curious how Tamiya's rendition stacked up.
Im waiting on the Border kit. but this looks great.
im doing the boarder model
kit and the photo etched is the confuseing part, and im trying to base it off the gup tank from the anime.
I enjoy watching your videos. I’d love to know what those clippers / nippers you use are?
Quick question from a person, that always painted Warhammer, and now is getting into those models - why do you glue parts after puttimg them together? Im used to putting glue and then assembling
All tanks need a metal gun barrel.
I always use metal gun barrel and metal tracks the rest is scratch built
*Especially* if Rifling is present. It's not a deal killer if it doesn't have that, but it's cool when it does.
I have built this kit some years ago in it Italeri gize and yes for its time it is a goood kit...but currently in Australia this Tamiya kit is selling for $72.00 (Australian dollars) {the Italeri kit is $50.00-$51.00}. A Takom PzIII and Stug III, both relieased in the past 12 -18 months is between $45.00 & $55.00. Their latest Panther G early with Zimmerit is $65-$75. The Border Models kit of this tank will probably be $75-$80.00, coome with a metal barrel , working suspension and tracks. Given the age and lack of finesse of both the Italeri, and Tamiya kits are far too over priced at least here.
That's great value for the Takom kits. Stug III Blitz range is about £35 here in the UK ( about 62 AUD). If it weren't for COVID I could fly home and buy them cheaper there!
@@huwtindall7096 Gday Huw, take a look at the BNA Modelworld site.
@@keithyork7691 Cheers mate I'll check it out
Italeri has a newer version of this witch is reboxed, guess that is a better kit.
What is the name of that sprue clipper that's used at 1:07, I'd love to get my hands on a set.
Jewellery Tweezers Like Nippers Disperse. try to goole it
Nice video! I have a question. Yesterday i saw a Airfix model of the Crusader tank. Is it any better than the Tamiya model?
It is 1/32 scale for a start and not really up to the same standards
As I've got both those kits: the Airfix 32nd is about a decade older than the Italeri, which should always be considered. The kit also has the advantage of being directly in-scale with a lot of aircraft and civilian cars, while 35th kits require a few diorama spacing tricks to look right together. The two Crusader kits tend to go for roughly the same price.
Haven't had any issues with my Airfix Crusader, but hope to do a full review video in future.
(inbetween computers at present -_- )
I don't know about the Crusader model from Border, but their T34 is pretty bad on the accuracy side( no welds, bad hinge detail, inaccurate skirts, etc). I've also read that their panzer 4 e had accuracy issues. So maybe the only true advantage of that kit is the ease of built.
Italeri models back in the day had some kits better than Tamyia and some worse , Italeri had more parts and as such a little harder to build. Tamyia were easier to build but more expensive. What you have here is an Italeri kit at Tamyia prices.
Rubicon have a crusader in 1/56 scale (28mm)
Yup, and Tamiya one in 48th.
There's at least six scale options out there now, if after a Crusader .
Yes it must be an Old kit. I think I did it more than forty years ago
Shame Italeri is still relatively expensive. Old (but decent) Tamiya 1/35 Panther is 60% of Italeri Crusader price in my country.
With all the modern stuff around now from CSM, RFM, Meng and modern Tamyia etc I am not going back to building these 70's kits. I really like the modern crisp moulding and high level of accuracy and detail. I also like individual track links, although RFM can take these to an extreme.
You are missing out, china products suxxx big time!!!
No way, I've literally just thrown this kit in my greeble box 😁👍
Ну не знаю... По моему, это все что угодно, но только не "TAMIA"...
Ancient Italeri, it's so old that i feel like being dust...
Старый "Италери" просто ужас. Собирается только с матюками.
Whoever is reading this comment and thinking yeah I'm going to go buy the new border Crusader because it's new crisp and all that good stuff I advise you to stay as far away from it as you possibly can either the second or third that border models has produced that is absolutely s*** first off the tracks suck the instructions are worse than dragons instructions and we all know dragons instructions are very very big to say the least and thirdly their photo which that they Supply with the kit and the middle Gunbarrel well the metal Gunbarrel should be separate itself anyways the photo etch isn't scored so good luck trying to line up the photo etch to be bent properly and not all messed up in Jagged and fourthly the metal Gun Barrel throw it away it's junk use the plastic one that's what I did I had to order fuel metal tracks all the way from Hungary the complete this kit I just got him the other day so it's going to sit in the box for a little bit longer till I'm done with the current project I'm on again stay away from border model they have a lot a lot a lot to learn and they need to grow they had to go talk to Tamia about engineering
Tamiya kits from that period (1970s and earlier, and even early 1980s) tipically worse then Italeris from the same period. The main point to buy those kits (be it an Italeri or Tamiya) is fun. All of these kits teach something to you. Not bad kits in any aspect, just basic in most ways. But give you a ton os opportunity to improve the model and yourself. And you won't feel sorry if you fail in some ways, because those kits are tipically cheap.
For sinkmarks and flash: nowadays Meng can make much worse job in these regards. Even their fresh releases are riddled with flash, excessive parting lines, inaccuracies, sinkmarks and ejectorpin marks. And those kits are tipically expensive. If I can choose between expensive shit and cheap shit, I choose the cheap.
I just cannot stand vinyl tracks. Absolutely hate them. First thing I check when buying a new kit is if it has vinyl tracks and if so, I mark it as "never buy". Anyways, I thought you super glue won't "grip" vinyl. I am surprised to see it does.
How could tamiya betray us like this
I’ve made 3 Italeri kits only 1 was decent the rest didn’t even get finished so I tend to avoid them
Money
If you want a kit that rings every single horrible surprise bell you could find in a kit. Ejector pin marks, some freakishly raised, sink marks, flash, soft grainy dull plastic, parts that have the actual fitment pins in the wrong place, I'll fitting parts etc etc etc... Just get any of the 1/72 PM models plane kits. But unlike some of those old golden nuggets (dragon made some amazing plane kits that were extremely hard to build but ended up being as close to perfect as possible ) they don't, after masses of stress deliver a beautiful model. Scales crap. Just the worst.
This one had awful orange plastic.
RIP..
My dad was in one of these in the desert,junk!!
Not when compared to the Italian opposition and french contemporaries XD.
Poor early war logistics and that ancient [WWI american relic] Liberty engine did ensure the Crusader performed worse than the Tank should've though.
@@jimtaylor294 he never said who the opposition were,but as you know the 2lb gun,might have been effective against the Italian tanks ,but not the Germans.I believe there were questions asked in the house of Commons concerning the crusader tank
@@loblollyboy5316 Granted; the QF-2 Pounder was by the time of the desert war was less than ideal for sure; though it is worth noting:
• The gun's A/P round was objectively better than its German & Japanese 37mm counterparts, being an a precursor of what we'd call APDS.
• The gun was outclassed by german 50mm & 75mm guns in the desert war, but during the Battle of France the main issue was not having a H/E round to use on infantry, A/T Guns and softskin vehicles.
The 6 Pounder of *Crusader III* here was much better, but turret management was harder as there was no longer room for three men in it.
The root problem why was the turret ring wasn't wide enough for upgunning (with a 3 man turret), partially because of rail loading gauge limitations at the time.
Germany got rather luckier with Panzer' IV, which had a turret ring just big enough for upgunning to a long-75.
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