Building Tamiya B1 Bis Tank. From Start to Finish
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- English subtitles are available. This is a complete build of Tamiya B1 bis tank in 1/35 scale. This is truly a complete build where you get to see the construction, painting, and weathering. Enjoy
Many many thanks friend, you did sing well! You see, my english is not Perfect asWell. But what you get, is a french new fan ! Greetings from France ;)
Thank you for joining my channel :)
Thanks for still being here. Nothing more disheartening than finding a great channel and find out they stopped posting years ago. Please keep up the great work.
I'm still posting vidoes :) Making model kits is fun.
Great build!
Bravo pour ce superbe B1 bis et pour la Marseillaise. You’re fantastic
Je vous en prie 😊. If you like that, I recently made another video of the French R35 tank. I uploaded that video on RUclips a month ago. You might like that too. 😃
I remember watching you when I was 15 and I must say you have grown in every possible way. I am happy to see you grow my man!!
Thanks. I have improved with time :)
Thanks for the lovely music of Edith Piaf! (Also, your singing wasn’t too bad!)
Well thanks! Being an American, my pronunciation is not bad. 😊
Good day from France my friend. A great video with lovely comments. I've built this kit twice and I will start painting and weathering it very soon. Thanks for sharing your time and patience.
As a former military officer I've worked very often with American soldiers all along my career and I can say I love American and America. Best wishes and hope to see you soon on RUclips. Regards. LTC François Bazan French army.
Thank you for your very kind words. I am glad you like watching this video. Take care. 😊😊
For someone who thinks they cannot sing, you did a fantastic job. Nice tank too. Bonne année.
Thank you for your kind words :) French is not my first language so singing it was a challenge. I want to wish you as well, a happy new year! :)
awesome build,those tracks make this kit stand out from the ones w/ rubber band type.Great work.
Thanks 😀
your job on the model is wonderful and i don't laugh on your interpretation of the Marseillaise, you are courageous ! bravo !
a Frensh man🗼🗽
Merci beaucoup 😀😀
I love this tank and you seem to be a very nice person. Thank you for this great video !!!
You are welcome. My next project is building the Academy B-29 bomber. I am not finished with it yet but I did fly inside the real bomber last month. I made a video of it on RUclips. I invite you to watch it ruclips.net/video/G6djOYu6TRE/видео.html Take care 😃
Tamiya kits are one of the best since a very long time and still improving. At the moment I'm working on a very rare Tamiya kit from the seventies, The Big 1/12 Scale LOLA T-70. Almost 45 years old, but still a joy to build. If the name Tamiya is on the box, you cann't go wrong as a novice or intermediate builder. The more advanced builders love them too for their fine detail and excellent engineering.
I've never been disappointed with a Tamiya kit yet. They're beautifully engineered.
good job I love that kit as well and the B1 Bis. Very nice tank. Thumbs up for the Marseillaise (french hymn) and Edith Piaf's awesome voice !
Thanks
Great video 👍
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Quarantine makes me bored, so i decided to watch some of your old videos that i didn't get to watch in time. I love your builds, and thanks for the very short review, I'm probably gonna buy a kit like this in the future for my own collection
Thanks for watching this older video. Funny you watched this video because I'm going to build another French tank 😃
Haha nice Marseillaise !
It's nice to see an American making a video about a French tank and actually being open to the French langage
Thanks. La Marseillaise was a straight forward song to sing. I wish you a happy new year. Vive La France. :)
qdc748a
Happy New Year to you as well !
Love this tank
Also a very good video
Thanks 😊
You're a good-hearted man Colin! I wish there were more like you mate :-)
Congrats on an entertaining and spectacular looking build (what an amazingly engineered kit!!), and also for giving the La Marseillaise a go - it brought a smile to my face :-D
I learnt the Russian national anthem as a surprise for my wife a few months back, and thankfully she wasn't the least bit put out by how my Australian tongue clumsily tripped over her native language.. lol
As always, I'm looking forward to your next build - I hope you had a great xmas day!
Thanks for your kind words :) I'm a pretty open-minded guy. I try my best to understand the other person before I start making judgments about them. Yes, sing the the French national anthem was a little gutsy but I wanted to prove a point :) Speaking Russian is hard for English speakers I think but I'm sure you done your best :) I had great Christmas and I hope your Christmas was the same. I want to wish you and your family a happy new year! Take care :)
Great video! It was a joy to watch you build that great kit, and you actually did a very good job singing too :D
Thanks :) Happy new year!
Great cinematography and presentation; the smooth segues, mellow voice and excellent camera work make your video a pleasure to watch and listen to.
Thank you for watching my video. I have another video coming up soon if you like that. Since it's the 80th anniversary of the D-Day, I'm going to build HMS Kelvin. It's a British destroyer that participated in Operation Neptune. Take care. And again, thank you for watching my video.
Good Job! And due to your great work, I've learned a new technique.
Thank you.
a very nice video my friend! i agree, it is probably tamiya´s best kit out there at the moment. such a joy to build it! made it twice already and i would not mind to build it a third time :)
Thank you very much my friend :) Yes, this is best kit I think that Tamiya has ever produced. I too will not mind building it again. By the way, I saw your "Right of Way" diorama. That big diorama of yours was the best diorama I saw you built yet :) Keep up the good work my friend! I wish you a happy new year!
Hamilkar Barkas Hi! Can you please check my channel,I have uploaded my diorama video
Tell me what you think
Thanks!
It is a dead shell of plastic - no life inside. Only tanks with interiors should be built
Thank you very much! Super modeller. Thanks for being open minded and La Marseillaise.
Best greetings from France😉
Brilliant idea using putty as a masker!
Un coucou de Paris et encore merci pour les vidéos de maquettes, la Marseillaise m'a fait beaucoup plaisir, bises de France 😊
Awesome build I've been watching your videos for years you got me into modeling great singing as well!
thats an awesome build,
hi from FRANCE,n thanks for LA MARSEILLAISE!!!
j suis d accord,ca me donne envie de le monter!!!
You are very welcome :) I hope you and your family had a happy Christmas. I want to wish you a happy new year! Take care and have a great day :)
ty,the same for you n your family,keep your good work up!!!n never forget USA n FRANCE are too olds FRIENDS.
ps,sorry for my bad english
Your English writing skills are good. You do not have to apologize. Communication is more important than good writing. Yes, USA and France are good friends. :)
If there were more people who embrace other cultures like you’ve shown in the video the world would be a much better place. Nice build and it looks a very nice kit
Thank you for your kind words. Yes, I agree with you. We live in a world that we prejudge others based on our values and limited understandings. I think this world be a better place if we understand other better. Take care :)
Tamiya currently in the past few years tend to make some beautifully detailed models. The B1 bis is one of many new kits from Tamiya that easy to build. Thanks Qdc784a. I have a B1 bis in my stash.
Congratulations from Greece again and again for your amazing video.And by the way France helped the 13 colonies back in the 1780s..
You are very welcome my friend. :) Yes, France did help my country. Without their help, I do not believe the United States will be formed. I want to wish you and your family a happy new year! :)
qdc748a Thank you very much my friend.I would like to wish you also a happy new year to you and your family and have also good health and good luck.
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Nostalgia hit hard when he used Silly Putty xD Awesome Video and Model!! :)
Silly putty is still a good tool to use :)
It took a lot of guts to sing on RUclips and you did yourself proud. Well done. Great looking kit, I have that one in my stash, I've been very interested in building every WW2 era French tank that I can find. Keep up the good work! Take care, -scott
Thanks. Singing is not my best traits but I done my best. This kit is awesome :)
I loved watching this video. Especially the use of putty for sharp line camouflage. 😀👍
Another great build QDC! Glad to know your family and community is safe from the devastating past event.
Thank you. Everyone wants to forget about the fires and go on with their lives. My community and the rest of the San Francisco Bay Area does not want to talk about it. It was too horrible of a thing to talk about now. Thank you again for your kind words. I wish you had a good Christmas. I want to wish you and your family a happy new year :)
hi qdc, I'm a French guy and I want to congratulate you for your job on that channel. I have to say you're better kit builder than singer but anyway you've touched my heart trying to sing that song
Scale modelling is about so many more things than just putting plastic pieces together. For me I do research behind the model and try to find an existing one that I then try to recreate in as much detail as I can, but also try to find out about the crew and their fate. This way I learn an awful lot of history from just tinkering with plastic and it makes it even more meaningful!
Great job on the B1 bis and extra marks for even singing the French anthem in the end!
For me working tracks is a must and I often resort to using Friulmodel tracks just for that reason and I wish more manufacturers could start putting in the effort making working tracks than just adding rubber band tracks as an excuse... Tamiya surely did a splendid job here on the tracks!
Keep up the excellent work qdc! You've been an inspiration for many of us modellers for a very long time! :)
Merry Christmas to all of you!
Thank you Jens Andre for all of your kind works. I honestly appreciate them. You seem to be a very dedicated person who dives into every piece of history and detail about the subject before you build the model. That's admirable. You remind me of Steven Zaloga, he's a American historian, defense consultant, and an author on military technology. His hobby is building model kits with a lot of dedication just like you. He made some contributions to the model kit community by writing articles and showing off his work, I'm sure you heard of him. Anyway, I hope you had a great Christmas and I wish you a happy new year! :)
Cheers Collin...nicely done!
Thanks :)
Hi QDC!! Thx a lot for this very good video showing the Tamiya B1.bis building. This tank was a very good one but it has not been well used as it should has been. Friendly yours from Provins, France.
Very nice work Sir!! Thanks for all the great videos and the inspiration!! Please keep it up!
super boulot magnifique ça fait plaisir de voir un tank français merci super vidéo comme toujours continue comme ça. Bonne continuation.
Merci beaucoup :) I tried my best to build this important French tank. I am glad you like it. I hope you had a good Christmas with your family. I want to wish you a happy new year! :)
Been following you for awhile and I can see huge improvements in your work over that time. Great job painting this one and weathering!!!
Thanks for your kind words. Happy new year :)
Great build! You really brought this tank to life. 👍
Thanks. This is such a beautiful kit that it deserved my best efforts.
Think this your best build. Beautiful looking model. Must buy this. Bless you mate. Singing is great. Regards from the UK.
Thanks! This was such a joy to build that I put my best efforts into this model. I wish you a happy new year! :)
I wished tamiya use these type of tracks on most models
I don't know what to say. 😎
Oh ya were the tracks durable under tension?
I love these videos and the commentary is so chilled out, seriously I could listen to this all day.
Keep up the good work. 👍
Hayden Young thanks 😀
Hi from Paris qdc,
It's a real pleasure to see your videos, and you are a nice human being. Thanks.
Thank you Eric for your kind words. I am flattered by your words. I hope you had a good Christmas. I want to wish you a happy new year :)
qdc748a I'm glad to wish you a Happy new yeah.
Moi qui pensait être le seul français ici à suivre qdc mais nous sommes plusieurs à ce que je vois haha ! Merci qdc pour ce super modèle ! Longue vie à ta chaine !
Nice video man ! Keep going !! Thank you so much for the awesome work you've done so far and shared with us !!
Merci de votre attention. Je suis content que tu aies aimé ça.
I am surprised that there are a lot of French people who watches my videos on RUclips. I hope you had a good Christmas. I wish you have a happy new year. :)
Excellent presentation!!... and informative comments... keep up the good work, and God bless you!
Thank you. Happy new year!
Hello
You are way past of being an expert model builder, you are a master model builder and a very good person.
Compliments for your build and the choosing of the tunes 👍👏
Great kit your. And your singing was fine I loved it
Nice build and tutorial. Good to see your modelling skills and videos progressing. Keep up the good work.
Thanks :)
Not a bad singing voice!!! lol Awesome video QDC................Nice to see you back again.
Thanks :)
Very nice build! Love your channel!!!
bon jour mon amis. Another great build. Good to have you back QDC.
Merci mon ami :) I hope you had a good Christmas. I also want to wish you and your family a happy new year :)
I have built this kit in the past. I have one now ready to be built. I love Tamiya kits. Many of them are very high quality and are a of fun to put together and to detail You made a very good video. This is the first video I have seen you make and I have subscribed. I look forward to seeing move videos.
Thank you for subscribing :) I hope you like my other videos. My videos are designed to encourage mostly beginners to build their own model kits. Yes, Tamiya kits are mostly easy and fun to assemble and I really like them.
Many of my kits are Tamiya kits. As of now I have over 200 built and ready to be built models in my home. It's a hobby I have loved since I was about 6 years old. I'm in my 50's now and will not stop. I encourage anyone to start building.
you really did an outstanding job there, absolutely stunning !! spot on weathering
Thank you very much :)
Thanks for an excellent, in depth review - you've answered questions I didn't know I had! Very good build, too. And well sung!
Andrew Shaw thanks 😂
Just picked up this kit. Gonna enjoy building it!
Great build! One off tamiyas best kits by far.
I agree 100%! This is the one of Tamiya best kits ever made.
Dude u say that all the time its the best kit I ever builded
Wow, thats a really nice kit. Definitely going on the list, it's such a different build to other tanks i guess because of when the tank was designed. Thanks very much for the video, will definitely watch again prior to building.
You're welcome. If you buy this, I am sure you will enjoy building it. I was a joy to build. Yes, the Char B was an old design.
Looks fantastic! Also a great rendition of the Marseille!
Thanks! I appreciate your comment. :)
Beautiful Paint Job getting back into building models, been following you for a few years now love your videos QDC!
Great build QDC! This was a nice christmas gift :)
You are welcome. Happy new year :)
Great video! You convinced me to buy this model kit!
For the Marseillaise, You have earned a sub. Thank you !!!
Thanks 😀 I respect the French.
Nice build, as always! Tamiya has really stepped up to another level with the tracks, the chain, and all the other details. I hope you enjoyed Christmas with your family and that you have a Happy New Year!
Yes. This is the best kit Tamiya made so far! I'm sure they made other good kits after this one but I didn't have the chance to build it yet but I like this kit a lot. I had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well. I wish you and your family a happy new year! :)
Very nice, Merci beaucoup for the understanding of the different people in the world. You are a very nice person QDC.
Vous êtes les bienvenus. I try my best to understand others first before I make my own judgment. It is the only fair thing to do :)
I actually kind of enjoy putting models together. My biggest issue honestly is that I'm just terrible at painting fine details. Buts it's so intriguing and quite frankly relaxing to watch people who have that kind of talent do it. Hope to see many more builds in the future!
Thanks! I would encourage you try a building model kits, if you like. In my opinion, building model kits is supposed to be enjoyable. It does not matter if your work doesn't look like others you admire. The point is for you to enjoy the process. Model kit building is all about you. I hope you had a good Christmas:) I also want to wish you and your family a happy new year :)
Thanks QDC, yours as well! We'll being doing the long running tradition of drinking champagne while watching the ball drop.
That's awesome! It's about 1130pm EST at the time of this comment. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :)
Hello i m french and i Simply said to you thank you for the song la marseillaise our national hymn. And you are a best model builder. Sorry for my poor english. I dont no sing the American national song. Thank you
Thank you for your kind words. Singing La Marseillaise was both challenging and a honorable act to do. Not many Americans would have the courage to sing other country's national hymn, especially if the hymn is not in English. The American national song is hard to sing. The song is called "The Star-Spangled Banner." I sang that song many times when I was a boy but I can never sing it perfectly because of its wide musical range. Many Americans, including myself watch a professional sing the song as we stand in respect. Do not apologize for your English writing :) Your English writing skills are good. Communication and understanding each other are more important than good writing. If I had to write this message in French, I am sure you will not be able to understand it. I want to wish you a belated Merry Christmas. I also want to wish you and your family a happy new year! :)
Nice build Colin. Interesting subject too
Thanks. This was such a nice kit that it deserved my best efforts.
Hope you had a great Christmas and the Styrene Santa paid you a visit ! Great Build , I don't build French Tanks , but after this I'm thinking about it ! Thanks, Tony
Thanks. I had a great Christmas. This is a very good model kit to build. I think you will enjoy building it. :)
Bonjour de france,merci pour cette belle maquette de char francais. Thx for this nice model of french tank
Merci😁 My French writing is not good but I respect your country. Have a good day 🙂
Wow! This one is a masterpiece, q! Great work as always and a great point you made. We are all one race, the human race and the diversity of our cultures and customs make this a wonderful and interesting world!
Thanks.
Very nice. Congratulations on your continue success my friend.
Thank you Troy :) This was such a good kit to build. It deserved my best efforts. :)
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome :)
Another great video from you QDC, 35 minutes of pure joy, (yes I gave it a thumbs up rating). BTW the song "Le Chevalier de Paris" was also featured in the movie "Casablanca" with Humphrey Bogart in my opinion one of his greatest, if not one of the greatest movies ever made. You sang it well!!!
Thanks! I didn't know that song was in that movie. Cool. :)
Welcome back and happy new year!
Vous parlez très bien français^^ Superbe vidéo comme d'habitude!
You speak very well french very nice video like always!
Je vous remercie. I try my best to sing. I am glad that you like it :)
Nice work! I enjoyed the build and the back story. From another regular guy I love your channel.
Willis Hefner your are welcome 😊
By far one of your best efforts (both the model and video). Merry Christmas and wishing you the best. Really enjoyed the song treat . . .
You are welcome :) This was such a good model to build that it deserves a good review and a good presentation. Take care and have a wonderful day.
salut a toi je suis francais et vis dans le sud de ce pays je tiens a te remercier pour tes efforts plus que louable sur le chant "La Marseillaise " notre hymne nationale . Merci aussi pour toutes tes videos tres interressantes . Bye. Jean.
Hello to you I am French and live in the south of this country I want to thank you for your efforts more than commendable on the song "La Marseillaise" our national anthem. Thank you also for all your very interesting videos. Bye. Bye. Jean.
Merci pour ce montage QDC. Vive la France 🙂
vous êtes les bienvenus. Vive la France :)
A great video to wind up a Christmas Day with! I've got this one with the Tamiya motorized gearboxes included. Still up in the air on those. Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays, Doc!
I heard that the motorized version is just as good as the standard version. I'm sure you will enjoy building that kit. I want to wish you a belated Merry Christmas. I want to also wish you happy new year :)
This is such a great channel!
Thank you. Happy New Year! :)
Bonjour QDC!!! B1bis was one of the best tank of ww2. Merci beaucoup pour cette vidéo! Best regards from Provins, France!!
You are very welcome my friend :) Happy New Year :)
qdc748a bonne année et bonne santé! And thousands kits of course !!
Just found your channel. I love it. Keep up the great work. You got a relaxing voice.
TheBenzooh thanks take care 😊
Another one! I’ve seen like 3 or 4 people build this model in the last few months. Really cool outcome though!
This is a good kit! That's why you see so many people building it! Build it. You will not be disappointed.
QDC, this was maybe your best video and I surport every word you said at the end and your singing was not so bad, better than mine :D
Awesome model and great video! Do more!!!
You are welcome. I will :)
I love the weathering, but considering the history of the vehicle some broke down right after leaving the factory. Not that this was the tank's fault. They were so desperate during the war they just shoved them off the line and straight to the front.
Ive just completed this kit. It is one of the simplest kits Ive ever had the pleasure to make.
It looks great. But I didnt paint in camo. Ive sprayed it in Humbrols polished steel, and buffed it up. It brings all the amazing details to life and it looks brilliant. I done the same with Tamiyas Centaur. Im going through a meal phase lol. But they do look the part.
Great thing about ww1 style tank tracks there great to clip together! That's a nice touch Tamiya have done putting that set inside the box!
Hey QDC, awesome video. I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I hope you have a safe and happy new year. Very nice singing. Sounded good.
Thanks! Yes, I had a good Christmas. I hope you had a good Christmas as well. I wish you a happy new year as well. Take care and have a wonderful day :)
Hello QDC,
thank you for your new video.
The model is very well done.
Your singing is adorable. The idea of the national anthem is great. You should keep it and maybe build a chinese tank (ZTZ-96).
Please continue to make such beautiful videos! I wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year!
You are welcome :) This was such a beautiful model to build that it deserved my best efforts. I might build that Chinese tank in the future. I also want to wish you and your family a happy new year :)
Great work and Merry Christmas,And I enjoyed tour singing at the end. LOL Viva la France
You are welcome. I am glad you like it. I hope you had a good Christmas. I want to wish you a happy new year :)
great job bud,without doubt your best yet....i love the kit as well and will have to get one myself lol....bloody good job mate..!!!
Thanks! You will enjoy this kit. I have no doubt about that. Have a happy new year :)
Hi Colin, hope you had a great Christmas my friend. Another excellent build , nice to see you back building again . Well done with the song too 😉👍
Thanks Robert. This is such a good kit build, I had to do my best building it :) I wish you a happy new year!
Thank you my friend, i wish you and your family a happy and prosperous New Year
:)
Outstanding build and a great subject! You sang in French very well. Cheers
Thanks!