Looking for suggestions for building my first tank. I’m Thinking Tamiya, 1:35 scale and maybe something with a one piece tread. Any suggestions?
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What’s your era of preference?
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Ww2 or more modern period.
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The very first model tank I built was a Tamiya Panzer IV Ausf J "make sure you choose none Zimmerit version"or you could go for Tamiya Sherman quite easy builds.
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I should have asked what country,but the Tamiya Easy Eight is a real nice build,and the one piece track works well for a Sherman,no sag to worry about.
Maybe one of the Tamiya M1 Abrams.With Russian and German tanks they build nice,but with the one piece tracks you need to worry about adding the sag to the track.
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The Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog is a great starter kit for the novice armor builder.
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Tamiya are a good starting model you could also look at Meng and Takom they go together very well and have nice details , but some of them have tracks that need to be put together . these look better than one piece but can be time consuming.
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I agree, Tamiya would be a good choice. My first armor kit was a Testors M4 A1 Sherman. A Tamiya Sherman would be an excellent starting point, IMHO.
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As Stickpusher said, the Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog is a great place to start. I also have done the Revell M48A2 Patton tank and it was a good starting point-they are cheap at Hobby Lobby for $19 bucks and it is cheap enough to experiment a bit with. I used it to learn how to scratch build some turret grab bars, as the model doesn’t really have them-just some lumps of plastic on the turret.
They also used to carry the Tamiya M41 Walker cheap and have 2 of them at my local Hobby Lobby, although it looks like they don’t list them on line any longer. They are even cheaper than the Revell M48 kit, I think I paid about $14 each for the 2 I purchased.
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One color schemes also would be a good start too
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Yes, the Revellogram M48 Patton is also a fine kit for the novice armor builder. Most any of the old 70’s/80’s Tamiya armor kits are good starting points. Any of the newer kits, while being fine kits, are more likely to frustrate somebody learning the genre. Particularly anything by most of the Chinese companies due to their high parts counts and complicated subassemblies. Start simple and build on the learned experiences. I say this as a guy who has been building 1/35 & 1/32 armor kits non stop since the early 1970’s.
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Is the picture a Revell M48?
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Yes it is. I built it for a friend of mine who used them in the National Guard, but enjoyed it so much I went back and bought one for myself. It’s still on the shelf, but I plan on using it.
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Looks really great!!!
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