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well, if you want 1/35, tamiya’s t34 and pzkpfw II ausf F/G are fairly simple models. or if you want something a little more basic you could try 1/72, hasegawa’s are fairly nice models to build.
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Tamiya’s M-41 Walker Bulldog!
A good, inexpensive kit, and a breeze to build. There have been several threads on building a Bulldog already, too!
If you plug in M-41 or M41 up in the “search the forums” area up and to right, I’m sure you could find 'em.
Check 'em out!
Try tamiya M-41 walker bulldog
Sounds good
First armor kit I built was an academy 1/48 scale Merkava. I found it to be quite simple. I put the thing together and basecoated it all in less than 3 hours. All in all, I finished the kit in a day .
I was also thinking the 1/48 scale kits by Zhengdefu. Bought two or three on clearance at Hobby Lobby for about 3 or 4 bucks. They were my first builds about 4 months ago before I tackled my first tamiya, the Bradley. They were good practice. I am currently in the process of adding more details to them with all the new info I’ve learned. I have the Merkava, the Challenger 1and and an unfinished Leopard II [I lost the barrel]. The basic thing I learned while building these kits was: ASSEMBLE FIRST, PAINT SECOND! You can do it the in the reverse but then you spend more time scraping paint off the edges of parts than assembling them. That’s the second reason the Leopard is unfinished…[8)]
I build 1/35 but Iplan to pick up some more 1/48 kits. Smaller but still good detail.
check out RevellAG’s 1/72 tigers. excellent kits, don’t take up alot of space and produce some great results.
Welcome to the forums.
I recommend the Panzer II ausf F/G by Tamiya. The kit is very easy to build. There are many reference photos of those Panzers online as well. The tracks are one-piece so that is also easy. The overall kit is small compared to a tiger or sherman, but after all a Panzer II is an early war machine, ligtly armored.
You can find the kit NEW in the box for about 10 dollars.
In addition, the kit comes with figures, so you can try your hand at painting up some desert afrika corps germans.
Good luck!
Let us know which way you go and if you need any help.
Hey Martian
Amazing that you were able to find Zhengdefu. I haven’t found ANYTHING by them, save two aircraft kits (not the greates quality) but 15 bucks for a 1/48 flanker was a bargain. I wish I could find armor kits in 1/35 scale for those prices
Lookin at Panzer and Bulldog.
found the panzer for 9.20 on greatmodels.com[:D]
cool, I’ll check it out
I did the M41 walker bulldog by tamiya as my first armour one.
I’d second the PzII by Tamiya.
The Tamiya T34’s would also be good choices. And if you can find them, Tamiya’s KV’s.
I recommend the Panzer II ausf F/G by Tamiya. It’s an awesome little tank!
Haven’t tried my hand at a German tank. I’ll have to check out that Panzer II As well. Besides I LOVE free figs!
The Tamiya KV is simple, plus there are no rubber tires to paint. Also has the vinyl tracks. How about the SDKFZ 222 German armored car? One color paint job too. No tracks.
Tamiya T34-85.
1.) Very few (I mean few) parts
2.) No tools and accessories on the tank.
3.) One piece rubber track
4.) Large road wheels.
5.) Only few paint colors required