Tanks for getting into Armour?

[Drazimo]

Hey guys,

Some of you might have seen that I have a W.I.P just started of a Airfix Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a 1/72, however I'm not one of these people that sticks in one area, I like to jump about and try all aspects, otherwise I have the potential to get bored. So with that said I'm also looking at getting into doing some Armour. On a whim in a local model shop I bought the Emhar Female WW1 tank 1/72, can't remember the name and the box isn't with me.

I realise this is an older and wonder as a complete newbie is this what I should be starting with, or are there better 'beginner' friendly tanks?

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[UKscalemodeller]

I don't knbow is it is good for beginners per say but my first foray into the dark side was Revell's 1/72 Stug 40

[wappynutter]

Drazimo, i think these will be real helpful.This is an Emhar 1/72 kit just not the one you brought though very similar quality i believe.
This guy, YouTubes.. ( ThePaintingClinic )...goes from kit review to finished build in the 3 videos i will post here...
Hope this helps mate..


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Part 2
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Final part
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Let me know how you get on, look forward to your build posts dude...

[Paul]

Myself I would pick 1/35 as it's easier to paint and weather being a larger subject and a tamiya kit as it'll go together nicely.

[UKscalemodeller]

Myself I would pick 1/35 as it's easier to paint and weather being a larger subject and a tamiya kit as it'll go together nicely.

There is that.

I do have a strange aversion to anything bigger than 1/72

[Paul]

Myself I would pick 1/35 as it's easier to paint and weather being a larger subject and a tamiya kit as it'll go together nicely.

There is that.

I do have a strange aversion to anything bigger than 1/72

Nothing wrong with the smaller 1/72 tanks etc just they are tad harder to weather and paint to scale, that's only my opinion of course lol

[Drazimo]

Thanks for the quick replies guys. :-D

@UKscalemodeller - I was actually looking at images online of the Stug the other day and thinking how much I liked the way it looks. Whenever I hear about German tanks it's Tiger, King Tiger and the typical ones. I might just have a look into getting the kit.

@Wappynutter - I know of ThePaintingClinic, but completely forgot he does vehicles too, I'll have to re-examine his channel and those videos. Cheers for the links.

@Paul - I would love to do something of the size, the same with aircraft... the issue I have is I model in 'our' bedroom as we have no other space (shared) house so I don't have and can't get an airbrush, with a model the size of 1/35 I'm not sure how comfortable I feel with my brush painting abilities to no leave lines on the flat surfaces. I'd assume it'd be a case of painting water with a bit on pigment in it about 100 times. lol. I'll get out the :-p

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[Joesdad]

Draz mate, be very careful when dabbling with the 'dark side'....

[Foxley]

Personally, when I came back to the hobby I started with Tamiya's old 1/35 Panzer IV. It's an old kit but it goes together pretty easily, the only bad point is the vinyl tracks which aren't fantastic. Regardless, it can be bought for about £10 - £15 and for a first ever armour model, it's great. I never actually painted it properly after it was primed, now I use it as a paint testing model.

There are much better models, but it really depends how far you want to go, etch? detail? realism? Or just a general play around to see what you think?

[garywintin]

Pick up a 1/35 Tamiya Sherman or the panzers (3 or 4 ) to get starting and go along from there ...

[Rob]

1/48 scale is a nice way to get Into armour. Airfix has some well reviewed british modern/afgan campaign stiuff. for ww2, HobbyBoss do some nice Russian heavy tanks, T34s with full interiors and some Shermans. Also Tamiya does a wide range of allied and axis vehicles - the latest issue, a Russian BA-64 armoured car, would be smaller than most 1/72 tanks.

[rm6239]

Drazino

I would suggest early Tamiya kits as well, they are easy to put together, still look good and not too many parts. When I first started I only had the dining room table to build on (so I had to pack up after every build session) so I know where you're coming from regarding lack of space. I couldn't brush paint to save my life so I kinda skipped that and went straight to spray cans. Choose something with a mono colour scheme, German grey, Dark Yellow (dunklegelb, spelling is wrong I think), Olive Drab (Sherman etc) or a Russian or British green, if your economical you should be able to get 3 1/35 scale kits out of a can.

Then if you plan to keep building I would suggest getting an Airbrush, the cost is a bit daunting up front but if you do get one, your modelling horizons will take off.

cheers
Rossco

[Drazimo]

Thanks for all the replies guys, much appreciated.

So basically it looks like everyone is mostly suggesting a Tamiya 1/35 Panzer and an older model, I will get about researching which one would be the best one to get, or which one I like the look of the most. Like when women pick horse for the Grand National.

@Rossco - What I'll do is paint the first couple and see how it goes, if it turns out I just can't get on with using a hairy stick on all the flat surfaces I'll look into spray cans and go from there. Cheers :-D

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