1/35 scale Suggestions

[KalebBeard]

Hello! I am Looking for suggestions for my next model project, I want to work on a 1/35 scale AFV with a skill level not extremely difficult, I have been reading reviews and what not on Armorama, and I like the look of Zvezda so far!

[ForbesHutton]

There's all sorts of options for Panthers and Jagdpanthers, and a group build for them starting June 1st....

[trekfanj]

It seems a lot of people love to hate on Zvezda, but I don't think their stuff is as bad as everyone says.
So I say, go for it!
Academy's a good brand, too; Tamiya, though expensive, is very good also.
Trumpeter and HobbyBoss make some pretty good kits, but there's always a fit problem somewhere; it never fails.
Hope this helped a little.

[Nige99]

In my opinion if your new to afv armour I'd go for Tamiya. They go together really well and the instructions are really easy to follow.

Zvesda, revell and academy are a bit tricky to put together on times and require a bit of filling.

[KalebBeard]

Hey thanks Guys, I have tried to build revell before and yeah they can require filler, Tamiya is nice too, I have built several of their kits as well, never Academy or Zvezda, Trumpeter before though

[rsrdevon]

Tamiya is usually a safe bet for ease of build. Not over complicated in construction or instructions. Can be pricy sometimes. But if you shop around you can get deals.

[Panzerwolf]

Some of Tamiya's older kits aren't that nice and not that detailed. Trumpeter often has great kits, no bad experience for me so far there. Lots of people hate zvezda, but their kits are relatively cheap and easy to build, so I'd go for that.

[NAMBiohazard]

This is what I usually do....
find a kit that you fancy, go check out the reviews on the web, and check the number of sprues / parts in the kit.
The reviews helps to avoid the kits with fit problems
Some of the older Trumpeter kits have allot of pin marks so it also depends on how much repairs you wan to do.

Hope this helps

[RobertK]

If you don't know what to build I can recommend any of the KV-series by Trumpeter, I built one of them and it was really great, and it was really cheap. The other ones are supposed to be of equal quality.
I'm quite impressed with trumpeter, they seem to do rather good kits nowadays. I'm not sure how accurate the kits are but the fit is great and amount of flash is minimal.