i've been modelling both aircrafts and armor (this site got me addicted)
and i think it's easier to paint tanks than planes (am i sounding a little bit biased? hehe)
on planes, you have to paint the interior then inner part of the intakes, the afterburners(or engines and propellers ...etc... before gluing them up)..then the canopies (which i really hate painting and gluing)
on tanks, you can assemble the big parts like the upper and lower hull, turret etc...then paint them all together then add the painted accessories like the shovels, tow cables etc..
in short, you get to see your progress faster. you get to see the model how it would look like and the fun part is weathering it. i'm using a gunze sangyo weathering color set which is composed of 6 bottles of pre-mixed colors like rust, mud, soot, rough sand and rough gray.
i hope you'll have fun building your first tank stindle!
welcome to the darkside!
check this out too!
http://www.rlm.at/start_e.htm?themen_e.htm&1