Whats a good easy to build armor model thats easy to build?

Kumy

Member since
December 2002
From: Steeler Country

Posted by Kumy on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:17 AM

The panzer is a good choice. And like everybody else mentioned the T-34 is another good one. FSM just did a article on a T-34 weekend build.

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chris hall

Member since
February 2004
From: Weymouth, Dorset, UK

Posted by chris hall on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:40 AM

Try the Emhar 1/72 A7V German WW1 tank, if you can get it easily in the US (I believe that Squadron has it, sometimes on special offer). Easy to build, with one-piece tracks and bogies, lots of interesting colour schemes, unusual subject. Watch out for the off-register decals, though!

Cute and cuddly, boys, cute and cuddly!

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 2:14 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima

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

Yes i wouldn't call the Zhengdefu 1/48 armours little "Tamiyas" either but they were still a great fun [not to mention cheap] build. i noticed that both my challenger and my Merkava seemed to have tha same generic road wheels but both kits have skirts and are painted differnent colors so it's not actually noticable. they are motorized but it doesn't effect how good they look though. But the key was a "fun simple build" and these fit. The details are nice. i love mine. trying to pick up the Beadley next. I planing to start me a 1/48 and maybe a 1/72 collection.[take up less space]

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 1:30 AM

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

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:36 AM

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.

Eric

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:35 PM

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!

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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JCon

Member since
March 2003
From: Northeast Washington State

Posted by JCon on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:42 PM

I recommend the Panzer II ausf F/G by Tamiya. It's an awesome little tank!

Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:09 PM

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.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 7:10 PM

I did the M41 walker bulldog by tamiya as my first armour one.

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zokissima

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July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:12 PM

cool, I'll check it out

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:08 PM

found the panzer for 9.20 on greatmodels.com Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:06 PM

Lookin at Panzer and Bulldog.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 3:45 PM

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

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:44 PM

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.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:17 PM

check out RevellAG's 1/72 tigers. excellent kits, don't take up alot of space and produce some great results.

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 2:13 PM

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... Shy [8)]

I build 1/35 but Iplan to pick up some more 1/48 kits. Smaller but still good detail.

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:41 PM

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 .

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:31 PM

Sounds good

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:29 PM

Try tamiya M-41 walker bulldog

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:28 PM

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!

~Brian

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:26 PM

Cool

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 12:18 PM

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.