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Tank Model Kits
By: guest438 Date: January 31, 2016, 12:52 pm
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Hi All
Thinking about pursuing model making / building again. A very
long time ago I used to enjoy building cars I think mainly from
Airfix & was thinking it might be something I would like to
pursue again but with Tanks this time. I do enjoy detailed work
so the more complicated the better. I will probably kick off
with a few simple kits just to get myself back into the swing of
things again.
Would like to hear if any other OFF'ers are into model making &
which kits they would recommend.
:thankyou:
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: MickeysGrenade Date: January 31, 2016, 3:55 pm
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When I was a kid, Testor made some really nice kits. Now
all the Testor I see are really low quality that assembe with a
couple screws in about 5 minutes. I still bought a few to
practice my airbrushing and weathering.
I have 6 or 7 very nice kits by Dragon. Up here they run
anywhere from $35-75. Before I had to pack everything up, I
started a Panzer III. Very detailed kits. The more popular kits,
like the Tiger, have a ton of 'hop up' parts available, like
detailed interiors and metal upgrades. I look forward to getting
everything out of storage so I can keep working on it, but that
is going to be awhile.
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: oxidative stres Date: January 31, 2016, 4:16 pm
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I was thinking of this as well and just picked up a Panzer 4 kit
by Dragon. About $40. I have no problem with putting them
together, but am wondering what people use for camo paints.
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: MickeysGrenade Date: January 31, 2016, 6:16 pm
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Search air brushing and weathering on you tube. Acrylics are all
the rage now. I was leary at 1st, but they won me over. And they
are a lot easier to make oil or grease 'wash' effects for. I
really want to do some chipping effects when I paint the Tiger;
winter camo chipped/worn away revealing the original grey paint.
Diana got me some awesome books aimed just at German camo for
the modeller. Really wishing my stuff wasn't all packed up
:sad:
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: SPF9200 Date: January 31, 2016, 7:54 pm
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Can't say I know much about Military models but Tamiya makes a
lot of detailed R/C vehicles and also non R/C Military vehicles.
Check out Tower Hobbies for some ideas an as a reference.
They've been in business for over 20 yrs. Link below..
HTML http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0091p?&P=SM&C=SCP&V=TAM
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: MickeysGrenade Date: January 31, 2016, 9:54 pm
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Tamiya makes nice stuff, very spendy though. I built Ivan
Stewarts Class 1 truck around 1995. Great truck.
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: squiggy78 Date: January 31, 2016, 10:50 pm
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Would love to do some models but I don't have the time!
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: AhBuaya Date: February 1, 2016, 7:06 am
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I'm really tempted by this.
HTML http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/catalog/3818-1.jpg
HTML http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__12670__German_Tiger_I_RC_Tank_RTR_w_Airsoft_Smoke_Tx_UK_Plug_.html
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: Corbantis Date: February 1, 2016, 8:24 am
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[quote author=oxidative stres link=topic=3112.msg48233#msg48233
date=1454278605]
I was thinking of this as well and just picked up a Panzer 4 kit
by Dragon. About $40. I have no problem with putting them
together, but am wondering what people use for camo paints.
[/quote]
Depends on the user. Some like Acryllics, other enamels. I
preferred enamels, as they are a little cheaper, and I found
them easier to mix to get the color I wanted. Testors has some
really good military class paints that you should be able to
find on-line or at your local hobby shop look for Model Masters
by Testors. they go for about $4.50 a jar. There are some
on-line guides for painting various tanks and planes. Much
cheaper than the books I used to buy :)
Are you airbrushing or free style by brush? If brush, try and go
with camel hair. Some synthetics are good, but I found when
painting nothing beats a camel. But everyone has their favs.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa1D6bYl_cA
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Re: Tank Model Kits
By: XBattleAxeX Date: February 1, 2016, 8:52 am
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[quote author=MickeysGrenade link=topic=3112.msg48257#msg48257
date=1454298896]
Tamiya makes nice stuff, very spendy though. I built Ivan
Stewarts Class 1 truck around 1995. Great truck.
[/quote]
I too use to build Tamiya kits...they are very nice...probably
built a dozen or so of those back in the day... tank emoticon
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