Hello all,
My Armor venture has reached the reality point.
My order of Tamiya Panzer kampfwagen Ausf ll F/G with figures, Tamiya Cromwell Mk lV and Academy Sturmgeschutz Sdkfz. 167 arrived today from Hannants

Before I attempt to build one, when I get the time, are there any points I should watch out for, bearing in mind I will do them OOB as first time Armour builds?

I have read a few posts on site about plastic rubberised tracks not liking paint. Any problems with the ones supplied with these kits?

I did have a sort of an idea...when car buffs buy body kits or wish to paint the bumpers in body colour there is a special undercoat that fixes any paint adherence problems or alternatively there is an additive to elasticise the paint so it sticks to the rubber/plastic car parts.
Any thoughts?

Many thanks
Cheers
Peter

well done peter, good to see your seeing the light!

cant comment on the german kits, but you chose well with the cromwell.
i reckon its one of the best plastic kits on the market, and you should have no problems with it, you are correct in thinking of auto primer, it does help.

as for the tracks, personally i prefer the rubber strip type tracks to anything else. the ones in the newer tamiya kits are superb.

this is a cromwell ive built


when i first posted the pics, most people thought th tracks were fruils, so they cant be that bad.

i painted them earth brown, then gave them a heavy drybrush with gunmetal on the edges that contact the ground, then some polished steel on top of that.

good luck

cheers

joe

The cromwell is a great kit as well as some of Tamiya's Stugs and the PZ II can be delt with. Tamiya usualy doesn't need a primer. and the fit well. but the age of some of their kits show in the fit. The PZ II can be a good kit I recommend as a good first PE kit and there are things that only PE can fix on it!!! the cromwell can use the PE set from Tamiya for the grills and the stug looks good OOB as does the Cromwell. Enjoy. STUG

Thanks Joe and Steve,
the Cromwell looks great. I've always liked the Cromwell...which is why I got it.
Thanks for tips.
Cheers
Peter

If these are your first armor kits, I would suggest getting Tony Greeland's Panzer Masterclass book. Not only is it pleasurable reading, it helps form the thinking process on how to go about building armor models.
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