Was wondering between Tamiya, Meng or Takom.

For me Takom because Meng dont do the Mk IV ,just the Mk V but with full interiors ,i have the meng in my stash and for me is perfect

I've only built the Tamiya kit so far but it's a really nice kit. Like many people when I first saw it was motorised I thought it'll be a toy with rubber tracks but nothing could be further from the truth. I've built mine as motorised and it goes together really well but does need a bit of planning if you do it motorised.

I know some people won't be interested but I'd urge people to do it as motorised as it's pretty cool watching a little MkIV trundling along at scale speed.

The tracks just snap together easily. The other kits look nice though and I'll probably pick one up at some point plus the MK1 and Tadpole etc.

I'd go for the Takom kit,I have just finished building their Mk V and it was a joy to put together.

Are you new to modelling?

The Tamiya was well,typical Tamiya.Nicely done,well engineered and trouble free assembly.The motorizing was easy to install and movement realistic and not toylike.The indie tracks were beautiful and easily assembled.Probably not as detailed as Takom,but still nice.

There's a FaceBook group on WW1 armour modelling, guy held up all current 1/35 Mk IVs against credible scale drawings and the Tamiya kit was the most accurate in profile.

Cheers,

Christophe

The best comparison I have seen of all the Mk IV kits is by Dick Harley (a long time researcher of the subject) in Tankette 51/4 and 51/5. None is perfect and all have some anomalous features so this is an excellent source for working out what goes where. Copies may still be available via the MAFVA website www.mafva.net but not many extras are printed so don't wait too long.

There is no bad kit of the three. Something else will be your deciding factor. I like Tamiya because it just falls thgether correctly. However the three have cost differences or additional aftermarket goodies that will probably help with your decision.

Check also here...

http://landships.activeboard.com/f316944/modelling/