Can anyone provide feedback on the quality of AFV Club kits? I have only built Tamyia since getting back into the hobby. Thanks for any information provided.

I built the Stryker 1126,it was a nice trouble free build.Overall AFV are probably more of a challenge then Tamiya kits.

But you need to have a specific AFV kit in mind,then Google the kit # and you should be able to find some reviews or blogs for that particular kit.

AFV Club kits are extremly nice. Very detailed, but that comes with high parts counts. Their plastic is different than Tamiya. I enjoy them.

One of my biggest let downs was the AFV Club IDF Shot Kal 1973. I paid full price for it and it was a box of poor fitting, flash ridden, soft detailed pieces. I may have just had the one bad kit in the batch, but years later I'm still forcing myself to do a few pieces now and then. Turned me off of AFV Club unless I can get one of their kits super cheap, I won't mess with them again.

Exactly!
Their ex-Skybow kits are very good OOB, their Nashorn is the best on the market and the Churchills have no alternatives, unlike Valentines, M24s and Bofors AA guns, which are very good too. Strykers are much better than Trumpeter's...The same goes to tow artillery pieces they make.
All in all, it would be safe to say their kits are hit, not miss.

IMO one of the best out there, although that does come with a high part count and some very small parts for detail. Of all their kits I've only come across a very small amount of flash, however expect more work than Tamiya, they are nice and clean and fit well but are not shake a box Tamiya builds.

I also have the AFV Club IDF 1973 Shot Kal. I haven't begun building it yet, but I have the 1967 Shot Centurion, and I'm well along in the build and don't have many complaints, unlike the earlier poster. I will say that one thing I'm not thrilled with is the quality of the plastic. I find it to be a bit too 'hard', unlike Tamiya or Dragon plastic, for instance, which I find to be a bit softer, and more 'forgiving' when detaching parts from the sprues. Other than that, though, I my experience with AFV Club models is pretty good.

Like you, most of my experience is with Tamiya kits. I have embarked on my first AFV Club kit and it certainly is different.

I would not recommend their Wiesel kits as there is some supports for molding the suspension arms which must be removed and they are in a very awkward place. You risk snapping the arms when removing them and then there is sanding off the excess. There's not much room to work there. Also I found the edges of the major pieces to be rougher than I'd like. Careful dry fitting and sanding is needed. All in all, the kt is cruder than what you'd expect in a (modern) Tamiya kit. Of course, it's the only game in town for a Wiesel 1.

I do have their 15cm sIG33 artillery piece and that looks good, but I haven't tried to build it yet.

Oh and their kits usually come with photo-etch parts.

I think you will do OK, even with the Wiesel, with some heads up on what is ahead. I hate surprises, hence my low opinion of the Wiesel kits.

I like the kits and have built several. There are good and bad, as with everything. Look for build reviews. I have found the plastic to be different as well-more brittle than others, and will crack at the sprue attachment if you aren't careful. Mold seam lines tend to run on part edges and this can throw fit off. Instructions are usually quite good. Find a kit you like and ask opinions as well.

I agree that the detail his hit and miss. I built their Stryker, some years ago. Excellent kit! Recently, I purchased their M10. I thought that it should be a little better than the one offered by Academy. My mistake. The hull interior isn't sparse. It just isn't there. A couple of seats, but no controls, radios etc.

Thanks for the information everyone. Really appreciate the responses. This is the kit I am looking at right now--German SdKfz 11 3-Ton Halftrack & leFH 18 105mm Howitzer w/Accessories.

I believe you can buy it without to much hesitation. It has been around for a while, but will still be a nice kit to build probably. As some has already said, the styrene AFV Club uses is a bit brittle, but the detail comes out very sharp.
Check this review:
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/afvclub/afv35s48.html

AFV Club I have found overall to be decent kits, but they do have their issues sometimes. I just finished their FV101 and the hull hadn't even been fully molded. Had to do some major surgery to fill in the gaps.

From what I understand their Hellcat is the better of the two on the market.

In general, AFV makes good kits, but they can be detailed (some people might say over-engineered - the 8 wheeled armored car I built fit this description, but was a good looking kit). Specifically, if you've got a review of the specific kit on PMMS, that's a lot in one place and good information.

Thank you!