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What is the fastest, easiest kit to build?
DickJones
Joined: November 12, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 10:02 AM UTC
What do you think the fastest, easiest kit is to throw together?
retiredyank
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 10:10 AM UTC
Lindberg sdkfz 222 #76006
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 10:53 AM UTC
Ask me again in the year 2164 when I have finished building my stash ....
brekinapez
Joined: July 26, 2013
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 10:57 AM UTC
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Lindberg sdkfz 222 #76006
Just pour glue and paint in the box and shake it. It won't look any better or worse than building it the normal way.
Vicious
Joined: September 04, 2015
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 11:00 AM UTC
you're a bit 'too generic ... which scale ... period ... how accurate you want it ... usually the Tamiya are a good compromise, they are easy, fairly accurate, the plastic of good quality, not too expensive and easy to find anywhere ... depending on the subject if you do not do too much the rivet counter are "shake and bake" kits in general
Vicious
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 11:05 AM UTC
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Quoted TextLindberg sdkfz 222 #76006
Just pour glue and paint in the box and shake it. It won't look any better or worse than building it the normal way.
....yep... jldurand
Joined: July 06, 2013
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 11:33 AM UTC
Tojo72
Joined: June 06, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 11:52 AM UTC
A snap together kit
henrikpalmberg
Joined: September 03, 2018
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:00 PM UTC
On a serious note, I would say the Tamiya Hetzer. Its one of the fastest build Ive ever done. 
Neo
Joined: January 20, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:09 PM UTC
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What do you think the fastest, easiest kit is to throw together?
My vote:
Tamiya Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf F/G
1/35 scale, Kit # 35009
Even Says: Easy to Assemble on the box...
TankCarl
Joined: May 10, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 12:10 PM UTC
Soar Art Dora railgun
henrikpalmberg
Joined: September 03, 2018
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 01:03 PM UTC
brekinapez
Joined: July 26, 2013
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 01:24 PM UTC
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Soar Art Dora railgun
Celebrating Opposite Day up in Rhode Island, I see.
18Bravo
Joined: January 20, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 01:25 PM UTC
BunkerBuster
Joined: March 29, 2017
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 02:06 PM UTC
Old Tamiya M1/M1A1 Abrams. If you build it out of box with no attempt to make corrections, it can be a weekend build.
-4 hours to build.
-4 hours for a quick sand/green paint job plus detail painting.
-4 hours for quickie weathering job
-4 hours to build.
-4 hours for a quick sand/green paint job plus detail painting.
-4 hours for quickie weathering job
retiredyank
Joined: June 29, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 02:09 PM UTC
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Quoted TextQuoted TextLindberg sdkfz 222 #76006
Just pour glue and paint in the box and shake it. It won't look any better or worse than building it the normal way.
Mine came out "pig pink". I don't remember why, but I wanted it to have a British camo color. Learned from it, though. Gotta love the metal axles.
TopSmith
Joined: August 09, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 02:31 PM UTC
1/48th scale Aurora tank, anyone will do fine. It would take an hour to build if that hour included a lunch break.
McRunty
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Joined: April 06, 2016
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 03:14 PM UTC
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What do you think the fastest, easiest kit is to throw together?
My vote:
Tamiya Panzer Kampfwagen II Ausf F/G
1/35 scale, Kit # 35009
Even Says: Easy to Assemble on the box...
Yes, this though I would also say the venerable and still very nice Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog is a contender as well.
KoSprueOne
Joined: March 05, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 03:31 PM UTC
MENG, World War Toons, tanks are simple.
Lakota
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 05:31 PM UTC
The tanks in 1:144 Bandai U-Wing fighter set, as a bonus, you get two of them.
RobinNilsson
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 06:07 PM UTC
The little thingies inside a Kinder Surprise egg ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Surprise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Surprise
Kenaicop
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Joined: August 23, 2005
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 06:38 PM UTC
I would say anything Tamiya. You’ll get a nice clean build with pretty much any of their kits, especially the newer ones.
armourguy
Joined: March 12, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 07:03 PM UTC
If you don't have an airbrush, Tamiya M41, or Tamiya PZII. with a can of krylon OD or something from Model master spray paint you can have a decent clean painted bulldog, and with a can of dark grey primer you can pass for panzergray on the PZII, esp if not using the Model master one.
Bravo1102
Joined: December 08, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 09:34 PM UTC
A Sturmgeschutz III. Wheels, body and done.
No pesky turret, six road wheels per side. .
Even simpler is a Tamiya or Academy Hetzer. Four wheels per side.
The big slowdown on an armor kit is all the road wheels and turret stuff. Four wheels and a casement gun?
The old Trumpeter Strv-103. The kit is also inexpensive.
The fastest for me were PST 1/72 ISU-152. Less than 30 minutes. A 1/35 scale one has barely any more pieces. No rubber on road wheels so the suspension doesn't need any masking. Nothing simpler to paint and weather than Russian green.
No pesky turret, six road wheels per side. .
Even simpler is a Tamiya or Academy Hetzer. Four wheels per side.
The big slowdown on an armor kit is all the road wheels and turret stuff. Four wheels and a casement gun?
The old Trumpeter Strv-103. The kit is also inexpensive.
The fastest for me were PST 1/72 ISU-152. Less than 30 minutes. A 1/35 scale one has barely any more pieces. No rubber on road wheels so the suspension doesn't need any masking. Nothing simpler to paint and weather than Russian green.
jon_a_its
Joined: April 29, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 11:23 PM UTC
Anything I finish in under a year is a speed-build.....
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