The Hobby Boss R35 and the Bronco H39 kits are decent builds. Not Tamiya level but then who is? Tamiya does have the R35 out now and though I haven't built it I have no doubt that it is an excellent kit.

It may be small, but Tamiya's UE weapons carrier is a nice kit! Goes together well, and looks very unusual...

You may also want to look for the Trumpeter H35 kits. I have one in my stash and it looks pretty decent. I can definitely second the recommendation for the Tamiya UE Carrier. That is a fine little kit.

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You may also want to look for the Trumpeter H35 kits. I have one in my stash and it looks pretty decent. I can definitely second the recommendation for the Tamiya UE Carrier. That is a fine little kit.

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I will check out the kit.

Does the UE look good on its own as well? Because the figures and assets included with the model make me think that it is best and only used in a diorama, rather than on its own.

Just a suggestion but if your main concern is using up the paint, they are comparatively generic colors and applicable to any number of kits. The deck tan and dark grey are actually for ships. The desert yellow is for the German Afrika Korps.

Also since none of the colors are specific to French armor color matches will vary from kit to kit. What was the color called out in one kit, may be replaced with another in another kit because the match was never exact. (Unlike German dark yellow or US Olive drab)

Just an idea.

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You may also want to look for the Trumpeter H35 kits. I have one in my stash and it looks pretty decent. I can definitely second the recommendation for the Tamiya UE Carrier. That is a fine little kit.

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I will check out the kit.

Does the UE look good on its own as well? Because the figures and assets included with the model make me think that it is best and only used in a diorama, rather than on its own.

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I think that the UE looks fine by itself on a shelf. It’s a small vehicle like a Jeep, Kübelwagen, or Universal Carrier. Of course it will look better on a stand as part of a diorama or vignette. As a shelf sitter it is fine. My personal problem is that I have yet to finish any other French armor to sit alongside mine, so it last sat alongside my British armor. But I have a Somua S35 nearly complete now to fix that. I think some of the smaller French tanks such as the R35 or H35 will look fine on a shelf alongside. Perhaps even a FT-17.

Here is a link to my UE build that I did back in 2011

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/141991.aspx

Unfortunately, my photos were stored on photobucket back then.

How about the Meng Char 2C?



A great kit and an impressive beast. Al

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The Hobby Boss R35 and the Bronco H39 kits are decent builds. Not Tamiya level but then who is? Tamiya does have the R35 out now and though I haven't built it I have no doubt that it is an excellent kit.

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I have checked out a review of the Hobby Boss R35 I believe, and I wasn't so impressed by it and wasn't going to buy it. To many issues they described that I'm thinking are to hard for me to adress.

Regarding the Tamiya R35, I have checked their instruction sheet through scalemates.com and there were some colors that I didn't have that I would have to purchase specifically for that project. And I'm wanting to use the paint for the project that I already have, since there aren't that much interesting French WW II tanks to model anymore with perhaps a more decent quality.

And I don't know much about other camouflage schemes that I can use on the tank with paints that I already have.
That being said, I'm remembering now that I could have a look at scalemates.com for an aftermarket set or so to do this. Will check this out.

Last but not least, I was taking a short look at the images of R35s at World War Photo's for camouflage schemes and colours. But, or the camouflage schemes weren't visible at all or aren't that clear. Or I can't tell what colors they all are, since I don't have any experience with using reference pictures for things like this.

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How about the Meng Char 2C?



A great kit and an impressive beast. Al

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I'm sorry, but that kit is WW I related and I'm focussing on WW II.
Thank you for sharing this and giving the suggestion, but I'm not gonna build it. I'm just not interested enough to build it.

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Here is a link to my UE build that I did back in 2011

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/141991.aspx

Unfortunately, my photos were stored on photobucket back then.

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Thank you for sharing, including the information with your post on there.
This indicates to me that I may want to buy one or more kits along with this kit, since you said that it is a fun little project.
And got the impression that it didn't take to long to assemble it.
And since I'm usually buying one kit at a time, first building it and completing it before I move on to the next kit.
I'm feeling that I need to buy another kit to keep me busy for a little longer, because otherwise I would have to pay shipping costs.
Tell me if I'm wrong about this, then I follow my usual routine of buying only one kit at a time.

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How about the Meng Char 2C?



A great kit and an impressive beast. Al

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I'm sorry, but that kit is WW I related and I'm focussing on WW II.
Thank you for sharing this and giving the suggestion, but I'm not gonna build it. I'm just not interested enough to build it.

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Actually, the problem for the French was that the 2C WAS a WW2 tank, even though it was designed to fight WW1 battles! I'm not sure if any actually made it to combat - I seem to recall reading that the Germans captured most of them still on rail transport in 1940.

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Here is a link to my UE build that I did back in 2011

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/141991.aspx

Unfortunately, my photos were stored on photobucket back then.

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Thank you for sharing, including the information with your post on there.
This indicates to me that I may want to buy one or more kits along with this kit, since you said that it is a fun little project.
And got the impression that it didn't take to long to assemble it.
And since I'm usually buying one kit at a time, first building it and completing it before I move on to the next kit.
I'm feeling that I need to buy another kit to keep me busy for a little longer, because otherwise I would have to pay shipping costs.
Tell me if I'm wrong about this, then I follow my usual routine of buying only one kit at a time.

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You’re welcome. I built at a faster pace at that time, but yes I do remember it being a fairly quick build. I think the biggest slow down was due to removing some ejector pin marks that would have otherwise been visible. But it is a recent Tamiya kit with their typical ease of assembly. For a more involved or longer build, sure, get another kit. Perhaps even their Citroen car, but done in original French ownership colors. But once you have a decent French WWII AFV collection going, do not overlook this kit.

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How about the Meng Char 2C?



A great kit and an impressive beast. Al

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I'm sorry, but that kit is WW I related and I'm focussing on WW II.
Thank you for sharing this and giving the suggestion, but I'm not gonna build it. I'm just not interested enough to build it.

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Actually, the problem for the French was that the 2C WAS a WW2 tank, even though it was designed to fight WW1 battles! I'm not sure if any actually made it to combat - I seem to recall reading that the Germans captured most of them still on rail transport in 1940.

This is one of my Meng FT-17s. They are a fun build.
http://www.gregharker.com/wpimages/4.jpg