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Sancho0409
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:28 AM UTC
I was curious what a good WWII tank model to buy would be. I have never tried doing camo, and I am not sure how well I would do it. Any imput would be nice, thanks.
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:34 AM UTC
There's a lot of tanks that didn't have camo. To tell the truth, I build mostly early war stuff, so I don't think I have anything completed with camo yet, myself. Tamiya is always a good way to go, especially their newer ones, if you don't mind spending a little extra. Try their new Shermans or maybe the Marder. Another newer one that costs less and also doesn't require camouflage would be the Cromwell (or Centaur, both are pretty well the same). Dragon kits are very good, too, but again, their newer ones are best and you might not like how you have to build their tracks link by link. Take a look at the box art to see if camo is needed, if you want to stay away from that.
HTH,

Nic
m1garand
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:35 AM UTC
What are you interested in? Are you interested in doing camo? or a single color? A specific topic? Nationality?
Kencelot
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:38 AM UTC
I would recommend Tamiya's M3 Grant which was used by the British in North Africa. It's an easy build (aftermarket sets are soon to be available) and has a fairly simple camo pattern.
Here's an example for you: M3 Grant (actual)
The model: Tamiya's Grant
m1garand
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 05:48 AM UTC

Tamiya Sherman



Tamiya M8 Greyhound

These are good models to build as well, without camo patterns.
Kencelot
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:02 AM UTC
Hmmm...maybe I should have asked this first: "Are you looking for a model that could be painted with a camo pattern?"
m1garand
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:07 AM UTC

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Hmmm...maybe I should have asked this first: "Are you looking for a model that could be painted with a camo pattern?"


That's what I was trying to find out?
Sancho0409
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:22 AM UTC

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Hmmm...maybe I should have asked this first: "Are you looking for a model that could be painted with a camo pattern?"


No, I am trying to find a good model that would look good without camo, either a german or u.s. WWII
Kencelot
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:32 AM UTC
The new Shermans from Tamiya - like M1 had posted would would very good! :-)
m1garand
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:38 AM UTC
Not being an authority on German armor, but wouldn't a Tamiya Panther be a decent choice? Paint in grey or the yellow.
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:39 AM UTC


Academy's M12 155mm GMC is a real looker without camo...

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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:46 AM UTC

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Not being an authority on German armor, but wouldn't a Tamiya Panther be a decent choice? Paint in grey or the yellow.


Just a note, a Panther wouldn't be grey at all, late war German AFVs do not feature German Grey as a camouflage colour. This article explains it all.

But a Panther in overall dark yellow would be fine.

Cheers,
Linz
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 06:52 AM UTC

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Not being an authority on German armor, but wouldn't a Tamiya Panther be a decent choice? Paint in grey or the yellow.


Just a note, a Panther wouldn't be grey at all, late war German AFVs do not feature German Grey as a camouflage colour. This article explains it all.

But a Panther in overall dark yellow would be fine.

Cheers,
Linz


Thanks for the correction.
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 09:33 AM UTC
If you are interested in German Armor, and do not wish to do Camo at this point. May I suggest the following:

Tamiya Panzer III Ausf L
Tamiya Marder III
Tiger I

And if the aspect of making individual track links doesn't seems to be too bad, you can also try a number of DML Panzer III, Panzer IV or Stug A/B/C/D, etc.

HTH

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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 09:40 AM UTC
I would say a stug III or IV, or go with a sherman or a M10 or M18. You can also do an early Tiger with just panzer grey or deseret yellow. AHHHHHHHHH remembering when I built my first Tiger heck I was 12 and that was twenty years ago! All starts with that, once you build you be in it for life, there is no going back! :-) :-)

cj
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Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2002 - 09:51 AM UTC

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I would say a stug III or IV, or go with a sherman or a M10 or M18. You can also do an early Tiger with just panzer grey or deseret yellow. AHHHHHHHHH remembering when I built my first Tiger heck I was 12 and that was twenty years ago! All starts with that, once you build you be in it for life, there is no going back! :-) :-)

cj


Lots of people I know whom build armor model got hooked because of the Tiger.... :-) :-) 60 years later, the magic still holds.

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