What scale would be best to start with? Im trying to find something to do with my brother so he dosent end up spending all his time playing WoW..:)

I'd start at 1/48 scale for aircraft. Large enough for some nice detail, and also no issues with tweezers and magnifying glasses. Good place to start

I'd start at 1/48 scale for aircraft. Large enough for some nice detail, and also no issues with tweezers and magnifying glasses. Good place to start

What would you say about tanks and armor

A 1/48 or even a 1/35 tank of that scale would be a good place to start in Armor modeling. I am just finishing up a 1/72 scale Tank by Revel as my first foray into Armor modeling. I would not recommend 1/72 scale as a beginners kit as many of the parts are quite small and not easy to work with. My current project is a Leopard 2 A4 Tank while overall a nice kit some of the parts namely the treads gave me a few problems. but it did turn out quite nice. I will be postins pics soon.

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i go for 1/48 armor myself. MUCH cheaper and still has lots of detail. also the size makes it easier to display without taking up too much room.

A 1/48 or even a 1/35 tank of that scale would be a good place to start in Armor modeling. I am just finishing up a 1/72 scale Tank by Revel as my first foray into Armor modeling. I would not recommend 1/72 scale as a beginners kit as many of the parts are quite small and not easy to work with. Amen to that. My first armor (?) kit was the 1/72 Hasegawa Leopold. It was a challenging kit, to say the least. Some of the parts were very tiny and some of the assembly was pretty difficult.

Isn't 1/35 the most common scale?

1/35 is the easiest scale for armor. Lots available from Dragon, Tamiya, etc. Much more forgiving than 1/72 (my chosen scale) and, usually, easier to build. It IS more expensive per kit.

can you guys give me any links to painting guides. My great grandfather was a tank commander in ww2 but i cant find any info on him would love to do a t-34 with his info on it

can you guys give me any links to painting guides. My great grandfather was a tank commander in ww2 but i cant find any info on him would love to do a t-34 with his info on it

http://www.battlefield.ru/ (site down for maint) is really helpful.

Most Russian tanks were overall a medium green shade, so painting is pretty easy. Unless there is a reason to believe it was camo painted, I'd go green. Markings were often minimal... just a white number.