Plastic Pilot
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- May 25, 2024
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Hello kind sires,
Just got it from the post office today, my first tank, a T55A made by Revell. A good friend of mine told me that it is not a great kit to start for a beginner because of the complexity, it has 139 parts, so I guess it will be a challenge to built. I bought this model in particular because it was on sale and the price was very good and the fact that the paint job won't be so challenging because is all green.
I don't own a airbrush and for this reason I avoid complicated paint pasterns that may require one, all do a lot of modelers told me that the quality of the painting finish is superior with the airbrush. This month I will buy a chinese kit, that I spotted on Amazon, it includes an air compressor with a tank that has a manometer plus tow air filters, and three types of airbrushes, one of them is double action, beside that the kit has the hose and cleaning ant maintenance tools. The painting cabin has to wait, because it cost almost 200€, guess an old cardboard box a pair of protection glasses and a mask for painters will be enough.
An I most admit that I was a bad surprise when I sow that the tank, even if it is 1:72 scale, it's very small, because I'm used to work with planes kit of 1:72, that are fairly much bigger than the tank, I guess I will buy a larger scale tank kit next time.
Thank you for the feedback, please wish me good luck, and have a nice day all of you.
Just got it from the post office today, my first tank, a T55A made by Revell. A good friend of mine told me that it is not a great kit to start for a beginner because of the complexity, it has 139 parts, so I guess it will be a challenge to built. I bought this model in particular because it was on sale and the price was very good and the fact that the paint job won't be so challenging because is all green.
I don't own a airbrush and for this reason I avoid complicated paint pasterns that may require one, all do a lot of modelers told me that the quality of the painting finish is superior with the airbrush. This month I will buy a chinese kit, that I spotted on Amazon, it includes an air compressor with a tank that has a manometer plus tow air filters, and three types of airbrushes, one of them is double action, beside that the kit has the hose and cleaning ant maintenance tools. The painting cabin has to wait, because it cost almost 200€, guess an old cardboard box a pair of protection glasses and a mask for painters will be enough.
An I most admit that I was a bad surprise when I sow that the tank, even if it is 1:72 scale, it's very small, because I'm used to work with planes kit of 1:72, that are fairly much bigger than the tank, I guess I will buy a larger scale tank kit next time.
Thank you for the feedback, please wish me good luck, and have a nice day all of you.