Which tamiya kit is best for a beginner

[tomhugill]

I'm not bothered about being accurate as long as it looks like one

Apart from the turret the Tamiya ones completely wrong.

[JohnWhyte]

Yeah but when you do a basic firefly conversation with the heng log sherman there are none accurate parts so I don't mind as it will look like one plus some of them had welded hulls plus when you get storage on it you won't tell as much

[JohnWhyte]

Plus I can change the engine deck with a 3D printed one
https://www.shapeways.com/product/58V8H ... d=56110425

[deathrawt]

My first Tamiya build was the pershing and its a fantastic kit!
Its also reasonably priced too

[seekaliao]

My first Tamiya kit is the Tiger 1.

I have yet to finish it, just started. But its surprisingly easy to build. Way easier than static models. Many parts are screwed rather than glued. Being 1/16 means everything is much bigger, do not need to deal with small fragile looking parts.

There only 2 problems I can think of. First would be having to mess a bit with the electronics. Those who have absolutely zero electronics knowledge might might connecting all the wires a little more challenging. Its more complicated than Heng Long one.

Another is despite its price, it does not come with a remote control. So you have to spend spend more money on a controller and receiver unit. I myself have no knowledge about transmitter/receiver so I have no idea which one to use (I have only played with mini-z RC in my life and the only brand I heard of is Futaba.) The manual only shows those units requiring crystals. After searching the internet, then I found out that 2.4GHz ones will work fine as well.

[silversurfer1947]

I'm not an expert, but would say a 6 channel 2.4Ghz is the minimum you should be looking at. I use a FlySky i6, which can control up to 20 different tanks. Then all you need to buy for each new tank is a receiver. Note that, however, you can not use any third party Tx with Heng Long, Taigen or Torro tanks unless you change the supplied electronics.