Tamiya Centurion mk.III

[Pebbe302]

Hello tankers!

So just wanted to show you my first tank to build ever. Also this is the first model i have fiddled with for over 30 years

I will paint it in swedish M90 camo pattern to make it look as when we had them in the swedish army. It will not be super historicaly correct but a fun first project.

I dont own a airbrush so it will be a tamiya spray can deal.
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[Ad Lav]

Nice tank! I had one of these new rc 1/25th Centurions, very fine they are too.

Look forward to your build!

[cannedheat]

nice kit ,thought they were history , but I am a bit of a luddite ,like a mushroom ?LOL

[jarndice]

Good luck with your Cent,
I built a Tamiya Chieftain in 1/25 some years back,
Gluing the track pads on came close to driving me to drink and the glues of that time meant it seemed like it was raining tank pads sometimes.
It was a good introduction to Tamiyas kits.

[HERMAN BIX]

Oooh look, a green 'flat-pack' assembly fetch ya hex key
C'mon, the Swede things going to take a while to wear off

[Pebbe302]

Yeah, well in from the land of IKEA so im kind of born with a hex key in my hand

[Xiaoshan_Sailor]

That scale brings back some memories. Would be nice to see in 1/16.

[Pebbe302]

Yeah, well in from the land of IKEA so im kind of born with a hex key in my hand

My mum told me I must have been born with something else in my hand. . . .


Hey, I'm English, so, a cup of tea, what ever else could I mean

[Lert]

Nice, nice.

I built the ye olde Tiger I in that scale once but don't have that model anymore.

Can we expect a build thread?

[lmcq11]

Hi,

If you plan is to do a camo, I recommend that you buy an entry level good airbrush with compressor kit that you can buy on Amazon for about $100-125 with free shipping, and you will be able to use it for the next 20+ years. Getting 4 or 5 Tamiya spray cans of various colors for the camo scheme will already cost you about half of that amount. Doing a complex camo will also be difficult with enamel cans, it is much easier with acrylics with an airbrush that you can control the flow.

I use Tamiya cans when I want to give a primer coat of enamel on my tanks. Its fast and it avoids an enamel cleaning job on the airbrush.

Good luck with your Centurion build. Its a classic.
Louis