>>5794832This place obviously.
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>>5795231 said its more about "what" you wanna build and work from that but I'll list the best overall companies (random order and based on my personal experiences/opinion):
Tamiya (really well engineered/detailed overall, but suffers from riding old ass molds and charging a high price for all their shit)
Dragon (more complex to build and offers a extremely wide range of things, nice extras like barrels and PE but lately have been catching tamiya fever)
Meng (relatively news, really beautiful kits, workable plastic tracks are the norm but their catalogue is rather short atm, a bit expensive)
Takom (nice kits, beautiful details, individual track links, new subjects and overall really good yet more demanding to build than tamiya)
Trumpeter (their old kits are meh, but they offer a LOT of different afvs and stuff from all periods (ww2 to actuality) for a good price (average of 45€))
>>5793755Pic related, the zimmerit is falling apart; the mg barrel, tools, spare tracks and decals are missing (in the box wherever is it). The paint is good but some areas are poorly repaired with putty (what the fuck I was thinking) or simply a component is missing. It can be salvaged and I think I will do it after the chieftain.
I have planned to buy her metal tracks to substitute the rubber ones and some eduard or aber PE for the exterior, in case I can't find spare German equipment of in the spare box at least I will have the brackets.
The barrel is glued and needs a rework but that will be easy. What it worries me is the paint job, should I prime it and paint again on top? Or just paint on top the old paint and be done?
Also the lack of decals buggers me, gonna need some aftermarket ones or improvise.
Overall I remember it in worse shape but can be worked on so I'll try to keep it historical, maybe some unit in Germany '45. Got my eyes in the frundsberg division maybe (I like their emblem)...
