German Sturmgeschutz IV Tank

OK, it's not the greatest kit out there, but it sure looks good. The big armor plates on the sides make this tank look like a beast of a machine. I didn't paint the German camouflage on this one (I find their color scheme to be ugly) and used more modern colors. Now it looks even more powerful. In fact, I tempted to get a M1A2 Abrams metal barrel and sticking that on this tank to get the ultimate beast hybrid tank-thing.

Fantastic beginner build. I am getting back into the hobby after a 15 year absence. This was a great build to shake off the rust. A straight forward build with a few Opportunities to modify if wanted. I for example separated the one piece schurtzen armor with great results. If you're looking for hyper detail or super realism this isn't the kit. If you're looking to get back into modeling or introducing a new modeler I highly recommend this kit.

Decided to start building after 30 years away (long cold winters up north here). I dove into this as my first kit back in and quickly remembered why I loved Tamiya back in the 1980's. Great kit to get back into the swing of things (building this plus Tamiya's M4 w 155/mm until airbrush is paid off currently). I did decide to cut the side plates apart the other night after I had already attached the brackets, but w Tamiya's attention to detail the molding lines cleared all the small hangers so it was easy enough to accomplish. I can see myself building it several times for different schemes and maybe grabbing some aftermarket parts for the next one and scratch building the side plates from scrap for a more realistic thickness.