US M41 Walker Bulldog

This is a nice kit and at an extraordinary price. I'm always impressed with Tamiya's ability to produce picture perfect molded parts at a reasonable cost. This kit is stereotypical of that. The part count is low a low and the build simple, but the detail is quite amazing and the finished result very rewarding.

I picked this as my first model to see if I would enjoy making them. It was fairly easy to assemble, I messed up a couple of times (the antennas are very thin I almost broke one), but this was my own error. The instructions were clear and very readable. Overall I'm very happy with my purchase, and I plan on buying more models from Tamiya soon.

Yes this is an ancient mold, but still a very nice kit. Maybe not as intricately detailed as much newer kits, but I enjoyed putting it together and painting and weathering it. Very little flash to deal with though the parting lines require work. The only problem I had was with the headlight protection framing. The design and instructions were vague and resulted in too short vertical members and I had to cut them off and cement new strip members. The fix worked out fine, but could have done without the aggravation. Again this is solid kit and shows that Tamiya has been doing it right for a very long time.