Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog

Darren Hazes
That is a beautifull kit and quite a fun build. It may be nice to salvage some helmets here and there from other kits to make it look more used. Count me in!

Robert W Martel
I figured this would be an easy tank to start with. It was Cheap, it's relatively simple, not too many parts. It has 1973 molded on the sprues and by the looks it was a motorized toy back then.
No Matter, the detail is still pretty nice & all the main wheels have poly caps so it will have moving tracks! I'll get to learn a bit about tanks w/this one, and if I screw it up it only cost me $10.
Is it facing backward in the picture or do tanks drive like that ???? WTF ???

Darren Hazes
It is indeed from the back. this is when a tank is in transport. you can see the barrel on that metal bar. this holds it in place. I've build this kit too and it was a really fun build. Tank builds are pretty fun, if you make a mistake you can easily fix it by adding some mud. It was motorized, you had to buy a separate engine.

Gary Brantley
This will be cool;🙂 I have this kit in the stash and have almost started it several times. It will be great to see it being built. 👍.

Robert W Martel
Darren, yes it looks good to me, but of course I know nothing about tanks. It will be a good one for my first tank. I did notice the barrel lock,,, but why in the rear?? seems odd. AH,,,, MUD lol !!
Gary, it looks to be fairly simple,,, go for it !! lol
I probably won't do much "super detailing" & weathering is not my strong point, but I think I can make it look good!

Darren Hazes
no its not for the mud, its to make the tank as short as possible for optimal usage of space when you transport it on trains or ships. Tank with barrel is 8 meters long. tank with barrel in barrel lock on the back is 5 meters long.

Robert W Martel
Darren,
AH HA ! Ok I get it. It just seems odd they'd show it on the box like that, with the commander holding his binoculars like he's in the field. Looks like he's driving backwards !!

Robert W Martel
6/25/17
Finished !!
Well, I'll say right off the top, weathering is NOT my strong skill at this point. And I don't have a lifetime left to practice at it, so I'm just kinda playing with it as I go. I just tried to make it look somewhat "used" & "dirty". But I think it came out pretty good for my first tank, considering I really didn't know wtf I'm doing !! lol
I didn't "paint it", just put on a flat coat. The color of course is off because of my camera. The plastic is definitely not as Green as the box art is, but the flat did dull it down a lot. It's a "brownish green" !
Well,,, That's it then,,,, on to finish the AC-47 & the F85.