Top Model Kits for Beginners

Taking a look at my top model recommendations for someone getting into scale model building. Spoilers and links to kits described below:
Airfix Spitfire Starter Set: www.walmart.co...
Walker Bulldog: www.tamiyausa....
Walker Bulldog paint & supplies:
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[@stephenwhelan2515]

Very much agree’re the M41 Bulldog. Fantastic kit and a big model at 1/35 and so cheap to pick up. With regard to the Airfix starter sets - i think there is some confusion between gift sets and starter sets. The airfix starter sets have paints, glue and brush, a shadow stand and a simplified parts count and additional information sheet with modelling hints. As far as im aware the new starter range has 4 aircraft, 3 tanks, and a few small cars. I think you might be showing the old airfix starter range? As for tamiya aircraft suitable for beginners- their 1990 range of 1/48 aircraft are also recommended.

[@mitchverr9330]

2 models I would recommend for newbies who want to do something a little challenging paint wise but easy to build would be the Tamiya Matilda II and R35 light tank kits. Relatively new kits with good clean parts, lovely detail and very easy to put together. The reason I would recommend them is that there are all sorts of crazy and interesting colour choices to pick for them so newbies can use them as a good way to learn "basic" but extremely helpful painting techniques and touch into doing things such as masking tape/putty lines to make interesting patterns on the armour. The Matilda has a lot of interesting desert/med colour schemes such as caunter (AK interactive make a ready good caunter kit) and the box camo on the R35 is also really fun to do.
(The R35 would be a good way to get into using markers too for the bold black lines which help to cover up any little mistakes in painting too)
And ofc, when ready, great models to use for trying out things like weathering powders/oils on too, a lot of nice little detail points to test things on.

[@malemodeler7]

Ive been eyeing that Matilda for a long time! There are so many good "beginner kits out there, namely half of tamiyas armor. I just found that so many of these first kits that are being recommended are 30-50 dollar kits and theres more than a couple under $20 that are great for those first couple.
I remember the first time i spent $50 on a kit. I never really went back from there and wish i built more 18 dollar kits 😂😂