Tamiya 1/35 US Gun Mortar Team 35086 Model Kit Review Build

Tamiya 1/35 U.S. Gun & Mortar Team 35086 Model Kit Review Build
Another fun quality kit from Tamiya!
This will be part of a much larger diorama moving forward.

[@nickclaydon2488]

This was the first Tamiya 1/35 kit I bought in 1987, I still have the painted figures in one of my boxes somewhere. Great review and brought back happy memories for me. 👍😃

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Nick!

[@CurtRowlett]

Many thanks for showing your build of this kit, as I just ordered the same one and it will be my first attempt at building and painting something like this. A HUGE help. Thanks!

[@styles3732]

I had the exact model kit when i was 11 which was back in '83. I used to stare at the Hobby Co catalog for hours day dreaming .

[@marks.6480]

First saw your video yesterday night and today i stumbled across this set at my local hobby shop and snapped it up. I love how Tamiya prices their old kits really cheap.

[@hpiguy]

Cool! Enjoy!

[@MCDDC10]

Smashing video HPI! Keep them up!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@DESooner333]

Those came out very nice - good work

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Mark :)

[@ennisanderson2719]

Good video, brother ! You reminded me that I was going to use some of those figures in a diorama of a picture my dad had. He said it was of the heavy weapons company of the 90th Infantry Division. One jeep with an MG, one 30cal on a tripod and a small mortar. Thanks, brother for reminding me about that.

[@hpiguy]

Right, the figures always add a much needed presence to any dio. Thanks Ennis!

[@ennisanderson2719]

hpiguys Workshop Absolutely !!!

[@mikebreazeale2563]

Great video! I really like those Army Painter QuickShades. I use the soft and strong tones all the time. Thanks for sharing...

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Mike, I agree.

[@Brianthehistorynerd]

Hey WW2 very cool!! And as always they look amazing. The war painter paints look interesting I'm going to check them out

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Brian! You can snag the shade washes for about $20 for a set of 8, and the large 50 paint set will run $82-$100 shipped. Gamenerdz had the best prices of anyone I found for these paints.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

Boy, talk about an OLD kit. Got a few of these in my stash that I must of bought 20+ years ago. Getting back into modeling, but going for zombie/apocalypse type dioramas. Sanding off all the military webbing, etc. off the figures, then converting them to look like civilians. And can still use the rifles, canteens, etc. in the dioramas.

[@historyatwar6230]

Nice

[@Mr._Darby]

hey hey, great review! I am looking to buy one for just the tires and rims for a project I have in mind.

[@gaustadtpanzer3606]

Looks great! I never heard of Army Painter Warpaints. Then again I do not have that many hobby shops around me either!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks! Army Painter paints come from the gaming area of the hobby, and work well for us scale modelers. Check any local gaming shop or you can get them online from places like Gamenerdz.

[@backdraft57]

These guys look really good, great video

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching the review and leaving a nice comment!

[@charlie418791]

Like your work.Keep 'em comin....

[@hpiguy]

Thank you Charlie!

[@DaCostaStudio]

Great review and very nice work on the figures my friend :)

[@hpiguy]

Thank you!

[@vortexmodeling]

thanks for the review, nice video

[@hpiguy]

Thanks for watching!

[@claytonmcclain182]

where the heck have you been? glad to see you back. look forward to your builds and a look back at some old kits I grew up with. cool video brother.

[@hpiguy]

I'm doing about a video a week, have been since fall. Thanks for watching Clay!

[@claytonmcclain182]

? I had your alerts off ugh

[@attilioledonne2758]

Very well done. I like your video ‘s The thirty caliber is water cooled!

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Attilio!

[@jacksmodels7412]

Cool set of figures! 👍 liked and subscribed

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@jacksmodels7412]

hpiguys Workshop no worries I'm new on here so give my page a look when you have a min

[@brandonb1681]

Very nice. This kit is affordable as well.

[@hpiguy]

Yes indeed!

[@hidalgohouse3815]

Built this kit sometime around 1980. So so by today's standards but who cares. Great times.

[@hpiguy]

I see the mold said 1976, so yup, older, but still looks the part and nice and cheap too. Thnaks!

[@thehobbymodelmaniac73]

Great vid, Ive subscribed

[@hpiguy]

Thanks!

[@props-model-shop]

Cool. reminds me of the tv show Combat!

[@hpiguy]

Nice, yeah, sure does! Thanks Greg!

[@cfbush2000]

Great job. Can't wait to see more. BTW: it's water cooled. 😉

[@hpiguy]

Thanks as always Chuck, and thanks for the info!

[@deetee-uk]

I'm doing this at the moment, but there seem to be several variations of olive drab...which one did you use? thanks

[@hpiguy]

Grab any that you like. There was no consistent color, try not to get mired in perfection or perfect shades, it sucks all the fun out of it.

[@ualuuanie]

LOL I still remember this was my 1st tamiya kit. I bought it when I was in jr high and it 1st came out.

[@hpiguy]

And still good 40 years later!

[@ualuuanie]

Yup :) Unlike other brands that have faded details or lots of flashes this kit still looks like new with sharp details.

[@josueguzmanflores4267]

Can you make a video of how to build and paint a set of german soldiers? Im a little confused about the color of their uniform some are green anf other are gray what is the original color?

[@hpiguy]

They used the same colors as everyone else. Grey, green and tan, depending on where they were fighting. Check out my Pak36 cannon review, I build and paint numerous German desert soldier figures in that review.

[@deetee-uk]

How did you bend the ammo belt...I tried bending mine and it snapped?

[@hpiguy]

You can bend plastic by warming it.

[@CurtRowlett]

May I ask where you purchased this model kit from? I'm new to modeling and I'm really confused about scale sizes. I bought a Tamiya kit from a local hobby shop that said that the figures were 1/35 scale and the figures, when completed, only stand about two inches tall. The figures you are working with look much larger. Can you help me out with this? I find it very hard to paint the small figures, particularly, the accessories, like guns, bayonets, canteens, etc.

[@hpiguy]

You can get the kit anywhere online using the model # in the title. All 1/35 from Tamiya and any of the major model companies will be the same size. It's possible they just appear bigger on camera.

[@CurtRowlett]

@@hpiguy Thank you for the reply. May I ask what would be the scale number for a larger size of figure? And do they even make larger sizes? Again, I just find it very hard to work with assembling parts as small as the 1/35 scale. Ditto for trying to paint them. I think that I'd enjoy it more working with a larger scale.

[@hpiguy]

There are lots of random figures in 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12. A search of Ebay in those scales will turn up model figures that are larger in size but not nearly as many as in 1/35. 1/35 is the most popular scale for military ground vehicles and so that is the scale you'll find most figures in.

[@CurtRowlett]

​@@hpiguy Yes, I'm primarily interested in military figures from the WW2 era. I guess that I will just have to learn how to deal with painting using a magnifying glass, which I have already. Many thanks for your advice and I appreciate you sharing your "how to" knowledge on KZbin.

[@samuelvasquez8170]

Nice

[@hpiguy]

Thanks Sam :)

[@Anton-le7gd]

I subscribed when i saw this build, very impressive. I was inspired to build one of these Tamiya kits and picked up the 35192 at my local hobby shop. However, I found much of the text to be in Japanese. Do you know of anyway to get a translation in English? I wonder what I'm missing.

[@hpiguy]

No, sorry. The pictures are all I need to build them up and they use number codes for the paints if you wish to paint them the same as the box.

[@perrytheplumberplatypus8976]

Id personally would build them all at once and have a space for the unused ones

[@craigjones3576]

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