The Best Model Car Kit for Beginners

Hey guys, in this video I tried to answer one of the most asked questions I get on the channel: What is the best model car kit for a beginner? If you have never built a model car before but you are interested in the hobby, you might wanna watch this video before starting. Anyway, I hope you can find the answer to your questions after watching this video. And as always, thank you very much for watching!

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[DevourIsDead]

I personally think that if you want to get into the hobby and want to buy paint, but don't know what to buy, I would start by purchasing any Tamiya model kit and use the instruction manual to purchase your paints, this way you can see what colors are most used in model car building. After purchasing all of the colors listed in the manual (using the Tamiya color codes that are listed), you should have a majority of the colors to build most model cars.

[emgchannel]

'One wrong move can cause emotional damage'. I felt that 😅

[CorsairWT]

Even though its sad its the truth. Jun is completely right, if you want to build a nice looking model car kit. its going to need alot of money and practice before it can look some what nice. so if you have the money and patience then go for it. your first car is probably not going to look good but practice takes time. one day you will have alot of nice looking scale model cars for you to look at.

[ScaleAutoGarage]

Great video and I think does answer a lot of questions. I know for many builders, it is not always the finished product that matters but the journey of the build. For myself, I usually just give away my builds as I really just want to begin the next one. I feel the aoshima pre-painted kits give a real view of what it means to be a builder and is great for those who want to know what it is like to get into the hobby and of course the natural progression will be the desire to then paint your own stuff in colors and styles of your own choosing. Your video is perfect to showcase all the different options. Now that you have done HG Gundam, you need to get yourself a Real Grade, then a good Master Grade. Then if you have money to burn, grab one of those Perfect Grade RX-78 kits. Pure bliss!

[janvanrenselaar]

Hi Jun as you said, the perfect beginners kit is not outhere yet. But it is about thebuilding proces of that kit. I had a hectick life, lived by the time day by day. I find relaxation in building modelcars/trucks. And after 35 years of building my last kit i started last year again after watching video, s from You and more other builders.Did my first kit basic, but used spaycans and cheap super glue, a old side cutter and hobbyknife. Bought at the paintshop a few different nrs of wet sanding paper and build a DECENT looking model. But i had fun it the whole proces. Then i decided to buy a middle quality airbrush and a compressor with a tank. A good knife, scriber, hand vise etc. Now my kits are looking 10 times better as the first kit i build last year. It is a learning proces and it gets me in the ZONE. And the most important thing is.You can build the cars you like in your own style. I have build a TOM, s Supra GT in a trackcar version, painted in Tamiya TS 54 metallic blue, used only a few small decals and it was looking great. Used that model on a charity auction for our local Dog-resque and brought in€ 175, - . I had a great time building it, was realy satifying, but the best was for me that some appriciated my work and loved it the same as i did. And got some money for the charity was making this build for me to a magical build. It is a hobby, not a competition slamming the kits together. Take your time and the results will improve, build by build.

[werebear]

Could you imagine if Bandai started making car models that had the same quality as their Gundam kits? How cool would that be?

[tcandle]

Thanks for the video. You show different options for car modelling. Plastic car modeling is not for everyone. It requires an initial investment in tools and materials, lots of patience and time. Model kit prices have gone up making them unaffordable for the people hoping to start in the hobby. Car modeling is very demanding in the finish Dept. Military modelling is not as demanding and can be painted by hand in most cases. Anyway I personally like to build model cars. I build for my own pleasure and not for contests or to compete with anyone.

[petrvlasak]

Wake up babe, Jun dropped a new video.

[powworz]

This video is so good!
The editing, music basically everything is perfect!

[forwardmotion]

I see master Jun you have answered many questions for new modelers, I have been building models since the early 1990's and the hobby here in the US has been up and down over the years. You explain the hobby and the variations of beginners model variations extremely well. Glad to see you put this video up. 👍🏻 Hope all is well with you given the world's affairs. Happy modeling 🙏

[ZILLA....]

REALLY good video, I will be sure to share this with those interested in this wonderful hobby. I have been building 1/24 car kits for over a decade now, and you have brought up all the points I would have. I love the addition of the Gunpla comparison as well - I felt the exact same way when I built a few after taking a hiatus from car kits!

[phrkytyly]

Thanks for sharing the pictures of your first cars. It's a great reminder that we all have to start somewhere, even a modeler as skilled as you!

[ssing]

“One wrong move can cause you emotional damage” 😂

Such tire words with any craft / hobby / assign in life.

[theogpop]

I knew it was going to be a Gundam!!! I love it. What an awesome video. I appreciate you branching out and allowing us to walk your journey with you. The pre-painted AE86 looks amazing! I want one now

[ikahari]

Excellent video! I started building cars and got into gunpla in my early teens you've easily made an excellent video and explanation that I did indeed enjoy

[zoutdoor]

Like your video is demonstrate simple kit step by step but not fency. Especially this video clear message to the beginner what is building scale model but not how to get a easy kit. Thanks for your sharing!

[goforitpainting]

Thank you for this video. I'm working on my first car and I'd like to jump to the next level next time. Your videos are very useful!

[KrisHomemadeBaking]

Dude you will have ZERO problems with Gundam considering how good you are at car kits! I build Gunpla and started building cars because of watching your channel. I really think it's doable for beginners to get into car kits if they patiently follow the process on your video, which is what I did. The costs might put them off but really I think for people who are just starting it's ok to only paint the car body at first and then later learn to paint the details as they advance in technique.

[rbeezd]

Jun you are the reason im still in this hobby and why i put so much effort in the kits i have mad even though i still get clear plastic fogging sometimes

[willchin]

Very informative video! Wish I had known about the pre-painted kits!