For years, I had a soft spot for Tamiya’s 1/700 waterline ships without ever actually building one. I finally took the plunge with their IJN Fubuki.

The Tamiya Renault R35 is exactly the kind of kit I want for a relaxed armor build. Small, interesting, well-engineered, and just unusual enough to stand out on the shelf. The real attraction, though, was the camouflage. French armor from 1940 wore some wonderfully odd and complicated multi-color schemes. Would AK Interactive's Real Color Markers be up for the task?

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