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Nito74
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 05:01 AM UTC
Any kit or conversion of this tank ?
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 05:22 AM UTC
Accurate Armour does a full kit.
Dont waste your money on the AEF conversion.
Nito74
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 06:00 AM UTC
I found this:

http://www.accurate-armour.com/ShowProduct.cfm?manufacturer=0&category=3&subcategory=9&product=160

This is a full kit right ?
Not a conversion
Minsk94
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 11:34 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Accurate Armour does a full kit.
Dont waste your money on the AEF conversion.



What's wrong with AEF kits? I have never used them, but was looking into it. They also got nice IDF armor conversions too...
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 06:19 AM UTC
Alex,
AEF Designs has a long history of poor kits and even poorer service. Check back through some old posts and you'll see for yourself. Tony does have some great subjects - but the resin is (unless you get one of the first castings?? ) warped, full of bubbles, and generally useless. I have purcased alot of AEF kits and every once in a while I get one thats ok.

HTH
Chris
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 04:00 PM UTC
Hi All,
I have AA T-44 kit and it's intimidating, to say the least. While it looks OK, be prepared for ALOT of work to get it all together. I would recommend a set of DML T-34/85 tracks and wheels (for the earlier variants) and T-54/55 wheels for the later rebuilds. Beyond that, careful construction should yield a model that looks like a T-44. I haven't measured it out vs. scale plans, but the parts look OK. This should be a careful, slow build. Don't rush it and it should fine.
Regards,
Georg
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 05:54 PM UTC

Yep...that's why they're called "garage kits". Or, perhaps more accurately in this case, "garbage kits".

It's a shame, too, because AEF has some pretty cool designs. Unfortunately, they only look good on the website. Like Chris said, the kits are generally poor and there is an astounding lack of customer service.

All in all, an AM company to avoid.

-YL
Nito74
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 11:37 PM UTC
Thanks for the tip, I'll keep that in mind ... maybe Dragon or Trumpeter will get a plastic kit with some PE and a metal gun barrel out someday
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 11:55 PM UTC
There are also T-44 kits from Navigator , at least three versions, but very hard to find :

T-44 Medium Tank w/ D-5T Gun

T-44-100 Medium Tank

T-44 Medium Tank


Cheers,

Christophe
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 06:49 AM UTC

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There are also T-44 kits from Navigator , at least three versions, but very hard to find :

T-44 Medium Tank w/ D-5T Gun

T-44-100 Medium Tank

T-44 Medium Tank


Cheers,

Christophe



Hi Christophe,

I've got Navigator kit (T-44 100) and ... It need some work.
Kit include T-34/85 Maquette parts (running gear, tracks) but comes with metal barrel.
Good resin quality, no bulles, but poor package and some of little parts are broken.
Details are good.
I've compared with drawing (Tankomaster) dimensions seems to be correct.

Would become a nice model...one day

A+
Pierre
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Posted: Friday, September 05, 2008 - 03:07 AM UTC
I saw at Modelpoint, they had several versions of the T-44 and T-10, all unavailable of course, and quite expensive too.

How's the quality of the kit ?
Also comparing to the Accurate armour kit ?

I wish trumpeter or dragon got a hold of those russian projects (T-44, T-10)
-- more here : http://www.tankmuseum.ru/p1.html --

Thanks for the info !!
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