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Meng T-90 on sale in China today!
aleluya
Joined: January 25, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 01:47 AM UTC
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2420143256 here is the link to a Chinese modelling forum which has the pic of Meng T-90 parts.
ruzzaa
Joined: October 17, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 03:30 AM UTC
My T-90A is on it's way from Beijing 
Blucop
Joined: January 03, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 04:45 AM UTC
I see mine is shipping along with the Xact T80U from Hobby Easy. Looking forward to both.
knewton
Joined: June 19, 2013
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 06:53 AM UTC
Yes! I'm in Hong Kong tonight/ tomorrow morning, will be looking for that by the end of the day!
Kylie
Kylie
UGBEAR
Joined: December 01, 2011
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Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 04:32 PM UTC
not bad at all, hopefully there will be a formal review very soon.....
hope Meng do a T-72/90 series all of them
as well as trumpy
hope Meng do a T-72/90 series all of them
as well as trumpyUGBEAR
Joined: December 01, 2011
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 02:13 PM UTC
I found first look here
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2422791160 not bad not bad at all
translate summary:"There only disappointment is : What took you so long?"
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2422791160 not bad not bad at all
translate summary:"There only disappointment is : What took you so long?"
ejasonk
Joined: October 14, 2007
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 06:29 PM UTC
This looks very very good!
Also looks like it's not overcomplexed too build, while it has complex structure on the real thing.
Can't wait to get my 2 preordered
Also looks like it's not overcomplexed too build, while it has complex structure on the real thing.
Can't wait to get my 2 preordered
Hullebullen
Joined: April 14, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 07:02 AM UTC
...and my Zvezda T-90 is only half built. 
This didn't go according to plan.
This didn't go according to plan.
redcap
Joined: November 06, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 07:55 AM UTC
Quoted Text
...and my Zvezda T-90 is only half built.
This didn't go according to plan.
Hi Fredrik, I have the Zevezda T-90 kit and in the box it looks to be a great kit. Just by looking at the MENG pics alone, I don't see that it is a quantum leap over the Zvezda offering. Of course, subsequent reviews once the kit is to hand may suggest otherwise. Hope your own T-90 turns out well.
To think all those years we waited for a 1/35 T-90 and then two tremendous kits come along in the space of a year.
Gary
arpikaszabo
Joined: February 13, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 08:20 AM UTC
Unfortunately appearances can be deceivig. The Zvezda kit has some serious proportional issues. The side skirts are too large and the front armour plate is too short. This changes the profile of the front hull, I noticed it immediately. It requires some substantial scratch building-which I am doing at the moment. The wheels have badly formed rims, they are useless. Just put these parts next to a Tamiya kit to see the issues I am mentioning. Anyway, I think the Zvezda turret is really nice, and the kit is twice cheaper.I have not seen the Meng kit yet, but anythig is a quantum leap ovet this.
Hullebullen
Joined: April 14, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 08:32 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted Text...and my Zvezda T-90 is only half built.
This didn't go according to plan.
Hi Fredrik, I have the Zevezda T-90 kit and in the box it looks to be a great kit. Just by looking at the MENG pics alone, I don't see that it is a quantum leap over the Zvezda offering. Of course, subsequent reviews once the kit is to hand may suggest otherwise. Hope your own T-90 turns out well.
Gary
It is a good kit. For the money, I'd say it's a spectacular kit. Only low point is the nylon mesh grills that you have to cut yourself. The thermal-sleeved barrel, being a two-piece part, will take lot of work to clean up.
My build stalled due to a minor disaster.
When I test-fitted the barrel (quite a snug fit, I might add) the mantlet came off (I hadn't glued it properly) when I removed the barrel and tore off and broke parts of the Shtora countermeasure units (the headlights on both side of the barrel).
I guess it is fixable to a point where it will look passable but I kind of lost my modelling zen at that point, which is why my T-90 isn't finished like I had planned to. I had hoped to finish it before all those masterfully built and painted Meng T-90s start to appear.
arpikaszabo
Joined: February 13, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 08:51 AM UTC
You can sort of convert it into an Indian T90 Bhishma. They have the Shtora emitters replaced with triangular ERA blocks. A little scratch building should do it. Probably there are other differences, but this seems to be the most obvious one.
ejasonk
Joined: October 14, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 09:03 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Unfortunately appearances can be deceivig. The Zvezda kit has some serious proportional issues. The side skirts are too large and the front armour plate is too short. This changes the profile of the front hull, I noticed it immediately. It requires some substantial scratch building-which I am doing at the moment. The wheels have badly formed rims, they are useless. Just put these parts next to a Tamiya kit to see the issues I am mentioning. Anyway, I think the Zvezda turret is really nice, and the kit is twice cheaper.I have not seen the Meng kit yet, but anythig is a quantum leap ovet this.
The upper hull is also wrong in a lot of areas, the lower hull is wrong. Even the turret is incorrect here and there.
arpikaszabo
Joined: February 13, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 09:14 AM UTC
Yep,I agree. I tried to be gentle...
Hullebullen
Joined: April 14, 2004
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 09:23 AM UTC
Quoted Text
You can sort of convert it into an Indian T90 Bhishma. They have the Shtora emitters replaced with triangular ERA blocks. A little scratch building should do it.
Mmm...A Bhishma could be a future prospect. At this point my mindset is more like: "Ok, it's not going to turn out great but get it done nonetheless".
Teaker11
Joined: July 02, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 10:05 AM UTC
I have 2 coming from 2 different vendors, but its funny that the new T-80 is not showing up on EBay.
Jim
Jim
knewton
Joined: June 19, 2013
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 10:53 AM UTC
Hi all,
I have seen this kit, in the box, in Honk Kong, and it is as good as you think it is. I may pick up a couple to take home, they are cheap-ish, but amazing details and crispness of moulding.
This kit will not be a disappointment.
Kylie
I have seen this kit, in the box, in Honk Kong, and it is as good as you think it is. I may pick up a couple to take home, they are cheap-ish, but amazing details and crispness of moulding.
This kit will not be a disappointment.
Kylie
Reiter960
Joined: June 24, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 12:20 PM UTC
well, to counter general excitement about the kit, tracks are better tossed into trash.
ejasonk
Joined: October 14, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 09:24 PM UTC
Kelley
Joined: November 21, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 09:07 AM UTC
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well, to counter general excitement about the kit, tracks are better tossed into trash.
Could you elaborate on your remark George? ie. why?
Thanks,
Mike
Reiter960
Joined: June 24, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 10:57 AM UTC
Sure. They decided to split guide horn parts right along double pivot, so you have to glue top and bottom parts onto track boot assembly then add two end pivots on either side. Easy on injection process, not the modeler. A more costly but construction effective approach would be to mold guide horns and end linkages whole, but make individual track boots with pivot rods sticking out at each side. The same way Modelfixer used to make their injection T-80 track sets.
UGBEAR
Joined: December 01, 2011
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Posted: Monday, July 01, 2013 - 09:21 AM UTC
assembly manual page 14, step 22, part B25&B24 should switch , the corrected maual is here
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2428958671
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2428958671
Reiter960
Joined: June 24, 2007
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Posted: Monday, July 01, 2013 - 12:27 PM UTC
Guhr Khan blog's new entry talks about a whole range of T-90 based vehicles already in development by Meng. IMR-3, anyone?
UGBEAR
Joined: December 01, 2011
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Posted: Monday, July 01, 2013 - 09:33 PM UTC
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Guhr Khan blog's new entry talks about a whole range of T-90 based vehicles already in development by Meng. IMR-3, anyone?
hum......there's only a T-90 early left, T-90AM? Cool, but is there a lot of detail about T-90AM?
I hope they do the T-72 series...... Please Meng, don't let trumpy go ahead of you!!!
shamelss share the build-log
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2421922945?pn=1
page 1~5 have pics.......looks sweet
Blucop
Joined: January 03, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 - 12:24 AM UTC
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well, to counter general excitement about the kit, tracks are better tossed into trash.
Are they accurate or is it the assembly that is the red flag George?
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