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T-44

Nito74

Joined: March 04, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 05:01 AM UTC
Any kit or conversion of this tank ?

nooplwb

Joined: April 12, 2005
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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.
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
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

Joined: June 16, 2008
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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...

chefchris

Joined: February 06, 2006
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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
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??

HTH
Chris
zululand66

Joined: August 07, 2002
KitMaker: 233 posts
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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
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


Yoni_Lev

Joined: September 20, 2007
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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

Joined: March 04, 2008
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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



C_JACQUEMONT

Joined: October 09, 2004
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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
T-44 Medium Tank w/ D-5T Gun
T-44-100 Medium Tank
T-44 Medium Tank
Cheers,
Christophe

PierreDel

Joined: August 14, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 06:49 AM UTC
Quoted Text
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

Nito74

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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 !!
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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