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MAZ wheels..which ones?!TWS or ARMORY?!
Wakemeup
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Napoli, Italy
Joined: September 02, 2006
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2009 - 06:43 PM UTC
Hi all....I whis to have a suggestion.
I've bought a trump Kzkt 537 and I know that wheels have some dimensional problem.Looking for some am I've found 2 set but they have other little problems.
I post here "conclusion" from PMMS reviews..can you help me in this?!
Which of the two will be the "right" item?!

Tank Work Shop

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/tankworkshop/stz035.html

conclusion
"The main tractor wheels are cleanly cast and most importantly are the correct diameter with very well done tread pattern for a good appearance, there are a couple of issues with the rim/hub details but overall the wheels make a good replacement for the undersized kit wheels. But the main issue is the wheels are the early pattern with the 27 shoulder chevrons while the intermediate and late wheels only have 22 tread chevrons which means these wheels aren't really applicable to the two Trumpeter kits if that small issue is of concern.

ARMORY

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/armory/ac3501.html

conclusion
"Overall this is a nice set of later pattern wheels and tyres to update the incorrect wheels in the Trumpeter Late Production kit. The standard of casting is good although there were a few minor blemishes such as some air holes and a bit of excess resin but nothing dramatic.
A couple of the issues are easily fixed such as adding the small wheel hub details missing and positing the wheels for the correctly handed tread pattern but the incorrect number of shoulder tread chevrons is something you will have to live with as there is little you can do to fix this.
But despite these issues this set offers nice improvements over the kit wheels not least giving you the correct style rims for the Late Production kit.

TIA

Ciro Riccio
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Niedersachsen, Germany
Joined: February 18, 2009
KitMaker: 148 posts
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2009 - 06:58 PM UTC
Hello, as you can read: No one of the two sets is perfect.
I have got the set from TWS. It has very good quality, perfect sculpting, no bubbles.
My suggestion is to take the TWS set.

Regards
Thomas
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Seine-et-Marne, France
Joined: October 08, 2005
KitMaker: 439 posts
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Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 10:35 PM UTC
Hi,

I gave a go to Armory wheels and feel very satisfied with it.

Comparison between Trumpeter and Armory wheels :















A very good AM option indeed.

There is no hesitating...

Cheers,

Richard
talib
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Moscow City, Russia
Joined: June 05, 2003
KitMaker: 179 posts
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Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009 - 08:14 PM UTC
Armory is not late pattern, so it doesn't have 22 rims as new style tyres.
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