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Well the only dimensional issue he corrected was the loaders hatch location. Everything else where minor fixes that one would have to add to the Tamiya T-55 as well, and his model looks very nice. Only if you were armed with a set of calipers and T-62 measurements would you notice the dimensional issues. What im trying to say is that the Trumpeter T-62, is for most modelers a fair representation of the T-62, with need for minor improvements(fuel lines etc)
Yes indeed, Steve is a very talented modeler, but the errors that he did not fix are not that minor (in terms of what we expect for what are expensive kits). The whole of the rear and much in the shape of the turret are noticeably off. Nor are any of these errors that easy to "fix".
I suppose that the real issue is: should we have to correct these things on a new kit?
And after all, by and large, it isn't any more expensive to make an accurate master (don't get me started on Trump and "their" masters!) than it is to do what Trump did and go half assed and not check references. As has been said, it's not like it's hard to come by good references on the T-62.
As far as Trump correcting the kit, again, I doubt it. It isn't just a few or even a single thing that needs to be fixed; it's the whole lower and upper hull that are off.
I do not think they'll do it.
Mark
BTW; I hope I'm not coming off here as overly confrontational. That's not my intention but I do think the conversation is worth having and that's why I've chimed in!
