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2S3 AKATSIYA Kit review
roycharnock
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 04:33 AM UTC
i have recieved this fantastic piece of kit from pawel at tankmania and thought it worthy of a kit review ...see it at the link below....

http://www.modelarmour.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=81&jfile=viewtopic.php&f=11&t=5957
retiredyank
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 04:36 AM UTC
Those tracks look like they would be a nightmare to assemble.
roycharnock
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 04:39 AM UTC
there a piece of cake i built the tracks on the pat hand and they went together real easy ...
juge75
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Jasz-Nagkyun-Szolnok, Hungary
Joined: May 02, 2009
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 07:16 AM UTC
"Those tracks look like they would be a nightmare to assemble."
Is really easy.
I was afraid that it will be difficult, but it really was easy.
And compared to resin, looks really good!

Regards, Gábor.
The3rdPlacer
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 07:26 AM UTC
Thanks for posting Roy.

Your work and website are an inspiration to me.

Ryan
roycharnock
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 01:56 PM UTC
here are my kit reviews for tank-manias 3 other resin kits
sa4 ganef...
http://www.modelarmour.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=81&jfile=viewtopic.php&f=11&t=4511

sa8 gecko
http://www.modelarmour.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=81&jfile=viewtopic.php&f=11&t=4508

is32 pathand
http://www.modelarmour.com/index.php?option=com_jfusion&Itemid=81&jfile=viewtopic.php&f=11&t=4576

enjoy ..roy
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: March 30, 2011
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 08:23 PM UTC
That Ganef looks awesome !

Cool review Roy, and good background story!

Regards,

Remco
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Posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 08:28 PM UTC
I hope they make an awesome 1:35 Topol M someday....
Gorizont
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Sachsen, Germany
Joined: November 28, 2007
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 05:38 PM UTC
Hmm, a Topol-launcher in 1/35 and in resin... is very expensive!
Also the 1/72 kit of this vehicle made by "Armory" is very "high-prized".
Hobbyterra sells it for ca. 270 USD !
A plastic-variant would be better.

Yesterday I have bought the "2S6M Tunguska" by Jadar / 5 Star Model , also a resin kit, made by (I´m not sure) Pawel (Tankmania).
The kit also is expensive, but unique... as some more resin-kits too!

greetings...
Soeren
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Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 06:59 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Yesterday I have bought the "2S6M Tunguska" by Jadar / 5 Star Model , also a resin kit, made by (I´m not sure) Pawel (Tankmania).


Hi Soeren, I don't know if Pawel mastered the 2S6 but I can share my experience about 5Star resin kits or kit should I say as I only built one, the SA6.
The resin is OK and easy to work with. The cast is overall good but I had some trouble with the missiles showing a very bad molding line probably due to an old mold.
The PE parts are made by PART from Poland. And they are not on a par with Eduard or Aber. The metal is quite stiff, the sheet looks to be covered by a kind of varnish and some parts were oversized (tools latches for example).
All in all, I would say the kit was worth the price till Trumpeter one hit the shelves !

Olivier
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