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Trumpeter T-80BV (unoffical) Build Log

seanmcandrews

Pennsylvania, United States
Joined: May 09, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 01:42 AM UTC

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Hey,
that is a nice build you have there. I got one on order now. Looking forward to it. I even order the Friulmodel tracks. This will be my first Soviet armour build from Trumpeter. I'm a little disapointed from my T 90 Build by Zvenda. The road wheel supports keep breaking. And I gave up. Back on the shelf it went. May be this T 80 will help me "pop the cherry" in Modern Soviet armour. Is there any good referance books that would be a good investment?

Cheers,
Tom

Hi Tom,
if you're just looking for photos there's plenty online but if you're interested in the development of the T-80, Ospreys'
book is a good start.

Sean

Jacques

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Posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 - 02:37 AM UTC

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I would like to do a triple build in the future with this kit, the T-80BVD and Zvezda's T-80U using after market tracks and maybe PE as well.

I have the DML T-80 SMT m1989 which is the same as the Zvezda T-80UD. Here it is compared to my Ukrainian T-80U build (DML kit is the black one, in case you are wondering).