Hi;

I Beg Too Disagree; I have Built Two of the Trumpeter kits and they were A Real Nitemare ! There Suspensions were near Impossible too Align at the Correct Angel, and the kit was over Engineered ! I Finally Boxed them Back up and went out and purchased another EE kit and with the PE set that's made for it turned out o.k. Now I am not A Big Fan of PE, but the set really made the Build Easy, the only other AM set that I used was A AM Barrel. The PT-76 is by far the Best kit that I have built by Eastern Express which really surprised Me as most of there other kits are so-so

CHEERS; MIKE.

Depends which version of the PT-76 you want to build, There were three different hulls:

1st, "45 degree nose", low hull as depicted by Trumpeter 379 and 380

2nd, "45 degree nose", hull raised by 60 mm (the weld line is now behind the drivers hatch), as depicted in EE kit

3: "35 degree nose", hull again raised by 70 mm, so now you have the cut out at the left side of the hull, as released by Trumpeter 381 and 382 BUT with the earlier 45 degree nose which is wrong!!!!

HTH
Andy

I mean to depict a circa 1962 version. I assume the EE version will suit that?

went out and purchased another EE kit and with the PE set that's made for it turned out o.k. Now I am not A Big Fan of PE, but the set really made the Build Easy, the only other AM set that I used was A AM Barrel. The PT-76 is by far the Best kit that I have built by Eastern Express which really surprised Me as most of there other kits are so-so

1st, "45 degree nose", low hull as depicted by Trumpeter 379 and 380

2nd, "45 degree nose", hull raised by 60 mm (the weld line is now behind the drivers hatch), as depicted in EE kit

3: "35 degree nose", hull again raised by 70 mm, so now you have the cut out at the left side of the hull, as released by Trumpeter 381 and 382 BUT with the earlier 45 degree nose which is wrong!!!!

Hi all,

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went out and purchased another EE kit and with the PE set that's made for it turned out o.k. Now I am not A Big Fan of PE, but the set really made the Build Easy, the only other AM set that I used was A AM Barrel. The PT-76 is by far the Best kit that I have built by Eastern Express which really surprised Me as most of there other kits are so-so

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What set of PE fits well with the EE kit? The one of Eduard?

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1st, "45 degree nose", low hull as depicted by Trumpeter 379 and 380

2nd, "45 degree nose", hull raised by 60 mm (the weld line is now behind the drivers hatch), as depicted in EE kit

3: "35 degree nose", hull again raised by 70 mm, so now you have the cut out at the left side of the hull, as released by Trumpeter 381 and 382 BUT with the earlier 45 degree nose which is wrong!!!!

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The 35° nose type has an hull raised by 60+70 = 130 mm when compared to the first type?

Regards
Massimo