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REVIEW
Tamiya JS-3 Soviet tank
brian638
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England - West Midlands, United Kingdom
Joined: July 24, 2004
KitMaker: 318 posts
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 03:29 AM UTC
Matt Flegal presents a build review of Tamiya''s JS-3 kit.

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DaGreatQueeg
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Napier, New Zealand
Joined: August 01, 2005
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 03:46 AM UTC
Nice review ! Shame about the tracks, I do wish they'd even go to link and length, band tracks usually let down otherwise decent kits. And the sponsons are typical Tamiya. Still I'd love to pick up one of these at some stage ...

Brent
acebatau
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Colorado, United States
Joined: February 10, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 08:51 AM UTC
Love it, thanks
Viper_msk
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Moscow City, Russia
Joined: February 14, 2015
KitMaker: 53 posts
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Posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 02:25 PM UTC
Unfortunately, this kit's issues are not only with the tracks. Front fenders are totally wrong, turret was not only incorrect in many of the details, but also was never casted as roughly as Tamiya assumed , transmission and engine cover plate also needs "severe" corrections. Road wheels and drive sprocket are not accurate too.

So, this might look like as easy weekend project - but definitely it is NOT (and will require a lot of extra efforts) if you'd like to build a true replica of an early JS-3.
easyco69
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Monday, February 16, 2015 - 09:49 PM UTC
I did the JS-2 , good kits. A nice break from Dragon.
ceerosvk
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Slovakia
Joined: November 25, 2013
KitMaker: 171 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 - 02:24 AM UTC
built it a year ago, nice kit. eduard PE is must have. a big deffect of the kit in my opinion is the empty space between the upper hull sides and lower hull sides, right above the tracks, i had to scratch build it, else it would just look stupid. i was like wtf, are they serious?
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