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What's a good kit of the T34??
Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 09:49 PM UTC
Evening All...
can anyone recommend a decent kit of a T34, I have had a look around the net and there are quite a lot to choose from any recommendations????...
Jason
Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 10:16 PM UTC
Certainly not the Maquette T-34/85...
RLlockie
United Kingdom
Joined: September 06, 2013
KitMaker: 1,112 posts
Armorama: 938 posts
Joined: September 06, 2013
KitMaker: 1,112 posts
Armorama: 938 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 - 10:18 PM UTC
What period? The early (1940/41) Dragon kits are v good and the Dragon T-34-85 are older but decent. The later 76mm Dragon kits have a strange series of changes compared to the earlier T-34-85 releases (things which were correct were actually made worse, like the glacis hatch location) and the Dragon etch frequently doesn't fit. PMMS has a good series of reviews and among online posters, I find Mark Rethoret to be pretty sound. He's put up quite a bit of material over the years.
Can't comment on other manufacturers as almost all my T-34s are Dragon from a few years ago. Zvezda does one with mine roller but that's the only part I plan to use.
3D Zavod on Shapeways makes some excellent air intakes which look far more like the real thing than most kit parts or the flat etched affairs.
Can't comment on other manufacturers as almost all my T-34s are Dragon from a few years ago. Zvezda does one with mine roller but that's the only part I plan to use.
3D Zavod on Shapeways makes some excellent air intakes which look far more like the real thing than most kit parts or the flat etched affairs.