I am intrested in building a couple of Maquette's kits (GAZ-67, T-70, T-50). Does any one know how the kits are? Are there modeled good? How accurate are they? I know the SU-76 is a dog.

If the GAZ-67 is like the one in this review from Cybermodeler, then it looks like the AER one again. Maquette get there stuff from all over the place and they aren't very choosy. If you want a T-70, have you considered the MiniArt one which is much better (there's a link to MiniArt's site on this page and a review elsewhere on this site).

Sxott,
The Maquette kits can be built into some nice pieces. They are a bit crude however. Multiple piece hulls instead of the single piece ones Dragon and Tamiya have. Some of the details aren't all that crisp, but as I said, they can be built into some nice looking pieces. I have a couple that I built awhile back, the ASU-57, which is featured on here in a build article is a Maquette kit. It was listed a AER from Muldova, but after looking it over, and comparing it to my Maquette kit of the same vehicle, they were one in the same. Also have an Egyptian T-122 SPG. That thing was a beast, but very cool looking once completed. If you take your time, and do a litle research, you can build a good looking kit. Any other Q's, feel free to ask. Welcome aboard. I think you'll find this site has a lot to offer us plastic geeks. Lots of knowledge floating around here and just about everybody helps where they can. "Q"

ps. You can find pics of the ASU-57 and the T-122 under my profile and my pictures.

Maquette; If its available from somebody else .. get it there instead. Otherwise, if its the only game in town, with some extra work they can be built up. Good training on replacing parts ... to get a better scale resemblence and improving soft detail. Beats having to totally scratch something!
Have putty and plastic card within short reach!

The T-50 is buildable with a little loving care, but it is full of flash and is very uninspiring in the box (it's a former Techmod kit). Their T-60 is original, and while basic, is much better than the dismal Zvezda kit--recent boxings also sweeten the deal with photoetch parts included. Forget the Maquette T-70--the new Miniart T-70M is amazing--I just got it, and it is at least as good as the recent Trumpeter KV-1 kits. Miniart's newest figures are also very good indeed.
Many Maquette kits started life as Techmod, AER Moldova, Alan or RPM molds. You best bet is to look for reviews of individual kits on Armorama, Track Link and Missing Lynx, as the many sources of their tooling means that Maquette's quality varies wildly.

The Marquette T-34 nearly ended my marriage, lost me my job, and drove me insane.

Well not quite... :-) but you get the picture.

Major fit problems and a warped hull meant it was nearly 1.5 years before I finished this damn thing. I would throw back in the box with disgust at least once a month.
And it weighs about 2 KG from all the putty I had to fill the gaps with :-)

Pick a kit, and you'll develop your modelling skills, by the time you finish it, you'll be an expert, and boldly go where others fear. :-) :-)

Maquette's T-34-85 (apparently the kit is actually an RPM mold, and both companies have sold it simultaneously) is pretty rough, though Maquette has tooled some new parts to create different 76mm versions--however the early marks actually require some major sawing of the upper hull to install the backdated parts. Fortunately, almost all their T-34 subjects are now available from Dragon (nice!) or Zvezda/Italeri (so-so). If you really want the T-34-85 Model 1946 (the one with the twin turret ventilators sometimes seen in Korea), they also sell the turret separately for around six bucks, and it can be mated to another manufacturer's hull, which makes for a much more pleasant build (it has some sink marks in the roof, but nothing unfixable). That said, the other Maquette T-34 detail parts are often quite nice--the individual tracks are very crisp, and will help with the Italeri/Zvezda versions if you would rather shell out six bucks (US) for individual links rather than $30-40 USD for workable ones. The original kit's spoked wheels with rubber tires are poor, but the other wheel sets are very good, if you want to swap out a particular kit's wheels for a different variety. And the little engine and transmission module is a nice addition for something to see inside the hatches.

The reviews for the MiniArt kits can be found here and here

The news gets even better, as Eduard has just released two PE sets with replacement mudguards (one rounded and one square) and intake grills, the later which are going to turn this nice kit into an excellent one. I'm working on a review of the Eduard sets as we speak. As the say, watch this space...

Cheers
Henk