Any comments on this offering? No reviews here,PMMS, or Hyperscale.Don't believe this is the ESCI mold is it?Also,did the IDF opt to use M51Sherman tracks on this or was that even feasable?
Many TIA!

I would also be interested in knowing about this kit. I already have a few Merkava and M51 and I think the Ti-67 would be a good complement to the serie.

When you say "junk" is it about the details of the kit that are soft of lack of them or is it some major fitting problems?

Thanks

Peter Brown did a write up on the Trumpeter T-54 & 55 kits.

When you say "junk" is it about the details of the kit that are soft of lack of them or is it some major fitting problems?

Thanks

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the Trumpter series of T55 s are more toy-like than accurate models. The details are soft, turret is horrible, tracks worse, etc....



If you are looking to build a Tiran 4/5 (TI67) you need to step up to the tamiya kit and get some AM goodies such as the excellent Blast models set, Legends Production (excellent value), Traxx, or the Verlinden set (iffy at best).

As far as M-51 tracks (Sherman T80 track) It will not fit a T55.

Chris

Thanks for your responses,guys.Savage,I guess I missed the Peter Brown write up due to it being an 'article' and not a 'review' in my search.None of the build ups I have run across on the net have looked particularly 'toy like'.The ESCI kits even built up well,even though they have accuracy issues as I understand it.The Trump builds looked every bit as good as the Tamiya builds-finished state mind you.Just trying to determine if the kit will be a Treat,Project,Career,or Sentence! :-)
cheers!

The Trumpeter kits are original toolings, not Esci clones. Bad news is, they were made to be motorized, and the hull has been modified dimensionally to accommodate the battery pack, gearbox and motor, affecting the sit of the completed model. Early editions were molded in ABS rather than polystyrene, and needed Plastruct cement to assemble, but Trumpeter switched to proper styrene eventually. Tracks are less than great. These kits also turn up in Wasan and Minihobby boxes. Lots of useful detail parts, so cross kitting their various T-54 and T-55 kits with Tamiya's T-55 is a viable alternative, and cheaper than buying equivelent resin conversion parts.