Eldon Flitton
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Russian T-14 Armata MBTPublished:
T-14 Armata (Armament) was supposed to be the new top dog of all tanks. Designed in 2014, the new Object 148 rolled out on the parade field in May 2015. During rehearsals one of the tanks stopped moving (quite the embarrassment in front of the cameras) and it took a whole 15 minutes before it, once again, started moving. Here it is, 2022, no more than 20 tanks have been produced and may have had it's production stopped because of sanctions due to the current war. Trumpeter Models has put out their version of the T-14 Armata this year (2022) and it looks like a little jewel. It only has five steps to complete this model, and, due to the pre-built tracks, pretty easy to put together. I started out by painting the whole model on the sprues, but this caused a problem, none… more |
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British Nuffield Assault Tank A.T.2Published:
The second of eighteen different designs for an assault tank to break through enemy defensive lines. The designs were completed by May 15, 1943. No prototypes were built, but the project helped to set the stage for another heavy assault tank, the A39 Tortoise. The kit comes in a sturdy flip top box with the computer created illustration of the model on the top. The parts come in several bags to keep everything, more or less, protected when shipped. The gray resin is extremely well made, no bubbles, no warps, no short shots. It breaks from the stubs cleanly for small parts and the resin is not too hard to cut for the larger parts. I did not make a count of parts but I did notice, during the build, that I was missing pieces. I only had one set of two of part 12. when I… more |