Author: Tom Foti
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Meng M1A2 SEP Abrams TUSK I/TUSK II
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit. Features include working tracks and suspension, posable hatches, optional stowage, clear vision blocks, lights, and optics, and markings for four American tanks in Iraq. The suspension’s working torsion bars installed easily, but the plastic lacks strength and some of the arms were weak. The…
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Takom AMX-13/75
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. The chassis build was straightforward without major issues, but the photo-etch for the screens did not leave enough frame for gluing. So I spread the super glue thinly, then painted the hull bottom and sides.
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Tamiya SU-76M
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit. The SU-76 married the excellent 76mm ZiS-3Sh gun and mechanical components of the T-70 light tank. The 10-ton self-propelled gun was built in huge numbers during World War II, making it second only to the T-34 as the Soviet Union’s most-produced armored vehicle. Used…
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Rye Field M1A2 Abrams
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Rye Field Models keeps raising the bar. Its new Abrams provides parts to build one of three versions — an M1A2 TUSK II, an M1A2 TUSK, and the one I built, an M1A1 TUSK — as well as optional parts for coolers, ammunition boxes, and…
