Review Topic: Armor
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Academy’s M1A2 Abrams, Eduard’s “Rise of the Bubbletops”, Dragon’s big Scharnhorst, & Roden’s VC10
FSM reviews four new plastic scale model kits and accessories.
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HK Models B-17, Italeri Lince, Meng USS Lexington, Eduard Royal Class Spitfire, & Panda T-14 Armata
FineScale Modeler’s “New Product Rundown” looks inside the boxes of five new scale model kits and accessories.
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Rye Field Tiger I Tank 321
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor tank kit. Newcomer Rye Field Model has produced the best kit yet of a Tiger I with interior. The model represents an early Russian Front vehicle from s.Pz.Abt. 503, specifically tank 321, in 1943. Tigers from this unit sported a field-built storage bin on the turret.…
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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…
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Takom Mk.A Whippet
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. Looking to complement the heavy and slow Mark IV and exploit openings in the lines, the British army ordered the faster Whippet; it could make 8 mph versus the Mark IV’s 4 mph! Armed with machine guns, the Whippet entered combat in March 1918. The…
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Takom Chieftain Mk.5/5P
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. When the Chieftain entered British service in 1967, it was the most powerful tank in NATO’s arsenal. The primary versions of the main battle tank were the Mk.3 and Mk.5, the latter being the final production version. Later marks designated major upgrades or rebuilds of…
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Meng T-10M Heavy Tank
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. The Cold War-era T-10M, the ultimate Soviet heavy tank, traces its lineage through the IS tanks of late World War II to the KV tank designed in the late 1930s. The vehicles were built at two factories, and there are substantial differences in appearance as…
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Master Box Austin armored car
FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/72 scale plastic model armor kit. With the current plethora of World War I tanks, it seemed inevitable that kits of armored cars would soon follow. Master Box complements its delightful 1/72 scale British Mark I tanks with an Austin Series III armored car. Designed in the United Kingdom, the 5-ton…
