Review Topic: Armor
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HobbyBoss 1/35 scale Renault R35
FineScale Modeler reviews HobbyBoss’ 1/35 scale Renault R35 plastic model tank. HobbyBoss has released its kit of this important French tank with link-and-length tracks, posable hatches for the driver, commander, and engine compartment that reveal interiors featuring the engine plus driver and commander stations.
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Dragon MBT70/KPz 70
The MBT70 was a joint project between the U.S. and West Germany. Development started in the early 1960s, but, by the end of the decade, cost overruns and philosophical differences cancelled the project. Nevertheless, many of the vehicle’s features would be seen in later designs, such as the M1 Abrams and the Leopard 2. Three…
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Meng 1/35 scale T-90 tank dozer
FineScale Modeler reviews the Meng 1/35 scale T-90 tank dozer plastic model kit. Believe me when I say Meng’s T-90 lives up to the hype. The box is jammed with beautifully molded plastic parts free of flash and ejector-pin marks. This release includes the option to fit the TBS-86 ’dozer blade to the bow.
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Tamiya 1/35 scale Toyota AB Phaeton
FineScale Modeler reviews Tamiya’s 1/35 scale Toyota AB Phaeton plastic car model kit. Toyota is well known today for its luxury and value cars. But few people know that during World War II the company produced vehicles for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Zvezda 1/35 scale Panther Ausf D
FineScale Modeler reviews the Zvezda 1/35 scale Panther Ausf D plastic model tank kit. Developed in response to the Soviet T-34, the Panther offered the best combination of firepower, protection, and mobility of any German tank in World War II. Its Achilles heel was its reliability and complexity compared with the T-34 and M4 Sherman.
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Revell Germany 1/72 scale F4U-1A Corsair
Revell Germany’s 1/72 scale F4U-1A Corsair plastic model kit has some unique features: A separate upper forward section to its three-piece fuselage eliminates the usual pesky middle seam through the fuel-tank filler. Separate oil-cooler intakes and gun ports eliminate seams through their centers as well. The wingtips are separate parts, suggesting a future reissue as…
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Takom 1/35 scale Mark IV “Male” heavy battle tank
FineScale Modeler reviews the Takom 1/35 scale Mark IV “Male” World War I heavy battle tank plastic model kit. With the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I in 2014, model companies have produced several early tank models. But none has been as eagerly awaited as a new British Mark IV tank. Takom…
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Meng 1/35 scale M2A3 Bradley BUSK III
While there have been several fine Bradley kits over the years, Meng has released a superb 1/35 scale plastic model kit of the M2A3 with BUSK III armor. It features not only excellent exterior details but a complete interior, too.
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AFV Club 1/35 scale M24 Chaffee
AFV Club has released a 1/35 scale Korean War-era M24 Chaffee plastic model tank. The kit has posable hatches, a metal barrel with recoil feature, and vinyl one-piece tracks with metal pins. Markings are supplied for four vehicles.
