Overall:
- not a lot of flash, but lots and lots of sprue marks to file off.
- I had to cut some of the interior road wheels to make them fit.
- Instructions are mostly clear in retrospect than on first pass.
- Molding is fairly rough.
This isn't terrible for a Soviet tank, though - it does seem appropriately rough but strong. I'll be much more ready to deal with the annoyances on my second tank. Still, I paid about half as much for this tank and that might be showing in the roughness of the model.
Here it is.
Side:
Nose on:
Next to my Trumpeter models Tiger II:
The size seems about right - the Tiger II was taller, longer, wider, etc.
But something about 4 spare external gas tanks screams "victory!" doesn't it? I'll put it with my Tiger II, assemble the other, and then begin to think about painting.
Looks alright, but it definitely has that "soft plastic cheapness" look, though. Could just be the lighting, however!
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They're hard plastic, but you are exactly right. I'd be curious to see if the German tanks they do are as rough-hewn. It isn't terribly out of place on WWII Soviet tanks.
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