Tuesday 15 July 2014

1/48 T-72M - part 1

The acquisition of this kit heralds a degree of modernisation for the Forbodian Peoples' Army as part of my Little Cold Wars project, as so far their tankers have had to slum it in PT-76s and T-55s.  Sold - like many such kits - as a motorised 'remote control' model I wasn't expecting it to represent the last word in accuracy but it had the benefit of being rather cheap!  This ARII kit comes in a nice glossy box bearing a nice picture of a T-72.  So far so good...
The box also features a picture of the remote control - which I had no intention of using!
Motorised bits aside, the kit parts were modest in number and quite cleanly moulded with only a few areas of flash to be removed.  The rather basic wheels hint at the kit's 'toy' ambitions...
...and these are confirmed by the 'rubber band' tracks.

The kit went together quite easily, with only a few parts needing hacking about to fit.  In the next post I will reveal the completed model!

8 comments:

Paul Foster said...

Its truly Christmas for your tankers Tim!

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
Shame they're all godless Commies then!

Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com said...

Not using the remote control? Not?Really?

Pity.

Tim Gow said...

Ross Mac
It was a tough decision!

Paul Foster said...

May Day then!

The Dancing Cake Tin said...

Use the remote control on the running dogs of the western imperialists. Turn their weapons off.

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
The battalion of T-55 (6 toys) which deployed to COW over the weekend was certainly the material for a parade.

Tim Gow said...

Dancing Cake Tin
I'm flattered that you think it would work if I did build it!