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1/35 T-72 Tank Kits

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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Chicago, USA
1/35 T-72 Tank Kits
Posted by MonsterZero on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:59 PM
Who makes the best 1/35 model of the Soviet T-72 in your opinion?

Also, if you can recommend a T-80 and later models that will help too.
  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:04 AM
I think Tamiya probably makes the best T-72; not sure about the T-80, however, although I have a DML T-80. Understand there may be problems with the DML offering.
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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 6:32 AM
Tamiya's T-72 is the best, followed by the DML variants and a way distant third is the Esci/AMT/Ertl T-72/T-74 kits. Trumpeter makes a bad copy of the Tamiya T-72.

DML variants includes the Kirin reboxes like the Free Kuwaiti M-84 and the T-72M1 Lion of Babylon. Decent kits that look the part when completed.

I have all of the DML/Kirin variants as well as the Tamiya T-72 and both the Esci T-72 and T-74.

As far as the T-80 goes, only the DML variants and the Skif one. Skif's detail is lacking and rather heavy-handed. DML's is better here. Lindberg used to make a modern Soviet tank labeled as a T-80, but was based off of distant photos and supposition prior to the fall of the Soviet Union. Not a serious contender as a T-80 and long out-of-production.

I have all of the T-80 kits I've listed as well as the Matchbox/Revell 1/72 scale T-80. That is a decent enough kit if you get the Eduard PE for it.
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