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Sturmtiger 1/35, Tamiya or AFV?

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Sturmtiger 1/35, Tamiya or AFV?
Posted by jibber on Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:17 AM

Any thoughts on which is a better kit for detail, fit, PE etc.

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Thursday, May 30, 2013 3:07 PM

You might want to have a read of this, its a good comparison review. It does say the detail on the AFV kit is much better.

www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/.../sturmtiger.htm

I have the Tamiya kit myself, I got that before I read this review. Aber does two rather comprehensive PE sets for it, which may well work on the AFV kit.

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Posted by jibber on Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:04 PM

Thanks Bish, this is the article I was hoping for. AFV it is.

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, June 1, 2013 2:07 AM

Its a great site with lots of decent reviews. I have bought a few kits based on what's been said there. It always has a good new release section. Defiantly a site worth putting in your favourites.

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Posted by jibber on Saturday, June 1, 2013 9:10 AM

It's on my list, thanks.  

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, June 1, 2013 11:51 AM

For well over a decade, it's been my first stop for 1/35 scale armor reviews. If Terry doesn't have it on his site, then I look elsewhere.

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Posted by tigerman on Saturday, June 1, 2013 12:49 PM

I agree that Terry gives the most in-depth reviews. Fantastic knowledge and observation.

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 Eric 

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Saturday, June 1, 2013 6:37 PM

Only bad thing I dislike about AFV Club kits is the last few I've built were covered in injection pin holes. Probably not an issue on a Sturmtiger but on the M18 and M40 I've been working on they're really annoying since as open-top vehicles you have to fill a bunch of them.

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Saturday, June 1, 2013 6:52 PM

I didn't care much for their directions and they seemed over-engineered IMO.

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 Eric 

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, June 2, 2013 5:41 PM

tigerman

I agree that Terry gives the most in-depth reviews. Fantastic knowledge and observation.

Very true. The only downside I see is his use of run on sentences. Chuck a period in there and hit the enter key once in a while!

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