Challenger II Mbt 1/35

It's fine, but I found the plastic to be too soft.

It is a good kit OOTB, but Accurate Armour does make some resin improvement sets if you want to super detail the kit.

Do you happen to know if the trumpeter has the Op Iraqi freedom Applique armor and side skirts?

no it dosnt have the Applique armour in the trumpeter kit but ive herd Accurate Armour are working on some add ons

Thanks a lot for the intel !!

Try www. scalehobby.com they have a tamiya challenger 1 mk 3
for $26 if thats any good to you?

Any known shortcomings in the Trumpeter kit?? It looks pretty well detailed and moldings look good overall (a few bits of minor flash on a couple of parts, but that's it).

I'm a lazy modeler, so I feel the kit is a bit over the top in its parts breakdown. Almost every enclosed shape is created by assembling all the sides, tops, and bottoms, and tons of small details that would be just fine molded on (with no loss of detail) are separate pieces.
But I'm just lazy!
Other than that, it's a great kit, sharply molded (my kit's plastic wasn't soft), and very well detailed OOTB.

QUOTE: Originally posted by BlueFalcon47 Any known shortcomings in the Trumpeter kit?? It looks pretty well detailed and moldings look good overall (a few bits of minor flash on a couple of parts, but that's it).

Yeah, the wheels are seriously wrong. Fortunately, Accurate Armour made replacement ones.

theres the uparmour add by Castoff on with skirts that hide the wheels