discussion Revell/Zvezda 1/35 T-14 Armata - Completed..............

[Dave Ward]

All Done

The Revell/Zvezda Armata is a very good model - well engineered, and there were no real problems in assembly. Scale thickness of some parts ( i.e. the bar armour brackets ) mean that they are very fiddly & fragile. Whilst the model may be representative of a preproduction vehicle ( it's not even sure that there wll bu full scale production ), it pretty good. I've seen it advertised at <£20, you get a lot of plastic for that kind of money!
J's Works Paper Masks. I haven't had a great deal of success in the past, this time a little better. My conclusion is that they aren't really for tanks, with all their lumps, bumps & cracks. You spend so much time touching up, you may as well have used a brush in the first place!
Finally size comparisons first vs the Zvezda T-90
and vs the Zvezda MSTA-S
Quite a monster.
Thanks all for dropping by.........
Dave

 

[Lee W]

Looks good Dave, I'm not in to my Russian toys but it looks like it would hold it's own if needed!

Lee

 

[Guest]

Well done Dave, it turned out well in the end .

 

[minitnkr]

Thought the camo came out great. Altogether, fine finishes. Sure has a lot of shot traps. Is their a crew of 3? I didn't see a turret hatch. PaulE

 

[Dave Ward]

Paul,
the crew all sit in the hull - the turret has no capability of being manned! All done by autoloader, electronics and video! -It all sounds very iffy to me................
Dave

 

[adt70hk]

Hi Dave

Looking very good indeed. As you say the fully auto thing does sound a bit iffy.

ATB

Andrew

 

[spanner570]

Great build, Dave and nicely painted.
Too much reliance on electronic gizmos me thinks! Not that they ever go wrong, of course......

Ron

 

[minitnkr]

Sounds like a coffin for four, or more likely a prototype drone tank. PaulE

 

[Guest]

the crew all sit in the hull - the turret has no capability of being manned! All done by autoloader, electronics and video! -It all sounds very iffy to me................

There were thoughts of tanks like that 30+ years ago. I suspect technology is only now getting mature enough to actually do this reliably.