If you have entered your details incorrectly when you checked out, please contact us via phone or direct message IMMEDIATELY. Please check your details are correct before submitting your order. Incorrect Delivery Info/Contact Details: Hearns Hobbies is not held accountable for incorrect delivery / contact information entered in by the user at checkout. NOTE - On large mail items (over 1 Metre) Large mail items over 1m will have a delay due to shipping via courier being needed. Note: A version of this review appeared in the September 2017 issue.Order before 11am, and your item will ship same day (Australia Only) If your order is coming from more than one location: We suggest you order with Standard Shipping rather than Express (this is due in part to transportation time between stores to get your order combined and sent from 1 location which will delay your "express" postage option). It also was simply a lot of fun to build and paint. I would suggest it to any modeler looking to add modern Russian armor to their collection. Overall, I spent about 50 hours building and painting this T-14. I used Tamiya acrylic colors for the camo paint and finally got a chance to use Tamiya panel line wash for lining and weathering the tank. I thought the three-color option was a little more interesting, and I recently built a T-14 in the parade color. Zvezda provides three marking options: two in three-color camo and one in dark green parade trim. I’m pleased with the results as the upper suspension and tracks are next to invisible with the side skirts attached.įinishing was easy. Likewise, before gluing on the side skirts I gave the suspensions’ upper portion a coat of black paint and then painted only what I could see. These being link-and-length style tracks, plus more than half being covered by the side skirts, it made sense. I don’t usually glue the tracks in place before painting, but did here. Mine fit without fuss, but this is a spot where mistakes could easily be made.Īfter the suspension arms and road wheels are in place, you can work on the tracks. Be sure to test-fit the front and rear suspension arms prior to attaching. The lower hull went together quickly, it being a simple tub. I wish more kits included styrene screens and grilles. This made one of the harder, more tedious parts much easier than on many kits. I like that the kit came with styrene screens for the engine deck (instead of photo-etch) because I was able to use normal Tamiya Extra Thin Cement to attach it. It has many small pieces, but the fit is snug and the detail nice and crisp. That assured no bare spots showed through on the final model. I found it easier to treat this like an airplane cockpit, painting the subassemblies before gluing them in place. Small hatches and smoke launchers festoon the walls. Though unmanned, the turret has plenty of detail. The build starts with the turret, building from the main turret walls inward. The large box may seem imposing, but there are just a bit more than 400 parts and they almost seem to fall together. Zvezda’s new kit is a relatively fast build, with many details hidden inside the tank. The crew of three is all in an armored capsule in the front of the hull. One of the main features of the T-14 is the fully unmanned turret. Russia’s battle tank T-14 Armata (Object 148) is so new it is still undergoing state testing.
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