Academy T-34/85

[Long_tom]

I know that the turret of the kit is supposed to be way too rough, but how is the kit otherwise?

[Armor_Buff]

Armorama: Academy T-34-85 review

Opinions…

A) My impression based on what I’ve read is the Academy kit is roughly on par with a Dragon T-34-85.

B) If you like a lot of parts and building MiniArt is probably worth a look. Myself, I like Ryefield’s T-34-85 best out of the ones I’ve built (Ryefield, Tamiya & Dragon). I didn’t like the tracks in the RFM kit and replaced them with Fruilmodel’s.

C) I don’t consider either the Academy or Dragon 1/35 T-34-85 kit desirable.

YMMV

[gtdeath13]

Decent for a price around 30-40$.

Tracks, wheels, suspension are nice. Details all over are a bit on the soft side.

The turret needs to have the surface reworked, as previously mentioned, but fit overall is nice.

I built the kit for the T34/85 campaign with some extra details from other kits

If you have time browse through the campaign topic to see some more builds of the Academy kit and comments on it

T-34/85 campaign

Any kit, any scale, any type (gun (no small bore ie 76), arv or bunker) and any era are welcomed. Yes, even partially (less then 25% say) started. Thinking about running 1 March to 1 April in case your building the Miniart interior kit for example. If y’all don’t like, it’s @Dan fault for the idea. Participants: Tank_1812 Kunjuro Panzernl Panzer_modeler Dan Armor_Buff EHAM0624 cabasner McRunty Yeahwiggie Ronw_uk

[Long_tom]

If it is a viable version, that is fine. I want to build a defeated, cast aside unit for the Korean War, shoved into a ditch, rather than a unit in its glory.

[gtdeath13]

You should be fine then

[18bravo]

Lots of good photos out there of knocked out T-34’s in Korea.

I copied one as close to a photo as I could. It would be easier these days to use one that already had the suspension components in the kit.