I’ve had my eye on this for a bit; I remember when it was first vaunted, and that some (most?) was mocked up - but that didn’t matter to me - it looked the business! Remember those murky, distant pics:
And now we have it in 1:35; fantastic!
Beyond my (self-imposed) remit but I might just have to get one.
Thanks for the insight.
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I got the kit, and it is as you say. Exceptional engineering, fit, and details. If any kit was ever going to score a 10, this one would be in the running.
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Good to hear a good review of a company I never bought from. I’m guessing this kit is representative of their quality?
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I haven’t seen any of this kit but I recently got my hands on AH’s Leo2A8 along with RFM’s 2A7V. They are chalk & cheese. I’m a little p@$$#d with myself for getting the 2A8 as the detail & quality compared to the 2A7V is a bit ordinary. Suffice to say, I will think long & hard before touching another Amusing Hobby kit.
Well, I must just say that I thought their Conqueror and ARL models were pretty decent kits. They also seem to do stuff that no one else does - always a bonus in my view; nothing much wrong with the build on the two mentioned above.
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hobby search has it up on thier site with pics of the sprues and assembly instructions
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I’ve built 4 Amusing Hobby kits, and I never built one I didn’t like. I have more in the stash and I look forward to building those. IMHO Amusing Hobby kits are outstanding in engineering, fit, and detail. I’ve never encountered a problem with assembly. The Black Eagle kit looks beautiful in the box, and I anticipate another excellent build with it.
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Is this a relative of the T-90MS?
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It was the USSR’s M1A1 answer. Deemed too expensive, it was only produced as a demonstrator. Eventually several of the systems were used for the T-90. The Black Eagle and T-90 are both T-72 based, and share all of the shortcomings of that tank. Except that the Black Eagle had turret bustle ammo stowage, so avoided the jack-in-the-box feature
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AFAIK the Black Eagle was T-80 based- you can see in the photo above the distinctive shape of the lower hull and road-wheels.
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I’ve built 3 of those lots and loved every single one, highly recommended .
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Original one showed at Omsk was a mock up turret on a t-80u hull ( same amount of road wheels)
Second “real” black eagle shown later sported an extra road wheel and lengthened hull so that the autoloader could load the new longer ammo .
That box autoloader on the back was shown many times in the late 90s/ early 2000 mated to a t-72b turret.
Imagine how the Ukraine war woulda gone if they would have instituted this upgrade?
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Ah- thank you for that info. I’ve never heard about mounting that type of autoloader on the T-72 before- fascinating.
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