Miniart 1/35 T-55A Mod 1965 finished

After building the model for The Modelling News a year or so ago I've finally got around to finishing it today so here you go;

I still think this is one of the best T-55's available. It's not without a couple of issues which I covered in my build review for The Modelling News ;

The Modelling News. T-55 build review (pt1)

But the detail for an injection moulded kit is very impressive and it certainly outclasses the Tamiya kit (and that was a good kit). Price-wise the Tamiya kit is maybe a bit cheaper but by the time you get all the aftermarket to bring it up to standard, you may as well buy the Miniart one. 

Minart T-55A early Mod 1965

As you may recall I built the Miniart T-55 for The Modelling News recently so here's the link to the build review as if you have the kit (or any other Miniart T-55's) you may find it useful;

The Modelling News

Miniart T-55A early Mod 1965

I finally finished the build. YAY! For more information about how it went together please keep an eye out for the full build review here;

The Modelling News

Here's a teaser pic for you because I'm so nice :o)

Miniart 1/35 T-55

It's been a pretty quiet month modelling-wise as I've had to do some DIY due to a new fire being fitted in the front room plus the Miniart T-55 has been taking up all of my spare time, along with doing five kit reviews for Model Military Int'l magazine.
The build of the T-55 is virtually finished, all I have to do is fit the tracks, photograph it, do the write-up then you can all read about it on The Modelling News at some point. You can find the in-box review here;

http://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/01/in-boxed-135th-scale-t-55a-early-mod.html#more

So here it is at the moment, once the build is done it will go to the back of the queue for painting as I need to shift a couple of other projects along such as the E-75 tank destroyer and the Takom Leopard C2;

Although the links have four sprue connections they weren't that bad to remove from the sprue due to the soft plastic, however care needs to be taken cleaning them up as it is very easy to bend the ends of them.