Together with a pack of various budget models and paints in my hands got a young, fresh "Tiger". Why fresh?
"Zvezda" every year pleases more and more.
Before, when still was small for self-Assembly,
My father did it.
Digging in the memory, you can pick up not the most pleasant reviews about this manufacturer from my ancestor. Yes, in fact, in a small provincial town there was no other alternative. Online stores did not exist in Russia at that time.
Then he, being a high school student returned to modeling in General and models in particular. Again there were boxes of the Zvezda on my Desk.
He swore too, but not so much.
So when I started assembling this model, I didn't know what to expect from it…
By simple movements of a stationery knife opened the box. And what do we see there?
- 4 sprues + separate sprues with bath.
- Rubber tracks
- CARD FOR 5 POINTS!!!
- Small transparent gate valve
- Card with decals
- 2 sheets of A3 size with detailed instructions
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Sprues with wheels 2 pieces.
The equipment is not weak, I would even say very decent ( if compared with other manufacturers in the same price category)
Pleasantly pleased with the casting. Almost no downtime.
Utiny? Thank you!
Gross inconsistencies? In the past!
Traces of the pushers? Yes, there is. But this is the cost of production. "Zvezda" tried to do so, to all these "kruglyashi" were on domestic surfaces machines.
It seems that the "Zvezda" has made a big qualitative breakthrough.
Collected "zvezdinskogo" "Tiger" before. A completely different model. Caterpillars plastic, typesetting, and in General with the tower was a problem. But it is better not to remember. Now everything is going like clockwork.
Very pleased with the detail of the Tower. Except that pimples on the forehead of the loader are not given in the kit.
As the days go by, the car gradually begins to loom. First The Tower. Then A Bath. Then
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caterpillars. The work went slowly. An hour and a half a day.
T. K. Until this in the hands of was GAZ-67 from "Eastern Express", mood I have was upbeat
throughout the build…
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Such a nice detail)) continental, however.
When the Assembly was nearing its logical conclusion, a wonderful Jas kit, consisting of an airbrush compressor and a hose to it, knocked on my door. We'll paint..)
For painting chose Dunkelgrau and Dunkelgelb from AKAN.
Of course, to the titans of the modeling is to me still very far away, but I tried.
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So, to summarize.
Assembly is not particularly difficult. 2 weeks of complete relaxation behind this machine. "Zvezda" now, you can and should take. Models worthy. However, vinyl tracks do not look very presentable. Was previously matched, with the proper treatment it was possible sagging to do and just do.. closer to reality. But the "Zvezda", apparently aimed at the young consumer, who needs something to fill his hand and train. For this it and shake hands.
Author: Mikhail Volkov (MAI), March 2013.
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