Hi All
Had this arrive this morning from China along with some etch I ordered also but more on the etch later. The Merkava or chariot is the I D F main battle tank and is unusual that the engine is mounted at the front. It has been designed to give maximum crew protection and can even carry 10 fully kitted support troops inside with the crew. There is a rear door where the troops can deploy from.
As with all Meng kits the box is crammed full with light grey sprue's with a choice of rubber or all steel road wheels. The hull is in two parts as is the turret also included is a bag of individual plastic tracks along with some cord,wire and lead sheet. The instructions are in booklet form and breaks down the build into mini sections at the back there are two colour painting views for two different versions. The three etch sets are from Voyager the main set includes real replacement springs the second set is side armour and the last is a 50 cal main turret gun. I also have the Legend resin hull basket set to go on.
All in all a nice kit with little if any flash and highly detailed parts and would build a decent model without the extra's. I have found some metal tracks for the kit but will probably stick with the supplied ones, as for metal barrels I have not been able to source one but the kit one is fairly substantial.
This will be going into the stash for a while as I have plans for a future build including this kit.
Regards
Andy
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Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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