Today's review is dedicated to the new 1/35 release from Meng - T-72B1. This version continues Russian tank lineup from Chinese manufacturer, and we checked B3 version here on DetailScaleView. Model turned out to be quite interesting build subject, which is easy to assemble and finished model still featured good detailing. Package here is similar - big box with impressive boxart. Inside sprues are packed into separate plastic bags, let's open them and check all parts. We can start from hull parts. As you can see, division here is similar to what we've had in the previous release. Мы можем начать с деталей корпуса. Как вы можете видеть, членение похоже на то, что было в предыдущем наборе. Of course, lower hull half will be detailed with separate parts. Modeler will glue self-entrenching device as well as suspension arms. Раузмеется, нижняя половина будет доработана отдельными деталями. Моделисту нужно будет установить устройство для самоокопа, а также рычаги подвески. Top hull panel will change even more after you apply all necessary parts on it. Separate engine cover hints on additional engine set, which can be bought and installed here. Верхняя часть корпуса изменится ещё больше после установки всех нужных частей. Отдельная крышка мотора намекает на возможность установки мотора, который нужно докупить. Turret parts are shown on the photos above and below. Детали башни показаны на фото выше и ниже. Molding quality is good. Manufacturer designed this part with special slots for external armor and separate hatches, which might be opened. Качество литья хорошее. Производитель сразу отлил деталь со специальными слотами для внешней брони и отдельных люков, которые можно будет открыть. Here is mix of different parts for external detailing. Straightaway I would recommend to replace plastic main gun barrel with metal analogue. А здесь виден микс различных деталей для внешней проработки. Сразу могу порекомендовать заменить основной ствол на металлический. Frontal armor is molded in form of single-piece part. Передняя броня выполнена одной деталью. The same can be said about segment, which will be placed on the top. То же можно сказать и о верхнем сегменте. Note that lower turret part is designed together with some minor elements, so be careful and don't break them. Обратите внимание, что нижняя часть башни выполнена с небольшими деталями, так что придётся поаккуратничать. There are several frames with suspension parts. Wheels should be easy to paint with help of included PE template. В комплекте несколько рамок с деталями подвески. Колёса будут просты в окраске благодаря шаблону из комплекта. More external parts, and few internal elements for turret. Здесь ещё больше деталей для внешней проработки и несколько для внутренностей башни. Some parts are really thin and will require careful separation. Некоторые детали очень тонкие и потребуют аккуратного отделения. Front mudguard segment is molded separately, so you might even leave it off for last steps of assembly. Передняя секция крыльев отлита отдельно, так что вполне можно отложить её на крайние этапы сборки. They are molded nicely, and should look good after careful weathering done. Сами детали аккуратно отлиты и должны отлично выглядеть после везеринга. Fuel tanks will have to be glued out of several parts. Be careful while assembling those. Топливные баки нужно склеить из нескольких деталей. Будьте аккуратны при сборке. On the frame above you can see more parts for main gun barrel. На рамке выше вы можете видеть детали для ствола орудия. Overall molding quality seems to be ok, so you shouldn't be worried about possible issues. Качество литья выглядит неплохо, так что не стоит беспокоиться о каких-либо проблемах. Drive sprockets should be glued out of several parts. Ведущие должны быть собраны из нескольких деталей. Even though side skirts should be assembled out of several parts, it will be easy to install those on your model. Хотя боковые юбки и собираются из нескольких деталей, их установка на модель не составит особых проблем. External armor blocks are molded in small segments. Below you can see several close photos. Блоки внешней брони отлиты сразу небольшими сегментами. Ниже вы можете видеть несколько подробных снимков. Large sections will be used for hull detailing. Крупные секции будут использованы для корпуса. One-piece segments are designed for installation on the turret. А вот эти одиночные пригодятся для башни. Last frame is also dedicated to external parts. Крайняя рамка также выделена под внешние детали. Of course, polycaps will come handy for roadwheels on your model. Transparent tool will be used for suspension adjustment. Разумеется, втулки будут использованы для колёс. Прозрачный инструмент предназначен для настройки подвески. Machine gun looks ok for standard version, but professionals will replace its barrel Пулемёт выглядит неплохо для стандартной версии, но профессионалы наверняка заменят ствол. Clear parts are nice and should be easy to install. There are no masks for those in the kit. Прозрачные детали выглядят прекрасно и будут простыми в установке. В комплекте нет масок, так что придётся вырезать всё своими руками. Those rubber parts will be used for main gun mask and fuel line. Эти резиновые детали будут использованы для маски орудия и топливной линии. As other Meng kits, this one has separate track links. Как и другие наборы Meng, этот оснащён наборными траками. Those should be easier to paint and weather, but assembly might be tedious for some modelers. Разумеется, подобный вариант будет проще в окраске и везеринге, но сама процедура покажется скучной для некоторых. On the photo above you can see wheels template and small fret for external detailing. На фото выше вы можете видеть трафарет для катков, а также небольшую планку для внешней проработки. Decals sheet is not big, but features all necessary symbols for several marking options. Лист с декалями невелик, но содержит все нужные символы для нескольких вариантов окраски. Assembly manual is printed in black-and-white. Well, at least marking guide is in color. Below you can see pages photos. Инструкция по сборке выполнена в чёрно-белом варианте. Тем не менее, схемы окраски отпечатаны в цвете. Ниже вы можете видеть фото страниц. New T-72 doesn't offer some sensational changes, but brings us new version of the famous Russian tank. It's molded in 1/35 scale and quite detailed for its size. Moreover, this kit should be easy to assemble, what will be appreciated by some. Of course, you won't avoid track assembly process, but final result should be worth it. Once again, I would like to thank Sergey for photos of this kit. Новый Т-72 не предлагает что-то абсолютно новое, но приносит нам очередной вариант российского танка. Он отлит в масштабе 1/35 и довольно проработан для своих размеров. Более того, сборка не доставит особых проблем, что будет оценено некоторыми. Разумеется, вам не избежать сборки траков, но итоговый результат будет стоить того. Снова хочу поблагодарить Сергея Ковалёва за фото.

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T-72B1, which one?T-72B1, which one?Jun 04, 2017#12017-06-04T17:00Hello! I am planning to model a T-72B1 and would like to know what is "the best" kit in the market: Trumpeter or Meng. Please, help a non educated modeller. All the best, FabrícioYou have a choice between two laborious tasksJun 07, 2017#22017-06-07T16:43In the Trumpeter B1 kit you have to glue 98 p/e part A24 "buttons" all over the turret (by "buttons" I mean the little round discs that hold down the rubber like mats covering the turret). In the Meng kit these "buttons" are moulded in place. The Meng kit's tracks are in several pieces which, a lot of people have complained about. So, of those two labour intensive and monotonous tasks, which one would you find easier to deal with? I will not comment on which kit is more accurate as I have heard various comments both for and against both kits. HTH- Geoff SteerAnother optionJun 07, 2017#32017-06-07T20:04Hello! I am planning to model a T-72B1 and would like to know what is "the best" kit in the market: Trumpeter or Meng. Please, help a non educated modeller. All the best, FabrícioBefore these kits were out, I went the Miniarm path for a few variants, have made a few and have a few more. Their resin turrets are gorgeous, and easy to put together. Have a look if they do the exact variant you want. Downside of course is need for donor kit, I've loved the Tamiya one with other mods from same company, but that was before Meng and Trumpeter decided to go T-72B1, which oneJun 07, 2017#42017-06-07T23:45Hello! I am planning to model a T-72B1 and would like to know what is "the best" kit in the market: Trumpeter or Meng. Please, help a non educated modeller. All the best, FabrícioI prefer Trumpeters T-72s, I think they have better detail and accuracy. Those discs are not that cumbersome to put on. You can have them on in minutes. But it is a detailed build. I've built Mengs T-90 cast turret and trumpeters T-72B 1990. Mengs is also fairly detailed and complicated in some steps. I like Trumpeters plastic better. Mengs turret I hear is inaccurate. It is too small particularly in the front bulged edges and too shallow there. From my inspection of both turrets, Trumpeters looks more correct. Mengs looks like a slightly deflated balloon. Trumpeters T-72B 1985 and T-72b/b1 with ERA turrets have been reworked slightly from the earlier 1990 and T-90 cast turret kits and look even better. Hope this you see this?Jun 08, 2017#52017-06-08T17:59Hello! I am planning to model a T-72B1 and would like to know what is "the best" kit in the market: Trumpeter or Meng. Please, help a non educated modeller. All the best, FabrícioHello guys! Thank you very much for the help. It was helpful. Did you see this Trumpeter's announcement? Trumpeter 09555 1/35th Russian T-72B/B1 w/kontakt-1 Reactive Armor (ver. Special Thanks to Mr. Vitaly Kuzmin as our Boxart photographer! Re-designing not just for correction or improvement but also for better and enjoyable model building experience. After the great success of our 05599 kit, Trumpeter Model 09555 1/35 Russian T-72B1 w/ kontakt-1 Reactive Armor made multiple improvements so that more modellers can enjoy this legendary tank with more joy and better price: 1. Turret anti-radiation coat texture accurately represented. 2. Re-designed part for more accuracy and easy assembling 3. Building options: both essential parts for T-72B/B1 will still included in this kit and multiple camouflage liveries to choose from! All those detail improvements & New designed features will also be added to our current on sale T-72/ T-90 series for another great enhance of detail level! ... 48/?type=3 Regards, Fabrício

The Soviet/Russian T-72 main battle tank is quickly approaching 50 years of service. Its longevity, much like the M1 Abrams, has been accomplished by several major updates in armor, armament, and electronics. The latest upgrade, the T-72B3, entered service in 2013; so far, more than 600 T-72s have been upgraded to the B3 version. The T-72B3 has seen action in Ukraine, where several were captured and used by Ukrainians. If you are a collector of Soviet/Russian armor models, you are in a golden age, with new kits released seemingly every month. Meng has expanded its modern Russian armor range with the addition of this T-72B3. The dark green plastic moldings show excellent detail. A small photo-etch (PE) fret has screens for the engine deck and includes a metal wheel mask. Along with individual-link tracks, the kit includes a jig and tools to aid in their assembly. The mantlet cover is a one-piece vinyl molding that shows excellent surface detail. Also in vinyl are hoses for the external fuel tanks. Clear parts are provided for the headlight, sensor lenses, periscopes, and windows. The instructions have good, large assembly drawings and excellent five-view color drawings for markings and painting. A small decal sheet provides markings for five vehicles, three in solid green and two with demonstration camouflages. Assembly begins with the hull. A jig is provided to hold the torsion bars in alignment while the glue sets. I added some small strips of styrene over the square ends of the torsion bars just to add a little security to the joints. The running gear attaches with vinyl keepers, so I left mine off until everything was painted. While the parts count is high, the tracks account for almost two thirds of the total. Despite the many parts, I found the tracks easy to clean up and assemble. After my first few sections, I could assemble a whole track sprue in about 20 minutes. Again, a jig and tool are provided for track assembly. Take care removing and cleaning the main track links (H1); they are very delicate at this stage, and you have only six spare links. However, once they are assembled the tracks are sturdy. I found the recommended 81 links fit perfectly. The upper hull went together quickly. Somehow I got the left side stowage bin (A6) misaligned and didn’t realize it until I went to add the side skirts in final assembly. Luckily, I was able to pry it loose and reattach it correctly. I also suggest that you have the engine cover assembled before adding its hinges (parts Q48 and Q50). I had to tweak the hinges to get my engine cover to sit properly. It’s a little difficult to remove the vinyl fuel hose assembly from its sprue without leaving a stub or cutting into the hose. That said, it went on easier than I expected and really adds to the look of the model. I soaked the string for the tow cables in a diluted solution of white glue and let it dry while it was taut. This reduces fuzziness and makes it easier to cut the string to length and paint it while the line stays flexible. The most difficult assembly may be the turret because of the numerous small parts, some of them very small with delicate attachment points. The vinyl mantlet cover looks excellent once painted, but you can only pose the main gun in an elevated position. There were a few tiny gaps where it meets the turret, but I didn’t bother to fill them. The commander and gunner hatches can be posed open or closed. The main gun tube is molded in several parts; while there is no warping, you do have to deal with seams on the front and rear sections. I base-coated my T-72 with Tamiya olive green (XF-58). Then I added a little field gray (XF-65) to lighten and gray the base color; I also used that to highlight the centers of panels and add modulation to the open areas. The decals settled into details with just a touch of Solvaset. Enamel washes added light weathering, and a pinwash brought out details. I spent about 28 hours building my T-72. The finished model matched dimensions I found on While it takes some experience with handling small parts, Meng’s kit is an excellent replica of this modernized T-72. It should find its way into any armor builder’s modern Russian A version of this review appeared in the March 2017 issue.

Russian Main Battle TankMeng Model | No. TS-033 | 1:35FactsBrand:Meng ModelTitle:T-72B1 Russian Main Battle TankNumber:TS-033Scale:1:35 Type:Full kit Released: 2017 New parts Barcode:4897038551415 (EAN)Topic:T-72 » Tanks (Vehicles)Box contentsPlastic sprue, Photoetched fret, Rod, Decalsheet (waterslide), VinylProduct timelineFull history »InstructionsWe don't have the exact instruction sheets, but we have them for:Russian Main Battle TankT-72B3Meng Model 1:35TS-028 2016 New parts Download 5291Kb (.pdf)MarketplaceOnline shopsCAD UAH stock »€ UAH stock »¥ 6460 UAH »CAD UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »€ UAH of stock »zł UAH of stock »USD UAH of stock »Alternative SKUs for Meng Model TS-033:MEN-TS-033 | 4897038551415 | ME-TS033 | MENG-TS033 | TS033 | MM TS-033Note: Prices and availability are indications only. Also check if the product actually matches!Related productsJNA Jugoslavian turret numbers - 1990'sStar Decals 1:3535-885 2015 New tool Multi-topic (6)All related products » (158 in total)In-box reviewsExternal reviewsAdvertisementReviewFineScale Modeler Forum

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