Academy M551 13011

My father-in-law gave me this kit for Christmas, and I am going to be building it soon. I’ve read the PMMS review, but I was wondering if anyone here had any problems building or decaling this kit.

I am building it now. It goes together well but I think the pieces are a little “chunky” needed some clean up and of course the plastic is somewhat soft. I did cut out the bottom of the turret basket and used some of the screen for the sides to put in the bottom.

I don’t know about this kit in particular, but Academy’s decals have a reputation for being very hard to work with.

I build that tank a while ago as a present for my brother who is crazy about this particular tank. The kit build straight OOB without any problem. Just the usuall clean and bond thingi.

The decal also does not create issue. Just a typical decal.

Have fun building it.


Ben