Looking For a good T-34 kit

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Hey all, I was hoping you could suggest a good 1/35 scale T-34 kit. I’ve been looking at Dragon’s T-34/76 Mod. 40. Anyone built this kit before?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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I haven’t, but from everything I’ve heard, they are the kits to beat. I’m waiting patiently for what I hope will be a 42 model. www.perthmilitarymodelling.com might have a review.

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I’m in t5he process of building Dragon’s T-34/85 UTZ and it is very good except the indys give me troublke.

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I built the Dragon T34-85 NVA version and had no problems at all. They are the best T-34 models on the narket. Highly recommended, can’t go wrong with one. Indi-link tracks are not really that difficult either, just take your time.

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like ygmodeler, i am in the middle of dragon’s t34/85 UTZ… great kit

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I just picked up the T-34/76 Model 1940 off of eBay for $20 including a Gum Ka PE set and Elefant barrel. It looks like a very nice kit. I’ve also got the NVA T-34/85 and it looks very good as well.

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I’m building the Tamiya 1943 T-34/76 as part of the Mad T-34 Day group. Given that it’s a 28-hour build I won’t be doing any fancy AM add-ons, but I am curious about adding individual link tracks to it following the group build. The rubber bands that come with it just do not look very realistic. So, does anybody make a track set that will be right for this kit?

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Go with the Dragon kits and ignore all other 1/35th T-34 kits. Although, the mine roller on the Maquette
T-34/85 is worth buying.

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Thanks for all the replies, sounds like the Dragon kit is the way to go, and as luck would have it I see they’re on sale at mission models right now.

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i built the dragon t-34/76 '41 kit and it was pretty good. nice and crisp, gives you a choice of styrene and some PE parts (grills, straps, etc) i think the summer camo scheme they suggested was off though. still cool.

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I have build the T-34 72 kit. Very good. Highly recomended.

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I built Dragon’s T-34/85. The indie track links were a pain, but not impossible. If I had it to do all over again, I’d get some after market tracks and details.

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I just finished the DML T-34/76 Mod. 1940. This kit is a gem alongside the rest of the DML T-34s. As been said before, DML T-34s are the best on he market following the Tamiya ones and Maquette. Maquette makes a whole bunch of cool T-34`s such as the T-34/57 Tank Destroyer, T-34(r) and T-34/100.

Edit: Typo.

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If so, I’d go with WW2 Productions snap together resin tracks for the T34. They look good, they are light but they sag, and they go together easily.

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know I’m late on this one, but I built a T-34/76 Captured version, and it was a gem! It’s the same thing as the Mod. version, only with German bits instead of some Russian bits, BUUUTTT… the German ones are optional! It was a fine kit, until the dog broke it LOL

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I’ll be starting my build on the Dragon T-34 mod 41 soon. From the looks of the parts it seems to be an excellent kit.

TigerII