BT-5 in 1/72 scale
Name
Wheel Track Tank BT-5 (Item.n. 301)
Producer
UM (Ukraine) with
cooperation of IBG (Poland)
Packing
Cover is
made from soft cardboard with relatively nice picture of moving tank on
the foreside. On the back side is picture of one cammouflage version
Type
of kit
plastic
injected kit
Quality
Mouldings are made from hard
green plastic. When you‘ll look at frames for the first
time, you‘ll find who is unknown producer UM – it‘s
well-known Ukraine‘s (now don‘t existing) producer SKIF.
All of the parts (93 pieces) are moulded in high quality,
without errors. The only mistake of this kit are shut hatches
on the top of turret. Opposite to the older kits (T-26 series)
now producer made tracks not from soft vynil, but (great
news!) from hard plastic. Model also contains a little sheet
with 11 PE parts.
Instruction
sheet
Instruction
sheet is again typical SKIF one, but for beginners is somwhat chaotic.
Decals
Decals are
also very quality made, the‘re for 4 versions of tank : 3 Soviet
(pre-war, from occupation of East Poland 1939 and from the Summer of
1941) and one of Spanish Nacionalists from Civil War ( but Spanish
Nacionalist Forces captured and used only very few of this tanks, so
it‘d be better to make a version of Republican Forces. here you can
use decals from T-26 mod. 1933 kit ).
General Impression
& Note
Very nice kit, almost without mistakes. I can
recomend it.