"First Look at Team Yankee Armor" Topic

I've been madly putting together tanks for Team Yankee (having picked up both the US and Soviet boxes).

First impressions – the Abrams is extremely cool because you get parts for the M1 and M1A1 versions – though there is some oddness with the rear armor skirt and the retaining plate – I still haven't decided what I'm going to do about that yet…

The T-72 overall is pretty nice as well. Getting the gun cleaned up with the multiple points of attachment is a pain, and the rear auxiliary fuel tanks are also a pain (join seam in the worst possible place – but that's common to T-72 kits in just about ANY scale). Otherwise it's a shake 'n bake (throw some glue in a box, shake it up, finished miniature comes out).

Fun comparison of a Panzer IV Ausf H, T-72, and T-35 to give you a sense of the scale:

Full detailed review at the blog: link

Very useful thankyou. Would it be possible to post some pictures of the Soviet and American tank crew? I believe the soviet are the same plastic set as supplied with the plastic ISU 152, but have not seen the Americans.

If you hit the links to the boxed sets in the blog entry it shows the commander figures if you scroll down. I haven't compared the T72 and ISU commander sprues… I'll check it out!

Good review and fwiw I agree with all your points – a good sprue cutter is key for the T-72's gun. Lovely models both!