MENG Model's 1/35 MERKAVA 3D

[kirin]

Got this kit last week from MENG MODEL, 1/35 Merkava 3D.
MENG Model is the manufacturer of the famous 1/35 pick-up truck and the WWII German minesweper.

I'm here to share with you the contents and what will you get in the box.

the box art and manual
MENG Model type design.




Some brief detail and history of the Merkava in English, Chinese and Japanese.


Two type of marking was provided in the box.
You can choose either marking during Lebanon 2006 or Operation Cast Lead 2009


A parts x 2
This sprue contain all the parts you need to build the road wheels for the tank. Well, I must admit that I dont really like to do sand road wheels.






B parts x 2







To be continued!

[kirin]

C parts


Simply love the details


D parts

This sprue form mainly the upper hull and the side skirt of the tank.









E parts

The counter weight 'balls' at the back of the turret.






To be continued.

[kirin]

Let's take a closer look onthe F parts





nicely done MG compare to Tamiya's or Acaemy's


G parts will be mostly the small detail and small parts for the tank.





Parts in the H parts is where the most detail part in the box.


I was impressed by this detail, instead of mold plastic like other previous produced kit, it give you a very thin plastic net, save you a lot of time to scrathbuild this part.

[kirin]

Now, this sprue is what make this box different with others, the upper part of the turret is to form by a lot of parts instead of one whole piece of plastic.
K parts


Love to count rivets? this one is for you...






Lower turret





Turret top





Lower hull


To be continued...

[kirin]

This will be my last open box report for the Merkava before my build proceed.

Upper hull







J parts

Transparent parts



Idle wheel x2
Slide mold parts?


Individual track
Total 220 parts in this bag, what if I accidentally lost one...


Poly cap
For the road wheels


Metal sheet, copper wire and a nylon string


As I mentioned in my early post, two type of marking is provided.



Coming up next will be my build log, hopefully i got sometime after building my Buffalo <_<

Thanks for viewing and hope you will enjoy this kit. :lol:

[Rayloke]

Thanks Kirin. Though i know jack about tank......

I guess kits review would be most suitable for ya.... since u have the most kit amongst us....

[Phoon]

How could i missed this review! Yeah agree with Ray here. Hope to see more review on AFV from you.....

[bombervince]

this one hv no "anti-skid" ?

[kirin]

For member that plan to get a Merkava 3D, I will strongly suggest you get this one instead of the HxxBxxx, my friend already got this HxBx kit and he found that the teeth at drive sprocket cannot fix into the individual track.

With a comparison on the real photo, the anti-skid on HxBx is too small and the lower hull is inaccurately produce... epic...