How are Mini Hobby (is that the right name?) kits? They're really cheap - almost too cheap! I would think they're Trumpeter reboxes, but has anyone here tried building them?

They are basically reboxes of Dragon, Academy, Tamiya and Heller kits. Their Leclerc is a reboxed Heller kit. Their T-72 line up is quite a lot, I reckon some are from Tamiya and Dragon. Their AAVP-7 kits are Tamiya or Academy reboxed, for the one with ERA they added that feature.

They're ok, somewhat. I got one, a T-72 with Kontakt-V ERA. The tracks were too long and they were missing the metal axle for the sprocket (my fault, I didn't inspect the kit when I purchased it).

If you're looking for cheap Soviet vehicles, you have no choice but Mini Hobby which has the most T-72s lined up, followed by Trump's Soviet tanks and their Chinese copycats.

Mmmmm.... T-72.... since you say it's cheap, I may try one of them.

ok lng mini hobby na kits but depends on which brand they reboxed the whole kit....hehhe got an F-18 and it sucks big time! #:-) but i do have other kits made of mini hobby and its ok for me...

Hey Shonen, I remember you built a Tamiya (?) T-72 before. Where'd you get it??

Singapore.... padala ni erpat nung nagbusiness trip sya doon along with other stuffs. I believe STC in Festival Mall has this. Di lang ako sure.

Ahhhhhh.... imported pala eh.... it's so expensive online ($45!!!!!)! I checked STC Festival a week ago, and they didn't have any Tamiya T-72s....

But today, during a trip to STC Virramall, I had a chance to check out the Mini Hobby version of the T-72 (they let me peek inside some open boxes)... and it SUCKS. Detail, particularly the turret, was exxagerated and toy-like, and the thing is motorized... The manual looks a lot like a typical Tamiya manual... suspiciously so... I think it's a rebox of the Trumpeter version (which was copied from the Tamiya version), and in this case, a LOT has been lost in the translation.

I DID however get the DML M1A1HA OIF for P850... looks like it's going to be a fun build, if I can get over the link-and-length tracks and the (so I hear) scary bustle rack....

Bili lang ng dad ko doon is P1200 ata or 40 Singapore Sinc.




Now, you have to buy the Trumpeter M1A1HA. Not good in details but has two sets of tracks - rubber and indy. The indy is good compared to the DML one. DML Abrams indy trracks SUCKS! Fit is bad.... really bad.