And allocate the Takom kit to the spare part box.Įven though it 'hurts' dismantling a model I finished only a few weeks back. In doubt how to proceed now, putting these three major variants of the Mark V alongside each other on the shelf is not gonna work.Įven thinking about 'harvesting' the AM (MasterClub tracks and Aber barrels) from the Takom kit to use it with my second Meng kit instead, which will save me from spending an extra €50,00. So I wonder, what's your opinion on the differences in between these two models? Which one is the 'more correct' one? But I have not found any reviews comparing both kits, nor any reviews of millimeter fetishists taking these kits apart dimensionally. I reckon Meng to be the more correct kit, after all they do mention their close coorporation with the Bovington Tank Museum.
The sponsons can be swapped in between the two models, actually, the Takom sponsons do fit the Meng kit better then they do fit the Takom kit!Īnd generally speaking the detail on the Meng kit is much, much more refined.Īll in all putting the two models alongside each other is like putting a 1970s Italerei Sherman alongside a Tasca/Usaka Sherman. The distance in between the two cabs is also much larger on the Takom kit then it is on the Meng kit.Īngles on the front track frames are different too, making the Takom kit looking 'sleeker' and the Meng kit has much more 'volume' in its body.Īngles on the glacis and lower nose plate are different too, as is the height of the drivers front plate and the Takom kit also has noticable more ground clearance.
Regarding length and width the two models are almost identical, but the Meng kit has greater height overall, and especially the drivers and commanders cabs are sticking out as being much higher. respectively, and that I could display them alongside each other.īut putting the Meng kit alongside the Takom kit was a great dissapointment. Having one Takom kit and the two Meng Mark V kits I thought I would build them as a post war Soviet Hermaphrodite, a late war Britsih Male and a post war British Female with interior. Recently I finished building my Takom Mark V kit and started working on my Meng Mark V kit. Takom vs Meng, which Mark V kit is correct? Typically questions on availability or certain subjects and quality of existing kits are posted here. Modelling / Kits The Kits forum is for the discussion of model kits.
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