Grotte TG-1 by Arma Models: Box Review
As already mentioned, the conversation about the Grotte tank was not started by chance.
Previous report: TG-1 Grote Tank
It was started because Arma Models at one time released, and I purchased, a 3D printed model of this tank in 1/35 scale, which the company sells under the designation AM35938 Soviet medium tank Grotte TG-1.
I would like to warn foreign readers right away that it will be difficult to purchase this model outside of Russia. This is because the manufacturer is itself an Internet store that only sells in Russia. Since it is a store itself, it does not give its products to other stores.
I took it by pre-order, which I waited for a couple of months. But I paid $56, and now on the store’s website the same model costs $68, and most importantly – it is not available.
The model arrived in a very simple box with a list of contents on the back of the lid.
There are no instructions. The reason is not so much the laziness of the stinginess of the company, but the simplicity of assembly. Besides, it is about us that we have a saying that our people read the instructions only when they break everything. However, in terms of assembly models this is not so reliable.
Inside there were a dozen of these subassemblies and a set of metal barrels, which I ordered following the instincts of plastic assembly.
Thus, we have three boxes with semi-assembled tracks.
One box for each of the two hull halves and two turrets,
on the box of rollers and side screens.
The rest of the running small stuff, just small stuff (machine guns, hatches, towing earrings) and a transparent headlight box. The barrels are a separate set, for a separate price.
To be continued …