In Box Review of AER Moldova 1/35th Scale
Russian T-38 Amphibious Tank
Kit no. 002
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
But available at a few places overseas in later releases.
My kit has a copyright date of the 1980's.
By Ray Mehlberger
OUT OF PRODUCTION
But available at a few places overseas in later releases.
My kit has a copyright date of the 1980's.
THE KIT:
AER Modova is a model company based in Romania near the border of the Ukraine.
The kit came in a blousey shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The box is 2" too wide.
The box art shows a T-38 coming ashore up a river bank. It is overall dark-green with a red stripe over a dotted white stripe around the turret and a white square with a 3 on it on the hull sides.
The bottom of the box has the history of the T-38 in Russian and two 2-views and two illustrations of just the turret.
The first 2-view is the box art scheme (already described above).
The second one is overall dark-green with horizontal stripes of white, blue and white.
The first turret illustration shows it as covered with winter white wash and having a red star on it's sides.
The second turret illustration shows a Finish pale-blue swastika, outlined in white on the sides of it.
The decal sheet also has a red 3 on it and a white no. 219 and 2, but we are not showed any place where these go.
AER Modova is a model company based in Romania near the border of the Ukraine.
The kit came in a blousey shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The box is 2" too wide.
The box art shows a T-38 coming ashore up a river bank. It is overall dark-green with a red stripe over a dotted white stripe around the turret and a white square with a 3 on it on the hull sides.
The bottom of the box has the history of the T-38 in Russian and two 2-views and two illustrations of just the turret.
The first 2-view is the box art scheme (already described above).
The second one is overall dark-green with horizontal stripes of white, blue and white.
The first turret illustration shows it as covered with winter white wash and having a red star on it's sides.
The second turret illustration shows a Finish pale-blue swastika, outlined in white on the sides of it.
The decal sheet also has a red 3 on it and a white no. 219 and 2, but we are not showed any place where these go.
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains 3 dark-gray trees and the decal sheet in a sealed clear cello bag and the instructions.
The instructions are all in what looks to be Russian.
It consists of a single-sheet printed on news-print type paper that folds out into 6 pages in 4" x 8 3/4" page format.
Page 1 has the history of the T-38.
Page 2 is the parts trees illustrations with a list of the names of all the parts.
Page 3 has two 2-views of marking and painting schemes.
Both are overall dark-green. One has a red star on the side of the turret and the other is unmarked.
Across pages 4 though 6 there are 3 exploded drawings for assembly purposes.
Trees are not alphabetized. Very strangely one sheet does have tabs on it next to the parts, but NO numbers on the tabs.
The first dark-gray tree holds the hull top, bottom and sides (4 parts)
WHAT'S IN THE BOX:
The kit contains 3 dark-gray trees and the decal sheet in a sealed clear cello bag and the instructions.
The instructions are all in what looks to be Russian.
It consists of a single-sheet printed on news-print type paper that folds out into 6 pages in 4" x 8 3/4" page format.
Page 1 has the history of the T-38.
Page 2 is the parts trees illustrations with a list of the names of all the parts.
Page 3 has two 2-views of marking and painting schemes.
Both are overall dark-green. One has a red star on the side of the turret and the other is unmarked.
Across pages 4 though 6 there are 3 exploded drawings for assembly purposes.
Trees are not alphabetized. Very strangely one sheet does have tabs on it next to the parts, but NO numbers on the tabs.
The first dark-gray tree holds the hull top, bottom and sides (4 parts)
The second dark-gray tree holds: bogies with road wheels molded on them, side girders, drive sprockets, propeller, rudder, turret parts, main gun, shovel, headlights, horn, exhaust, tow cable etc. (38 parts)
The third dark-gray tree holds the link and length type treads (42 parts)
The kit decals.
There are no clear parts, interior details or crew figures included. Exterior detail is nice.
The decal sheet completes the kits contents.
The decal sheet completes the kits contents.
Recommended.