T-90S
Ref :
Italeri #251
Terres Modeles T90S
The T90 is the ultimate T72 version. After the first Gulf war, its designers found it sensible not to name T72 due to the poor performances of this MBT during the fights. However, it is just an evolution of the T72BM from which it only differs by the adoption of the anti-missile protection system Shtora which is characterized by the IR emitters on either side of the 125mm gun.
The kit is a conversion by
Terres Modèles on a Dragon basis. TM provides with a new turret,
gun and the supplemental frontal and lateral armor plates. The
ERA bricks are obviously included as well as the new smoke
dischargers and the cradle for the NSVT 12.7mm MG. The detail is
sharp.
It is a real pity that the manufacturer omitted the new stowage
bins which are definitely different from the T72 ones. Another
flaw in this conversion is the lack of the new front mudguards
but this is easy to fix. The front glacis armor plate is wrong.
In fact, on either side of the driver hatch, it should be
inverted V shaped. In reality, the Shtora emitters are linked to
the main gun, you will have to reproduce all the connecting
system.
The main difficulty with this kit is its useless
instruction sheet. It is a dark photocopy of pictures of the
built kit without any single explanation. So the building is
blindly done, and without a solid documentation you are sure to
do some mistakes. That is what happened to me since the roof ERA
bricks are ill-positioned. Meanwhile, having got the excellent
book about the T72/T90 published by Concord , I intend to correct
those mistakes.