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Revell Soviet Battle Tank T-80BV 1:72

May 14, 2015 By Francis Porter

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Review by Geoff Coughlin (May 2015)

Thanks to Revell for supplying our review sample. Revell model kits are available from all good toy and model stores. For details visit www.revell.de/en

This T-80BV (a monument in St Petersburg) has reactive armour adapted to its turret and hull. The later T-80U has a large applique of explosive reactive armour installed — providing higher crew and tank survivability than prior models
This T-80BV (a monument in St Petersburg) has reactive armour adapted to its turret and hull. The later T-80U has a large applique of explosive reactive armour installed — providing higher crew and tank survivability than prior models

Background

The T-80 is a third-generation main battle tank (MBT) designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union. A development of the T-64, it entered service in 1976 and was the first production tank to be equipped with a gas turbine engine for main propulsion. The T-80U was last produced in a factory in Omsk, Russia, while the T-80UD and further-developed T-84continue to be produced in Ukraine. The T-80 and its variants are in service in Belarus, Cyprus, Kazakhstan [12], Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and Ukraine. The chief designer of the T-80 was the Russian engineer Nikolay Popov.
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Initial assessment

There are several other reviews of 1:72 Revell armour subjects in Here Now. I think that the first time this kit was released was back in 1996 and it was pretty good then. We’re reviewed many other ‘T-series’ kits from Revell and you’ll find them in their Revell section of Armour-Kits-Revell. These are all really impressive little kits in this scale and this T-80BV is no different.

Moulding quality is to a high standard with very fine levels of detail across the board. You’ll see that some of the parts have excess flash around them but nothing too onerous to remove.
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The attached images should speak for themselves and you can decide what you think, especially as armour is probably your area. So I offer a basic insight into this Revell kit that’s widely available and this will be good news to all of you that are interested in armour modelling in this scale.

The package…

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