Meng "Model 1:35 British Medium Tank Mk.A Whippet Kit (Multi-Colour)

Detailed kit, easy to build.Surprisingly large when completed.Very good value for money.

Unfortunately several of the sprues in my kit were warped and I had to contend with that during assembly. I found the tracks (although they look great) to be a real pain. First of all you have to separate over a hundred individual track pieces and removed three sprue nubs from each. They clip together easily enough initially, but assembling a full track in once piece I found to be nigh on impossible. I had to glue grouped sections to the track rollers in stages. Another minor irritant are the tow rope ends, which are grooved - not hollow. That said the kit makes up into a very nice and fairly unique model. No other manufacture makes a kit of this tank.

Good kit. Some cab bits are tricky to get to shape. Superglue needed to fix them quick. But tracks as individual links were a pleasure to build, but fiddly to fit. But it's a great kit and lots of detail to chip and panel line,wash

In the process of making it. Lots of wheels, bit fiddly but the finished model will be worth it

This model kit fits together very poorly has few parts apart from individual track links and has lots of flashings and poor instructions. Would not recommend this to anybody

Smashing kit and excellent service from the vendor

I'm a big fan of Meng kits and have been waiting for this one to be released for quite some time. I did look at the Takom version but that has some build 'challenges' that I didn't fancy. The Meng has the same level of detail but is a joy to build - besides the tracks it can be finished over a weekend. The two areas that you may have expected to be problematic have had some thought put into them to make it as easy as possible. The wheels are built so that instead of been sandwiched between the inner and outer plates are placed on axels that are part of the inner plate. This means that getting everything lined up is very simple. The next part is the hull itself. A large part of the lower hull is moulded as one piece and the 'turret' starts with a single piece that is then bent to shape. This gives a solid foundation for adding the rest of the plates. I still had a small amount of filing to do but it was all far easier to get everything square.The downsides? There is no PE and this really should have used to get inscale thickness for the attachment points for the canvas track covers. The stowage bins often seen in pictures are included. The individual tracks are rather time consuming to clean up with three attachment points. Finally, the tow cable is string and not metal.Overall highly rated especially if, like me, you prefer to concentrate on the painting stage and not the build stage.

Arrived on time and in perfect condition. Built straight out of the box with no complications and no fuss to produce a cracking little model kit.The only tricky bit was the gun compartment but by using the roof as a guide this section can be made easier. Meng Models sometimes feel almost toy-like in their construction but with no compromise on the quality of the finished model and how it ends up looking. I actually really like this aspect as some other manufacturers seem to suck all the enjoyment out of modelling by making the build really complicated and overly challenging. I had this built in a number of days and would not hesitate to recommend it to either a beginner or an old hand looking to have some no nonsense fun putting this together on the dark Autumn/Winter nights.