The vision blocks are very small and need to be masked off. This included the engine access doors, drivers hatch, frontal added armor, tow hooks, PE engine grills, clear vision blocks for the driver and head lights. The next 3 steps show the assembly of all the components for the upper hull. Step 4 just covers the attachment of the engine deck and upper part of the hull to the lower hull. It just appeared a tad too flimsy for me. But since the torsion bars are very thin in diameter I opted for gluing those in place. The suspension is designed to be workable on no. The fit of the parts was very good with hardly any mold lines and no visible ejector marks. The assembly starts, as usual for most armor kits, with the suspension on the lower hull. The painting guide is in color and shows the tank from four sides but no overhead view, which leaves the painting of the upper surfaces up to guesswork if you don't have any reference pictures. The assembly instructions are in booklet form and include 19 assembly steps and a paint chart with paint call-outs for Gunze Sangyo, Hobby Color, Humbrol and Tamiya. The box contains 14 tan colored sprues with approximately 1000 very nicely detailed parts of which over 650 are just for the workable tracks (more about the tracks later), 2 PE frets, a piece of string, a sprue with clear parts, and a decal sheet for 2 different vehicles. The kit comes in a large box with a nice box art showing a ZTZ-99. Due to their high cost, it is not expected that the PLA will put many ZTZ-99 into service. Other equipment includes IFF, Laser Suppression System, GPS, modern communications and multiple workstations. Nothing is known about its actual armor protection, but it is suggested that it is either ERA or composite blocks. The engine is based on that of the German Leopard 2, with an output of 1500hp. The tank is equipped with a Chinese 125mm gun with autoloader and the Chinese version of the Dshk machine gun. The ZTZ-99 is the successor to the Type 99, and based on that model. Type 99) is the latest tank in the arsenal of the Chinese PLA. Ĭonsidered one of the best tanks in the world right now, The ZTZ-99 (a.k.a. Review sample provided by Stevens International.
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