
The Merkava is one of the armored combat vehicles more powerful and deadly of the planet. A truly proud Israeli and a veteran of several campaigns with the IDF.

The kit of the Academy Merkava III is not the most accurate. It is a relatively old model and is known in the middle of militaria modelist that this is a kit with "serious" errors in the tower.
The errors are yes, yes, but I did not commit the errors that the final model. What more note is the tower. The Academy model is closer to the Block III version of the Merkava Mk III and not the final version.

On the kit, apart from this failure dictates that I confess not matter to me, there is one that considermo more "serious": the lack of surface anti-sliders on the flat parts of the upper Merkava.
This point can be corrected by the modeler, but it certainly will work.

Another point that could have been improved by the Academy are correct and dea steel balls that are present on the back of the tower. These chains and balls serve to shield the vulnerable part of the joint body of the tower-tank.

A highlight of the kit are the rubber rings of the wheels also present in the real model cast in black rubber in the kit.
The decals are also very nicely printed and complete.




The "worms" are vinyl and molded with the links attached to each other.

Overall a good kit, getting a 7, but is to be fitted with a good point. There are sets in the market update. May be a good model to build an even more precise.
If you do not mind the small issues and want a Merkava III in his collection, this is the kit. It is not expensive and is nice after mounted.
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