Soviet T-37 Amphibious Light Tank

Ron Garcia
Another micro Soviet tank. Builds quickly. Fit was great except the muffler. I had to use a bit of putty on the seam between the two halves. The running gear is strange. The four road wheel assemblies go into holes on the side of the hull that allow too much play. I recommend attaching them all at the same time with slow setting liquid cement to make sure all the road wheels touch the ground. I had to do a lot of fiddling with them as the glue dried to make sure they stayed vertical. The tracks are a bit of a pain. There are no positive locating pins or something for the tracks to click into. The edge of the tracks simply lay on the next one with two small lips. Since they are so tiny, you pretty much have to glue one at a time or you will knock any additional ones out of place. Used lots of liquid cement on them! I added two more links than recommended per side but when I installed them after painting they were ever so slightly too tight - even though I built them with a bit of sag. I've got to remember that adding paint to everything makes a perfect fit a slightly too tight of a fit! A bit of super glue - and my wife adding a drop of accelerator while I held the spot where tracks pulled apart - solved the problem. Not much PE which is a surprise for a Hobby Boss kit. Most is reasonable, but there are two rectangular pieces that are supposed to be bent to cradle the muffler and then bent again at the edges to form an upside down V to stabilize the assembly. With no bend guides, I just left them off. The overhead support brackets looked good enough to me. I lost one of the PE pieces I thought I had glued securely in place. It's like a small fin that sits off to the side of the turret. Probably should have waited until the end for that one. No clear lenses or decals. Recommended but because it's so tiny, I'd only get it if it's on sale; full price is a bit much.