u/llaarr123

nice build except for the tracks. i particularly liked how they did the suspension with the ausf’s characteristic six road wheels.

now with the tracks… this is i’d guess my eighth cobi tank and the first where the tracks would come apart if you just looked at them. it was super frustrating. i’m assuming it was a bum production run. what say you?

the soviets loved this tank. would've been cool to have this option.

the build itself was anodyne other than the aft section that exploded like a hand grenade EVERYTIME i tried to button it up.

​the soviets loved this tank. would've been cool to have this option.

the build itself was anodyne other than the aft section that exploded like a hand grenade EVERYTIME i tried to button it up.

this was kind of a mid build... not as cool as i thought it would be. the cars proportions are definitely janky. towards the end it had me wishing i had four hands and forty fingers trying to button the whole thing up. it was the most frustrating final few steps since my cobi l.e. f-117 nighthawk stealth fighter which ended up under my right foot before it was done done.

this is hands down the best project i've ever had the pleasure to put together. whoever designed it is brilliant. all the subtle ways he used various bricks is very cool. not one black pin to be found lol. the instructions have a couple of killer misdirects so you have to be careful. if anyone knows anything about the cobi citroen sets please post it.

cobi knows tanks like uncle ben knows rice. this was a 850 piece, little snack of a build. the size of this small, 1:28 scale tank was just right. i'm a big fan of cobi products and was surprised to discover, for the first time, that the quality of the bricks was a bit of a miss. some of them were hella difficult to join with the tolerances being too tight.

as with some of their other offerings you get to chose which "side" the tanks belongs to by changing the badging, in this case there are three options: soviet, captured fighting for poland or captured fighting for germany. there are no stickers; parts are stamped and really look good.

all in all, cobi makes good shi… stuff.

My heart sank when i opened the box and saw there were a couple pounds of black pins and gears in there. However my hands managed to survive another build... my mind... well that's another story. the heart of the project is you put together an approximately 5x8 inch "box" that houses a chain drive that moves the rocket pod. unfortunately the way it was designed the "axels" that drive the gears can become dislodged easily and to reinsert them you have to... you guessed it... take the whole thing apart... a lot.

Anyways it was a fun build. it even shoots these 5 inch plastic rockets a good 6 feet, guaranteed to put someone's eye out...

this is my fourth cobi build in a row and i gotta say cobi has supplanted all other vendors as my favorite. their stuff is such a pleasure to put together. the almost total lack of the dreaded black pin is a bonus for my hands. fit and finish is outstanding. unlike lego they offer enough military subject matter to fight numerous wars. the builds are challenging with just enough misdirection in the instructions to keep you on your toes.