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Well, Tony Englehart (of A.E.F. Designs) has actually purchased one of these.
He got it mail-order through Ace Hobbies. It's retailing right around $50, give
or take. He took it home, dragged out the hundreds of photos he has of various
T-72's, and sadly came to the conclusion that it is 99% accurate, and the 
remaining 1% is dimensional stuff indistinguishable in 1/35 scale. I say sadly
because he does make money off of kit inaccuracies, after all. :-) Mark
Persichetti of On The Mark Models brass sets is already working on vent screens
and such. You can build a beautiful T-72 without his set, but when the price
comes down (note that the Tiger I late version, M2A2 Bradley, and Challenger I
Mk. 3 are all $20-$24 now) it will be worth adding to it.

On a related note, it seems that there is some place nearby here that in fact
has a T-72M-2(1990), a T-80SMT, and a BMP-3. Someplace "closer than you think,"
and "government-controlled." That's all I could get. That, and the fact that
the T-80 does in fact sport reactive armor, not passive as many people 
(including Zaloga) thought.

Randy
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