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New OIF stuff from Verlinden
Maki
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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 06:39 PM UTC
Here it is: november

I knew VP would soon do a reissue of their Hummer update kits... This one was originaly made for Academy offering, but I guess it could fit Tamiya too.



More stowage sets... seem to be very simmilar to ones we saw for Abrams and Bradley. Oh well...





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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 07:09 PM UTC
This is getting ridiculous! What on earth are Verlinden playing at? Tamiya releases a storage set for OIF in plastic, and Verlinden does the same thing a few weeks later....Why don't they produce something we actually need, like an upgrade for the Tamiya Bradley, the armor upgrade for the AA7, or even an upgrade for the LAV. I'm not even going to suggest that a ww2 british storage set would be welcome..... Jim
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Posted: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 - 07:31 PM UTC

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This is getting ridiculous! What on earth are Verlinden playing at?



My sentiments too... They are just reissuing their old stuff (T-55 updates, M1 stuff and now Hummer too) and making same stowage sets for three different vehicles.

Why not make some new updates? Hummer is craving for SF conversion, not to tell how much different stuff there could be for T-55... Verlinden is selling out his name IMO.

Mario M.
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 03:11 AM UTC
To make matters worse the stuff they give you isnt' accurate...they still give you the old M17 Pro Masks instead of the newer M40/42. Even the duffel bags are wrong...
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 03:21 AM UTC
Old Radios too..... not SINCNARS (sp?)
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 04:43 AM UTC
AEF designs has several new kits as well, including the EAAK for the AA7 and supposedly an SF upgrade for the Hummer is on the way. BUT it would be nice to see that from the big companies, at least it's a start with the ODS Bradley from Tammy (though I haven't see it or the Dragon USMC M1A1HA here in the states yet)
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 06:00 AM UTC
Looks like the B pillar or rollbar is missing as well. Makes it difficult to build the kit with the doors open or removed.
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 06:04 AM UTC
I couldn't agree with you guys more. Why manufacturers do what they do (german rail guns are great example) is sometimes a mystery to me.
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Posted: Thursday, October 02, 2003 - 06:07 AM UTC

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AEF designs has several new kits as well, including the EAAK for the AA7 and supposedly an SF upgrade for the Hummer is on the way.



Nate, do you have some more info on the SF Hummer conversion? Those are great news... although.. it is AEF...

Mario M.
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