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Miniarm BTR- wheels
Jacques
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Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 - 02:25 AM UTC
From Sergej:

"Miniarm planned start produce BRDM,BTR-60/70/80 wheels.
Approx. prices in Russin shops $15-16 for BRDM and $22-25 for BTRs."

Not sure which picture represents which wheel set, and without a "face" shot, I cannot tell if they are new sculpting or just recast DML wheels.



Gundam-Mecha
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Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 - 06:43 AM UTC
Those look great, I wondered how long it would be till Miniarm did some.

Any idea on a release schedule?

If they are anything like the planned BMP-2 kit then I'll abandon hope.
Reiter960
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Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 - 12:58 PM UTC
Those are resin casts with some dry brushing, I think as far as designations go the same masters are going to be used fro BRDM and BTR, given that BRDM-2A have the same tires and hubs as BTR-80 does. All that's left is for a certain plastic model company to provide remaining 10% of the setup, hull, turret, hatches, etc.
Jacques
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Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 - 03:39 PM UTC

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All that's left is for a certain plastic model company to provide remaining 10% of the setup, hull, turret, hatches, etc.



True, but said company also has some very nice wheels on the whisper-pictures we have been shown. They may make aftermarket wheels unneccessary.
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