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Pro Art Dumvee Set
Northwestern
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Texas, United States
Joined: May 03, 2007
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 10:44 PM UTC
Looking to find out if anyone here in the states has ordered this set from Pro Art

I am not too keen on currency conversion, but does € 40 seem a bit high?
I am not sure if I converted it right, but I may be wrong

I also want to get the super swamper tires and they run at € 12,50, and the comma throws me off.

I would really like to build a Spec Ops Humvee after reading Roughneck "91"
18Bravo
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 20, 2005
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:16 PM UTC
The Pro Art resin set is a good one. Some of the parts are on the small side, but overall it builds into a nice kit. Some folks have posted pics of theirs, but if you do a search you'll fnd three great builds online, all apparently by Belgian modelers. Another very minor niggle is the front of the "running boards." On the kit the inside of the angled piece is perpendicular, when it should be angled as well. On the plus side, the transmission housing insulation, spare tire mount, smoke discharger brackets, and jack are very nicely done. The backboard requires some cleaning, but looks good with a little effort.
The price on the tires is 12 and a half Euros. The decimal is replaced with a comma in Europe. The tires are pretty nice as well.
LeoCmdr
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Alberta, Canada
Joined: January 19, 2005
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Posted: Friday, February 15, 2008 - 11:29 PM UTC
You have to shop around.....Lucky Model.

Dumvee conversion....$50.00 USD = 34,73 Euro

Super Swamper tires...$15.99 USD = 10,89 Euro

And........Lucky Model has FREE shipping for Pro Art Models products.

Feel free to send me the difference in savings for the finders fee.....haha!
Northwestern
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Texas, United States
Joined: May 03, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, February 16, 2008 - 04:49 AM UTC


Appreciate that guys, I was panicking, because when I used the comma, it came out to $18000 dollars!!!

Ordered the conversion kit and tires for now, once I get the stowage and modern comm equip and M1025, I am gonna do a fun build log
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