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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Academy Hovet
mazyen
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 21, 2007
KitMaker: 112 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 04:00 AM UTC
My completed Hovet. Out of box built, only added sand bags set from Legend. Plastic link tracks supplied were full of sink holes. Too lazy to fill & sand, therefore did not use them. Installed a set of old tamiya vinyl track instead which has gone out of shape.
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HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 04:28 AM UTC
Looks pretty good. Right rear light should not be red though. Only the left side has a red lense. The right has two slits that appear black. When did Academy put out a Hovat kit? Or is it a combo of their M163 kit and left over parts from their M113 Zelda kit for the M113 commo vehicle? Look good either way.
mazyen
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Singapore / 新加坡
Joined: June 21, 2007
KitMaker: 112 posts
Armorama: 79 posts
Posted: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 - 05:42 AM UTC
Hi Gino
Good observation. You are right it is actually a M163 kit ( thrown away the box with the crappy M163 drawing long ago) with storage bins from one of my Zelda kit which was converted to the Zelda 2 with the "toberone" side armour.
The more I look at it I think I need to replace the vinyl tracks.
Thanks for looking.
Lee
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