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Finally! A 251 in 1/48th Scale!!!!
jimbrae
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Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 08:43 PM UTC
From AFV Club :



Oh, be still my beating heart!!
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Posted: Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 11:10 PM UTC
That's very cool
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 12:29 AM UTC
That is great news and just when people were saying that AFV had dumped 1/48, and I hope that is a centurian 73 israile that will be very welcome to, cheers Bob.
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 01:21 AM UTC
Awesome
Thanks for the pic.
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 01:35 AM UTC
HOLY smoke is that a Churchill and a Centurion with an interior?

Sweet
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 03:51 AM UTC
Great news! Just reflecting other recent discussions on new releases I have to say, you 1/35 guys don’t even realize how lucky you actually are… Or should I rather say spoiled?
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Posted: Friday, October 17, 2008 - 04:12 AM UTC
YES!YES!YES!!!
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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 - 01:28 AM UTC
Hey, Jim, any word on how soon we can expect to see these on the shelves?
Scottosaurus
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Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 - 01:35 AM UTC

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HOLY smoke is that a Churchill and a Centurion with an interior?

Sweet

Hi:

I think that's their T-34 with interior. The Centurion driver is on the other side of the hull. Still, it looks like there is great stuff coming from AFV Club.

Cheers,

Scott
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 06:09 PM UTC
Lu Rodriguez on the M-L 1/48 DG is getting a pre-release sample to build, so the kit itself should be ready by the end of this year. It has been a long wait. I saw the sprues at the AMPS convention last April, and they looked very good indeed. The rep said they were having some problems getting the parts out of the molds, but that is not uncommon when you first start pulling parts. Molds often need some tweaking to clean up rough spots.
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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 01:51 AM UTC
You can see the complete sprues for detail over on T48 if you wish.
Look under Nov.7 - "Coming from AFV"...251C

GB
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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 04:45 AM UTC
Here's the link to the Sprue Shots:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/433829/thread/1226080558/last-1226177285/Coming+from+AFV....251C
jimbrae
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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 11:58 PM UTC
More sprue-shots here:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/527528/message/1226594880/AFV-Club+SdKfz+251+Ausf+C+--%26gt%3B+detail+shoots+of+kit+sprues
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Posted: Sunday, November 16, 2008 - 03:45 PM UTC
There is very little to add to this kit. The main thing I saw that was missing was the stowage arrangements for the two MG 34s. The brackets for this are on the lowert side walls behind the seats below the rifle and stowage boxes. It would be easy to put packs or bedrolls back behind the seats and hide the area. Other than this, the AFV Club '251 kit is a superb model kit, one of the best ever in 1/48. What a loss that Skybow went under.
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