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Pictures of Academys Merk 4

afv_rob

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 01:26 AM UTC

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but Korean site MMZone has some pics up of what appear to be test parts for the new kit.

http://www.mmzone.co.kr/new_forum/topic_view.php?f_dbname=f_afv&forum_title=%BE%C6%C4%AB%B5%A5%B9%CC+%B8%DE%B8%A3%C4%AB%B9%D9+4+%B0%B3%B9%DF+%BF%B3%BA%B8%B1%E2&no=22535

Looks pretty good, im getting kinda excited now to build one. Done the legends kit and loved the size of this monster!

Phil_H

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 01:33 AM UTC

Hmm.... Is that a screw hole for a motor/gearbox mount I see? The old Mk3 kit doesn;t have one of those...

sauceman

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 01:54 AM UTC

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Hmm.... Is that a screw hole for a motor/gearbox mount I see? The old Mk3 kit doesn;t have one of those...

Sure does look like it is set up for motorization.

Even the barrel clamp is molded on,.....humph

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afv_rob

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:12 AM UTC

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Hmm.... Is that a screw hole for a motor/gearbox mount I see? The old Mk3 kit doesn;t have one of those...

Sure does look like it is set up for motorization.

Even the barrel clamp is molded on,.....humph

cheers from the sandbox

Look at a picture of the sprue Rick, the barrel clamp is seperate!
No idea why theres motorization holes?

Logan

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:22 AM UTC

HI

Hard to tell but is that an attempt at non-skid?

T

sauceman

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:23 AM UTC

Oh i see the one on the sprue now LOL.

But the one on the hull still looks like its molded on?!?

cheers from the sandbox

miaonowitzki

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:38 AM UTC

HB's merkava

CombatKrieg

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:44 AM UTC

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HB's merkava

That's cool... When is it coming out?

nikpanag

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 02:48 AM UTC

I am building this ..... PERIOD

miaonowitzki

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 03:24 AM UTC

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That's cool... When is it coming out?

this year. but which month? god knows.

tomapaul

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 03:31 AM UTC

I wonder if it will come close to the legeng kit with some PE upgrade?

marsiascout

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 03:40 AM UTC

I'm verry happy to see both. The link is allready posted btw. I'm surely gonna buy one of the two. Do I see anti-slip on them?

Does anyone knows of a company bringing out the Namer?

Lars

tomapaul

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 03:53 AM UTC

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Do I see anti-slip on them?

I hope not.They never get it right(the manufacturers that is).

Kelley

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 05:06 AM UTC

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Do I see anti-slip on them?

I hope not.They never get it right(the manufacturers that is).

I disagree, Dragon did a good job molding the anti-slip on their M1's.

Mike

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 05:27 AM UTC

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HB's merkava

You wait ages then two come along at once..

marsiascout

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 07:53 AM UTC

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Do I see anti-slip on them?

I hope not.They never get it right(the manufacturers that is).

I do hope so. I've had a couple kits with nice anti-slip. I think with modern techniques many companys can do so,

Lars

tomapaul

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 08:11 AM UTC

@Lars Franken & Mike Land
I am building the Dragon M1's and I don't like the anti-slip pattern.It is too uniform.And in the case of Merkava it should be a very irregular pattern that I don't think they'll do it right.

Glad to see that there will be 2 of them.Maybe a face to face review will push me to make my mind on what should I buy. One of them MUST be better than the other.

marsiascout

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Posted: Monday, January 05, 2009 - 10:19 PM UTC

I'm also gonna wait for reviews. But as far as I can see the HB kit includes the tarp at the rear of the turret. Does anyone know if Academy does this? And does anyone know if one of the two is releasing the anti-RPG balls.

Lars