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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Merkavas
entlim
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 03:46 AM UTC
Getting an itch to do armour
Who produces the most accurate?
mat
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 03:56 AM UTC
depends ofcourse which type you want, not all of them are available in plastic and resin.

if you want the most accurate, you're stuck to the resin ones from Legend. Academy makes a Merkava in plastic, but that one needs some work.

There are rumours of a Merkava 4 coming out in plastic, but that lies somewhere in the future

Matthijs
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 04:03 AM UTC
I am not sure about the accuracy but the Taiya Merkava Mk 1 and Academy Merkava Mk 2 area nice little kits and are a fairly good representation of the actual vehicles.
entlim
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 04:04 AM UTC
Then, which of the resin do you recommend?
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 04:20 AM UTC
Ed, the Academy Merkava Mk. 4 is available now through mail order if you want to go that route. I have one in hand and I'm working on an inbox review, so far it looks like a very well done kit. It's not perfect, but accuracy wise it's darn good. I bought mine from a guy on e-bay, but Luckeymodel.com also has them now.

Cheers,
Mike
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Posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 04:24 AM UTC
Thanks Mike,
would be interested to hear what you findings are ..

Ed
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