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AFV Club M5A1(Late) Stuart
c5flies
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Joined: October 21, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 11:19 AM UTC
Ted Hayward takes a first look at the new M5A1(Late) Stuart from AFV Club, in 1/35.

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gcdavidson
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Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 01:09 PM UTC
Nice! Been looking forward to this one!
afv_rob
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Posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 01:24 PM UTC
This may sound silly and i'll probably sound anal for saying it, but in future id recommend photographing the sprues against a plain neutral background instead of the box top. The artwork visible behind the sprues is distracting when looking at the sprue details and actually draws my attention away from looking at the sprue.
russamotto
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Posted: Monday, October 19, 2009 - 01:57 PM UTC
I've been waiting for this kit (and the M8). Is there any specific info on the markings provided?
jvazquez
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Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 04:22 AM UTC
Good review!!

I'm a little bit of a Fruil model metal tracks junkie, and I noticed they are releasing T16 track which will be perfect for this bad boy!
AlanL
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Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:00 AM UTC
Looks like a cracking kit.

Thanks for the review.

Al
Bigrip74
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Joined: February 22, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 06:12 AM UTC
I am going out to buy this one now, thanks for the review.



Robert
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Joined: October 04, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 03:32 PM UTC
I must say this is one of the nicest, smaller Allied kits I've recently had the pleasure to get my hands on. If it's a reasonable price in your part of the world, it'll make the ideal Christmas gift this year. I'm wasting no time getting cracking on it!
russamotto
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 10:32 AM UTC
I received this kit a while ago but just barely opened it as I needed this kit's road wheels to get a complete set for the M5A1 early. Upon examination of the road wheels, the extras included in this kit are not of much help. The details on them are different from the other road wheels. You now have four sets of four different solid road wheels. If you must have everything matching, you will still need aftermarket, or buy a second kit. Other than that, all the details are great.
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