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special forces wmik
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Posted: Friday, January 22, 2010 - 10:22 PM UTC
Im planning on building a special forces mercedes wmik on the revell kit and i am struggling to find info on these vehicles, could anyone help me?
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Flemish Brabant, Belgium
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Posted: Friday, January 22, 2010 - 11:05 PM UTC
i found a site i hope you can do something with it
http://www.eliteukforces.info/uksf-gear/wmik/
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, January 22, 2010 - 11:32 PM UTC
AFAIK, the WMIK is based on a Land Rover Defender 110, not a Mercedes... So you've got to make a choice between the two...

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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 12:20 AM UTC
bra what does this look like http://picasaweb.google.com/eltiradorsolitario/VEHCULOSLIGEROS#5118358754651072098
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Rhone, France
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 12:49 AM UTC
This one is a USMC IFAV.

Here are some more pics :




IFAV <br />Security



You'll notice that the IFAV uses a long wheelbase chassis, not a short one as in Revell's Wolf kit. Azimut Productios has released a conversion set to build a LWB Mercedes...

HTH
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 12:55 AM UTC



cheers
skyhigh
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South Africa
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 12:59 AM UTC
thats the one! Shot
skyhigh
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South Africa
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Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 - 05:01 PM UTC
would you know if the above mercs are still in use by the marines
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Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 04:17 AM UTC


USMC IFAV
Iraq 2004 from olive-drab.com
Frenchy
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Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 07:34 AM UTC
Another one (from Defenseimagery.mil) :
Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 30, 2008 :


Frenchy
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Posted: Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 09:05 AM UTC
according to another thread, hobby boss is going to bring out 2 wmiks
skyhigh
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Posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 02:40 AM UTC
i am aware of that but apparently they are only coming around sometime next year.
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South Africa
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 06:18 AM UTC
where could i get dimensions and stuff for both the long wheel base and short wheel base vehicles
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 07:12 AM UTC
Short wheelbase chassis :


Long wheelbase chassis :


All dimensions are in millimeters

Frenchy
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