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AFV Club German 2cm Flakvierling 38
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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 06:05 PM UTC
Ted Hayward gives us a first peek at the newest offering from AFV Club, the German 2cm Flakvierling 38 (item AF 35s61).

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Posted: Saturday, August 14, 2010 - 06:15 PM UTC
This looks great Ted, the only thing I'm left curious about is the overall accuracy of the kit.
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Posted: Sunday, August 15, 2010 - 03:57 AM UTC
Nice review Ted.
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Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 09:20 PM UTC
I just wondering why nobody mention about raised sections as hand grips for these metal barrels? Clearly AFV club made a same mistake like Fukuya did.
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Posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 11:31 PM UTC
By the way, why those fallschirmjagers from HobbyFan all wearing offier's service belts?
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Posted: Monday, August 30, 2010 - 10:22 AM UTC
Looks to be a very intricate kit.One question though, the metal barrels, are they machined or cast? There seems to be a prominent seam on some ,unless it's a trick of light or photography.To these old eyes though, it looks to be a casting seam?


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Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 12:50 AM UTC
Mike, the barrels are machined and so there are no seams. I received my kit a couple of weeks ago and it is really nice. Between the releases from AFV, Dragon, and Bronco (which also has one), I went with AFV for the simple fact they included the metal barrels.

By the way, very nice review, Ted!

Rob
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