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AFV Club Flak’Duster’
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Posted: Monday, October 22, 2012 - 09:37 AM UTC
A Cold War FlakPanzer on the way from AFV Club, with the help of a Duster.

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JPTRR
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Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 04:59 AM UTC
Alright! I guess I'll always have a thing for M-42s. It was one of my very first models; I used to play in a preserved one at a park.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 - 01:31 PM UTC
A great update to the AFV Club M42 kit. The M42A1 looked great in Bundeswehr markings.

Now all we need is some good post war German figures in the Swamp-Camo.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 11:57 AM UTC

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A great update to the AFV Club M42 kit. The M42A1 looked great in Bundeswehr markings.

Now all we need is some good post war German figures in the Swamp-Camo.


Actually classic unicolor "Gelboliv" would also work. That is a "late German" Duster with the "Kettenblenden" and all other changes so it was used until 1979. And for that a few figures exist. And the more modern "tankers" in tanker coverall could be used, just paint uni

Oh and I officially "hate AFV Club. After finishing the "Vietnam" Duster I swore an oath "no more Dusters!" Now I have to break it. Maybe I should swear another "No more M101" and they will produce the german variant
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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 12:28 PM UTC

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Quoted Text

A great update to the AFV Club M42 kit. The M42A1 looked great in Bundeswehr markings.

Now all we need is some good post war German figures in the Swamp-Camo.


Actually classic unicolor "Gelboliv" would also work. That is a "late German" Duster with the "Kettenblenden" and all other changes so it was used until 1979. And for that a few figures exist. And the more modern "tankers" in tanker coverall could be used, just paint uni



I wonder if AFV Club will include options for the early version without side skirts and and the extended mud flaps as well? It would be a simple option to include.
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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 01:05 PM UTC
Looking at some pictures in Tankograd "Flugabwehrpanzer der Bundeswehr" (No 5021, bi-lingual) the older version basically is the "Vietnam" version with the stowage boxes added (those are part of the kit) and still using the .30 caliber maschine gun. So that version can already be build.
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