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heller vbci and rpg nets
henkp
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 12:57 AM UTC
http://www.heller.fr/en/maquettes/military-vehicles/222-vbci.html
see photo's below pic 7 henk

HermannB
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 02:37 AM UTC
hmmm... looking good so far, eben with a partial interior. I wonder when it will hit the shelves. Hopefully we have Heller 2.0 now.

Hans-Hermann
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Correze, France
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:07 AM UTC
Here are pcitures of a full built model.

Heller VBCI

Sure, Heller have raised their standard. Can't wait for getting mine !

Olivier
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:17 AM UTC
Thanks for the link Olivier.

Finally Heller passed out the fact that the nets are difficult to do in 1/35. The cage of the RPG net is excellent news!
I must make a VBCI in Astan!!

Thanks Heller.
jwest21
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:21 AM UTC
So they give you the frame but no net? Do they expect Eduard to make a PE set or just let the modeler figure out the best way to do it?

The rest of the kit looks pretty good, definitely an improvement over their older kits.
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:23 AM UTC
Thanks Olivier !

Cocorico !!!

According to the linked thread, the net will be included in the box.

Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:25 AM UTC
Looks very nice!! I hope they would consider retooling their old VAB kits and bringing them up to date!

Thanks for the heads up and the links, guys

Hisham
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:26 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Thanks Olivier !

Cocorico !!!

According to the linked thread, the net will be included in the box.

Frenchy

Thanks Frenchy
arpikaszabo
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 04:49 AM UTC
I am quite surprised, this looks very nice.
henkp
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Overijssel, Netherlands
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Posted: Saturday, December 01, 2012 - 05:29 AM UTC
looks great that vbci i hope we get some more rpgnets in the aftermarket in the future
henk
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Posted: Sunday, December 02, 2012 - 12:02 AM UTC
Hmm... that does look good.

I was holding back on this one, having had my fingers burned with Heller's VAB and Leclerc - but this looks to be in a different league.
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