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RG-31
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Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 11:47 AM UTC
Jason West shares with us a review of the Kinetic Models RG-31 U.S. ARMY mine protected armored personnel carrier

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Thanks!
jwest21
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Posted: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 11:58 AM UTC
I tried AK's dirty window wash for the first time on this, but didn't like the results. I probably would have been better off not experimenting until after I took the pictures
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 04:41 AM UTC
Does the kit scale out to 1/35 or is over sized like there M-ATV. I would like to convert it to a Canadian vehicle and need to know if the AFV Club Weapons station will fit.

Regards,

Rod
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 06:41 AM UTC
I did not measure mine, but as far as I have read it scales out pretty good.
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:51 AM UTC
I really wish they had included the windows without pistol ports.
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 11:29 AM UTC

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I really wish they had included the windows without pistol ports.

Yeah, I agree. I guess you could use the kit ones as templates and cut some out of clear plastic but I really would have preferred not to have to do that.
jwest21
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 11:30 AM UTC

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Does the kit scale out to 1/35 or is over sized like there M-ATV. I would like to convert it to a Canadian vehicle and need to know if the AFV Club Weapons station will fit.

Regards,

Rod

Rod, I don't have the measurements for the real thing but I would be happy to measure the kit for you.
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Posted: Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:04 PM UTC
Jason

Thank you for the great review.

To me, looks like quite a solid Kit but as you said, it needs after market......
however, for my skill level I rather take solid simple kit than "everything in the box"kit with tons of errors.......

Regards

Jay
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Posted: Monday, June 03, 2013 - 05:46 AM UTC
Nicely done - the review and build.
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