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New M106 and M998A1
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 02:39 AM UTC
Italeri has released news of two new products they are releasing which are an M998A1 in 1/35th scale and an M106 Mortar Carrier in 1/72nd scale.

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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 03:06 AM UTC
The M998A1 looks like nothing more than a rerelease of the M998 IED kit.
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 03:18 AM UTC
I would be interested in the M106, if it was 1:35. I agree. The M998A1 does look like the M998 IED kit.
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 03:24 AM UTC
The M998 looks pretty good. It is not Academy's kit though. By the sprues, it is Italeri's HMMWV with parts from the Revell version of soft top cargo carrier and some new parts to make the guntruck pieces. It looks pretty nice. The italeri HMMWVs are actually quite nice. The only bad part is the wheels. A set of resin wheels and it could look really great.
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 04:52 AM UTC

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The M998 looks pretty good. It is not Academy's kit though. By the sprues, it is Italeri's HMMWV with parts from the Revell version of soft top cargo carrier and some new parts to make the guntruck pieces. It looks pretty nice. The italeri HMMWVs are actually quite nice. The only bad part is the wheels. A set of resin wheels and it could look really great.


If it indeed is the Italeri/Revell combo, would it be a better option than the Academy version (after adding AM wheels?). I always liked this version and wanted to do one
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 06:53 AM UTC
I would go with Italeri's. They are a little better detailed when compared to the Academy kits if you ask me.
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 01:34 PM UTC

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I would go with Italeri's. They are a little better detailed when compared to the Academy kits if you ask me.

great..thanks!
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Posted: Friday, June 28, 2013 - 10:33 PM UTC
Well, guys! It's quite a difficult thing to surprise you.
I was coming here just to "drop the bomb" with the new M998A1, but it's already here!
It's a nice kit from what I got from the previous comments, so I'll buy one for the collection with proper AM tires. I am glad it's not the Academy kit with it's strange front hood.
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Posted: Saturday, June 29, 2013 - 06:23 AM UTC
There seems to be a LOT of Allied, Modern, Post 45' and US/British stuff coming out! This is great! This will allow certain manufacturers to double down on genres and nationalities they are great at and already have the R&D in place for.
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