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Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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1/35 Meng IDF Achzarit
FrancescoB
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Modena, Italy
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Posted: Sunday, March 02, 2014 - 10:14 PM UTC


Made for my local hobby shop window Master Miniatures -->
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Old school, "Verlinden Way": ootb build, Humbrol enamels and oils.
A quick and fun build.
Recon
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2014 - 01:04 AM UTC
Outstanding. I hope mine turns out as good as yours.

Mike
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2014 - 05:33 AM UTC
Hi Francesco you made a beautiful model complimenti!!
Even in my projects is this vehicle and I hope to start it as soon as possible.

Ciao Luigi

http://acciaioverdemodellingblog.blogspot.it/
FrancescoB
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2014 - 10:09 AM UTC
Hope you will have some fun building your.
This time, Meng engineering is comparable with Tamiya.
It isn't perfect but it is good enought right out of the box.

PS: I forget to add the helmet microphone to the tank commander..
TRM5150
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Posted: Monday, March 03, 2014 - 10:37 PM UTC
Well done Francesco!
FrancescoB
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Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 05:27 AM UTC
Now that I have the model back on my workbench, I added the microphone as promised:
rfbaer
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Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 06:32 AM UTC
Very well done!
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 07:57 AM UTC
You did a very nice job, Francesco.. I really like this look!

Hisham
FrancescoB
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Posted: Monday, March 10, 2014 - 07:36 PM UTC
Thanks everyone, much appreciated.
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