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DML Saladin previewed on ML
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Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 08:55 PM UTC

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Hmmmm...are these hatches original and complete? No head padding, or handle (other than the locking levers) on the inside?


I guess so...Here's a view from another Saladin (one of the lever is missing) :

http://members.tripod.com/flex-mount/saladin_13.jpg

H.P.


OK. I thought that diagonal strip on the hatch interior was a solid bar, but it's obviously a web strap. Is that to pull the hatch shut, or does it hold a head padding?
Biggles2
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Posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 09:01 PM UTC
OIC. That raised central panel IS the head pad. Must be painted over in the hatch color.
Keef1648
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Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 11:35 PM UTC
The hatch pads are Black sponge rubber and harden when painted.

The kit does NOT contain the commanders MG, nor the mounting nor the moveable barrel clamp (rod) that swings up on the side of the turret to lock the MG in the stowed location/position?

Huge mistake in my way of thinking! for a kit sporting the price tag it does

Keith.
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 12:02 AM UTC

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...its first 1/72 kits. Hatches molded shut but with full hatch interior.


Seriously!!?? Are they out of their mind??
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Posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015 - 12:51 AM UTC

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...I never bother to read the historical background info in any review.

Agreed. All that is useful is something like "The [subject of the kit] was in service from 1955 until 1970 with Oceania and from 1968 to 1990 with Eastasia. It was notably used in Africa in the Eurasian War." That will at least put the potential buyer in the right ball park. I still see many "/reviews" that pad out the word count with long expositions that remind me of the old Scale Modeler.

Other useless bits of info are talk about the boxart and the tried-and-true statement that the kit "comes in a sturdy box." Unless the box is so flimsy that it can't protect the kit, it's irrelevant.


Good to know for future reviews.
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