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AMX-10 RCR
JimboHUN
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 12:58 AM UTC
Tiger Model is a new company out of Hong Kong that is producing new 1/35 French Army vehicles. This is their first offering of a very nice wheeled combat vehicle, the AMX-10 RCR Recon Vehicle - reviewed by Gino P. Quintiliani.

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Thanks!
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:20 AM UTC
Thanks for another great review, Gino... very encouraging for this new company.. can't wait to see what we'll see next from them

Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:22 AM UTC
Great review, really excited to see mine drop on the door mat now can't wait
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:24 AM UTC
Great review and kit.
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:31 AM UTC
Thanks! Is this $40 (or thereabouts) MSRP for the US market? Sounds like a bargain...


Cheers,

Christophe
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:36 AM UTC
Well, right now it's $40 in HK, plus around $16 shipping

Hisham
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 03:52 AM UTC
Another great review Gino! And another kit for me to purchase also.
pilote14
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 01:16 PM UTC
As a good french modeler I've bought mine today ! and more 1 VBL ! waiting postman....
Thanks Tger Model
Karl187
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 03:02 PM UTC
Another great review Gino- this one looks a real cracker just like the VBL.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 05:01 PM UTC
Glad you guys find the review helpful. This too looks like a great kit.
Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 07:33 PM UTC
"Maintenance in Mali" dio...Anyone ?













H.P.
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 11:10 PM UTC
Thanks for these pics, Henri-Pierre.. good reference shots to have while building it

Hisham
stephane
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Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 11:42 PM UTC
Many thanks for the review Gino, very helpfull.

I though that you only build US vehicles...

My 10RCR is on the way, perhaps it will be my next vehicle build.
kampfy
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 05:58 AM UTC
Looks nice.

Do you know if you can build the Desert Storm version from the kit?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:31 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Many thanks for the review Gino, very helpfull.

I though that you only build US vehicles...


Glad it is helpful. I said I mainly build modern US subjects. Not US, but still modern.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:51 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Looks nice.

Do you know if you can build the Desert Storm version from the kit?


Unfortunetely not...the Operation Daguet version has some different details that would require backdating on this new kit. Hopefully Tiger Model will see the value in re-tooling and releasing the Operation Daquet version.
stephane
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Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 12:39 PM UTC
For a Gulf War 1 AMX10RC it seems not impossible to use this kit.
It will need old tyres (as the one used by VAB), removing armored side skirts, not using turret armor plate and rear basket...
Frenchy
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 01:45 PM UTC
Operation Daguet AMX-10 RC's :













As you can notice in these pics, some had been fitted with add-on armor (I'm not 100% sure all of them were eventually fitted with it...). At least they all had sand skirts

H.P.
LeoCmdr
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 08:18 PM UTC

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For a Gulf War 1 AMX10RC it seems not impossible to use this kit.
It will need old tyres (as the one used by VAB), removing armored side skirts, not using turret armor plate and rear basket...


I thought I had read on another post that the Gulf War era AMX-10RC had a different style of engine deck therefore requiring more in depth modification of the Tiger Model kit.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 06:48 AM UTC
The review states "Lows: None noted" but the kit only gets an 85% rating.

KL
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 08:06 AM UTC
Might only get an 85% rating but mine looks very good cant wait to build it
HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 07:48 PM UTC
My methodology. I have never found a 100% kit. A good kit w/no obvious errors is about an 85% to me. There will always be some minor issues when building it. I really don't like the percentage rating myself. I think the writeup and pictures are more valuable as a means of evaluating it.
stephane
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 11:22 PM UTC
Jason
I don't have pic of the 10RC from GW1 but i have some of 10RC i took in mid 2000.
On these pics the 10RC seems to have same engine deck as 10RCR.
I'll see on the Azimut kit since it's based on first 10RC.

Notice that the 10RC on display at Saumur isn't a production batch so the engine deck is certainly not a true one.
vab75007
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 09:38 PM UTC
if interested, just have look there: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/237475&page=1 I just finished building this klit which is for me very good
mvaiano
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Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 - 09:47 PM UTC
Hi guys!

An stupid (maybe) question:

Does this thing steering? Or it just brake one side wheels, like a tank?

I ask because I didn't see any space to steering the front wheels.

Cheers!

Marco
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