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Eduard: PE for the MiniArt BulldozerPosted: Sunday, October 11, 2015 - 11:11 PM UTC
When MiniArt released their US Army Bulldozer it gained a fair amount of interest. Eduard has now released a photo etched set for this model which will add that high level of finesse some look for.
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Paulinsibculo
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 12:10 AM UTC
Hi Darren, thanks for the clear review. Would it also fit to the Mirror dozer series?
bill_c
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New Jersey, United States
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 01:19 AM UTC
The grill alone would make this worth getting.
bilbobee
Minnesota, United States
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 03:02 AM UTC
Your right bill that grill is excellent
jet
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 03:14 AM UTC
Pretty expensive grill! 30.00 plus the cost of the kit around 80.00 - yikes! Not sure the cost is worth it, as with the top on will you really notice the "see throughness" of the inner grill, not to mention being covered with the outer protective armour grill. Voyager have somewhat diseptively not included the radiator parts from Step 15 to their example. I wonder how much the grill would add with this in place, probably just be a dark nothing. The control rods don't seem to be an upgrade as PE is flat and those things should be round. Not sure if the side "fenders" add much compared to the kit parts. Same for external protective grill, is it really a needed "upgrade" from the kit part? The kit does not include injection tubing but i think scratch built from brass wire would be a more accurate solution than these 2 dimensional parts provided in this PE fret. I like the small metal box though.
Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 01:31 PM UTC
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Hi Darren, thanks for the clear review. Would it also fit to the Mirror dozer series?
Paul I only have the images from their website, but as I suspect the parts to be very similar I would expect it to be possible with a little work.
Biggles2
Quebec, Canada
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Posted: Monday, October 12, 2015 - 09:45 PM UTC
Jet hit right on the head! $30 bucks for 2 frets of PE? And not even that many pieces! What happened with the price of PE? Not to mention the fact that it costs almost $40 CDN. I would pay maybe $10 for the grill.
thehermit
Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:16 AM UTC
Prices are a little wacko here guys. Maybe these things might come down a tad if we stopped buying for a while...? As Jet said just because it's PE doesn't mean it outdoes the plastic parts...ESPECIALLY when PE is "flat"...!
jet
Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:32 AM UTC
Of course I meant to write Eduard, not Voyager.