Maki
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 02:30 AM UTC
Blast Models just released several new sets for upgrading 1/35 scale Panhard VBL from Tiger Models... wheels, interior, exterior, extra armor, anti IED, you name it, it's all there.
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Thanks!
Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 02:42 AM UTC
The sets look really nice.. but I think I'll hold off on ordering them until I see what we "might" see from Tiger-Model in plastic, like they did with the .50 cal turret... But I might just order the interior set.. it looks like a great improvement over the kit interior.
Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 11:31 AM UTC
Very nice looking sets, would those exterior and interior sets for a 90's vehicle as used in the Balkans? (UNPROFOR, IFOR, SFOR etc)
Correze, France
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 01:16 PM UTC
Sven
I'm not sure for the wire cutter but the rest of the sets are correct for the Balkans deployment era. I haven't seen the radio sets though. If I remember correctly, the radios in this time frame should be the former TRVP13 family and not the PR4G current ones.
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Napoléon
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 01:18 PM UTC
I'd like to see a photo (HP?) of the armor kit on the real deal, maybe in Mali? This is definitely on the 2016 wishlist, or for Christmas.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 02:19 PM UTC
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I'd like to see a photo (HP?) of the armor kit on the real deal, maybe in Mali?
Here are two from Afghanistan
I'm not sure the add-on armor has been fitted to those deployed in Mali (Operation Serval)...
But it is used in Niger (Operation Barkhane) :
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 04:37 PM UTC
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I'd like to see a photo (HP?) of the armor kit on the real deal, maybe in Mali? This is definitely on the 2016 wishlist, or for Christmas.
Used in Lebanon as well.
For more pics, have a look at my site, there is a series of this armor.
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Napoléon
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 06:27 PM UTC
Here's one in Lebanon (with a nice view of the front suspension
) :
Here's the link to Olivier's Lebanon pics :
http://olivier.carneau.free.fr/photoengins/france/famille_vbl/vbl_liban/index.htmH.P.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 - 07:06 PM UTC
Thanks HP,
with my office computer I don't have access to my site
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Napoléon
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Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 - 02:53 AM UTC
yep, thank you HP! Again, you've come through with the goods. Now, I'm off to bison126's site.
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 - 12:04 PM UTC
Thanks Olivier, I appreciate that information (sorry for the late response).
Looks like the ZXL wheels/tires don't show up on a lot of pics in Afghanistan etc.
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 - 03:38 PM UTC
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Looks like the ZXL wheels/tires don't show up on a lot of pics in Afghanistan etc.
But they're OK for Mali or Niger
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 - 05:14 PM UTC
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Thanks Olivier, I appreciate that information (sorry for the late response).
Looks like the ZXL wheels/tires don't show up on a lot of pics in Afghanistan etc.
I guess those wheels are very recent so I think they were not fitted on VBL in Afghanistan.
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Posted: Saturday, November 28, 2015 - 02:51 AM UTC
Thanks guys, that is extremely helpful.
