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Armor/AFV: Axis - WWII
Armor and ground forces of the Axis forces during World War II.
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DutchBird
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: April 09, 2003
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2004 - 04:33 AM UTC
Hi guys, it's me again...

Today I went to the LHS to buy some stuff in order to be able to advance with the build of my Sd.Kfz 250/1 "Alte". As always, I could not resist the urge to look at the kits there... I also noted a local toy-store having a sale, a store I know has model-kits. So I looked and was barely able to resist the urge to buy some of these kits outright... but it still left me with a number of questions...


  • At my LHS they had both the Techmod and Mirage Pz. Kfw. II Ausf. L "Luchs". A I have not found a review on them yet, I would like to knwo what those of you who have built it think of these kits, or of someone knows a review.
  • At the toystore, they had the Revell Sd.Kfz. 250/3 Greif "Alte" for sale for about €12,- . Does anyone have any comments on this kit ? I also would like to know if this kit is suitable for a conversion, as most of the conversion-sets available that I have seen are either for the DML or Tamiya model. And I would rather cut up a € 12,- model then a € 30 model (the DML kit).


Thanks in advance,

Harm
thebear
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Quebec, Canada
Joined: November 15, 2002
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Posted: Friday, January 30, 2004 - 08:05 AM UTC
I wouldn't touch the panzer II L kit as it way inferior to the new Tasca kit but the 250/3 is just a rebox of the dragon kit and sounds like a steal!! go for it !

Rick
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Posted: Monday, February 02, 2004 - 04:28 PM UTC
I bought both the ICM and Mirage models of the Luchs. The Mirage version is still in the box so I can't comment on it, but I built the ICM with Edouards PE and am quite satisfied with it. Anyway, at 1/3 to 1/2 the price of the Tasca version I can't complain.
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