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Trumpeter: Modern French Wheeled Missile Launcher
ninjrk
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Alabama, United States
Joined: January 26, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 - 06:58 PM UTC


Next up from Trumpeter is this little modern French missile launching vehicle. Wallets are going to be taking a beating this summer. . .

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iowabrit
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Joined: November 06, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 - 08:09 PM UTC
Hobby Boss
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MODEL SHIPWRIGHTS
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: January 09, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 - 09:21 PM UTC
Glad to see more offerings from other armies.
Bravo1102
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: December 08, 2003
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2016 - 09:38 PM UTC
This kit is indeed probably coming under the Hobby Boss label not from the horn player. But it's all one big Chinese industrial family.
multibank17pdr
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France
Joined: February 06, 2010
KitMaker: 127 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 04:20 AM UTC
It looks like we have a second choice for the Panhard VBL as this kit appears different from the one offered by Tigers Model... At least hatches on the front bonnet are open on this one... any Peugeot diesel engine and/or ZF automatic transmission provided in the kit ?

also see Gino review for tiger model quite good kit :
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/11451

Mtbk
bison126
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Correze, France
Joined: June 10, 2004
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Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 12:20 PM UTC
Glad to see this little vehicle hit the shelves.
Would love t osee the ref picture for the boxart as it displays some mistakes. The exhaust extension is only fitted for river crossing and the firing post is never on the roof in the travel mode.
BTW I do know this specific vehicle, I posted a walkaround of it on my site years ago. The different colors of the numerals on the front plate are correct but are less visible on the rear one.
And the front tires are not fitted the same direction.





Olivier
RECON22
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Queensland, Australia
Joined: February 10, 2012
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Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 03:01 PM UTC
Yep...another Hobby Boss not Trumpeter...!
Onkos1
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: May 02, 2015
KitMaker: 102 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2016 - 04:07 PM UTC
Hatches are open but no engine is provided. It's same rubbish kit as their previous release...not much to do with the VBL unfortunatly...
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