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Upper Hull Parts for Meng Merkavas
cabasner
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Nevada, United States
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Posted: Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 09:36 PM UTC
All,

Does anyone happen to know if the large Upper Hull part for the 3 Meng Merkava 3 tank models are the same or different? I'm talking about the TS-001, TS-005 and TS-025 kits. Are the Upper Hull parts the same parts in these 3 kits, or are they different? The reason I'm asking is that I ordered a few extra upper hull parts for the TS-001 kit, because I plan to use photo etched grills which requires cutting out the solid parts on the hull, and I am afraid that I might mess up the hull, so I ordered a few extra hull pieces. If I want to do the same thing, and want to have spares for the Merkava Mk.3 BAZ and Merkava Mk. 3D Late LIC (I may get those kits as well), is the upper hull part the same for all 3, or not?

Thanks for any help.
corsutton
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Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2016 - 01:00 AM UTC
I can tell you with certainty that TS-001 (3D Early) and TS-005 (BAZ) are the exact same upper hull. In fact the upper hull in the BAZ kit is labelled TS-001.
cabasner
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Posted: Sunday, September 11, 2016 - 01:48 AM UTC
Fantastic! Thanks a bunch!
Firecaptain
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Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 01:57 AM UTC
Where do you get spare parts like that from?
Thanks
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