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US cupola vision block question
JSSVIII
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Posted: Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 04:53 AM UTC
Hello, did any manufacturer ever include the oval vision block retainers in their PE sets? Here is a photo of what I'm looking for:



the oval plates around the glass are what I'm looking for, to replace the horrible early cottage industry style blobs that Dragon gives you in the T54E1 kit.
PzAufkl
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Posted: Sunday, August 20, 2017 - 04:46 PM UTC

The only PE vision block surroundings I've seen so far came in Eduard's set #35787 for the M88 ARV.

BTW, that's a wonderful shot of an M53/M55 cupola! If you have more like that, please post them somewhere so we all get a better chance to see an injection kit of it someday!
JSSVIII
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 04:25 AM UTC
Peter, I found this photo in a walkaround of the M55 on Prime Portal, after Stephen Willoughby explained that the T54E1 tank shared the same copula.
Bravo1102
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 10:08 AM UTC
A real long shot but the long OOP On the Mark Sherman postwar set had them. So maybe check other sets for Sherman's with vision cupola?
JSSVIII
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Posted: Monday, August 21, 2017 - 03:22 PM UTC
Found them, I new I had seen them before, They are included on the Eduard M47 set for the Italeri kit. What's better is that I already have it and did not use those parts. Thanks for the responses guys.
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