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MENG or PANDA ? Cougar 6x6 MRAP
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England - South West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018 - 12:57 AM UTC
Hi all

Just not sure which is the better kit I'd like to build one or the other..
I seem to remember there was an issue with the bonnet length with one or the other kit

Any ones thoughts would be most welcome
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Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018 - 01:03 AM UTC

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Hi all

Just not sure which is the better kit I'd like to build one or the other..
I seem to remember there was an issue with the bonnet length with one or the other kit

Any ones thoughts would be most welcome


Not just the bonnet, the whole Meng kit is stretched in length. Other dimensions are in scale, just the length is wrong and it is by a significant factor - about 13mm overall if I remember correctly and over 5mm of it is in bonnet alone... Some modelers are not bothered by it, but for me the Meng kit looks like a caricature

Panda kit is certainly worse kit when it comes to detailing and ease of build, but it looks much more like Cougar once built. It isn't entirely accurate either, as it is about 4mm too narrow, but the width issue is barely noticeable compared to the Meng length issue - at least for me it is.
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France
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Posted: Friday, October 26, 2018 - 01:35 AM UTC
Thank you for those precisions.

Several cougar kits must be released from PANDA HOBBY.

One of them looks like similar to the Meng Model kit. Suspensions and wheels probably different.

https://www.google.fr/search?q=cougar+HE+A1+ISS+panda&client=tablet-android-samsung&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwia-vXjmaTeAhUvy4UKHT3rDD0Q_AUIDygB&biw=1280&bih=800#imgrc=TBvShfrJV50yyM:
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Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2018 - 12:04 AM UTC

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Panda kit is certainly worse kit when it comes to detailing and ease of build, but it looks much more like Cougar once built. It isn't entirely accurate either, as it is about 4mm too narrow, but the width issue is barely noticeable compared to the Meng length issue - at least for me it is.


Not agree about the fact the Panda Cougar is too narrow by 4mm. Perhaps 1 or 2mm but not more (as i said before, i have the Cromwell kit that matched the blue print drawing, and the Panda unbuild kit has nearly the same dimensions).
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Canada
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2018 - 10:24 AM UTC
hi guys ,I have been reading all the posts on the panda and the meng kits ,I just got a maxxpro dash dxm kit and was hopping it will a good kit ,is it ?I have meny q to ask ,please tell me I did not get a dog of a kit .
metooshelah
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Jerusalem, Israel
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2018 - 10:45 AM UTC
if you go for the Panda kit, make sure you go over the instructions at least twice before starting. the instructions... are not the best
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2018 - 11:55 AM UTC

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Panda kit is certainly worse kit when it comes to detailing and ease of build, but it looks much more like Cougar once built. It isn't entirely accurate either, as it is about 4mm too narrow, but the width issue is barely noticeable compared to the Meng length issue - at least for me it is.


Not agree about the fact the Panda Cougar is too narrow by 4mm. Perhaps 1 or 2mm but not more (as i said before, i have the Cromwell kit that matched the blue print drawing, and the Panda unbuild kit has nearly the same dimensions).


And that's because I sent Gordon the measurements for the Cougar back in '07 when one was parked a few hundred meters from my hooch. I still have the original measurements - the Panda is pretty damned close to spot on.
bat-213
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Posted: Monday, November 05, 2018 - 05:04 PM UTC
yes I find the details are abit turned around ,thacks Nathan ,and Robert I do have the panda kit you will be hearing from a lot ,thanks again .
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