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FC Model Trend: UNL-35 Armored Truckvaranusk
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain / Espaņa
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Posted: Monday, December 03, 2018 - 09:34 PM UTC
FC Model Trend presents theirfirst 3d printed/plastic kit. The UNL-35, which was the best armoured vehicle from the Spanish Civil War built at the Union naval de Levante facilities in Valencia from 1936 to 1939.
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MrHanky
France
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 - 10:43 PM UTC
Very interesting subject, and great initiative. Just 100 Euro for such a simple model might be an issue
RobinNilsson
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Tuesday, December 04, 2018 - 10:56 PM UTC
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Very interesting subject, and great initiative. Just 100 Euro for such a simple model might be an issue
3D-printing gets expensive ....
Tank1812
North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 01:16 AM UTC
It's not just the printing, but the research and time to design and make the parts.
The December special is for any order over 75 euro and you can pick FC Tips 1 or 2.
The December special is for any order over 75 euro and you can pick FC Tips 1 or 2.
jfeenstra
Alberta, Canada
Joined: April 24, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 - 03:54 AM UTC
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Very interesting subject, and great initiative. Just 100 Euro for such a simple model might be an issue
The price is a reflection of the limited nature of this product. I'm sure that FC has taken into consideration that only a select few modellers will be interested in this and doing it with 3D printing was probably the easier alternative. Also, they had to purchase the ZIS-5 wheel sets from Miniart, which invariably drove the cost up (but still cheaper then printing wheels).