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AFV Club M102
Grasshopp12
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Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 05:16 PM UTC
I just got this kit today in the mail, and hope to use it for the Incoming! campaign (I had an M109A6 Paladin, but the top and lower hulls were horribly warped, to the point where they may not be usable). Is there anything I should look out for on the kit? I noticed some places in the instructions were a little unclear, but I was able to quickly figure things out after looking at the M102 pics in Rob's Motor Pool.
matt
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Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 10:06 PM UTC
It's a nice little kit. There's only a couple of sink holes other than that it's a easy build!!!
Sabot
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Posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 - 11:16 PM UTC
Feel free to run down if you need some first hand shots. Although having one so close by is certain to send you into AMS.
Grasshopp12
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Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 01:39 AM UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Harris98
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Posted: Thursday, June 24, 2004 - 09:21 AM UTC
Does anyone make a gun crew set that would go with the M102?

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Posted: Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:03 AM UTC
i dont know about gun crews grass...but if you get on the horn to italeri or fire off an email to them..they will send you the replacement parts for your paladin...i have done it several times and generally get the parts within a couple a weeks

Ray
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Posted: Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:09 AM UTC
Hobby Fan does a M102 crew set.
Epi
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Posted: Friday, June 25, 2004 - 01:14 AM UTC
Azimut also did a gun crew for it. The crew was based around the the 80's era. They had the K-pots on, before the kevlar took over, and older style flak vest (before the PSGAT). I think they where supposed to be from the Grenada conflict.
Grasshopp12
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Posted: Friday, June 25, 2004 - 03:10 PM UTC
I think I'm probably going to do that Ray. That hull is less than healthy to say the least.
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