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Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 06:22 AM UTC
I've seen quite a few pics of 1/35 scale vehicles and figures with MILES gear on them. Are these from aftermarket kits or scratchbuilt? The only items I've seen sold are Hoffman devices but haven't seen the other stuff.
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Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 10:13 AM UTC
I havent seen any AM stuff other than the Hoffman device you mentioned. I imagine that the belts, sensors and CVKI are scratchbuilt. "Q"
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Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 11:29 AM UTC
I did the original Tamiya Mi with MIles a while back. I used Tamiya's smole device form th e now old moder equipment set. The strap was done with pained masking tape and the sensors with some plastic bits. I used one of the Academy Ma Deuces with the blank shredder tip and added some stretched sprue attachment rods. It was coonvincing enough to take several awards, despite a pretty poor MERDC scheme.
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Posted: Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 11:48 AM UTC



Most of this was scratched built. Here is the link to the article here on the sight:

Building a NTC M1A1 Abrams
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Posted: Friday, July 30, 2004 - 01:27 AM UTC
Excellent article Epi. Thank you
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Posted: Friday, July 30, 2004 - 01:42 AM UTC
No Problem, hope it helps out.
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