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Zhengdefu models?
YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 02:51 PM UTC
Zhengdefu: a wierd name...
Anyways, at Hobby Lobby there are a few 1/48th scale models by this company. The only one I'm interested in, for now, is the M1A1 Abrams. (It's only $5.50)
Is the model wort the five bucks, or should I just get the $33 Tamiya Abrams?

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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 03:01 PM UTC
Boy, you do miss Sabot - don't you!?!

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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 03:10 PM UTC
In a word: YES!

YodaMan
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 03:35 PM UTC
Check mid way down this thread.

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brno465
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 06:03 PM UTC
My son was given two of these kits last Christmass.
They built up into rough approximations of a Leopard 2 and Leclerc - he had fun making them, but the tracks (baaaaad rubber band things) just dissintegrated while sitting on a shelf - just fell to bits within a month without the model even being moved.
The warning bells started sounding when it was realised that the "made up kit" pics on the box were of a different manufacturers' kit ...........
lifestyle
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Posted: Thursday, November 21, 2002 - 07:19 PM UTC
Yodaman Get trumpeters they are 20 bucks and the best out there they will be perfect for the group build
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Posted: Friday, November 22, 2002 - 01:37 AM UTC
I have to agree the Zhengdefu (I call them Zheng doo doo) are not very good kits. They are toys and have no right to be mentioned in the same breath (or message) as Tamiya.

YodaMan
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Posted: Friday, November 22, 2002 - 11:39 AM UTC
Thanks guys. This really proves you can go wrong with a five buck kit!

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