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poibruddah
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 09:22 AM UTC
I'm new to this discussion board so forgive me if I'm rehashing something already talked about. But does anyone know if the T-72 series from Zveda are direct copies of either DML's or Tamiya's kit? With so many manufactures boxing other manufactures kits it gets a little tricky and very expensive if you choose wrong.......

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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 01:00 PM UTC
Zvezda's T-72s are closely related to the Dragon ones.
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Posted: Monday, August 07, 2006 - 05:40 PM UTC
When I inspected one, it was a direct copy in terms of layout, but the sprue gates were rougher. It looks like they used the DML sprues as a master to duplicate their own kit. Additionally, DML used individual link tracks and Zvezda has included link and length tracks.
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