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Trumpeter Panther II questions.
mikeo
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Pennsylvania, United States
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Posted: Monday, April 02, 2007 - 06:00 AM UTC
What are your opinions of this kit? Good, Bad, Ugly, etc...
DeskJockey
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Posted: Monday, April 02, 2007 - 06:18 AM UTC
Vodnik has a pretty comprehensive in-box review of Trumpeter's M1 Panther II. Here is the link:

http://vodnik.primeportal.net/pages/TrumpPanther/panther.htm

It looks like a decent kit, but not as good as the Dragon Panther II. That said, it's pretty cheap, which can go a long way toward helping you decide whether to get it. I got a shrink-wrapped one for $15 (including shipping) off of eBay a couple of months ago.
Vodnik
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Posted: Monday, April 02, 2007 - 11:48 AM UTC

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Vodnik has a pretty comprehensive in-box review of Trumpeter's M1 Panther II.

My review is also available here on Armorama: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/779

As Lucas said, Dragon kit is better of the two, but a couple of parts (e.g. remote control cameras) are beter in Trumpeter model.

Pawel
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Posted: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - 12:50 AM UTC
Thanks for the replies guys! I just picked one up for $16.00. I figured that I couldn't go wrong at that price. Of course, I would rather have gotten the DML, but if I'm going to pay retail for an Abrams, I'll buy the AIM. (Or the M1A2 if it ever comes out.)
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