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questionable RPM
Biggles2
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 04:26 AM UTC
I was looking for suitable airfield vehicles and found this:
http://www.oupsmodel.com/images/prods/rpm-maquettes-militaire-48001-ford-t-ambulance-m-1917-american-expeditionary-forces-1-48.jpg
I don't expect a lot from RPM, but how bad might they be? Does anyone else make suitable or similar vehicles?
Grauwolf
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 05:19 AM UTC
REVIEW

RPM Ambulance

https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/review/6349


also

http://www.locopainter.com/
marcb
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 05:45 AM UTC
Resicast makes this
http://www.resicast.com/products/kits/slideshow-93/index.html
Biggles2
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 07:16 AM UTC
Mmmm...I'm really surprised by the RPM. Even though Resicast is the better of the two, it also costs 3 times as much. I'll go with the RPM and a little extra work.
AFVFan
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Posted: Friday, February 14, 2014 - 11:23 AM UTC
From the review, this is an improvement over the usual RPM quality, mold wise at least. Looking at the photos, it seems like it'll build into a nice rendition.
Grauwolf
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Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2014 - 03:03 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Resicast is the better of the two, it also costs 3 times as much


That is because it is 1:35
Biggles2
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Posted: Sunday, February 16, 2014 - 03:06 AM UTC
Doh!!...
Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, May 05, 2014 - 06:21 AM UTC
Finished it (actually a long time ago), and it is an impressive little kit, although the decals are total crap, and AFAIK, there are no AM sets. The kit is cheap enough ($20 CAN) that you can buy it just for the chassis and front up to the firewall for countless other scratch-conversions, both military and civilian.
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