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Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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Droid?
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 10:03 PM UTC
I'm doing a "fantasy" IDF build, Merk2 turret on a "sort-of" Magach hull, and thought a Droid would be a good addition. I remembered Hard Corps Models did one, but with Mr. Harper's passing, couldn't find anything on the web about the business, or whether or not anything was still available.
Anyone have any suggestions about where I might find a droid, or if anyone else makes one?
I suppose I could scratch one up, but would prefer to purchase one as an accessory.
Pics so far:



I saw a CG pic of something like this a while ago, had to do it.....
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 10:40 PM UTC
ET-MODEL Does a droid for the Merk.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 - 11:42 PM UTC
Thanks!

Edit: LuckyModel is wonky today.... I think I have two on the way.
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 12:55 AM UTC
Model Minatures also includes one in their Merkava update set - highly recommended:

http://www.model-miniature.com/product.php?id_product=268

HTH

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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 06:33 AM UTC
The droid looks very nice, and I do have the Academy Merk4 in the stash, but that's a chunk o' change for a droid, a couple of towing horns and two "concrete blocks".... unless I'm missing something?
ET droids are pretty cheap ($8US) and I've got a couple on the way, but I'll look at the MM stuff too, thanks!
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 12:26 PM UTC

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The droid looks very nice, and I do have the Academy Merk4 in the stash, but that's a chunk o' change for a droid, a couple of towing horns and two "concrete blocks".... unless I'm missing something?
ET droids are pretty cheap ($8US) and I've got a couple on the way, but I'll look at the MM stuff too, thanks!



Yeah its not cheap but the quality/scale effect is very good.

I remembered after I posted, that Voyager also make the droid too, not sure if you have seen that?

If you have a look at the top image here, this was the Voyager version i used on my nakpadon build:
http://www.idf-modelling.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3330&start=10

I thought the droid was a bit too small in the end and so tried the MM version seen here, which I think is much better:
http://www.idf-modelling.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3330&start=20
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Posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015 - 01:56 PM UTC
PEA267IDF Merkava MBT IV WindBreaker Active Protection System (GP)




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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 04:41 AM UTC
Jim, thanks, but sure wish I could look at those links.....
Henk, that also looks like a nice set. I'll need to start thinking about brass, too. The SpadeAce tracks for the MErk4 showed up the other day, so it's on the horizon.
In the meantime, even though it's not strictly historically accurate (meaning it's pretty coming out of the darker regions of my imagination) could I solicit opinions on the latest on the "Magava"?
Specifically, the skirt modules, below.

I've got some turret pics too, but I'm unhappy with the roof armor I began last night.
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Posted: Monday, January 12, 2015 - 09:00 PM UTC
In the interest of conformity ( ) I'm going to continue this in the CC board. Thanks for the input so far, hope you continue checking in.
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