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Dragon: IDF M113 Fitters & Chata'p
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 11:59 AM UTC


After previously releasing a kit of the IDF Zelda, an exciting new M113 combination is now available from Dragon. The new kit allows modelers to build both the M113 Fitters and the Chata’p Field Repair Vehicle.

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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 12:33 PM UTC
I might get excited after reading the reviews .....
/ Robin
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 01:24 PM UTC

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I might get excited after reading the reviews .....
/ Robin

I feel the same way. I hope it's better than the Academy fitter offering (if you can find one nowadays...).
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Posted: Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 02:50 PM UTC
Very interested in this subject.




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Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 - 06:16 AM UTC
Sheesh, some of y'all need to get out more and get a life. This is JUST the kind of offering that folks here are clambering for:

1. Not another paper Panzer
2. Not another Panzer PERIOD
3. Not another WW2 offering
4. Did I say not another German armor reissue?

Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.
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Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 - 06:18 AM UTC

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Sheesh, some of y'all need to get out more and get a life. This is JUST the kind of offering that folks here are clambering for:

1. Not another paper Panzer
2. Not another Panzer PERIOD
3. Not another WW2 offering
4. Did I say not another German armor reissue?

Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.


Well said!
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Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 - 06:52 PM UTC

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Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.

The problem isn't with the choice of subject, the problem is with the kit manufacturer. If this announcement came from AFV Club or Takom, everyone would be excited. But it came from a company who in recent years releases only bad kits (inaccurate and poorly detailed) and charges premium prices for them...
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Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 06:15 AM UTC

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Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.

The problem isn't with the choice of subject, the problem is with the kit manufacturer. If this announcement came from AFV Club or Takom, everyone would be excited. But it came from a company who in recent years releases only bad kits (inaccurate and poorly detailed) and charges premium prices for them...


AMEN to that!
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Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2019 - 07:30 AM UTC

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Sheesh, some of y'all need to get out more and get a life. This is JUST the kind of offering that folks here are clambering for:


Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.


Except it isn't new, and it isn't even done as well as a 20+yr old kit AND requires surgery on the lower front hull to convert from a Lance/548 to a vanilla 113.
It's a weak effort before it is even out of the gate and isn't even in the park with the newer AFV offerings.
I'm not going to get into it with you on the 'no more WWII German' 'no more paper panzers' thing.
It may be barely better than the orig Tamiya 113 from 40+yrs ago, but THAT kit did not require front hull surgery.
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