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- From: rray@lookout.it.uswc.uswest.com (Randy J. Ray)
- Subject: Tamiya T72M-1 Update + rumors
- Message-ID: <BzF0sL.LE0@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com>
- Sender: rray@snakepit (Randy J. Ray)
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- Organization: US WEST Communications, Inc. -- Denver, CO
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:02:45 GMT
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- Well, Tony Englehart (of A.E.F. Designs) has actually purchased one of these.
- He got it mail-order through Ace Hobbies. It's retailing right around $50, give
- or take. He took it home, dragged out the hundreds of photos he has of various
- T-72's, and sadly came to the conclusion that it is 99% accurate, and the
- remaining 1% is dimensional stuff indistinguishable in 1/35 scale. I say sadly
- because he does make money off of kit inaccuracies, after all. :-) Mark
- Persichetti of On The Mark Models brass sets is already working on vent screens
- and such. You can build a beautiful T-72 without his set, but when the price
- comes down (note that the Tiger I late version, M2A2 Bradley, and Challenger I
- Mk. 3 are all $20-$24 now) it will be worth adding to it.
-
- On a related note, it seems that there is some place nearby here that in fact
- has a T-72M-2(1990), a T-80SMT, and a BMP-3. Someplace "closer than you think,"
- and "government-controlled." That's all I could get. That, and the fact that
- the T-80 does in fact sport reactive armor, not passive as many people
- (including Zaloga) thought.
-
- Randy
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