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Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 6:42 pm
by Harry Serpent
Hooben Hobby 1/16 Merkava
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2021 10:14 pm
by HERMAN BIX
Great news IF it comes as planned,
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:16 am
by tankme
HERMAN BIX wrote:Great news IF it comes as planned,
and isn't a complete pile of steamy horse poop. There I fixed it for ya...
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 6:00 am
by Kaczor
Still it will be half the price of static SOL resin kit
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 6:26 am
by Kaczor
Photos of the protype:
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 8:24 am
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
The Merkava has been on Feng's list since the day he first pitched his RC tank plan to me & asked for $30k per model. Only took him 16 years but its finally happening. That said, I'd think he should have gone with a heavy gauge spring for the suspension since what is shown above looks a tad, dare I say, toy like compared to the real deal.
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 6:11 pm
by RobW
Any thicker and he'd need to use plastic & put the real spring inside.
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2021 6:20 pm
by tankme
I would think that you would barely be able to see them unless you remove the side skirts. I don't think I've ever seen a Merkava running around without side skirts.
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:12 am
by Xiaoshan_Sailor
That's a given. I'll be on the look out for this at HEC in August, assuming Ark/Hooven will be exhibiting.
Re: Merkava from Hooben
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2021 10:49 pm
by lmcq11
Cool, i see they have given it the Trophy Active protection system. Looks like we will see a lot more of them in the coming years.
- Trophy active protection system
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- Trophy active protection system
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