Merkava from Hooben

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Merkava from Hooben

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Hooben Hobby 1/16 Merkava

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Re: Merkava from Hooben

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Great news IF it comes as planned,
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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... :)
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Still it will be half the price of static SOL resin kit ;)
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Re: Merkava from Hooben

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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.
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Any thicker and he'd need to use plastic & put the real spring inside.
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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.
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Re: Merkava from Hooben

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That's a given. I'll be on the look out for this at HEC in August, assuming Ark/Hooven will be exhibiting.
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Re: Merkava from Hooben

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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.
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