Re: Half/track model kits ( 1/15 scale size model ) who makes them ??

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Re: Half/track model kits ( 1/15 scale size model ) who makes them ??

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One of the members over on the 'unmentionable place' has posted a couple of cracking build logs
of 251's. He makes the hull from cereal boxes!

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Re: Half/track model kits ( 1/15 scale size model ) who makes them ??

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Merle is one of those "don't try this at home" kind of guys! - His stuff is amazing, but he must spend a fortune on it :o
Check the Blitz's Youtube site for vids of his sdkfz 251 'flaktrack' and Elephant - they're simply amazing - http://www.youtube.com/user/RCTankWars
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Re: Half/track model kits ( 1/15 scale size model ) who makes them ??

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Trumpeter M16 AAA Halftrack on ebay for £97

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-Trumpeter-1-1 ... 634.c0.m14
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Re: Half/track model kits ( 1/15 scale size model ) who makes them ??

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I've heard that the drive sprockets are much too week to drive the vehicle - maybe if you paint first and gum them full of epoxy afterwards it might be ok? but all the posts I've seen have been tales of misery and woe...
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