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| Subject: | Re: Dodge WC Series |  |
| Date: | May 18, 2002 |
| From: | Jack Crabb | |
I appreciate the info. I opted for cheap, and got the two Italeri kits over
ebay. Any preference over the PE sets available? Are Eduard and Aber the
only available PE sets. And finally, what about resin details and
conversions?
JC
"Tim Streeter" wrote in message
news:3CE5560B.9D58CB09@msn.com...
> Jack,
>
> I don't have either of these two Italeri kits, but I've built their Beep,
> ambulance and now their water tanker. My understanding is that the staff
car
> and 1.5 ton are fairly accurate. But I've also got the Skybow versions of
> those kits and they are truly outstanding. The main problem with the
> Italeri/Peerless Max kits (which are also being sold under the Bilek label
and
> were marketed by Testors back fifteen or twenty years ago) is that the
chassis
> components are very fiddly and the instructions are not always that clear.
> The Skybow kits would be simpler builds and offer crisper details.
>
> But having said all that, the Italeri kits can be built up into
respectable
> models with a tad of care. Eduard sets do a good job on adding additional
> detail. If you can get their grill assembly down, though, you rank up
there
> in the masters!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
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