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| Subject: | Re: Sinkholes in Italeri Marines M4 Sherman Wheels |  |
| Date: | Jun 20, 2003 |
| From: | Adam Vukich | |
Tim,
I bought that kit about 4 months ago from Great Models and it has those
sinkholes as well. Maybe those ageless molds of Italeri are finally
starting to go.
Adam Vukich
"Tim Streeter" wrote in message
news:3ef26c9a@news.track-link.net...
> Picked up this kit on the Bruce Beamish sale at Squadron a couple weeks
ago, and was disappointed to see nearly all of the solid spoked wheels in
the kit have several nasty sinkholes in each wheel. The backsides,
naturally, have the ejector pin marks.
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> I called Squadron and they kindly sent me a new sprue. Unfortunately the
wheels on that one are similarly cratered.
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> The Squadron manager told me that ALL the M4 kits they have in stock are
like that. Has anyone else experienced this on this particular Italeri kit,
from kits purchased through Squadron or other sources?
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> Tim
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