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| Subject: | Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. |  |
| Date: | Feb 10, 2003 |
| From: | Christophe Jacquemont | |
No worries I was just wondering because of the Trakz box art "Patterns by Willy Peters, model by David Harper".
Looking forward to reading your article, I'll be ordering my copy from Historex Agents tomorrow.
Cheers,
Christophe
David Harper a écrit :
> Hello Christophe,
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> This is David Harper, and yes I do work as an independant contractor for VLS, i still own and operate my own business Harper Castings, and we still sculpt figures and tool master patterns for VLS and several other companies.
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> If you don't know me well, let me tell you a little about myself. I have no qualms praising a good kit by ANY company. At the same time I will pan a substandard kit in a heart beat, by any manufacturer including VLS.
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> If you read my articles in MMIR concerning the LVT conversions/updates from TRAKZ, you will see that they are honset and not slanted in any way. There are things that I like and a few things that I did not like and so I changed them. I will say that because WWII LVT's are my particular area of interest and my archives and library are heavy in reference data on LVTs, I probably have more knowledge than your average modeler on the subject.
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> Quality of castings on the TRAKZ kits ranges from average to good, accuracy is very good. However a few small parts need modification or replacing.
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> The Verlinden LVT updates are not very well done and they replicate some of the major errors of the original Italeri kits. One example is the back plate on the LVTA1 turret which is supposed to be at a 90 degree angle, Italeri for some unknown reason, made this part incorrectly at a slope of approx 6 to 8 degrees. When VP detailed up the Italeri kit turret and recast it in resin, they failed to correct the angle of the back plate!! The LVT drivers compartment interior in the VP kits is a little too simplified, but in all not bad. The VP LVTA1 detail kit that I have was so poorly packaged that many of the parts were damaged beyond repair, and several of the parts were plagued with air bubbles.
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> VLS has a LVT drivers compartment in the works, and from what I have seen so far it looks to be quite a bit nicer than the VP product. And no, I am not tooling the patterns for VLS.
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> Hope this clears things up,
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> David |
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 | Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Saul Garcia - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - David Harper - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. [IMG] - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Ron Volstad - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - David Harper - Feb 11, 2003 |
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| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Pacific Theatre Focus News - David E. Harper - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Pacific Theatre Focus News - mike foncannon - Feb 12, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Aubert - Feb 11, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - Feb 10, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - May 5, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Trakz LVT-2 conversion. - Christophe Jacquemont - May 5, 2003 |
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