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| Subject: | Re: AFV Club AIFV/YPR-765 |  |
| Date: | Oct 28, 2002 |
| From: | Jan-Willem de Boer | |
Don,
There's a lot of difference between those vehicles.
The Academy kit is the Korean KIFV, what resembles the AIFV/YPR-765 at 1st
sight.
The KIFV is more or less copied or derived from the AIFV.
- The shape of the rear part of the hull is different
- This model has a 25 mm Oerlikon gun turret (The others with the .50 turret,
look like the KIFV)
A lot of people have bought the KIFV kit with the idea to convert it into a
YPR-765, but were put off by the huge amount of work incorporated.
Check these pics for the Dutch and Belgian versions:
http://www.jwdeboer.nl/pics/shots/ypr765rc.jpg
http://www.jwdeboer.nl/pics/shots/aifvbe.jpg
Here you can find the KIFVs german modeller Bernd Zaeske converted into 2 kinds
of Dutch YPR-765.
http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/modern/bzypr.htm
The German text you can find here:
http://home.hetnet.nl/~poirot/tekst%20YPR.htm
Greetz,
Jan-Willem
Don Van Hook wrote:
> What's the difference between this vehicle & the Academy version of a few
> years ago?
>
> Thanks.
>
> dvh
>
> Jan-Willem de Boer wrote:
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> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Someone on ML posted this new box art of the long awaited AFV Club
> > YPR-765 kit.
> > Judging the URL location this photo was made during a Japanese model
> > show recently where Tamiya showed the T-55 kit as well.
> >
> > Is there someone who can tell me more about this?
> >
> > Judging the box art it'll be a AIFV, because it shows a vehicle in
> > belgian colours.
> >
> > Greetz,
> >
> > Jan-Willem
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > [Image] |
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