NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/rec/models/scale/697

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From: [e-mail] (Paul Gordon  x3856)
Subject: Re: Tamiya T72M-1 Update + rumors
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In article <BzF0sL.LE0@da_vinci.it.uswc.uswest.com> [e-mail] (Randy J. Ray) writes:
>Well, Tony Englehart (of A.E.F. Designs) has actually purchased one of these.
>He got it mail-order through Ace Hobbies. It's retailing right around $50, give
>or take. He took it home, dragged out the hundreds of photos he has of various
>T-72's, and sadly came to the conclusion that it is 99% accurate, and the
>remaining 1% is dimensional stuff indistinguishable in 1/35 scale. I say sadly
>because he does make money off of kit inaccuracies, after all. :-) Mark
>Persichetti of On The Mark Models brass sets is already working on vent screens
>and such. You can build a beautiful T-72 without his set, but when the price
>comes down (note that the Tiger I late version, M2A2 Bradley, and Challenger I
>Mk. 3 are all $20-$24 now) it will be worth adding to it.
>

  I bought this kit over the weekend - it is a work of art. Superb molding
and the detail is excellent. But the price!
  On the subject of detailing kits, has anyone compared the Eduard and
Entropy Maxim products. The Entropy Maxim version is three times the price
of the Eduard version.
  Also, what has happened to OnTheMark over the last year or so? There have
been no new releases. They were promising M1, BMP, etc detailing kits for
this year. Are they having financial problems?

>On a related note, it seems that there is some place nearby here that in fact
>has a T-72M-2(1990), a T-80SMT, and a BMP-3. Someplace "closer than you think,"
>and "government-controlled." That's all I could get. That, and the fact that
>the T-80 does in fact sport reactive armor, not passive as many people
>(including Zaloga) thought.
>
>Randy
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>Randy J. Ray -- U S WEST IT/CSD                 [e-mail]
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>"It's not denial. I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." --Calvin
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  Paul