Italeri's Humvee kits

Anonymous

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November 2005

Italeri's Humvee kits

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:29 PM

I'm looking to build a diorama with a humvee in it. i don't want to use Tamiya's kit cuz it's just too expensive. so i'm considerng the Italeri Hummer Avenger kit, the one with the two Quad Stinger missile launchers. has anyone here built it? how is the quality?

thanks!!! Approve [^]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, October 21, 2004 11:49 PM

yes have made taht kit and its not that good and for just a few bucks more you can get the tam kit wicth i veary nice

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 22, 2004 2:27 AM

I can get you the tamiya kit for 20 bucks just email me if your interested armor_452@hotmail.com

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Rob Gronovius

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December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Friday, October 22, 2004 6:29 AM

I did an article about the Italeri HMMWVs, the Avenger included. There is also a part 2 to the article describing the aftermarket items for the kits.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=viewarticle&artid=91

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MartianGundamModeler

Member since
November 2003
From: Tennessee

Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Friday, October 22, 2004 12:36 PM

I liked my Italeri Avenger. Considering that at the time there wasn't a lot of choices. Yeah i'm king of cheap builds. Rob's got the low down on all these kits that's where I learned everything I know. main problem with both the Academy and the Italeri, with out being too nitpicky, is the wheels/hubs. They all suck. I haven't built the new Tamiya yet. i'm just waiting on Hobby lobby's next 50% off sale on models. They either have a sale or offer an internet coupon once a month. Shy [8)]

"Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, October 22, 2004 8:44 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by jessiahkinnamon

I can get you the tamiya kit for 20 bucks just email me if your interested armor_452@hotmail.com

Thanks for the offer, but i would like to build the avanger version.

Rob, Thanks for the reviews! really helpful.

any other tips guys?

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yw18mc

Member since
April 2004
From: sunny imperial beach

Posted by yw18mc on Friday, October 22, 2004 9:38 PM

If you read Rob's review on the Humvee by Italeri you're probably not going to get much better scoop then his writeup. I've built both the Tamyia and the Italeri and enjoyed both builds. It goes back to that old saying , ya gets what ya pays for. Semper fi, mike

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