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                        Any un armored Challenger 2's used in Iraq?

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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Any un armored Challenger 2's used in Iraq?
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:54 AM
                        I want to pick up the HC/Trump Challenger 2 today because it is the last day for Hobby lobby's sale. This kit however does not come with the uparmor package currently in use in Iraq which i have heard makes this vehicle incorrect for the Operation Telic decals included. Are ther or were there any Challenger 2's in action over there without the armor? [I know some Challenger 1's were in the first gulf war but that's a diff tank. ] Anyway this kit will only be $12 bucks with the discount and befoer anyone says it I am NOT going to get an after market resine kit for it. For that caost I can just buy the new Trump Operation Telic for around $25 or $30 which comes with the armor package. Comments?
                        "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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                        Spamicus
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Central Wisconsin
                        Posted by Spamicus on Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:14 AM
                        I'm unfamiliar with the armor package you're talking about, but would it be possible to scratch build it from sheet styrene? If so that'd be a less expensive route.

                        Steve

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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Saturday, March 20, 2004 7:17 AM
                        Well i don't mind buying by the new kit with the armor, it's just that i can't beat the deal on this unarmored one and I prefer the desert scheme to the green. But I'd hate to build a desert one and it be totally wrong...
                        "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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                        HeavyArty
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:13 AM
                        I did not see any without new armor packege when I was over there. I don't think there were any without it.
                        Here is a photo of what is added to the Op Telic kit:


                        Here is a review of the net Chally 2s from Trumpeter and gives great details and pictures of the Op Telic model. http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/trumpeter/tr00323-45.htm

                        Hope these help.

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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Saturday, March 20, 2004 10:16 AM
                        Yeah, that's where I heard that the Challies in Iraq should have the side armor!lol Thanks anyway!Disapprove [V] it's te only comprehensive article I can find. However your first hand acount is worth a hundred articles.lol
                        "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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