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                        A drive from the rough, but interesting anyway.

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                        upnorth
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Canada / Czech Republic
                        A drive from the rough, but interesting anyway.
                        Posted by upnorth on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 10:41 AM
                        Hello all.

                        I was in the model railroading shop next to my LHS and picked up my first automotive related kit in years.

                        They had a series of limited run Czech produced kits of various vehicles in 1/87 (HO) scale. I walked out with a Tatra T 318 8x8 airport fire truck.

                        Opening the box, I saw injection molded plastic. Nice considering I was expecting resin all the way.

                        Its definitely going to take work but I think I've got a diamond in the rough here. Lots more detail than I might have expected on a kit in this scale.

                        Unusual scale, but where the heck else am I likely to find such an unusual subject?Smile [:)]
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 2:06 PM
                        Sounds like an interesting build for sure. look forward for some pics of it.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        nicholma
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: New Zealand
                        Posted by nicholma on Friday, September 17, 2004 4:01 AM
                        An interesting choice. There are some nice subjects in that scale for the train boys. A few years ago I picked up a Cat bulldozer and Hyster logging arch from around the 1950's and a Mack cabover with a local (New Zealand) logging trailer. The detail is very good and they don't look difficult to build.
                        Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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