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U-Boot IX Weapon Set
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Posted: Monday, August 08, 2016 - 10:36 PM UTC
Special Hobby releases MPM Productions'' 1/75 scale U-Boot IX Weapon Set. Todd Michalak takes a look inside the box and gives his review of this kit.

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bill_c
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Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016 - 02:19 AM UTC
Nice stuff. It saves having to hunt these items down from different manufacturers.
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Posted: Monday, August 15, 2016 - 04:15 AM UTC
MPM/CMK/Special Hobby should have made the 3.7 cm shield in PE. the resin casting is way too thick. I combined the Griffon PE shield with this set and it looks much better.
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