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Bernie Worral - 29 Nov 2003 16:45 GMT

I think it was Monogram that had a series of 1/48 scale "pro-finish"
aircraft that where prepainted and aimed toward beginners. These models were
a little more costly for the quality, but still reasonably priced...and very
accessible to a first time modeler.

Is there any such thing available in 1/35 tanks? I'm looking for an easy
Tiger Tank for my son to build.

Any help would be appreciated. Already did some searches on the net and came
up with nothing.

Worr, out

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Rob Gronovius - 29 Nov 2003 20:50 GMT

>Is there any such thing available in 1/35 tanks? I'm looking for an easy
>Tiger Tank for my son to build.

Worr,
Wal-Mart sells a series or predecorated armor kits that go together rather
easily with snap and screw driver (maybe a little of glue). The ones I have
seen is a Panzer III, Chaffee, US Halftrack, M18 Hellcat, and a few others, I'm
fairly sure an M4A3 was in the mix as well.

They ran $14.96 and were made by Motorcraft or something like that. I believe
they were listed at 1/32 and not 1/35 but I could be mistaken.

Rob Gronovius
Visit my motor pool in the www.armorama.com gallery

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John X. Volker - 29 Nov 2003 21:05 GMT

Wal-Mart has some armor kits in their plastic section, they are Motorworks
brand. These are not the already assembled ones in the toy section. I
bought a Sherman and a half-track for one of my grandsons.

> I think it was Monogram that had a series of 1/48 scale "pro-finish"
> aircraft that where prepainted and aimed toward beginners. These models were
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> Worr, out

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Bernie Worral - 30 Nov 2003 02:07 GMT

I couldn't find it at wallmart.com

Only found an engine motor model by motorworks.

Worr, out

> Wal-Mart has some armor kits in their plastic section, they are Motorworks
> brand. These are not the already assembled ones in the toy section. I
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John X. Volker - 30 Nov 2003 03:44 GMT

I have never seen them on the web site but they are in the bricks and mortar
stores.

> I couldn't find it at wallmart.com
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AMPSOne - 30 Nov 2003 20:22 GMT

My wife and I found a big stack of them yesterday up in Lancaster, PA. Company
has some lame name (Modelworks? Modelwork?) but they offered a lot of kits:
M4A3 Sherman, M3A1 halftrack, M18 Hellcat, Panther, Tiger, StuG III, Pzkw. III
Ausf D, and Sd.Kfz. 7, all prepainted and all with two figures.

Cost was $14.98 each.

Cookie Sewell
AMPS

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Bernie Worral - 30 Nov 2003 22:48 GMT

I'm going out to my local wallmart tonight. I can't find them on the net at
all.

Worr, out

> My wife and I found a big stack of them yesterday up in Lancaster, PA. Company
> has some lame name (Modelworks? Modelwork?) but they offered a lot of kits:
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> Cookie Sewell
> AMPS

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