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Title: Diopark
Post by: Frank3k on October 30, 2013, 05:44:46 AM

For all your explody needs - 1970s Mercedes with IED and other things that boom (in 1/35): http://www.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15468 (http://www.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=15468)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on October 30, 2013, 06:30:56 AM

Looking at the kit features in the second image at PMMS it looks a lot like something that Meng Models might have come up with.  Wonder if there is an actual link or is this just a coincidence?

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Frank3k on October 30, 2013, 07:48:21 AM

Thanks Jeff - PMMS has a bigger picture: http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/diopark.html (http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/diopark.html) The indestructible Nokia phone is a nice touch.

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on December 31, 2013, 12:42:45 PM

Terry Ashley/PMMS kit review of the 1:35th scale Diopark - 70's German Made Civilian Car w/IED Accessaries (kit number DP35013) (http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/diopark/dp35013.html)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 17, 2017, 02:37:35 AM

Some new ones that might be of interest:

(http://www.kitmaker.net/photos/news/24677/dp35020_field-modified_civilian_truck_with_ub32.jpg)
(http://www.kitmaker.net/photos/news/24677/dp35016_field-modified_civilian_truck_with_122mm_rocket.jpg)
(http://www.kitmaker.net/photos/news/24677/dp35021_rocket_launcher.jpg)
(http://www.kitmaker.net/photos/news/24677/dp35019_122mm_rocket___ammo_box.jpg)
(http://www.kitmaker.net/photos/news/24677/dp35022_ub_32_rocket_ammo.jpg)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: jcf on March 17, 2017, 02:40:14 AM

Like the trucks, don't give two figs for the rockets etc., I wonder if they'll release the trucks by
themselves w/out the splodo crap.

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Frank3k on March 17, 2017, 05:21:30 AM

Are those Bongo trucks? Great to have them in 1/35, because you can't have a Middle Eastern based fisticuffs without one in the background!

The tan UB-32 version can probably be built without the rockets. Hopefully they'll include all the transparencies, so the rear window grill can be replaced with clear plastic.

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: apophenia on March 17, 2017, 08:43:23 AM

Quote from: Frank3k on March 17, 2017, 05:21:30 AM

Are those Bongo trucks? ...

Bigger than the Kia. The kit is a de-badged Mitsubishi Fuso Canter (3.5 T, I think).

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Frank3k on March 17, 2017, 10:26:50 AM

Yeah, you're right. It's a Mitsubishi Fuso Canter:

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sanlih_E-Television_8703-EQ_20161008.jpg/800px-Sanlih_E-Television_8703-EQ_20161008.jpg)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on March 17, 2017, 12:27:54 PM

Love the box art work.  Workshop setting with live ordnance on the floor and sparks/high voltage (welder) near by.  All the basic ingredients for an "ooooopsie"  :)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Old Wombat on March 17, 2017, 02:22:50 PM

LH/RH drive options! How cool is that! This option should be standard for all cars/trucks! 8)

Title: Re: Diopark
Post by: Frank3k on March 17, 2017, 10:57:31 PM

Quote from: Jeffry Fontaine on March 17, 2017, 12:27:54 PM

Love the box art work.  Workshop setting with live ordnance on the floor and sparks/high voltage (welder) near by.  All the basic ingredients for an "ooooopsie"  :)

But they're not fused, so it's OK... and it's perfectly OK to get dirt and grime into all the delicate rocket parts.