#28 Stoat variation

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#28 Stoat variation

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Recently added the left hand model, slightly darker colour but with no braces around the soldier.
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Thanks, never giving this model a lot of attention.
Great find, something to find.

Does that also comes in the darker and normal green models ?
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Exsellent find Jason,Never Seen this,i belive
it. is a Prepro Version.

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Thankyou Mathias for the info, also noted this as well on the same model(right model).
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Thanks for pointing this one out Jason. I only have one or two of these models somewhere, so I'll have to look out for them in the future. That whole four-sided panel is larger on the right. Is that something new also?
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Hi John,
Yes the whole panel is larger on my latest model, this applies to both sides of the model as well. Looking on Christians superb site this seems to only apply to the very early prepro model.
Amazing what is still out there to find. J
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nearlymint wrote:Hi John,
Yes the whole panel is larger on my latest model, this applies to both sides of the model as well. Looking on Christians superb site this seems to only apply to the very early prepro model.
Amazing what is still out there to find. J
Thanks Jason. There's quite a few variations on this one and lots of pre-pros to look out for too.
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nearlymint wrote:Yes the whole panel is larger on my latest model, this applies to both sides of the model as well. Looking on Christians superb site this seems to only apply to the very early prepro model.
That is a really odd casting change: it serves no obvious useful purpose and it would necessitate adding material to the tool (or retooling).
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Idris wrote:
nearlymint wrote:Yes the whole panel is larger on my latest model, this applies to both sides of the model as well. Looking on Christians superb site this seems to only apply to the very early prepro model.
That is a really odd casting change: it serves no obvious useful purpose and it would necessitate adding material to the tool (or retooling).
Does seem quite strange maybe its just because the hinges did not look right. J
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