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Sunday, February 17, 2019 - 11:59 AM UTC
After previously releasing a kit of the IDF Zelda, an exciting new M113 combination is now available from Dragon. The new kit allows modelers to build both the M113 Fitters and the Chata’p Field Repair Vehicle.
The Fitters is easily identified by a Hiab crane mounted on the roof, enabling it to perform such operations as removing and replacing power packs. The Chata’p, on the other hand, carried spare parts and equipment to allow maintenance and repair of other armored vehicles.

Aptly named a Combo Set, modelers will be able to add two distinctive IDF M113 vehicles, the M113 Fitters and a Chata’p Field Repair Vehicle. They are perfect for each other in a diorama scene, or with a damaged M113 Zelda.

The vehicles are realistically depicted and they possess NEO tracks, with brand new parts such as the hydraulic crane, as well as all sorts of stowage boxes and racks on the M113 Fitters. Boxes and racks festoon the Chata’p Field Repair Vehicle as well.

Attention has been paid not only to the vehicle exteriors, but also to their interiors, with the internal layout accurately rendered and provided for both vehicles. As before, a free set of DS backpacks and rucksacks are provided so that modelers can attach these to the vehicles’ hulls.
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I might get excited after reading the reviews ..... / Robin
FEB 17, 2019 - 12:33 PM
I feel the same way. I hope it's better than the Academy fitter offering (if you can find one nowadays...).
FEB 17, 2019 - 01:24 PM
Very interested in this subject.
FEB 17, 2019 - 02:50 PM
Sheesh, some of y'all need to get out more and get a life. This is JUST the kind of offering that folks here are clambering for: 1. Not another paper Panzer 2. Not another Panzer PERIOD 3. Not another WW2 offering 4. Did I say not another German armor reissue? Com'on dudes. This is what we need more of: variety and subjects that haven't been done to death.
FEB 18, 2019 - 06:16 AM
Well said!
FEB 18, 2019 - 06:18 AM
The problem isn't with the choice of subject, the problem is with the kit manufacturer. If this announcement came from AFV Club or Takom, everyone would be excited. But it came from a company who in recent years releases only bad kits (inaccurate and poorly detailed) and charges premium prices for them...
FEB 18, 2019 - 06:52 PM
The problem isn't with the choice of subject, the problem is with the kit manufacturer. If this announcement came from AFV Club or Takom, everyone would be excited. But it came from a company who in recent years releases only bad kits (inaccurate and poorly detailed) and charges premium prices for them...[/quote] AMEN to that!
FEB 19, 2019 - 06:15 AM
Except it isn't new, and it isn't even done as well as a 20+yr old kit AND requires surgery on the lower front hull to convert from a Lance/548 to a vanilla 113. It's a weak effort before it is even out of the gate and isn't even in the park with the newer AFV offerings. I'm not going to get into it with you on the 'no more WWII German' 'no more paper panzers' thing. It may be barely better than the orig Tamiya 113 from 40+yrs ago, but THAT kit did not require front hull surgery.
FEB 19, 2019 - 07:30 AM
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