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HMMWV Frag 5 armored door kit
Mario_HR
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2011 - 07:42 PM UTC
Continuing with the modern theme, this time I show you an in-box review of the Voyager Models modern HUMVEE family bullet-proof door kit [PEA246]

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2011 - 08:54 PM UTC
Good review Mario: thanks.

The doors do look nice a crisp.....and a lot of PE just for 4 doors! And I always wondered what the D-ring on the outside was for....makes sense now.
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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2011 - 09:04 PM UTC
Good review Mario. I think VM are doing over complicated things even though the result is certainly outstanding.
As you state it, it's a little kit in itself.

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Posted: Monday, July 11, 2011 - 09:49 PM UTC

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I think VM are doing over complicated things even though the result is certainly outstanding.



I find most of the PE manufacturers tend to overcomplicate things... I would prefer the armored window complex in resin as well, instead of such complex PE assembly.

Mario
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 12:34 AM UTC
I think it's perhaps due to the thickness of the real parts. I agree it would be more convenient to have it as a single part, but I guess there is some logic with Voyager as they keep making PE sets this way. Just think of the workable ERA packs for the T-72 (i think?) they released a while ago?
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 04:41 AM UTC
Great review Mario...I need to get ahold of this set.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 05:18 AM UTC
Just a quick note, these doors are unfortunately not appropriate for the M1151/M1152/M1165/M1167. For whatever reason the Frag 5 doors for these vehicles are different from those for the M1114/M1116.

This is a diagram of the Frag 5 forward door for the M1151/M1152/M1165/M1167:
Mario_HR
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 09:09 AM UTC
Thanks I probably didn't express myself properly. What I tried to say with that sentence was that Frag 5 kits are available to different HMMWV families not that the kit's offering was appropriate for the M1151, just that there's a Frag 5 kit for those types.

Thanks for clearing that up!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 09:25 AM UTC
Didn't want there to be any confusion. Great review btw.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 09:30 AM UTC
No problems and thanks for the pic. Is there a lot of difference between m1114 and m1151 door frag kits if you know?
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 10:26 AM UTC
Visually they are surprisingly different. They are supposed to offer the same level of protection though. To further confuse matters, the doors provided as part of the so-called LTAS "B Kit" for the M1151/M1152/M1165/M1167 are different still from both the Frag 5 doors for those types and the Frag 5 doors for the M1114/M1116.

You can see both sets of doors for the M1151/etc in this thread.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 01:11 PM UTC
Who's on first????
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