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Just as a clarification, I don't think the Minicraft kit is a copy of the Entex kit, it is the Entex kit. Which was originally a Nitto kit. Entex did not make any of their own kits, they were all Japanese molds that were imported into and boxed in the U.S. One of the important people at Entex was Al Trendle. I forgot what his position was. He later started Minicraft, and used some of the same molds that were used by Entex. They may have been purchased from the Japanese companies, as the logos that were engraved on the molds were removed, but, I think "copying" is a thing of the past, excluding the Chinese models, of course.
Has anyone actually measured the ATP/Lincoln kit so that they can definitely say it is 1/96 or 1/100 scale? Considering the time period, I would expect it to be 1/96, as that was the more common scale, next to Airfix and 1/144, especially for Lincoln and Hawk. But, until someone actually measures it, All this bickering will not settle anything.
Ron M
----- Original Message -----From: tristar35805Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 7:20 PMSubject: [AMD] DC3sThe ATP kit is 1/100.The Monogram kit is 1/90.The Nitto/Entex kit is 1/100.Minicraft coppied the Nitto kit,and all of its mistakes.
The Atp kit does lack detail but the basic shape is good.Remember it is a copy of the Monogram kit which was first issued in the mid 1950s.
Sparky
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