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Sprues washed, dried. Had to cut some to fit in bath. Found a set of Dunlop tires & wheels which seem to match my collected North Africa reference photos of this vehicle better. (Tread and size, for CMP trucks).

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Mirror kits not as clean as Tamiya, with seams and a relatively soft plastic. Parts require care and time removing from sprues, as the manufacturer seems to favour multiple, thick attachment points. See bellow, a relatively sturdy 1" leafspring with 5 attachment points!

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I like Mirror for their selection of CMP Chevy and Ford trucks. The Morris Quad beetleback was my first.

This is my second Mirror build.

So far, I've built vehicle kits from:
Tamiya
Revell
Meng
Bronco
Heller
WESPE
Accurate Armour
Dragon
ICM
ResiCast
Italeri
plusModel
IBG

In the stash, other manufacturers include:
MiniArt
Gecko
Thunder
Mirage
Smartkit
MK
AFV
SpecialArmour
Trumpeter
I♡Kit
HobbyBoss
Roden
High-Tech Model
Triglav

... and on order:
MODEL 3D INT (more cool Italian vehicles)

<blockquote data-quote="BarleyBop" data-source="post: 249854" data-attributes="member: 20557">Sprues washed, dried. Had to cut some to fit in bath. Found a set of Dunlop tires &amp; wheels which seem to match my collected North Africa reference photos of this vehicle better. (Tread and size, for CMP trucks).[ATTACH=full]142206[/ATTACH]Mirror kits not as clean as Tamiya, with seams and a relatively soft plastic. Parts require care and time removing from sprues, as the manufacturer seems to favour multiple, thick attachment points. See bellow, a relatively sturdy 1&quot; leafspring with 5 attachment points![ATTACH=full]142207[/ATTACH]I like Mirror for their selection of CMP Chevy and Ford&nbsp; trucks. The Morris Quad beetleback was my first.This is my second Mirror build.So far, I&#039;ve built vehicle kits from:TamiyaRevellMengBroncoHeller WESPEAccurate ArmourDragonICMResiCastItaleriplusModelIBG&nbsp;In the stash, other manufacturers include:MiniArtGeckoThunderMirageSmartkitMKAFVSpecialArmourTrumpeterI♡KitHobbyBossRodenHigh-Tech ModelTriglav... and on order:MODEL 3D INT (more cool Italian vehicles)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BarleyBop, post: 249854, member: 20557"] Sprues washed, dried. Had to cut some to fit in bath. Found a set of Dunlop tires & wheels which seem to match my collected North Africa reference photos of this vehicle better. (Tread and size, for CMP trucks). [ATTACH type="full"]142206[/ATTACH] Mirror kits not as clean as Tamiya, with seams and a relatively soft plastic. Parts require care and time removing from sprues, as the manufacturer seems to favour multiple, thick attachment points. See bellow, a relatively sturdy 1" leafspring with 5 attachment points! [ATTACH type="full"]142207[/ATTACH] I like Mirror for their selection of CMP Chevy and Ford trucks. The Morris Quad beetleback was my first. This is my second Mirror build. So far, I've built vehicle kits from: Tamiya Revell Meng Bronco Heller WESPE Accurate Armour Dragon ICM ResiCast Italeri plusModel IBG In the stash, other manufacturers include: MiniArt Gecko Thunder Mirage Smartkit MK AFV SpecialArmour Trumpeter I♡Kit HobbyBoss Roden High-Tech Model Triglav ... and on order: MODEL 3D INT ([I]more cool Italian vehicles[/I]) [/QUOTE]

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