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   * Series: Maschinen Krieger / ZbV 3000 / SF3D   * Series: Maschinen Krieger / ZbV 3000 / SF3D
   * Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), some movement possible   * Kit type: Multimedia kit (plastic, rubber piping, brass, etc), some movement possible
-  * In-universe role: Heavily Armoured Walker / Fighting Suit+  * In-universe role: Heavily Armoured Walker, //Mercenary forces//
   * Build date: ???   * Build date: ???
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 +I bought this kit from [[http://hlj.com|Hobby Link Japan]] in the late 90's or early 2000's - intending to use it as a donor kit to bash up some home-brewed biped mecha for some tabletop wargames I was playing at the time.
  
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 +===== Tools Used =====
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 +===== Colours Used =====
  
 ===== Background ===== ===== Background =====
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 +In-universe, the 'Jerry' is supposed to represent an early attempt by the mercenary forces to produce a viable heavy fighting machine whilst they are perfecting their //Super Armoured Fighting Suits// (SAFS) to combat the enemy //Strahl Democratic Republic// forces who have existing forces of tanks and heavy weapons. It represents a stop-gap design until the smaller, man-sized powered suits and man-carried laser weapons evolved to a point of practicality.
  
 This was the first Maschinen Krieger design I bought, in the late 90's or around the year 2000. I didn't know anything about Ma.K at the time, but was searching for walker/mecha proxies for board games/tabletop gaming that I was playing at the time. It has sat, unbuilt, for at least 20 years.... This was the first Maschinen Krieger design I bought, in the late 90's or around the year 2000. I didn't know anything about Ma.K at the time, but was searching for walker/mecha proxies for board games/tabletop gaming that I was playing at the time. It has sat, unbuilt, for at least 20 years....
  
-===== Tools Used =====+===== Box Contents =====
  
-===== Colours Used =====+In 2021 I finally opened the box which had sat in my big store of unbuilt models to take a look at what was inside: 
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 +   * Instruction manual 
 +   * Painting guide / information card 
 +   * 1x Waterslide decal sheet 
 +   * 5x Plastic part sprues 
 +     * 3x Main body parts, in green 
 +     * 1x Pilot figure, in beige 
 +     * 1x Canopy/sensor cover, in clear 
 +   * 3x Bags of multimedia parts 
 +     * 1x Bag of brass and plastic rods 
 +     * 1x Bag of wiring, thin tubing, nylon spacers/washers and screws 
 +     * 1x Bag of flexible rubber hose 
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 +I can understand why a lot of these early Ma.K models by Nitto are so sought after - the quality of the overall //experience// is first class; 
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 +   * Individually bagged components 
 +   * High quality cardstock reference card and painting guide 
 +   * Clear, large format manual 
 +   * Loads of extra multimedia bits (brass pipe, wire, mesh, rubber tubing etc.) 
 +   * Crisp, clear waterslide decals
  
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