====== Panzer Kampf Anzug Ausf ver.M - 'Melusine' ======

  * Manufacturer: Wave
  * Part number: 22
  * Year of production: 2010
  * Scale: 1/20	
  * Series: Maschinen Krieger / SF3D
  * Kit type: Large scale kit, poseable with polycaps
  * In-universe role: Powered Armoured Suit - ver.M, //Strahl Democratic Republic forces//
  * Build date: ???

I bought this kit, un-assembled, from [[http://www.buyee.com|Buyee.com]] in July 2021. I paid a reasonable sum (£31); less than a lot of others were reselling them for (bearing in mind it was a 10+ year old kit at the time), but obviously with shipping and import taxes to them have to pay. Still, for something relatively rare and expensive in the west, it was a pretty good deal.

**Manufacturers images below:**

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===== Background Info =====

The //Melusine// is a later-model armoured fighting suit of the //Strahl Democratic Republic// (SDR) within the Maschinen Krieger universe. It was developed to combat the later models of the mercenary army's //SAFS// suits. It's very heavily armoured compared to the earlier suits, with a powerful laser mounted in place of the left arm and remote visual sensors (no glass face-plate).

The //Melusine// shares a lot of similarities with the [[:blog:models_mak_kauz|Kauz]], since the Melusine is intended to have been a later, ground-only suit developed from the //Kauz//. The silhouette is mostly unaltered, except for the removal of the Kauz' thrusters and flight sensors.

I absolutely love the twin designs of the //Kauz// and the //Melusine//; they are probably the two favourites of the //SDR// forces - I think it's the really bulky, forward-sloping upper torso that does it...

===== Box Contents =====

The Melusine kit is a mixture of re-used Nitto parts and newly designed frames specific to the Melusine by Wave.

   * Instruction manual
   * Addendum/correction notice sheet
   * Painting guide / info card
   * 1x Waterslide decal sheet
   * 7x Parts sprues
     * A (Melusine), green, main body (//Melusine// variant) - //new Wave parts//
     * A (Gustav), green, main body (//Gustav// variant), inner joints, panzerfaust
     * B (Melusine), green, pilot, inner cockpit, main body front (//Melusine// variant) - //new Wave parts//
     * B (Gustav), green, legs, laser cannon
     * C (Gustav), green, main body top cover
     * D (Gustav), smoked transparent, cockpit glass for the Gustav variant //only//
     * Figure, beige
   * 1x Bag multimedia parts, brass mesh, wire, rubber hoses
   * 1x Set of (12) nylon spacers

Box artwork:

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Instructions:

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Addendum/correction notice:

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Painting guide:

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Waterslide decals:

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Parts sprues:

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Multimedia and other small parts:

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