Mossy Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Hi everyone I recently finished this one. It's Academy's 1/35 M113IA (Vietnam) kit. This vehicle was part of a three vehicle troop called 'BLOOD', 'SWEAT' '& TEARS' which were part of A Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, Royal Australian Armoured Corps. It was equipped with a T50 steel turret and a .50 calibre M2 Browning heavy machine gun. A pintle mounted .30 calibre L3A4 Browning medium machine gun is also fitted to the turret top. It was airbrushed with acrylics and weathered with pastel chalks. I also used a few bits and pieces from 'Mouse House' (decals, sponson armour, replacement rear cargo hatch etc) and the figures were from 'Firestorm'. It's the first time I have built and painted figures and I'm still not sure if I am 100% happy with them. Constructive criticism and suggestions for improvement welcome as always. Thanks for looking Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 Nice job Greg, love the mud and weather effects! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Greg Looks like a lot of your sweat and hard work has gone into this one ..It is SPLENDID.. SUPERB weathering and it is quite a STUNNING model.. KUDOS.. Edited May 19, 2012 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony Lee Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Another Great One Tony lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mossy Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thank you I really enjoyed building this one. A great kit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChesshireCat Posted May 23, 2012 Share Posted May 23, 2012 where did you find the Cadillac gauge turret? Nice build. gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mossy Posted May 24, 2012 Author Share Posted May 24, 2012 where did you find the Cadillac gauge turret? Nice build. gary Thanks mate The turret came with the kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mossy Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Thanks mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Great job! One small comment - would the hatch interior surfaces have been seafoam green? All the -113's I ever saw had the hatch interior the same green color as the overall exterior finish. Maybe the Aussie's did it differently, I'm no expert. Regardless, it's a fantastic model. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mossy Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks John Yes - most of the Aussie M113A1 family of vehicles had their interiors painted "Seafoam Green". Ours also had 25mm of foam glued to the inside of the crew compartment roof and had a more comprehensive air filter system on the cargo hatch (replacing the basic mushroom ventilator behind the cargo hatch). We seem to have always had slight modifications made to our military vehicles, which means lots of research, scratch-building and $$ on conversion kits (where available) when trying to build an Aussie machine! Cheers Greg Edited June 30, 2012 by Mossy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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