MBR,

Are you using the Trumpter USMC LAV-R kit? You are a few steps ahead of me. Did you have other PE beyond the kit you added?

The build you are doing looks really good so far.

Tony

The kit is indeed the 1/35 scale LAV-R from Trumpeter

PE is the Eduard kit that replaces most parts of the Trumpeter PE (6 parts for the hatches and two mounting posts from the Trumpeter PE are used)

Building the kit so far was a charm. Some minor gaps between upper and lower hull needed putty but that was it so far.

The Eduard PE set seems one of the newer sets (gold/brass colored instead of silver/tin) and is quite flexible and easy to work with

Greetings everyone,

I don't know why I doing this with time running out and lots on my agenda but here is my project. Something a little different, Tamiya M113 and Verlinden Dozer kit. I started on it last night.






All the best,
Brian

Good luck in getting this finished in time Brian, it look like a interesting subject choice.

Greetings everyone,

I looked over the contents of the Verlinden M113 Dozer kit and found I am missing an entire set of brackets but I have a duplicate set of another (So much for quality control) To me it appears some of the parts such as the hydraulic rams look underscale and they have casting flaws as well.

Overall I'm not impressed with the M113 Dozer Kit. In fact the only part I do like is the dozer blade. Since I am missing some key parts I decided that I would replace as much of the kit with styrene as possible and so last night I was sidetracked and this is the progress so far.

All the best,
Brian

Fantastic work going here guys well everyone.

I have started to get the rollers on my M1 Panter together.

Looks good, Brian. Really nice progress on the M113. Good to see these old kits being merged together. There is a taste of nostalgia to it. Looking forward to see more.

Scott, how do the roller go together? I have the Abrams 5 in 1 kit which lets me build the M1 Panther, but have not decided yet. Is it a good kit? It looks very well detailed.

HI Jesper the kit is the dragon M1 Panther and it go's together very well. I will post pic's of how the the rollers go together for you.

Hay gang i have done some more work on the rollers, what do you think?

Scott you have done an excellent job of weathering and aging that mine plow very realistic.

agree, your paint and weathering looks great

Greetings everyone,

Scott, very nice effect with the mine rollers I look forward to the rest of your build.

I was able to work on the M113 some more tonight. I have the blade and the hydraulic cylinders attached. I used aluminum tubing for the piston rods. One nice detail is the blade is moveable something the Verlinden kit would not allow for.

All the best,
Brian

Very good work Brian, it looks excellent when compared to the real thing.

Thanks for the feed back guys. just hope i can do as good a job with the rest of the build now.

Hay Jesper here are a few pic's of the rollers going togeher for you.

The rollers are finished..





I wanted to give them the look like one set had been replaced and one set to look like it had been used for a while.

Greetings everyone,

Scott, great work on the Panther II

Here is the latest on my project. The dozer blade is completed. I had some minor issues with the last two braces but was able to get it worked out. The Hydraulic hoses were a challenge to get attached but now I can concentrate on the vehicle itself. I might get this done in time.

Merry Christmas,
Brian







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Thanks Brian your M113 is looking very good as well. Will anyone need and extension on this campaign??

Plugging away on this:
Not blogging yet as I'm concentrating on finishing it first!

The Strapline of "A classic kit from over 5 decades of modelling history" means 1959!

I could use a week in January to do the painting of the LAV-R. Better than a rush-job Friday morning before leaving for beer, asprin and headache

Hi Scott! Mate an extension would be great if possible. I have only just been able to lay the first of three colours on the M88 and have no time left before the end of the year to do it. Couple of weeks would be brilliant if possible.
Cheers,
Nick

Can I make a point here which is not to detract from the great concept but to educate the uniformed.

Military Engineering is the Domain of the Sappper and since the first days of Armour has included the Armoured Engineer whose job is to deal with Obstacles such as Minefields, Wire, Anti Tank Obstacles and natural features such as rivers. THe British Defined the Armoured Engineer in WW2 wit hthe creating of a dedicated Division of Armoured engineers with specialist Mine Clearance, Demolition,Obstacle crossing, AVRE and Bridgelaying equipment all dedicated to the Sappers role but under Armour.
Armoured Recovery is the Domain of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and grew out of the Armies Ordnance Corps and the Service Corps in the Commonwealth Armies after being inspired by Germans excellent ability to recover and return to service their battlefield casualties and breakdowns.
This role is where the repair and recovery vehicles come in and in other armies it resides in different formations but NOT the Engineers.
In Short ARV's and Bergepnazers etc are not Armoured Engineer but Armoured Repair and Recovery. Conversely the AVRE/AEV etc is the Spappers role however this has been usurped to a point by the creation of specialist troops/Pls etc within Armoured units with bridgelayers and Mine clearence vehicles operated by Armoured and not engineer personnel.
Cheers
Al
Arte et marte
(Former Armoured Artificer)

OK gang how much of an extension are we gonna need??

Calling my M32B1 done. Painted with Tamiya, drybrushed, washed & weathered using oils. Tracks are Academy.





Doug

Very nice work Doug well done.