Canuck Fans,
In the early part of the century I was captured by the unique use of the M113 as the canadian MTVE. Jim Carswell
was nice enough to post me some info on this afv. I have collected a file of referance photos and select info to assist in the conversion of kit. I have since purchased Best Value Models TLAV kit. I plan on using the Academy M113, and casting the turret from the TLAV kit, for the kitbash. Auxially equipment I will scratch build, but the lingering hurdle, is the replication of the auger. So far the only thing that sparks brain cells is a large wood screw or lagg bolt. This will have to be turned down on a lathe to replicate the disc. But I'm not sure if Im headed in the right direction. Anybody out there have any ideas? I always say great minds think alike, any assisstance appreciated.

Looking goos so far, if you need any help drop me a PM.

Cheers

Anthony

Hi Todd,
You're not alone, I've always wanted to do the earlier M113 Engineer version but to get proper augers...
Is anyone good with 3D graphics? If we could get a decent graphic maybe 3D resin printing might be worth a thought. I must have looked at 100's of screws but never found any that would look convincing. Even if one had a threading attachment for a lathe I'm not even sure you could thin out a screw.
I also thought about scratch-building them with many discs cut in half and bent and put on a center rod at an angle then glued together, but to keep them perfectly even would be a nightmare.
Must keep thinking!

Funny this came up, I took some new photos just last week of this Guy! Trying to figure out how to do those drive sprockets...



Jim

You may want to look at some scale tractor implements to see if they have an auger that is close.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NIP-Ertl-Grain-Auger-1-16-scale-JUST-RELEASED-/150437935066?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item2306ccb7da
http://cgi.ebay.com/DG-Productions-Cedarburg-Light-Water-Auger-Bank-Truck-/290447656172?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item43a00784ec

Paul

Hello Jim;
I pd tribute to you from previous email (read: buying Brownie Points). So see we are on the same Brain wave freq. Now lets come up with a screw!! Afterall everyone's looking for one. LOL
Hey Jim your sprocket /track problem is solved, The BVM kit comes with the modern sprockets and rubberband type modern track. They are not indies but link & Length segments cast in resin.
Now back to the drawing board for the Auger
BRAIN WAVE: Take a coarse wood screw. Chuck it in a lathe, and using a thread pitch cutting pattern, follow the wood screws threads,cutting the back side of the thread until the shaft dia. decreases. Hence: if I'm not on another planet, you should have a disc screw left with a thin central shaft.
Right? Whatda think?