hers some pictures of my OIF M113 I'm adding the verlinden update set and the Academy 50 cal/tracks and painted in white ensigns US desert enamels to it other than that it's right out of the box not really that happy with it due to some niggly faults but bugger it I'll slog on with it

Coming along nicely. How's the look of the new radiator cap cover?

Paul

GREAT START, GOOD base coat of paint , now come back w/ some shadows and
shading and it'll be even better. Keep up the good work.

Looks good so far. Photos are a bit blurry. You might want to try steepping back from the model when you take your next batch of photos.

The .50 cal mounts looks much better detailed than the old M113 kit, even through the blur (can't help with the picture problems, my digital camera isn't any better). Does the kit still retain the old spare track blocks or does it provide grenade launcher boxes for the front slope? (Am I correct in making the assumption this is the new Tamiya M113A2 OIF kit?)

Sabot,
It is the new tamiya kit, the kit does still retain the old spare track blocks if your looking at the 4 holes on the front I'll take some better pictures tonight once I've come back from Telford I was too close with the marco lense #:-)