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jw's nam campaign entery m113 acav
janwillem
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Groningen, Netherlands
Joined: October 01, 2003
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 03:04 PM UTC
Hi guy's.
I don't know where I should put the photo's for the campaign so I put them here untill some one can tell me where to put them.
It is Academy's M113 acav build mostly OOB.
I only added a new .50 and pe ammo belts.











I made the .50 link's my self by cuttin small metal Y shapes and bending them around a very small evergreen rod (never doing that again)


Hoop you like it.

Jan-Willem
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 03:21 PM UTC
Great addition to the campaign Janwillem!
Clean build and the .50 cal links are a nice detail.

Cheers
Pedro
seb43
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Paris, France
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 06:53 PM UTC
Dear Jan
Very nice M-113 you did
congrat
Cheers
seb
janwillem
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 06:59 PM UTC
thanks for the kind words
MLD
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 10:39 PM UTC
The two rectangles on the outer edges of the front hull below the lights are locators for the smoke launchers used in other versions of the Academy kit.

You might want to think about sanding them off.

Other than that, which jumped out at me from the first pic, it's a really nice build. The replaced 50 and links look great!

Mike
janwillem
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2006 - 11:12 PM UTC

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You might want to think about sanding them off.



That would mean I would sand, repaint, wash dry-brush........, Ill just have to live with it.
next time I build a M-113(and I will) I'll remove it.
But thank's for the tip
tony55
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England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: July 20, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 03:58 PM UTC
That looks really good.
I have just bought the Italeri M-163 A1 Vulcan for this campaign.Is there an official link for this?
Tony
janwillem
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 04:17 PM UTC
not that I know of.
I just posted it under the campaigne topic and put nan campaigne in the title
RoelGeutjens
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Belgium
Joined: March 17, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:46 PM UTC
Hey Jan Willem

Nice build!! Looks good to me.
Nice .50 Just one tip I about the cartridges and the black links of the ammo that has been shot: I would spread it out more.
Those things fly all over the top of the vehicle. Also happens when we fire our 7.62 aa gun on the leopard

Greetings Roel
AJLaFleche
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Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 12:40 AM UTC
Nice clean build. I like the inclusion of the spent casings. In the first photo, the track under the 11 ACR is kinkedout a bit the the outside, noticeable when compared to the other track. The other thing, the tracks look more used thatn the wheels.
ShermiesRule
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Michigan, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 03:42 AM UTC
M113s are awesome. Great firepower. Good build you have there. I must be dumb because I don't understand the how you scratched the .50cal
janwillem
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 02:36 PM UTC

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M113s are awesome. Great firepower. Good build you have there. I must be dumb because I don't understand the how you scratched the .50cal


I think he's talking about the shells
Trisaw
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 09:54 AM UTC
That looks neat!
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