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New resin kit from Mouse House for an M113AS4, an Australian upgrade of the American M113A1 armored personnel carrier.
The complete kit includes:
  • resin pieces for the whole kit
  • lengthened hull
  • new hull roof with non skid surface
  • new resin cast T150F track links (152 pieces)
  • new T150F drive sprockets
  • New correct cross section roadwheels (24 pieces)
  • photo etch wire cutters and "Z" hooks
  • Eduard square mesh for the engine mesh
  • new rear external fuel tanks
  • new turret
  • crew figure with boom microphone
  • decals for two vehicles
  • small set of spare sprues - nuts, tiedowns,
  • 16 pages of instruction including a full page camouflage plan
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Very nice. Looks like a great kit. I am more interested in the T150F tracks and sprockets though. Any idea if these will be offered separately?
OCT 09, 2018 - 11:41 PM
There could be a market for the roadwheels as well, "correct cross section roadwheels" sounds promising .... / Robin
OCT 09, 2018 - 11:56 PM
A long awaited kit over here. This has been in development quite a while. If the tracks were mastered by the person I think they were, they will be well worth the cost as a separate item. MH does sell other track links so hopefully they will do these too.
OCT 10, 2018 - 07:01 AM
This kit was released about 18 - 20 months ago and is superb, I received mine about 9 months ago after a wait. Long story short, John was in the process of filling expression of interest orders going back about 2 years when his caster went belly up, he had trouble getting the masters back and hunted around for a new caster finally the stars and the moon aligned casting re started. I spoke with John when my kit became available and asked about the tracks as I have modelled an East Timor era M113 and wanted the new tracks and sprockets for this, at that stage he wasn’t planning on releasing these as separate items but, I would strongly urge anyone interested in these items to e-mail or call him asking for them. high interest may cause a re-think. In the meantime buy this kit you won’t regret it. I have no affiliation with mouse house other than a very satisfied customer. John is a great guy to talk to and is passionate about his work. LINK
OCT 11, 2018 - 01:41 AM
Thanx for the reviews they are appreciated. The tracks and drive sproket were mastered (not 3D) by Michael from Tasmania. A point of clarification is that the T150F tracks are only used on Australian AS4 vehicles. The Timor track is Diehl 513A. Mind you they are both double pin rubber pad tracks are are very similar. The only resin Diehl track I am aware of is 513B (same same but different) from Perfect scale modelbau. If you are still interested in the T150F track sets for 5 wheeler M113A1s let me know. Cheers
OCT 13, 2018 - 10:08 AM
John - not quite correct there. T150F are also used on US Army M113.
OCT 14, 2018 - 10:12 AM
John - not quite correct there. T150F are also used on US Army M113. [/quote] Yes I was aware of the US use of T150F tracks but my reply was aimed at Australian use of that track. In Australian service the T150F track is only used on 6 wheelers (not 5 wheelers). Cheers
OCT 15, 2018 - 09:27 AM
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