Those pictures are really brilliant !! Words fail me & that does not happen often . To say I'm really pleased with those pictures is an under-statement !! 
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. Once again , the photo's you've posted have been Fantastic reference so many thanks for that again!!! 
Hope you don't mind ?
What were the personal weapons for crewmen of the M41A1 , scorpion & ferret and in what years were those said personal weapons in service ?
and could you recommend and good manufacturer of those weapons in 1:35 scale?
Another question ; ( more of a professional curiosity/interest type question ) what were the above vehicles like to maintain ?
. Really there's no way back. I've already got the head light mountings removed from the front hull. 
. It was with great interest that I read your comments guys ,me personally , I'm going to to do what David suggested & round off the turret halves and redo the welds . Shouldn't be hard really !! and I also got the paints I think I need for both the M41 & Scorpion . The colours I picked up are as follows humbol enamels matt 62 , matt 121 , matt 81 and a flat black . but it's hard work at the moment. Now for the fun. Nothing is ever simple when it comes to New Zealand armour. The Humbrol colours are a good match for original colours, although they could do with just a touch of light grey, as the paint faded fairly quickly. But having said that, the paint came from local commercial sources and there were three different suppliers over the years. The original colours were introduce in 1978 and lasted until the early 1980s, with a second batch of colours coming into use in the early 1980s with a third batch coming into use in the late 80s/early 90s. Now for a picture, to save a futher 915 words.
but don't worry , you haven't put me off painting my Scorpion & M41 in NZ MEDRC cam , all you've done is raised the bar (made it more interesting & challenging ). I've still to get a few more bits and pieces together yet for both vehicles. 
a question I keep meaning to ask but always forget ... the M41 in the pictures you so kindly posted ; was that the tank you served on ??? just curious.
I've even managed to start construction on my M-41 ( I'm the worlds slowest builder ever I think ). Nothing too advanced I'm afraid , just the hull & a few other details so far!! The interior colour appeared to be a very pale lime green ; is this the correct colour or is this another dodgey touch up job ?
does seem a bit dodgey. Originally the M41's interior colour was white and over the years alternated between white and silver grey until the M113 entered service with the NZ Army, early 1970's, the interior of the M41's was changed to the same as the M113's as the M41's were rebuilt. 
What other vehicles were the Scorpion, M-41 and Ferret trialled against before they were selected for service with the RNZAC ?
they were “selected” to meet our needs. The only vehicle we trialled was a MRV no 15156 as a possible replacement for the Scorpion. It was found not to be suitable for our conditions If you need any info on the interior I have a copy of the TM that may be of some help The interior could be a bit of a colourful place with the most of it being “what ever you want to call it” green and some of the US components being white (fire control box, lights etc) and the radios, antenna tuning units etc being deep bronze green. Just on the side, during one period in the gunners' seat I did a research on the turret wall and got through 14 layers of paint. The top 4 or 5 where green and the remainder alternated silver grey/white down to bare metal. 
. This sure adds a lot on the to-do list for my NZ Bulldog project 
Can you give me any pointers, as to how it works?
I know the lower jaw moves, but not how, nor how it locks in place?
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