Can someone please tell me who makes a Fitters Conversion kit? Resin? Anything?
TIA
Ken

Ken, Im guessing you mean the M113 variant not the soviet fighter...

Verlinden makes/made a resin and PE fitter, and Academy does one in plastic. Even if it is OOP it should not be too hard to find.

Mike

Yes Mike, the M113 version.
Any idea what the kit # of the Verlinden kit is/was?

Ken,

Verlinden Kit #506 is the fitter.

Thanks guys. Now I just need to find one...

Actualy there were two fitter conversion sets put out by verlinden one was as mentioned and contained parts for the crane version the is # 312 and was called commandteam /technical team vehicle. you can see pics of them on my site just cllck on the My selected site button below

Josh Weingaren AKa shiryon

Josh, are you familiar with the Academy kit? If so, would I be better off just using/borrowing/robbing the one from the Academy kit? I just want the crane for an ?M3/M5? Zhalen Fitters Halftrack.
Like this:

Thanks a ton Marcel! Now we're cooking with gas! Yee hawww!
Does this conversion use the Tamiya M21 kit as it's basis? How are AEF's kits?

If you can find them, they're not bad as a guide to scratchbuilding the conversion. I've used 2 or 3 and tossed out more parts on the M151 scout and TOW support vehicles than I used. A lot of warping and very poor instructions are typical.

I have teh M3 recovery and think its pretty nice. I will build it during the IDF armour groups halftrack build next year. BTW tehre are lotts of photos available on teh web for this baby on the M3halftack. If you need more help drop us a line

Josh WEingarten aka shiryon

I contacted them this morning asking which of the Tamiya kits to use. He replied with
"Right now, it is for any kit. As I include the winch. Eventually it will be for the M-16 kit, only." Tony

Huh? Marcel or Josh, any thoughts on which kit you think is best for the conversion? I would think the M21.

I spoke to Tony at A.E.F. Designs yesterday evening and ordered the kit. He said the M16 is the best kit to build off of. Very nice guy BTW.
Bummer is I have to wait about a month for the kit to arrive. At least it'll give me time to do more research on the vehicle.
...Now, any ideas where I can find some info on the "WWW" including pics on her?
TIA

Hi again ken,
If you go to the links page on my site, there there is a link for "Claudes briefcase". on it hehas some good pics of the regular Crane halftrack and the baby crane halftrack. if yoou need some more help PM me.


my site www.homestead.com/shiryon/index.html
Josh Weingarten aka shiryon
Janitor IDF armour group
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