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Miliminis
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 04:56 AM UTC
Well here's something a few of you have been waiting for and you'll see it in resin form, ready to order, this coming Friday!
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BigDaddybluesman
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Posted: Sunday, November 06, 2011 - 01:40 PM UTC
I can't get your email address for some reason on the site.

But I do have some easy things you can make and some not so easy things you can make that would IMO be HUGE sellers.

A M48A3 dozer kit. The plans can be had for the whole thing. Just making the resin stuff that the M9 dozer kit for the M60 does not have. It's called the M8A3 dozer kit for the M48A3 Patton tank. A bunch of small boxes and some tubing mated to the M9 kit and you have it. I wish my skills were there I would make one myself. I will eventually I have most all of the parts and some pictures.

Another little thing that would be easy.....how about the correct tripod for the Mule M274's 106mm M40A4 recoilless rifle. I think it's the tripod for the M27 105mm and called an M92. If you look at pictures of the M40 in Vietnam so many use that tripod which was the one from the mule. The other mount was off the Mutt mounted one.

As for other things from Vietnam war era, the list is endless. But a M37 truck kit would be IMO a big seller. Or a conversion kit for the many WC trucks that were made. I have some of those kits and some plans and dimension for the M37. I will try to do it myself again eventually. My skills are not up to par yet.

I do plan on making a BIG order in the future when some of the things I want come out. But like I have said the Tamiya M113 kit is a dog and it looks like you are on the way to turning it into a Super Model-model..ha ha....bravo to you on that.

I drove them (M113, M577) and they were the most important of Vehicles for Vietnam war era modeling, then the M48A3.

I think from the people I have talked with and the pictures I see there were almost as many M37 trucks as any other vehicle. I guess after the Mutt then the M35, M54 and then the M37.

Miliminis
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Posted: Monday, November 07, 2011 - 10:50 AM UTC
Well, the exterior set is ready to go, just had a slight "error" with the engine deck mold yesterday but that part is drying out now.
You have some great ideas there, just hope we have all the time to do most of them. I did email you in reference to them already.
Since emailing, I did some more research and found some dimensional drawings on the M-37. All we need now are some chassis shots to complete our files on it.
BigDaddybluesman
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Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 10:46 PM UTC
Chassis, OK if I find anything I will email you. Got your emails. I ordered one of the exterior kits and will check it out. It looks good from here. So much more detail. I think it's one of those things that anybody building a M113 NEEDS to do it right. Hopefully it will become a standard issue part of building a M113 correctly.
Miliminis
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Posted: Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 06:09 AM UTC
Well, finally got that ramp problem fixed and the sets start shipping tomorrow. Your's will also be on it's way Big Daddy!
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