The set contains 20 resin pieces which are bagged in a ziplock surrounded by a second bag which also contains a set of color instructions with photos of the built up assemblies. This is all sealed with a cardboard header. The set was shipped in a bubble envelope mounted on a piece of cardboard and wrapped with bubble wrap.
As a point of reference, those are one inch squares on the cutting mat.
The 20 parts are as follows:
left hull wall
right hull wall
troop compartment floor
driver’s compartment/engine compartment floor
driver’s wall
troop compartment front wall
left bench seat back
right bench seat back
radio shelf
drivers control panel
commander’s seat
commander’s seat bracket
commander’s seat post
rear facing seat that attaches to commander’s post
left bench seat
right bench seat
driver’s control levers
driver’s seat post
driver’s seat
driver’s seat back
I generally don’t build braille scale but I have a hard time passing up M113 items.
The detail is impressive for the scale with a minimum of flash that cleans up easily.
A couple of the parts came off plug but were not damaged.
I only have a junked Trumpeter M113 kit to compare the resin parts with.
Unfortunately my photos don’t seem to pick up all of the detail that is present.
The floor appears to be a copy of part B3 with the inclusion of the ramp pulley (kudos to 72nd Brigade for including a part left out of all of the larger 1/35 kits) and the bracket for the commanders seat post. The bench seat supports are required from the donor kit, they are parts B6 and B7. The tread plate pattern is present on the floor but doesn’t show very well in my photo.
The bench seats replace kit parts B8 and B9. The resin bench seats have the angled ends (as opposed to the squared off end of the kit benches) and have the seat cushions molded in place. The underside of the bench seats have locators that match up nicely with kit parts B6 and B7.
Kit part B22 (engine and driver’s compartment floor) is replaced with new resin floor which includes the tread plate floor under the driver, along with the mount for the steering levers.
The troop compartment heater is molded in place on the front wall. This replaces part B28
There is no detail on the side that faces the engine.
Part B26 is replaced with a new driver’s wall which includes the accelerator pedal. There are also three control levers molded in place on the wall just in front of the shift and ramp levers. I believe two of the three controls are for the choke and throttle. There are also two closures for the engine access panel added to the right side of the panel.
The hull sides are single piece castings that drop into place. Both sides could benefit from having their backs sanded down as that is where the resin was poured from. The larger removable fuel cell is nicely detailed.
There are no radios included for the radio shelf. However, at this scale they can easily be replicated by a couple blocks of plastic. Depending on the vehicle you are building, the radio shelves may be too long (an easy fix) and may not actually be present on both sides so check your references.
All in all, I’m very pleased with the set and can’t wait to get started on it.
More info can be found here:
72nd Brigade
