Can anybody PLEASE help me with the belly plate configuration (under the engine) for a 1967 M50 based on a M4A4 direct vision hull? I'm building one from a Formations hull and I'm stuck...

I can send you a photo of the underside of the DML M50 kit. I would think the underside should be the same as the engines were all the same by that time.

I know that the Israeli M4A4s were re-motorized with the Continental engine for standardization's sake, and then they got the Cummins. If anybody can help me with something solid on that, it would be great!

I've seen the empty engine bays on two M4A4-based M50s. Essentially, the bottom looks like a standard M4A4, with one exception. I don't have photos available at the moment, but the rear part of the left-side panel, looking forward, has a an angle cut, approximately a 45 degree right angle, with the vertical side to the inside.

Frankly, not having seen every M4A4-based M50, nor has anyone else, I cannot guarantee that there was never a vehicle with just the standard panels. Neither vehicle showed signs that any significant changes were made as the engines transitioned from multi-bank to radial to Cummins.

Hope this helps. (There is a photo on page 83 of my book.)

Tom Gannon