Hi Gang,
I just discovered the Caiman MTV. I have the idea (too many ideas to make, sigh) of converting Trumpeters FMTV into a Caiman MRAP. Now the engine hood of the Caiman MTV seen easier to build than the hood of the original Caiman. Will the MTV become the standard version of the Caiman family?
Thanks
H.-H.

BAE Systems is upgrading the existing fleet of Caiman MRAP in US service to MTV standards :

http://theglobalherald.com/bae-systems-lands-629-million-armoured-vehicles-contract/5542/

In the meantime, local police forces get some :



http://archive.postcrescent.com/article/20140501/APC0101/305010305/Neenah-police-acquire-armored-military-truck

On a side note, did you know there was a 1/72nd scale kit of this MRAP ?

http://www.modelimex.com/1-72-caiman-full-resin-kit-incl-pe-set

H.P.

Hans-Hermann... Please start scratching it as soon as you can so we can see the announcement of a plastic one soon

Hisham

@ Frenchy
thanks for the link, the drawing of the resin kit is an invaluable help!
@ Hisham
Interestingly, Trumpeter asked me for materials on the Caiman
some years ago. I start the conversion when I found a reasonably priced FTMV kit. So maybe will will an announcement for 2015 Nuremberg show.
H.-H.

For those who have the Italeri M923 kit and don`t know what to do with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW-DiUEA_TU
H.H.

@ Robert Skipper
How many pics to you have from the original Caiman?

Maybe you'll find these useful...

http://www.midwaycarlot.com/customphotos.aspx?id=14834

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.738601906210823.1073741844.417632248307792&type=3

H.P.

Ah well, you know - I may have a few lying around here and there...

Hmmm.... that individual suspension of the MTV might get tricky...

Without haveing looked at it up close, I'd say you might have to sacrifice a set from an M-ATV kit for that. Can you say "Kinetic?"

There is an M-ATV from Panda and one from Kinetic that can be "sacrificed".