Armor/AFV: IDF [Israeli Defense Forces]
Armor and AFVs of the IDF army from 1947-today.
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M113 Bardelas
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 10:48 PM UTC
Very nice build. Which colour did you use for the interior?
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 11:00 PM UTC
Thank You Michael.

For the interior I used Vallejo 974 "Green Sky", but this color is too greenish, so I mixed it with Vallejo 71001 "White".
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Posted: Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 03:38 PM UTC
Hi!

Interior is completed, now it's time to focus on the exterior.









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Posted: Sunday, August 30, 2015 - 02:52 AM UTC
Looks awesome!
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Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2015 - 07:12 PM UTC
Thank You Johan.
The works continues...







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Posted: Saturday, September 26, 2015 - 09:27 PM UTC
Excellent work Bartek!
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Posted: Friday, October 02, 2015 - 10:10 PM UTC
super details
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Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 - 10:55 PM UTC
Thank You Guilbert and Kobus!

I'm back to work.
As You can see on the pictures I added racks for Toga armour and some tie downs. I'm still waiting for the nuts and bolts from Meng, to start mounting the Toga armour tiles. Exhaust pipe still needs a lot of work.







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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 05:38 PM UTC
It's time, to start assembly of Toga armour tiles:







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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 07:08 PM UTC
this is just my kind of modelling. this build is coming along very nicely. Maybe you consider pimping the Toga armour with a coating it originally came with but which usually got lost during use. It might be replicated with aluminum foil. Just an idea...

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Posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015 - 11:02 PM UTC
Michael, You came with the nice idea, so why not

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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 04:03 AM UTC
I really like the look of the coating on the Toga, it looks great, Bartek! Was there really always a coating on the Toga applied. The picture Michael Kohl posted is from the South Lebanese Army according to the site it was taken from. Not sure if this was something they did or if the IDF did it as well.
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 02:41 PM UTC
Thank You Cory. Yes, the vehicle on the picture is the SLA one.
This layer of polycarbonate can be seen also on the IDF vehicles:









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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 07:35 PM UTC
Great, thanks! I really like the look of the broken panel covers you made. They look amazing and add that extra touch.
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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 09:05 PM UTC
Hey Bartek,
nice that you like the idea!

Not 100 % sure on that one, but to my knowlegde, most of the SLA-M113 have been "purchased" from Israel. One or the other even kept their IDF-ID with the letter Tzadik in front (or aft, if you do not read it the hebrew/arabic style )

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Posted: Friday, December 25, 2015 - 09:38 PM UTC

Thank You Cory, I'm glad that You like my work
Michael, You have right, the most of (if not all) vehicles in the SLA army came from IDF. I like the blue color of the SLA vehicles, maybe this is idea for the next project

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Posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015 - 05:22 PM UTC




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Posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015 - 07:59 PM UTC
How did you do the panels? They look great.
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Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2016 - 10:34 PM UTC
David, panels are made from thin styrene sheet.
During weekend I made the front support for Toga armour tiles.








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Posted: Saturday, January 09, 2016 - 10:48 PM UTC
Amazing assembly work!!!! I like this your job very well detailed.
I stay tuned for the next progress!!!!!

Cheers
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Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 10:28 PM UTC
Thank You Gigi!





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Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2016 - 02:17 AM UTC
Really nice !!!


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Posted: Monday, January 18, 2016 - 12:49 AM UTC
Thank You Guido!
I'm following Your work with Doher, it's a masterpiece.
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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 04:09 PM UTC
Small update:













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Posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016 - 06:57 PM UTC
Hi Bartek

I just saw your post and you are doing an excellent job in scratch building this variant of the M113.

I'm no expert but when the engine compartment is open to the crew area with just a mesh screen are you not exposing the crew to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Cheers,

Ralph