Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 12:50 AM UTC
Skåne, Sweden
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 01:07 AM UTC
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 01:44 PM UTC
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: June 14, 2006
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 02:03 PM UTC
Thats a cracking Idf m113 you have made.Wow very well done indeed!!!,
Richard
New South Wales, Australia
Joined: January 16, 2006
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 03:46 PM UTC
Awesome work. Will follow till completion,
Paul
Newcastle, Australia
Parana, Brazil
Joined: April 19, 2012
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Posted: Friday, July 17, 2015 - 05:58 PM UTC
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 03:30 PM UTC
Thank You guys, I will post a pictures of complete interrior soon.
Florida, United States
Joined: March 30, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - 11:26 PM UTC
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Hi,
I'm working now on this little beetle. The base kit is Academy M113 Zelda, Friulmodel tracks, photo etched parts are from Eduard, RB Model M2 Browning detailing set, towing cable is from Eureka XXL, Arms Corps Models tie downs and sandbags from Armorscale, that's all, I think 
Some parts have been added from scratch, especially to the interior.
The crew compartment is complete in 95%.
You should remove one, possibly two, links from the track runs, as the track tension is too slack. The track should rest on the third road wheel, not the first, unless you want to throw a track on the first turn. M113 drivers only had to experience this once before they became very particular about correct track tension.
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, July 19, 2015 - 10:06 PM UTC
Thank You Gerald for Your advice.
But unfortunately its impossible to remove even one link, becouse after this the tension is too big, and I can't join the both ends of track together...
I know, that tension of the tracks is very important, but on the pictures sometimes it visible, that tension is too slack, like on this one (shame on driver:) )
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Friday, July 31, 2015 - 12:24 AM UTC
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, August 02, 2015 - 09:40 PM UTC
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, August 03, 2015 - 01:23 AM UTC
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joined: January 24, 2012
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Posted: Monday, August 03, 2015 - 01:29 AM UTC
Fantastic work so far!
Cheers!
Marco
Poznaz, Poland
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Posted: Monday, August 03, 2015 - 11:36 PM UTC
Poznaz, Poland
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Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 - 07:52 PM UTC
Poznaz, Poland
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 02:06 PM UTC
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 02:13 PM UTC
Looks great, Bartek! The details are really great.
Looking forward to see more.
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Bayern, Germany
Joined: October 14, 2008
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 02:26 PM UTC
Just wondering... One external fuel tank? As far as I know, IDF uses two EFT and removed the internal tank.
CAD Images mean nothing.
What does a rivet counter count on a cast or welded tank hull?
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 02:42 PM UTC
Thank You Jesper
Hans, I don't know how this is looking inside, but this M113 (ex M901) have only one external fuel tank.
Gauteng, South Africa
Joined: July 03, 2015
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Posted: Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 04:13 PM UTC
Hi Bartek
Exceptional work!! Keep it up - I'm following this till completion.
Regards,
Kobus
Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 07:37 AM UTC
Interesting pic, thanks for showing it.
CAD Images mean nothing.
What does a rivet counter count on a cast or welded tank hull?
Massachusetts, United States
Joined: April 08, 2007
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Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 07:46 PM UTC
Do these tracks really have the interior engine access panel replace with screen? Must be hot (and noisy) as hell inside!
I know how to spell "eleven" :)
California, United States
Joined: April 27, 2011
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Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 07:59 PM UTC
Outstanding work
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 08:04 PM UTC
Hi John,
of course no
I took off panels because I want to show an engine a little bit.
You can see the panels on the bench on my previous pictures.
Poznaz, Poland
Joined: June 27, 2007
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Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 09:47 PM UTC
