HI guys
so been a long time lurker and finally decided to join up. I did some crazy amount of searching on the net.surprised couldn't find much has anyone ever lengthened a m113 before? if so any help would be good. I got 2 academy kits to play with.
rob
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stretching a m113
1965trooper
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 04:40 PM UTC
chauvel
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 04:59 PM UTC
Hi Robert
Welcome to the forums. If you're talking about doing an AS4, then the cut/shut happens between the 3rd & 4th road wheel stations. I've yet to work out where to make the cut on the upper body (roof) of the carrier. FWIW I would recommend holding off doing such work as John at Mouse House is working on a conversion set as we speak. Knowing the quality of MHE's other products, I can safely say the wait will be worth it
Welcome to the forums. If you're talking about doing an AS4, then the cut/shut happens between the 3rd & 4th road wheel stations. I've yet to work out where to make the cut on the upper body (roof) of the carrier. FWIW I would recommend holding off doing such work as John at Mouse House is working on a conversion set as we speak. Knowing the quality of MHE's other products, I can safely say the wait will be worth it
chnoone
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Posted: Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:55 PM UTC
PSM does a M113 G3 EXT if that helps.
Not a real expert on the subject though.
cheers
Christopher
Not a real expert on the subject though.
cheers
Christopher
Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 12:23 AM UTC
Hey, Robert... I started to lengthen one a long time ago, but never went through with it. I had seen a pic of one with a winch in the back.. but I never found that pic again 
Hisham
Hisham
bwiber
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 12:34 AM UTC
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Hey, Robert... I started to lengthen one a long time ago, but never went through with it. I had seen a pic of one with a winch in the back.. but I never found that pic again
Hisham
Hisham,
This one?
If so, it was in another thread on stretching Australian M113's and I have it listed as a LAV MTR.
Bob
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 12:51 AM UTC
Hey, Bob... No, the pic I saw was a small pic.. the back area was surrounded with a screen kind of thing.. and the winch was a small one like the one that comes on the Academy IDF M113 engineering vehicle.. I thought I would use that winch on it. I tried to look for that pic all over, but I couldn't find it again.. But the one in your pic looks even more interesting, but I'm afraid the winch part is too much for my modelling skills
Hisham
Hisham
Frenchy
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 01:27 AM UTC
Hi Hisham
I guess it could be an Australian Army M806AS4 ARVL :
The original M806, tested but not adopted by the US Army :
The crane-fitted variant is called M113AS4 AF :
H.P.
I guess it could be an Australian Army M806AS4 ARVL :
The original M806, tested but not adopted by the US Army :
The crane-fitted variant is called M113AS4 AF :
H.P.
Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 02:12 AM UTC
Hey, Henri-Pierre.. No, I'm afraid that's not it. It's actually the same kind of thing like the one in Bob's pic (the back open like a pick-up truck) but the sides aren't solid like that.. they're a frame with a mesh screen type thing. I think maybe it was just a prototype or something.. not an actual vehicle in service.
Hisham
Hisham
ArtyG37B
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 03:17 AM UTC
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Quoted TextHey, Robert... I started to lengthen one a long time ago, but never went through with it. I had seen a pic of one with a winch in the back.. but I never found that pic again
Hisham
Hisham,
This one?
If so, it was in another thread on stretching Australian M113's and I have it listed as a LAV MTR.
Bob
This is actually a Canadian MTVL MRT
1965trooper
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 04:20 AM UTC
Thanks guys . If anyone els has appended this please post up thanks.
It's for a bit of a Sci fi build I am doing. Did consider buying I think it was the Canadian or Danish resin kit to lenghten the m113 but at 100$ plus donner and I wasn't gonna use half of the stuff that came with it any way. thought the 2 acdamey kits would be a better option.
All so if mouse house is doing the as4 ute then I'll will be for sure buying one. That is a cool looking track.
Rob
It's for a bit of a Sci fi build I am doing. Did consider buying I think it was the Canadian or Danish resin kit to lenghten the m113 but at 100$ plus donner and I wasn't gonna use half of the stuff that came with it any way. thought the 2 acdamey kits would be a better option.
All so if mouse house is doing the as4 ute then I'll will be for sure buying one. That is a cool looking track.
Rob
corsair924
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:41 AM UTC
Bob what is that version called and do you have any other photos of it?
ArtyG37B
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Posted: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 06:47 AM UTC
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Bob what is that version called and do you have any other photos of it?
MTVL MRT Mobile Tactical Vehicle, Light
do a google search for TLAV and you'll find some
okdoky
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Posted: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 - 02:06 AM UTC
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