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Type 653 ARV
barra733
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Posted: Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 11:27 PM UTC
Does anyone have any scale plan drawing for this vehicle? I'm thinking of scratching one using the Takom Type 69 as a base. I've got plenty of reference but could do with some plans.


MassimoTessitori
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Posted: Thursday, October 20, 2016 - 12:14 AM UTC
Are you sure that it is based on the t-69 chassis? I see a line between the wheels that seems to suggest a T-59 chassis. T-69 should have flat sides, if I am not wrong.
barra733
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Posted: Friday, October 21, 2016 - 01:39 PM UTC
I think there may have been a mix of Type 59 and 69 - probably converted as chassis became available:
http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product2421.html
barra733
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Posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016 - 08:22 PM UTC

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Are you sure that it is based on the t-69 chassis? I see a line between the wheels that seems to suggest a T-59 chassis. T-69 should have flat sides, if I am not wrong.



So far as I can tell the Type 69 has a squarer lower front glacis plate. Because of this the gap in front of the first roadwheel is filled, but all the others are the same as on a T-55.

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