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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 07:25 PM UTC


Announced earlier this year, AFV Club shares sprue shots and CAD renderings of its M113A1 ACAV kit.

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Thanks!
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 08:19 PM UTC
Yes!

Been looking forward to this one since I heard rumours of it. Looks rather good.
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 09:17 PM UTC
This was so needed! And being that its AFV club and the sales will likely be good, crossing my fingers that this is the start of many variants.
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Posted: Thursday, December 08, 2016 - 10:20 PM UTC
Very nice I'm looking forward to this one...and future versions.
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 12:57 AM UTC
Really like that weapons sprue! Just not sure if I'd be able to snip those M14's off without breaking the barrel... Fingers crossed for a companion M48. And please, don't tell me Dragon already makes one!
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 04:01 AM UTC
Hope it's not rubber band tracks I'm seeing.
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 04:22 AM UTC
They are probably the same type soft rubber tracks like their M109 kits have. The M109 tracks are pretty nice though. They have fine details on both sides and no mold lines, etc. Being soft rubber, when pulled tightly, lay well over the wheels. They do represent live-track pretty well, since they should have very little sag and are pretty tight.

If you just have to have indi-link tracks, AFV Club already makes a set of T130E1 indi-link plastic tracks.



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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 08:25 AM UTC
IT'S UNBUILDIBLE! LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CAD SHOT, THERE IS NO FLOOR! TOTAL RUBBISH
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 08:46 AM UTC

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IT'S UNBUILDIBLE! LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CAD SHOT, THERE IS NO FLOOR! TOTAL RUBBISH


You get a piece of sheet styrene and a template.

I want to see someone do a diorama of a crew pulling the torsion bars.
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 10:23 AM UTC
Wow, finally!
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 07:59 PM UTC
Thanks, Gino. I may have a set of those with my Academy kits in the stash.
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 09:05 PM UTC
Looks very nice....it will be interesting.

Rounds Complete!!
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2016 - 09:37 PM UTC

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If you just have to have indi-link tracks, AFV Club already makes a set of T130E1 indi-link plastic tracks.


And so does Modelkasten :



H.P.
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 05:32 PM UTC














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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 06:53 PM UTC
It is looking really good. It should be a really nice model.
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 09:32 PM UTC

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IT'S UNBUILDIBLE! LOOK AT THE BOTTOM CAD SHOT, THERE IS NO FLOOR! TOTAL RUBBISH


Thats the Fred Flintstone version for the BDF (Bedrock Defense Force)
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Posted: Monday, January 23, 2017 - 07:14 AM UTC
Here'a another teaser shot:




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Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 02:34 AM UTC
Any ideas to when this will be released and any reasons for delays?

I have one pre-ordered but it has been almost 3 months. I keep seeing the release date being pushed a month after another (5/30, 6/30, then now 7/30) on hobbyeasy.com.

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Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 02:55 AM UTC
About time, and throw the M-163 vulcan on it.

Wait I forgot that AFV Club said, they were going to come out with the M-42 duster, only took what 8 to 9 years or more?






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Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 12:00 PM UTC
The weapons sure look good!
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