Can I use the CIP panels that come with the latest Tamiya Modern Accessories set on any modern American vehicle that normally has them? They seem a bit small to me....

There are various sizes for the CIP panel. And you can make them easily with plastic cards.

i make mine with evergreen clapboard sidinf stock. i count out 6 boards, then usually cut to about an inch long. i then box it in with some angle stock. you can see pictures in my gallery.

I'm down at Ft Hood right now and see them all the time on 1 Cav vehicles. They seem to have something new. It's not really a box with slates but just a piece of sheet metal bent like upside down stairs without the box frame. Does that make sense?


SB

The link below will bop you over to a thread with pictures of CIP panels on an Abrams.
Mil spec calls for them to be 24" by 32"
HTH,
Shaun
http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=47209&messageid=1049407121

That's the deal. I've seen them hanging off vehicles without the mounting fram.



SB