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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 05:54 AM UTC
I believe it was John Charvat who sent me photos from his walkaround a few years ago to assist me with my scratchbuild, so I want credit him with these first two photos:



As you can see from my own photos taken since then there have been a few additions to the final model. I don't know if the kit will have these changes. I fear it may be based upon prototype photos. (And no, I will not try to take credit for the kit coming out because I scratchbuilt one-it was inevitable!)

And here you can barely see the uparmored driver's hatch.


You can also see on the vehicle to the right, they will have interchangeable T1 or T2 armor plates on the hull and turret.

Now hopefully we'll get the matching FAASV as well.
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 07:22 AM UTC
That box with the three covers is the drivers thermal viewer.

They reconfigured the lights. On BAE's website they show the new lights

https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/m109a7

Also here shows the new lights and the pop up feature of the drivers hatch:

http://www.armyrecognition.com/images/stories/north_america/united_states/artillery_vehicle/pim_m109_bae_systems/pictures1/M109A6_PIM_Paladin_Integrated_Management_155mm_self-propelled_tracked_howitzer_BAE_Systems_United_States_US_army_010.jpg
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 06:09 PM UTC
You should finish up your scratch build so Panda releases their kit!
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 06:11 PM UTC
Can't wait for this one to come out. I too was planning a scratch/conversion as well. Guess that will be on hold awaiting the kit to come out.
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 06:18 PM UTC

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Can't wait for this one to come out. I too was planning a scratch/conversion as well. Guess that will be on hold awaiting the kit to come out.


Manufacturer? Styrene or resin ?
/ Robin
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 06:43 PM UTC
Panda and styrene
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/panda_hobby.html
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 06:49 PM UTC
Thanks!
18Bravo
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 08:05 PM UTC
As I said, the driver's hatch is BARELY visible, BEYOND the driver's thermal viewer, which is in the foreground, and pretty apparent. The scratch build was finished three almost three years ago. I had posted several photos in the build thread - had to use two MLRS hulls and several other kits. But again, not going to try to take credit for the styrene kit coming out.
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 10:33 PM UTC

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The scratch build was finished three almost three years ago. I had posted several photos in the build thread - had to use two MLRS hulls and several other kits. But again, not going to try to take credit for the styrene kit coming out.


So when is Pandas M109A7 due out ?
jwest21
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 11:18 PM UTC

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The scratch build was finished three almost three years ago. I had posted several photos in the build thread - had to use two MLRS hulls and several other kits. But again, not going to try to take credit for the styrene kit coming out.


So when is Pandas M109A7 due out ?
I haven't seen a due date. Usually with Panda, it's 6 months or less from announcement to availability. The Maxxpro Dash and the Buffalo A2 were announced right around the same time and they are out.
jwest21
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Posted: Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 11:19 PM UTC

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The scratch build was finished three almost three years ago. I had posted several photos in the build thread - had to use two MLRS hulls and several other kits. But again, not going to try to take credit for the styrene kit coming out.
I missed that- I'll have to check it out. Thanks
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