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The M972F Truck
ti
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Posted: Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 08:11 PM UTC
This is a heavy modification of the M915 kit from Trumpeter. As always I decided to spice things up a bit as usual. I wanted to do something different. So I kitbashed the trailer and tractor, that came along in this kit, to bring forth this combo unit. As far as I know this truck version does not exist. But it could have been plausible.

The name came about by using the first number of the M915 and the 2 last digits of the M872 trailer. Hence, M972, which is a combination of both. The 'F' stands, simply, for flatbed.

The Hitachi excavator is from Hasegawa which I built as a burnt out cab model, which I was inspired by seeing a similar photo of one on the net. Hope you all like it regardless


























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Posted: Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 09:00 PM UTC
Beautiful! Excellent execution of a great idea!
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Posted: Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 09:37 PM UTC
Cool idea and a job well done!
/ Robin
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Posted: Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 11:31 PM UTC
Thanks guys.
covkid
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Posted: Sunday, May 05, 2019 - 08:54 PM UTC
Stunning work! Thought for a moment it was real.

Regards Jason
Petro
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Posted: Sunday, May 05, 2019 - 09:44 PM UTC
Really love the look of the Hitachi.
M4A1Sherman
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2019 - 12:03 AM UTC

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This is a heavy modification of the M915 kit from Trumpeter. As always I decided to spice things up a bit as usual. I wanted to do something different. So I kitbashed the trailer and tractor, that came along in this kit, to bring forth this combo unit. As far as I know this truck version does not exist. But it could have been plausible.

The name came about by using the first number of the M915 and the 2 last digits of the M872 trailer. Hence, M972, which is a combination of both. The 'F' stands, simply, for flatbed.

The Hitachi excavator is from Hasegawa which I built as a burnt out cab model, which I was inspired by seeing a similar photo of one on the net. Hope you all like it regardless




























BEAUTIFUL!!! THIS IS REEEEALLY "Thinking Outside of the Box"!!!
ti
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Posted: Monday, May 06, 2019 - 07:51 PM UTC

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Quoted Text

This is a heavy modification of the M915 kit from Trumpeter. As always I decided to spice things up a bit as usual. I wanted to do something different. So I kitbashed the trailer and tractor, that came along in this kit, to bring forth this combo unit. As far as I know this truck version does not exist. But it could have been plausible.

The name came about by using the first number of the M915 and the 2 last digits of the M872 trailer. Hence, M972, which is a combination of both. The 'F' stands, simply, for flatbed.

The Hitachi excavator is from Hasegawa which I built as a burnt out cab model, which I was inspired by seeing a similar photo of one on the net. Hope you all like it regardless




























BEAUTIFUL!!! THIS IS REEEEALLY "Thinking Outside of the Box"!!!


Guilty as charged. That's kinda me in a nut shell. Thanks everyone for responding.
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