Anyone know of an Engine for the M35 series or newer 5 tons? I know Verlinden does a WWII era 6cyl in a crate.....

CMK make resin engine set for Italeri M923 and M925 5-ton trucks. The engine is quite nice, but detailed only on the top - bottom is flat, as in the original kit part. It also comes with mud guards which are not acurate and again are copies of kit parts. You cannot display this engine separately as it is molded in one part with the whole engine compartment.



All parts in this set are resin - even though they look like PE brass on the photo above.

Rgds,
Pawel

Cool, there's 1/2 the awnser.........

Marcel,

Thanks!!!!

Check with Gunnie, he built the Camel and he installed an engine compartment.

Just Looked..... And it's the Real Models Engine set.

Um, my engine in "Sopwith Camel" is my own design and resin casting work, but I also have the Real Model set.

It nicely represents an 'A2/A1 engine setup and good value. For general modeling purposes - you get all that you'd ever want in the basic conversion kit - no need to run out there and spend a whole bunch of money to make it better. Take it from me - mine came out looking like it anyway - not much gain there and probably a lot of time spent for little return in the end.

The only plus I encountered in working my own over the Real Model parts is that they're cast fairly thickly. You will have to work down the lower sides of the "engine compartment" to actually get it to fit within the confines of the AFV Club Cab. You will also have to build a fillet to make the firewall part actually follow the contour of the AFV Club cowl. As it comes in the box, it does not fill up this void. If you're going to go this far, you have an opportunity to flesh out the underside detail(s) beneath the dash panel. Heater Kits, and the like. I also noticed that the Hood provided in my example of the Real Model conversion isn't long enough to fit the AFV Club Cab as is either. You'll either have to build a fillet for this part too - or modify the AFV Club part and add your own details to the interior. Again, not difficult if you've gone this far already.

The instructions are a little vague, and some equipment found underneath the Hood is not present in the Real Model kit or unclear as to it's location and function. There are various hoses and lines not cast into the "drop-in" plug - if you want to get nit-picky too.

The Real Model set does not allow you to replicate the original M35 gasoline engine setup, however. The multi-fueled variant was noticeably different from the gas-powered truck equipment.

Gunnie