He guys,
I was woundering if anybody had biuld Tamiya's M-577.
Does it have an intirior, how is the detail and how is the fit?
I'm thinking of using it for the M113 biuld, so any info would be nice (like a good reverence sit )
Thanx

Jan-Willem

o ya, and are there any aftermarket parts like PE sets for it
TIA

Hi Jan,
I did one of those years ago. It doesn't have any interior with hte kit so I stole one from a 113 kit I had laying around. Then to flesh out the interior I made interior walls that covered up the seam between the main body and the extensions that raise the roof. To get them to fit flush I had to remove the big hunk of plastic that was used to join the top and bottom pieces.
The biggest problem I had was getting rid of the outside seam between the top and bottom pieces. It took lots of putty and sanding.
From the info I could find, theredidn't seem to be any set configuration to the interior so I just made up what I wanted to go inside it. I made a big map table out of balsa wood strips and just added whatever else looked good to me.
The only other big changes I made were to remove the davit (I think that's the word for the support bar on the roof) and mounted in in its working position. Then I made new stowage mounting brackets. I also made some mounting brackets for storing spare fuel cans on the roof. And I replaced the kit supplied frame poles and shelter with aluminum tubing and tissue paper.
I don't have any pictures of mine but I could take some when I get home tonight if you'd like.
Hope this helps,
Craig

I've got the kit and the PE. It's the old PE which isn't great. The new set looks to be more accurate.

Like the previous post mentioned, you need to steal the basic interior for a standard M113. There is a lot of scratch work needed to build the fuel tanks, tables and radio racks.

I've got a set of interior and exterior photos of a US M577A2 but it's quite large. I'll probably have to post on my web space for you to access.

Spent a year and half on a M577 that was used as the mortar section FDC so a slightly different configuration from a HQ M577. 2 radios plus a receiver and the right side had the map wall and plotting table which hinged at the bottom so it could lay flat against the wall. Plus we rigged a way to mount the M60 by the TC hatch.

Paul

Howdy jan,

I have this kit (actually two) in a state of "mid-construction". I was building it for a 'Nam night laager dio but got distracted by other things.

The Tamiya M577 kit is essentially an M113 kit with the added (seperate) upper portion included in the box.
As has been said, you need to steal an interior from another M113 kit if you want to depict it in the 'open' position.
A quick word on the 'seam' between the upper and lower portion of the hull. You can accurately depict the M577 with both the 'seam' showing, and with it smoothed over. It was deployed both ways. I believe, the deferentiating (sp?) factor was whether it was an 'early' or 'late' model. Maybe our good member animal, or Bracomadar could lend a voice here, they build 'Nam era models

Tread.

Tanx guys, you rule
I would love some intirior photos if posible (is there a site with these?)
Tanx again for the help
guys like you are what make this my favorit sit in the world

Jan-Willem

Here's a pic of the drivers side of the interior (with map table). Hope that helps a little.....



Tread.

he guys.
well I'm convinced, just orderd it on-line and the Modelkasten tracks
Thanx

Hi Jan,
As promised I took some pictures of the 577 I did years ago. It's not very good but I hope it can be of some use to you.
Here's one:


And a link to see the rest of them:


M577

Craig

Here's a shot of mine. I built it about 25 years ago. It is slated for a rebuild soon.

he guys
Thanx a lot for the photos
Jan-Willem

TMs that you can find here : http://www.logsa.army.mil/etms/find_etm.cfm
have drawings that may interest you such as TM 9-2350-277-24P & 9-2350-277-10 which include several detail views of M 577 seats or mapboard layout...

HTH
Frenchy

Thjs is a good kit, but as others have pointed out it is an older kit and does require some work. I built on last year, and have included some pictures. Unfortunately they were taken with a cheap camera and are not that good.







Dave

If anybody else wants the set of interior and exterior M577 pics let me know. Send me a pm or use the email on my profile to let me know which email address I should use to send an invite to view the gallery in my Yahoo photos.

The inside is empty so it's a good example of the standard configuration. 76 pics for a total of 25 Megs.

Paul

I did one as an Israeli vehicle. Added a .30 in a ring mount at the TC location. Tall whip antenna. I'll post some pics soon. "Q"

Thanx agian guys for al of youre help,
I'm going to try to make an intirior in the model
(going to use an Academy model for that)
And I tryed the link Frenchy but it didn't work

Jan-Willem

Hi
I think that it has something to do with the time difference between the USA and Europe : try the link late in the evening. It's now 22.55 PM in France (it should be 22.55 PM in the Netherlands as well ) and the link works OK....

Frenchy

I built one many years ago. Not the worst kit I ever had. It takes alitte work to get it right. But that whats this hobby is all about. FUN!

I was on battalion staff in late 70's and lived in one of those monsers. We always had the canvas (tent) extension out hooked into the s-2 track. YAK_YAK_YAAK_YAAAACK