I was at my LHS over the weekend and picked up some old catalogs and saw in the Academy 2002-2003 catalog that they were supposed to be issuing a M-728 CEV "Vietnam". Did they ever release this?

Nope................. hasn't been released yet....

Sort of. They released the M60A1 with M9 Dozer Blade in its place.

Right now, there is only one way to get an M728...buy the AEF conversion kit and use it as a guide to scratchbuild an M7278.

Or the Plans in a back issue of FSM................... March 199?.........

Actually, Azimut Productions in Paris also make a resin conversion for the M728.

From old plans ---

and scratch it ---only way to have it
aye
BARV
(GOSMG)

Hi guys
Here's some pics of the model of a friend of mine. It' s a scratchbuilt conversion based on the Esci kit, the Verlinden M9 blade and the plans from March 1995 FSM issue. He says it isn't a difficult job, it just requires a long time.

http://www.modellismopiu.net/m+photo/showgallery.php?cat=1100

Ciao
Gaetano

There was a very good conversion from MK on the market some years ago. The Azimut kit looks very similar judging the pic on there site.

Happy modeling
Harald

I used the AEF conversion several years ago as a basis for my M728. I used the Academy kit with the dozer blade as the basis for the kit. The AEF set was good for the turret casting and the boom, but the instructions (???) left a lot to the imagination. It was handy to have a set of references available. I happened to be at Ft Leonard Wood in Missouri for Annual Training and took many photos of the M728 on outside display there. Those helped a lot. The completed model looks good, and represents a niche model that will probably never see full plastic production.

Jim Peterson

Austin I try to built one, the pictures are on my gallery here on armorama, visit it mybe can help you to start your M728.
I was started from a box of M60 with M9 dozer of academy.
I hope can help you
piero