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All the more possible with a D model chassis...

My thoughts exactly. As much as I've begun to enjoy the creative process of modding, I know that "stretching" a 21st Huey by cutting up another will be a disaster. It's worthless speculation to wonder why on earth 21st didn't do a D or H model in the first place. It couldn't have been that...

I'd dig these. I could use the rocket pods to retrofit my Cobra. I'm not going to do the "cut and extend" on my Huey C to get a Huey H. So the Sagami mounts are probably the best option for making a "not quite right" slick. I'd prefer the universal mount, but that would take up the whole...

Thanks PH.

I love the M-113. It gets too much of a bad rap in these up-armored days. But there's a reason the Army hasn't been able to replace it in 50 years and is still struggling to do so. I don't think we'll ever come up with another vehicle as functional and versatile and in many ways, I wish mech...

That's ingenious. I'll have to copy your method. I thought about leaving the cover off, but in almost all the photos I see, the cover is on during the day. On the real vehicles, the searchlight cover and the gun shield cover are made of rubberized nylon with elastic at the edges which allow...

Can you show me how you did the cover for your searchlight? I customized a way to completely enclose the barrel shield cover to the turret, but I didn't think it would be feasible to use the same method for the Xenon searchlight.

Sounds great! SSHQ seems pretty focused on WWII. I decided to get on here after doing research on customized M-113's. I saw the modern one that was posted here and very impressed. I'm very surprised, however, that I have only seen ONE M-48 custom. The 21st M-48's are still damned cheap...

He's not the only one. It seems that customizers have an endless amount of time to make the most obscure variations of WWII Nazi equipment, but never any time to produce a decent M-16 or AK-47. It sucks being primarily focused on a time period that many collectors demand more of, but that...

Yes, I posted it on SSHQ. It's one of the venerable 21st Century M-113's. I removed the crappy molded stowage, the smoke grenade launchers, the A3 exhaust port and the A3 external fuel tanks. I moved one of the fuel tank gas caps to the correct early position and molded an exhaust pipe. I...

I'm relatively new to 1:18 and I'm working on some ambitious Vietnam projects. Here is a WIP preview of my M-113. I look forward to posting more.

Did you ever get these made? I was considering molding and casting them, but figured that cardboard would be easier.

Use the color on the far left. Faded OG-107 fatigues can have almost a greyish tint to them. But then, it depended on the manufacturer and the pattern. I have a closet full of jungle fatigues and there are two distinct color tones and they definitely fade differently. None of the colors...