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the pincher thing is called a travel lock. The cannon tube was lowered into the jaws with a pronounce downward tilt to the tube. When in combat the travel lock laid back against the glacias and the turret was free to turn.

Man it looks sweet !! You are the first one on the planet to have a 1/18th scale Sherman with duckbill tracks . Add to that the first one on the planet to have a built JUMBO Sherman . Mark this day on the calendar gentlemen !!! Yes the planet :pirate:

In this pic you can actually see how small this door is . What I cam do is make the clam shell door the correct size and make another door ( one piece )next to it so that you can have the full cabin accessible. The end of the cabin is just to the left of the 2 windows. I will have to...

Here is the scale height of the bench seat . It has been said that there are things wrong with Trumpeters Hind kit . The crew cabin is one of them. The short bench seat . I raised the height of the bench seat to the same height as the Pavehawk seat .

There is also another issue . The side cargo / troop doors scale out to about 68 mm about 2-5/8th of an inch . That is small my hand measure about 4 inches across across the knuckles . If I build the doors to scale there is no way to get your hand in the to play around . Again make it...

You can always get one for yourself !!! I am working on the troop compartment now of the Hind and according to my measurements the total height to scale is about 4.31 feet that is about 51 inches . Jeez that is tiny . The Pave hawk scales out to about 5 feet in height about a foot...

Piece by piece main rotor blade 3 days worth of work. Stabalizer 2 days worth of work.

All of the 1/18th scale vehicles and aircraft are huge and impractical !!! That is what makes them cool !!!

Another fine M-113 custom Vietvetson . Any way to get a side by side of the Old vs the New ? 1965 - 2005 more than 40 years in service !! Doing a little research the M-113 was designed in '59 and went into production in '60 . It is still being used so 1960-2015 . 55 years in...

Thanks for the support guys !! YT PVANROY SALTYMARINE LEE PATERSON-----------First full build !!!! BLACK DRAGON ONE COREY-D TOM EDWARDS X 2 !! KERRY MOZINGO AZSLOGAN ROBBIE PIERCE MORGUHN JORGE BAHAMONDE X 2 !! These guys have kept the project afloat !!!!!!!!!!! For the past...

I definatly like the m-134 door set up as well. Wonder what the gun looks like with out the mount. Maybe they COULD be copied and used as hard mounts. :pirate:

Looks great !!! But I pitty that lone grunt trying to push that 2,000 flying bomb .

Years ago I never posted any pics of a complete dolly here are 2 . A Panzer gray and field grey . Panzer gray Field grey ( green ) More Panzer gray [url=http://s202.photobucket.com/user/pickelhauben/media/pickelhauben087/008_zpspwgvx1ld.jpg.html][/url

Thanks Eddie New turret and your choice of front shield $25 plus shipping . Flat railing kit $15 ONE SIDE Plus shipping Round rail kit $20 ONE SIDE plus shipping. The flat rail kit will have the floor main front rail and 2 sides , per side The round rail will have a cap...

I finished the new bell turret and have the model's type storage rack done . The program that I watched this last Thurs on Military Channel had the old style AND the new style front shields . And ALL were painted OD green !! The vehicles were painted sand BUT THE BELL TURRET AND FRONT...

I have been busy remaking molds for other sells and in my spare time I have been working on the M-113 project. When I first made the original shields I made them to accommodate the only .50 cal I had . It was different than the original .50 cal that came with the m-113 . So I made the...

:trollface: Better late than never .

OK this is what I am going to do with the rack. I am going to make just like the model's representation. I will make the floor with a non skid plateting . The top and upright formers will be made of square stock. The railings in the center will be of round stock just like the model...

Does anybody know what makes the floor or bottom of those slat armor racks ? Solid plate ? Non-skid plate ? Stretched screen ?

Do you have a pic of what is missing ? I guess if you had it you would not need it :drum: But I am not sure what you are talking about .