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What If the British Army bought the M113?

Started by Weaver, March 30, 2013, 01:16:31 PM

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Mike Wren

#45
June 05, 2013, 08:42:07 AM
great work on the Swingfire bits  :thumbsup:

Weaver

#46
June 05, 2013, 10:03:13 AM
Cheers Folks!

It's fallen victim to a bit of "stuck mojo" at the moment, although some progress has been made on painting the tracks for this and the otherwise-unstarted section vehicle.
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pyro-manic

#47
June 05, 2013, 11:31:33 AM
This is very interesting - to one who doesn't know much about AFVs - not to mention impressive!
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Weaver

#48
July 13, 2013, 02:08:40 PM
Well that's damned odd...

Earlier in the week, I glued the major parts of the fourth M113 (section vehicle) together. The seams wern't great so I filled them with putty and left them for a few days. I just came to sand the putty down, and ALL the glued seams, even the ones nowhere near the putty or the sandpaper, just came apart in my hands as if they'd never been glued in the first place! :o :unsure:

I suppose it could be something to do with the heat, or it could be a duff batch of glue (Revell Contactor). The putty was also new to me: MMD White Putty, but I don't see how that could be an issue...... :unsure:
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NARSES2

#49
July 14, 2013, 07:45:16 AM
Harold as I've mentioned in my blog I'm having real problems getting super glue to work at the moment. Again I'm assuming the heat, unless of course the aliens are gradually changing the atmosphere ? Don't tell Radish  :mellow:

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Weaver

#50
July 14, 2013, 07:53:54 AM
Hmm - I've tried it again with Contacta from an old glass jar and it worked fine. I wonder if the new stuff in plastic bottles is either a different formula or it's reacting with the plastic jar in some way?
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NARSES2

#51
July 14, 2013, 08:03:59 AM
Could be. Part of the reason Humbrol are bringing paint and sundry manufacture back to the UK is that the imported stuff didn't have consistent standards of manufacture (or so I'm told) I had some really dodgy spray varnish (with a German language label) that was a pig. Assumed it was a one off until a conversation at the Newcastle show when I found out it was an overseas batch problem - not made in Germany btw.

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Weaver

#52
July 14, 2013, 08:27:38 AM
Yeah, if you recall, I had problems with Humbrol spray varnish which seemed to be making the o-ring in the neck of the tin swell so that once you'd taken the button off to clean it, you either couldn't get it back on at all, or if you could, it was so tight it wouldn't spray anyway.
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

#53
July 15, 2013, 07:49:28 AM
Quote from: Weaver on July 14, 2013, 08:27:38 AM
the o-ring in the neck of the tin swell so that once you'd taken the button off to clean it, you either couldn't get it back on at all, or if you could, it was so tight it wouldn't spray anyway.

I didn't realise you could do that ?
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Weaver

#54
July 20, 2013, 02:31:21 PM Last Edit: July 20, 2013, 02:33:09 PM by Weaver
Okay, first photo update in a while, but also last one for a bit because I'm going to have to put this one on hold while I do something for a GB on BTS.



I originally painted the two turreted vehicles with Humbrol Bronze Green, but I thought it was too dark (scale colour and all that). However I then noticed that Revell Bronze Green was a bit lighter so that's now the standard base colour. I also used a Revell "not quite black" colour for the cammo on the FSV, but it came out patchily glossy. Not sure if that's down to the paint itself or the heat making it dry fast, but unfortunately, it's almost exactly the wrong way around: FV-432s had a glossy bronze green finish from the factory and then got random patches of very matt black applied by the units. What I might do is give them a coat of satin varnish then overpaint the black with a thinned version of itself and see how that works.

The Section Vehicle is finally staying together.... :rolleyes: The turret is the "big option" from an Airfix/JB Saracen and it's on a collar to raise it up, but it still looks lost... I replaced the Browning MG barrel with it's perforated jacket with a more modern GPMG one, made from two bits of brass wire on a revised mounting.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

Wardukw

#55
July 20, 2013, 03:20:25 PM
Four very cool looking M113's ;D ,,i've always like these ( i've got like 12 or more i think ) ,,the FSV is coming along really nicely ,,i will be watching with interest thats for sure .

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Captain Canada

#56
September 29, 2013, 07:26:37 PM
Yes those are awesome ! The old 113 is one of my favourite tanks....we only knew them as APCs as kids, rumbling around CFB Borden !

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DarrenP2

#57
November 14, 2016, 04:21:51 PM
the British army did have experience with the M113 system the Royal Artillery operated vehicles from this family

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