M41 Assault Gun

[Rick Lowe]

OTOH, if you had a wrecked Bradley or LVTP-7, those tracks are close enough, too.

[kerick]

OTOH, if you had a wrecked Bradley or LVTP-7, those tracks are close enough, too.

I have a spare set of Bradley tracks that will go on the moose. The side skirts will hide the short length.

[Wardukw]

OTOH, if you had a wrecked Bradley or LVTP-7, those tracks are close enough, too.

I have a spare set of Bradley tracks that will go on the moose. The side skirts will hide the short length.

That's a bugger Ken cause amongst the pile of death is the remains of a Tamiya M2A2 which came with an interior ..with spare TOW rds ..would have flicked ya those mate no time flat 😉
And there still sitting there wanting a new home 🏡 🙃

[kerick]

The AFV club tracks were not expensive so no problem there. I'll rustle up a design yet. I have some silicone mold material that needs to be used up and plenty of UV resin. Thanks for the offer but I imagine the postage is ridiculous.

[Wardukw]

The AFV club tracks were not expensive so no problem there. I'll rustle up a design yet. I have some silicone mold material that needs to be used up and plenty of UV resin. Thanks for the offer but I imagine the postage is ridiculous.

The offer remains matey 👍 
But  😆...mold away bud and make as many TOW tubes as ya want 

[kerick]

Thanks for the offer! I've been looking for the markings for Brazilian armor vehicles but nothing out there. WW2 you can find but not modern. PITA!!!!!

[Wardukw]

Thanks for the offer! I've been looking for the markings for Brazilian armor vehicles but nothing out there. WW2 you can find but not modern. PITA!!!!!

 

I'm wondering if the reason there's bugger all modern Brazilian markings is there's nothing out there cause Brazil haven't really done anything really all that modern for yrs 🤔
Aircraft yes but their vehicles don't seem to be much  at all and looking at em there's bugger all marking on em.
You could get away some white small numbers ..that's all I can seem to see on their Leo 1s and M60s .

[kerick]

There's a symbol for the Brazilian army that is on many of the vehicles. From a distance it looks like a pineapple. That's the one I can't find. No worries, I'll think of something to fit a backstory.

[Wardukw]

There's a symbol for the Brazilian army that is on many of the vehicles. From a distance it looks like a pineapple. That's the one I can't find. No worries, I'll think of something to fit a backstory.

Any possibility of custom painting the thing ??
Might be possible if it's small and not easy to see 🤔
Or the back story works 😆 🤣

[kerick]

New backstory will cover the issue. I started with rebuilt M41s cut and welded in Belgium to fill the fire support role after the balloon goes up in 1985ish. Standard USArmy markings in NATO colors or maybe olive drab if I get lazy.

[Wardukw]

New backstory will cover the issue. I started with rebuilt M41s cut and welded in Belgium to fill the fire support role after the balloon goes up in 1985ish. Standard USArmy markings in NATO colors or maybe olive drab if I get lazy.

Yep...that backstory works very nicely and I like it 👌
You could go with blanked out US Army markings and standard OD ..by the look of it their vehicles were all OD from that time period anyway  so your good to go bud 👍

[kerick]

New backstory will cover the issue. I started with rebuilt M41s cut and welded in Belgium to fill the fire support role after the balloon goes up in 1985ish. Standard USArmy markings in NATO colors or maybe olive drab if I get lazy.

Yep...that backstory works very nicely and I like it 👌
You could go with blanked out US Army markings and standard OD ..by the look of it their vehicles were all OD from that time period anyway  so your good to go bud 👍

There will be a little delay before I get to that part anyway. I seem to have forgotten to locate the drivers position so now there is some rearranging to do. At least nothing was glued down. The top of the casemate will be very crowded.

[Wardukw]

New backstory will cover the issue. I started with rebuilt M41s cut and welded in Belgium to fill the fire support role after the balloon goes up in 1985ish. Standard USArmy markings in NATO colors or maybe olive drab if I get lazy.

Yep...that backstory works very nicely and I like it 👌
You could go with blanked out US Army markings and standard OD ..by the look of it their vehicles were all OD from that time period anyway  so your good to go bud 👍

There will be a little delay before I get to that part anyway. I seem to have forgotten to locate the drivers position so now there is some rearranging to do. At least nothing was glued down. The top of the casemate will be very crowded.

Ya could cheat and just mount a couple of vision blocks in the hull just above the glacis plate ..would save ya over crowding the roof ...much like WW2 German jagdpanzer sort of deal .

[kerick]

I've already cut out a spot and glued it in. A little more iron work and it will work.

[kerick]

Well the Badger is ready for paint and the Weasel is still a work in progress. I notched out a space in the top of the casemate and installed the drivers hatch there. I'm just finishing the installation of armor panels. I think I have enough of a different style of bolt heads that might be close enough to not be noticeably different. Hatches are done and I need to invent a way of installing the TOW box. I'm thinking of installing a set of TOW sights from a Bradley. Not sure if that's realistic considering the time frame but it beats having the gunner sitting on the roof with the jeep sights.
Just a couple of photos.





The Sherman style lifting loops have been removed and will be reinstalled on the glasis plate.





Lots of fiddly bits to go yet. Then paint. Maybe OD green and black stars.