Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando with 90mm gun turret - Build
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:36 am
Hi,
As I was going for a few days to the family farm, I brought along my new project, a V-150 Commando with a Cockerill 90mm gun turret. I like nature, nice views and doing modelling outside during a beautiful autumn weekend is a way to combine everything for a perfect time.
First, some picture of the planned build. The V-150 Commando was sold around the world to Army, Police and Para-military forces. Very few pictures of the model with 90mm gun are available.
Here in Thailand service.
Good view with MG3 machine gun mount.
Saudi Arabia National Guard.
Unknown location
I did a V-100 Commando in Vietnam markings about two years ago (pic below), the build is somewhere in this section. The Ludwig basic kit was mounted onto a first generation WPL M-35 truck chassis with a scratch built turret.
Two years later, the availability of new metal upgrades prompts me to create a new version, this time with the larger and more impressive 90mm gun, and a totally different type of integration.
To compensate the lack of references on the 90mm gun turret, I will be helped by the Verlinden and Hobby Boss 1/35 kits. I do not know which one is the most accurate but I will be comparing both during the build.
The Chris Ludwig 1/16 V-150 will be used again, this time with the available turret. Partly advertised as an M1117 model, this kit is really a V-150 Commando because the M1117 is larger and has a different body. A 20mm cannon is also advertised with the turret but this turret is for the Cockerill 90mm gun. The V-150 turret with 20mm gun has a different shape.
The drive train will be the WPL all metal axle upgrade and the Metal Gearbox w/370 Brush Motor Transfer available for a few dollars through eBay from China. I also purchase different drive shafts types, the ones seen below attached to the gearbox and axles were later discarded as being too fragile.
The build starts on the following post.
Regards, Louis
As I was going for a few days to the family farm, I brought along my new project, a V-150 Commando with a Cockerill 90mm gun turret. I like nature, nice views and doing modelling outside during a beautiful autumn weekend is a way to combine everything for a perfect time.
First, some picture of the planned build. The V-150 Commando was sold around the world to Army, Police and Para-military forces. Very few pictures of the model with 90mm gun are available.
Here in Thailand service.
Good view with MG3 machine gun mount.
Saudi Arabia National Guard.
Unknown location
I did a V-100 Commando in Vietnam markings about two years ago (pic below), the build is somewhere in this section. The Ludwig basic kit was mounted onto a first generation WPL M-35 truck chassis with a scratch built turret.
Two years later, the availability of new metal upgrades prompts me to create a new version, this time with the larger and more impressive 90mm gun, and a totally different type of integration.
To compensate the lack of references on the 90mm gun turret, I will be helped by the Verlinden and Hobby Boss 1/35 kits. I do not know which one is the most accurate but I will be comparing both during the build.
The Chris Ludwig 1/16 V-150 will be used again, this time with the available turret. Partly advertised as an M1117 model, this kit is really a V-150 Commando because the M1117 is larger and has a different body. A 20mm cannon is also advertised with the turret but this turret is for the Cockerill 90mm gun. The V-150 turret with 20mm gun has a different shape.
The drive train will be the WPL all metal axle upgrade and the Metal Gearbox w/370 Brush Motor Transfer available for a few dollars through eBay from China. I also purchase different drive shafts types, the ones seen below attached to the gearbox and axles were later discarded as being too fragile.
The build starts on the following post.
Regards, Louis