M-113A1 Medium Recon Vehicle - Australian Army 1980s - build
Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2019 6:30 pm
Hi,
This will be my project for the next few months. The year 2019 has been a good year with a BMP-1, a Sho't Kal Centurion, an M-48A3 and a V-150 Commando. Its time for my annual M-113 build. It will be an Australian M-113A1 Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle with Scorpion 76mm turret. I guess people start to know my weakness for AFVs that have a rear ramp and a turret.
Designed to replace the M-113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) equipped with the Saladin turret and which served in Vietnam, the MRV as the name implied, had a reconnaissance mission and served in the 80s and 90s in Recce troops. Its Scorpion turret with complex sighting apparatus was a good improvement over the Saladin turret.
The model will have the following features;
- Ludwig base kit and road wheels
- Modified Spyker Workshop Scorpion turret with rotation, main gun elevation, recoil and flash
- AFV-Model suspension, sprocket, idler, tracks and other accessories
- Mato gearbox
- Coax MG flash and sound
- Opening rear ramp
- Partial interior with turret basket rotation
- Head lights and tail lights
- Clark TK-40 control board
A big component of the build is the Spyker Workshop 3D printed Scorpion turret, purchased separately. There is a lot of parts and look fairly complete for the Scorpion tank, but will require some changes to the equipment arrangements for the MRV.
This is the core of the turret
I have mixed feeling about the quality of the 3D printing, with major printing lines that will need to be eliminated or part replaced for a good looking vehicle that can sustain close up inspection. There is nothing that I dislike like sanding 3D parts. So, I am a bit disappointed personally. I will certainly replaced some of these key parts with scratch build components using plasticard sheets and brass tubes.
The important optical device for the main gun looks ok.
Hatches and turret top will likely be replaced.
continuing on following post
This will be my project for the next few months. The year 2019 has been a good year with a BMP-1, a Sho't Kal Centurion, an M-48A3 and a V-150 Commando. Its time for my annual M-113 build. It will be an Australian M-113A1 Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle with Scorpion 76mm turret. I guess people start to know my weakness for AFVs that have a rear ramp and a turret.
Designed to replace the M-113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) equipped with the Saladin turret and which served in Vietnam, the MRV as the name implied, had a reconnaissance mission and served in the 80s and 90s in Recce troops. Its Scorpion turret with complex sighting apparatus was a good improvement over the Saladin turret.
The model will have the following features;
- Ludwig base kit and road wheels
- Modified Spyker Workshop Scorpion turret with rotation, main gun elevation, recoil and flash
- AFV-Model suspension, sprocket, idler, tracks and other accessories
- Mato gearbox
- Coax MG flash and sound
- Opening rear ramp
- Partial interior with turret basket rotation
- Head lights and tail lights
- Clark TK-40 control board
A big component of the build is the Spyker Workshop 3D printed Scorpion turret, purchased separately. There is a lot of parts and look fairly complete for the Scorpion tank, but will require some changes to the equipment arrangements for the MRV.
This is the core of the turret
I have mixed feeling about the quality of the 3D printing, with major printing lines that will need to be eliminated or part replaced for a good looking vehicle that can sustain close up inspection. There is nothing that I dislike like sanding 3D parts. So, I am a bit disappointed personally. I will certainly replaced some of these key parts with scratch build components using plasticard sheets and brass tubes.
The important optical device for the main gun looks ok.
Hatches and turret top will likely be replaced.
continuing on following post