Happy new year everyone !
Here is my entry for this month, it is the Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog that I built over 2 months late last year that can be seen in the build section at;
viewtopic.php?f=201&t=26093
It was a very pleasant build. The model is a Late M41 with the following features;
- Lowered hull by 7.5mm
- Narrowed fenders, reworked bins, new brass tool bin, spare tracks, new detailed features, exhaust and exhaust covers
- Redesigned auxiliary engine exhaust moved to the front
- Road wheels brought closer to the hull by 4mm, modified with ball bearings and Shapeways 4 pin hub caps
- Shock absorbers on roadwheel 3 and 4 moved inside the hull
- New AFV-Model MLRS metal 32mm wide tracks with rubber pads, reworked Mato metal M41 sprockets
- Reworked front glacis with working headlights, brass guards and metal shackles
- Reworked rear plate, with Shapeways tail lights, metal shackles and scratch built gun travel lock
- Angled top rear deck
- Reworked driver's periscopes and hatch
- Enlarged turret ring with new all around plasticard rolled steel side armor at proper angle and right shape
- Lengthened turret by 6mm in front of the commander's cupola
- Reworked front commander's cupola, new and enlarged loader's hatch, and new turret details all around
- New Tamiya M2 MG with Aber metal upgrade set and reworked Nick Aguilar MG mount.
- New cast turret lower nose and sides
- New aluminum metal barrel, hollowed to carry gun flash unit
- Reworked gun mantlet with flash on coax machine gun
- Gun elevation, gun recoil, sound and flash
- Reworked Ultimate Soldier Vietnam era 1/18 figures into ARVN South Vietnamese crew and infantry riders, with 1/16 gears
- Clark M-26 TK-22 control board
- Heng Long Jagdpanther gearbox
- Henntec track adjuster
- Finished in Tamiya Olive Green acrylics and dry brushed with MIG pigments (Black, Rust, Dark Steel and European dust).
- Glencoe M41 ARVN decals
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
- Heng Long M41A3 Walker Bulldog 1/16 RC fixed
Regards, Louis