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I did hear of these though it may have been a British used/proposed vehicle but like your self I don’t recall seeing anything other than trials
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Hi Chaps,
Thx for the interest and encouragement.
Bit more done on the headlight frontal area to be able to make the headlight "buckets".
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Re: Scratch build US Army "Scout" Armoured recon vehicle XM8

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Hi.
Bit more done, headlamp recesses done, just need a bit more trimming for the angle of the upper front hull when i fit it.
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Re: Scratch build US Army "Scout" Armoured recon vehicle XM8

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My God Mr Sub, you have a lot on here !
I'd say that most of the global supply of styrene sheet is now diverted to your house 8O
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Re: Scratch build US Army "Scout" Armoured recon vehicle XM8

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Hi Mr Bix,
Thx for your interest, and comments. :haha:
You are quite right, there is a lot going on, most of it support for the upper hull deck which is full of angles and triangular shapes......more than Pythagoras's note book :crazy: :haha:
A few more pics, this time of the rear end, support for the rear upper part of the hull where it meets the top deck, plus some cross brace upper supports.
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Hi.
Check fit of the gearbox's, as can be seen im using a spare set of low profile gearboxes, there is loads of space for them , my plan on using the low profile gearboxes is so i can put a removable deck section in above them to fit a rather large speaker box which will sit directly below where the rear engine cooling grills are located on the real thing.
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Hi.
Build up of the rear pannel and rear of the hull roof.
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More.
Should look ok when cleaned up.
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Very neat joints , much better than mine,
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