TongDe M-113 A.P.C. - Asking for any/all Ideas from those who also have one, or even just want one

[Estnische]

Hey Bruce - I would normally buy the metal-upgrade version, but I was intending a Tamiya gearbox swap and bought the base plastic version to reduce the strain on it. Driving it around on the concrete of my garage floor, I notice it doesn't have much grip and struggles to get over slippery objects. I put that down to the light weight and lack of cleats on the tracks.

Alternately, jhamm has found his metal upgrade lacking the strength in the plastic mountings to run the metal tracks and gears in the long term. He has set about strengthening it.

Performance-wise, it goes well once you set the speed to slow so it is not jumping around like a demented raccoon.

Food for thought.

[HvyCgn9]

Cheers I am looking at getting the full metal version as I like to run em on dirt and gravel (which is how my M1A1 got thrashed...still waiting to be fixed)

I will have a read thru the other posts too...

[Estnische]

This A.P.C. is painted how I want my M-113 to look like. Oh well, maybe next time!

Only thing is, the colour of US M113s in Vietnam appears to be a green so dark it is almost black. (I borrowed this from Louis' images)