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lmcq11. December 2022 R.U. Xmas Winner. M-113 Lynx

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2023 1:05 am
by Son of a gun-ner
lmcq11 December 2022 Runners Up Christmas Special Winner.

1/16 M113 Lynx Command & Recon - 1970's Canadian army on UN mission

This is the smaller M-113 Lynx Command and Recon version of the M-113, as used by the Canadian army from the 1960s to 1996, it was replaced by the Coyote 8x8 LAV-25.

The model has the following features;
- Scratch build chassis and turret with plasticard sheets
- Scratch build detailing in brass and plastic
- Tank Modellbau M-113 metal tracks with rubber pads, sprockets, idlers, torsion blade suspension, hooks, resin road wheel hub caps.
- Ludwig M-113 3D printed road wheels.
- Twin JGA25-370 motorization 250RPM with drive shafts to sprockets.
- Tamiya Browning M2 machine gun with Aber barrel sleeve, sight, ammo and links. M2 and barrel hollowed with embedded LED for flash.
- Classy Hobby Browning M1919 with Aber metal barrel
- Wired for Clark TK-22 control board
- Turret rotation with HL rotation unit and extra gears
- Browning M2 machine gun has servo elevation, firing with flash and sound
- Manually operable trim vane and crew hatches
- Modified DGS Commonwealth tank crew (the driver was a gift from Dean).
- Painted with Mig Ammo acrylics
- Shown in UN markings as used during peace keeping missions in 1970+.

The complete build can be seen in the Modern build section at viewtopic.php?f=202&t=32329
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