Iraq M113A2 with racks and shield

[Vietvetson]

I received Pickelhaube's m113 APC upgrade. After removing all of the gear from the original model, filling the holes, cleaning up the new parts, assembling them, painting the parts and the final assembly, here is the semi finished result. Once again Matt (a.k.a. Pickelhaube) you have out done yourself.

I added the MK 19 grenade launcher instead of the .50 cal. I plan on doing a little weathering and loading it up with gear after a few tweaks here and there.


Pickelhaube's Upgrade parts






The 1/18 scale M113 that will receive the upgrade.



The upgrade

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That looks great! Like it came that way. Great work to both of you.

 

[K-Tiger]

Depot fresh!

 

[NSA]

That's awesome.. how much was the kit? I have two M113's around here somewhere I think. Have always wanted to updated them.

 

[K-Tiger]

$35/side.

http://www.fighting118th.com/forum/cold-war-era-1950-s-1980-s-/9084-113-vietnam-modernday-grade.html

 

[NSA]

Ahh nice.

 

[Vietvetson]

Pickelhaube sells the rounded racks (shown) for $40 a pair, plus another $25 for the cupola and shield. He also sells the squared racks for $30 a pair depending on what your looking for. Once I received them I had them cleaned up, built, painted and installed in less then two days working a few hours a day. It actually took me longer to remove the added storage on the model, fill the holes and touch up the paint in preparation for the conversion. I found it to be a fun build.

 

[azslogan]

Looks great. Quality parts as usual.

 

[Vietvetson]

Here is the other conversion I did using Pickelhaube's Vietnam cupola and gun shields. You can see the difference in the shield and cupola's. I'm still trying to perfect my weathering before I put the brush to the models.

 

[Pickelhaube]

Another fine M-113 custom Vietvetson .

Any way to get a side by side of the Old vs the New ?

1965 - 2005 more than 40 years in service !!

Doing a little research the M-113 was designed in '59 and went into production in '60 .

It is still being used so 1960-2015 .

55 years in service !!!

 

[Vietvetson]

I will take a photo of both and post it on Friday. Good info on a real work horse. Thanks again Pickelhaube for helping me make these two conversions a reality.

 

[Vietvetson]

I tried taking a picture of my two converted APC's side by side but they did not turn out. I decided to cut and paste the photos of the two Pickelhaube conversions. The green APC is the Vietnam era M113A1 with .50 cal MG and a .60 cal MG with shields, along with a recoilless rifle. The tan one is the Iraq M113A2 with racks and a MK19 grenade launcher and gun shield. Thanks for looking.

 

[Preacher13]

Looking dope, sir! Just gotta dirty up that Vietnam one some.

 

[Vietvetson]

Looking dope, sir! Just gotta dirty up that Vietnam one some.

I'm working on my weathering skills before I put a brush to them.

 

[Preacher13]

Makes sense. It'd be a shame to make something so awesome and then cack up the paint and ruin it.

I'm working on my weathering skills before I put a brush to them.