Old Tamiya M-113 w/Interior

[lyle]

This is far enough along, that it may be safe to post about it. . . This has been fun to do, thus far. Good old plastic band tracks, Ancient decals which surprisingly have held together long enough to apply to the interior so far! Not much left to do but assemble the hull, add the road wheels, etc.






























I don't build a lot of armor. Little or none with interiors. So, this was something new for me. This is a pretty typical Tamiya kit, even as old as it is. The top is removable and seems to fit pretty well.















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The external stuff wasn't too challenging..yet.

















Yes, something broke. The rear gate went on perfectly. Then it fell open and one of the pins on the hinge broke off.



this was one iterationl, a disc of styrene tube - that I can push a straight pin through.didn't work as there was not enough left to get a good bite.







What I finally tried and looks like it will work is this. Took a piece of .060" sheet, drilled a hole first so it would not burst the sides, then sawed it to size. I then cut a notch in the gate so there was something to hold it in place. I think this will work. Done and painted.









This hinge piece on the top hatch....it was there. When I pushed it into place to glue it, POOF....it was gone. So, made one from styrene strip. A bit large, but it works.

[tcoat]

This is one of my all time favourite kits. Works so well for a diorama - modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/13912/couple-nam

You are making great work of it.

[Tojo72]

Very nice,I like the forced view of the interior,looks real

[lyle]

Mar 15, 2024 9:27:42 GMT -5 tcoat said:

This is one of my all time favourite kits. Works so well for a diorama - modelerssocialclub.proboards.com/thread/13912/couple-nam

You are making great work of it.

Thank you!  It is a very typical Tamiya.

[lyle]

Mar 15, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5 Tojo72 said:

Very nice,I like the forced view of the interior,looks real

Thank you, Tony. I was feeling artsy at the moment!

[stikpusher]

You’re gonna enjoy this kit Lyle! It’s a classic Tamiya oldie & goodie! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, as I am quite familiar with the type.

Are you going to try your hand and building and painting the figures?

[lyle]

Mar 15, 2024 11:16:01 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

You’re gonna enjoy this kit Lyle! It’s a classic Tamiya oldie & goodie! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, as I am quite familiar with the type.

Are you going to try your hand and building and painting the figures?

I have not really decided yet. I have given it some thought…

[kyledehart5]

Awesome stuff Lyle!! Things are looking fantastic!

[Real G]

As others have said, a classic Tamiya kit!  I was over the moon when I built one back around 1980.  That was a time when you really could not find any Viet Nam era soldier figures.  Plus one of the grunts in back was black!  Tamiya really covered all bases back in the day.

[dupes]

That interior looks great! I hope you can see it. I know you can open up the rear, is there a provision to open anything up over the engine/driver?

[lyle]

Thank you, gents.

Mar 15, 2024 17:08:35 GMT -5 dupes said:

That interior looks great! I hope you can see it. I know you can open up the rear, is there a provision to open anything up over the engine/driver?

Yes, the top is removable and it fits!

[deafpanzer]

You are off to a great start with that classical Tamiya kit! Looking good buddy.

[lyle]

Mar 16, 2024 8:22:07 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

You are off to a great start with that classical Tamiya kit! Looking good buddy.

Thanks! Didn’t make much progress today. 

[Steve Zuleski]

Still a pretty decent classic kit, excellent progress, Lyle!

[garybrantley]

Mar 15, 2024 11:31:11 GMT -5 lyle said:

Mar 15, 2024 11:16:01 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

You’re gonna enjoy this kit Lyle! It’s a classic Tamiya oldie & goodie! If you have any questions, feel free to ask, as I am quite familiar with the type.

Are you going to try your hand and building and painting the figures?

I have not really decided yet. I have given it some thought…

Lyle, this little video by Martin Kovac, aka Nightshift, really helped me.   I sure haven't mastered his process yet but it made figure painting seem doable for me.   Prior to seeing this, I was really bad at it and hesitated to add any figures.   Might be worth a watch if you haven't seen it already.

And as mentioned elsewhere, there's that aplomb with which you've handled the scratch work...pretty dang good if you asked me! 👍
Build on, Kaintuck! 😁


www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoN2m_c-wfY&list=PLsWMqkCoSH-s-5Vmw7lTH2PwDJtWWe-yL&index=7