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I'd love to see your progress with the model, if you'd like to share. [thumbzup] Cheers

Fortunately, having the real vehicles and several kits on hand, I can compare them all to each other. :) Having looked at the axles in my AFV Club M35 kit, they look the correct size for the V100, and a few details would make them proper. The axles in the M54 kit are too big (as they...

In youth, the ability to devise and implement experiments frequently surges ahead of the ability to objectively evaluate all of the possible outcomes and consequences. I am frequently surprised that my friends and I survived our teen years, and I see I am in good company! Unknown if it was by...

It sure isn't easy to pick just one this month... :unsure: Cheers

I am in the tender embrace of the flu at the moment, give me a couple of days to get to where I don't feel like I have a rhinoceros sitting on my chest and I'll measure mine for you. ;) Cheers

Thanks, Gerald! In my dreams my V has disk brakes, it would stop so much better! Rooper, the disk brakes were not stock. :sneaky: And I added a couple more pictures to post #7 Cheers

I knew I had pictures of a rollover V in my files. :-D Here is Avengers III in Vietnam, somewhat embarrassed but showing the underside quite well. cheers

Another note is the weld lines on the hull. The kit is accurately moulded with a slight ridge where the sides meet the roof - that should be there, the roof plate overlaps the hull side very slightly. There is another visible weld line at the rear side of the hull, which is not moulded on the...

Hey, no worries SW! Your first choice (sniff sniff...no, no I'm perfectly fine..) may have better under-hull pictures, he has dealt with more Vs than I can even dream of playing with. ;) I took a look at the Hobby Boss lower hull (I bought the kit when it first came out and never got around...

I have a 1/1 scale V100 which I did this thread on as I restored it - https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/new-v-100.23235/ There are a lot of detailed pictures there for you to look at, particularly of the interior, which is totally inaccurate in the Hobby Boss kit. They based their...

Interestingly, I have had about 3 years of trouble free not-needing-replacing service from my bulbs on the 1009 and 1028 I use routinely. I'd say 'daily driver', but I only leave my property once or twice a week. :) Cheers

While you're at it, get the headlight relay setup from LMC. This runs the headlights directly off the battery instead of through the headlight switch, the switch wiring then just activates the lights. Quick simple install, and is $24 well spent. I put the relays and the Sylvanias mentioned...

I've had good luck getting overspray off with a Scotchbrite pad, for particularly tough bits I add watery dish soap. Cheers

Does it actually have controls at both ends? It seems to be set up for the large cab to run forward, judging by mud flaps, brush bar, lights, etc. Cheers

Outstanding! Looking forward to seeing these two prettied up. Cheers

Okay - Doh! My little grey cells became confused about who was saying what about what title.... I'm no Poirot! Cheers

I hate to say it at this point, but that doesn't sound like an M35A3 title, sounds like one for a Stewart and Stevenson M1078 (4x4 2.5ton LMTV) This could come back and bite at a later date. Cheers

NAVFAC conversion of a 2wd to a 4wd, perhaps? Regardless of what it turns out to be, it is a very nice looking truck. Cheers

Around 20 years ago, there were several manufacturers producing replacement hard tops for deuces/5-tons/M37s in fibreglass and/or plastic. I've seen several, but don't know any brand names. At least one M37 brand included the windshield, split in the middle (and was pretty ugly!) Edit - I...

NAVFAC is short for Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command TB 9-2300-390 would indicate a rebuild bulletin, though there should normally be a dash and two more numbers. If it was a one-off (or small number) Navy rebuild, that might account for the hand stamped plate and if the rebuild...