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  M52 / M172 Combo
Jurjen
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Posted: Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 08:36 PM UTC
Dave Willett [ animal ] brings us photos of his M52 / M127 Combo.

Thanks for submitting Dave!

Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
pascalbausset
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 03:38 AM UTC
Thankx for thelink.
But the trailer is not a M172 but surely a M127

Here pics from M127 :
http://community.webshots.com/album/35478070KTzODf
(from Wallace 1212 webshots page)

Here pics from M172 semi triler (flat bed) :

http://community.webshots.com/album/121347508PbEbbE
from Walace1212

and here from me :
http://community.webshots.com/album/121436933LexUNc

M-60-A3
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 03:53 AM UTC
Hey Dave,
Looks really good. An excellent job indeed. The only thing to me is, there may not be enough weathering on the tractor's undercarriage. To me, it looks rather clean compared to the rest of the vehicle.
None the less it's a real inspiration for me to continue to improve my skills.
Joe
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 04:19 AM UTC

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Thanks for the link.
But the trailer is not a M172 but surely a M127





You are very right about the trailer Pascal I guess I am dyslectic at times. Thanks for pointing that out.


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Hey Dave,
Looks really good. An excellent job indeed. The only thing to me is, there may not be enough weathering on the tractor's undercarriage. To me, it looks rather clean compared to the rest of the vehicle.
None the less it's a real inspiration for me to continue to improve my skills.
Joe




It is cleaner than most of my builds but this one was in competition back in the fall of 2003 for the Hobby Town USA Nationals (I won best military by the way) and I did not want to cover up any of the undercarriage detail. The chassis has a dusting of dirt on it. Much the way it would have looked after being cleaned. The tires are made to look weather beaten. It is modeled after one of the different trucks I drove in Nam. I kept them as clean as I could. This load is going to Tay Ninh providence in Dec 67. We were lucky to have blacktop roads in are area of operations. Even our Base camp of Cu Chi had some of the roads asphalted.
M-60-A3
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 06:09 AM UTC
Hey Dave,
I know it's a year and a half late , but congratulations on your win.
After all that work, it would be hard to cover it up with weathering. Thanks for sharing
Joe
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 08:15 AM UTC
Hi Dave
I have always liked your scratch building another great model keep it up.
Cheers
Ralph
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 09:05 AM UTC
Big Brother Dave - you already know I like this one!

I like it too much, when I look at it I get all distracted. I don't have a rig like this in my personal model collection. When I see yours I just want to build one too!

Gunnie
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 11:40 AM UTC
Thanks for the kind replies guys. Thanks Joe that was a hard competition that year. I did not think that I had a chance to win. Our own Guntruck (Gunnie) was in contention for the honor also. His entry was one superb build. So It was a humbling experience for me.

I will not be surprised when we see some photos of your build. I have a place on the shelf for it when you complete it. LOL :-)
M-60-A3
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Posted: Monday, April 25, 2005 - 12:01 PM UTC
Dave,
Photos of my build? Is that shelf in the closet or basement?
Joe
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Posted: Monday, May 09, 2005 - 01:40 AM UTC
Good looking dave, that's the way boy
greetz
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