MRC / Trumpeter M113

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:34 pm

I just scored a couple of MRC/Trumpter 1/72 M113s.

Found them on the BCA site.

They're costing me basically $10 each delivered, which is probably about $1 each LESS than my local hobby shop can get them (if he can get them at all, which I won't know until next week.)

The versions I saw were:

Vietnam era:
South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) colors

Modern era:
NATO Three Color
NATO Three Color Ambulance
Desert (two different units)

The Vietnam era version is correctly done without smoke launchers or the front floatation cell that was added late in the war.

It will be interesting to see if MRC/Trumpeter follows up with an ACAV version, an M163, or maybe an ITV...

Tshintl · Post by **Tshintl** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:53 pm

There are actually 8 version currently available for the M113. They're pretty nice.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:53 pm

Hmm... That one desert version and the NATO version look awfully familiar. They are the same ones as the larger 21c 1:18 versions, albeit minus the baggage

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:51 pm

There are actually 8 version currently available for the M113. They're pretty nice.

What are the other three?

Who has them in stock?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:04 pm

if you get the ambulance version better take off the mg. I believe it's still illegal to arm a red cross vehicle..

Tshintl · Post by **Tshintl** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:06 pm

Gunner wrote:
There are actually 8 version currently available for the M113. They're pretty nice.
What are the other three?

Who has them in stock?

Squadron has all in stock as well as the new Ferdinands. Each one is pictured on their site linked below.

http://www.squadron.com/SearchResults.a ... &Submit=Go

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 7:25 pm

Cool.

One of my wishes comes true.

Now for a M163 and an ITV...

Gunner · Post by **Gunner** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:44 pm

Squadron has all in stock

Thanks for the tip, Tshintl.

I picked up the three vietnam-era ones that I hadn't already ordered from BCA, and a few other things from their sale as well, so I got it up over the $100 threshold for free shipping...