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The master SirFjodin has been at work again! Fast on the tail of the BMD, NM116 comes the M113A1!

This variant A1 was used by many of the Armies I intend to cover and is an excellent building block for many variants including the NM-135/142, which I add are near finish!

As usual Top of the class for SirFjodin! Another great master!

Get well soon SirFjodin :)

Ill soon release the 'release plan' as to when and how these beauties will be available!

comments and feedback on variants welcome :)

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Keith

This could get expensive…. ;-)

For who……..:)

Love it! Excited about the release plan as well.

Looks superb, but lots of people make the M113, so I'm not as excited about it as I could be.

I get you want to be able to provide a range of vehicles for the various nations though, and do look forward to your other variants of it..

What I'd really love to see is a nice, M114A1E1 in 15mm.

I could be thrilled by that, since no one makes it, and I need 5 – 10 for my US Armored Cav units, which just might be used to help defend Norway, Denmark, and other northern nations.

;-)

Keep up the good work, and give us an ETA on the NM-116 availability, when you determine that, plus some of the troops your working on.

Thanks all

The M113 is to be fair a result of the NM 135 :)

The top deck is modular. The sides/skirts are modular so if you can provide reference material for the M114A1E1 and its easy to convert…Im game:)

Same applies for Sci Fi options :)

ahh…I see it was actually a different size

Sadly, not so easy to convert, though it is a pretty simple, smaller, sloped box.

The bogies can be re-used, I think, but the drive sprocket and idler are a little different than on the M113. A little smaller, I think.

Here's a link to a pic, showing the M114A1E1 with the 20mm cannon (final armed variant):

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There were several variants produced, including a couple with .50 cals too (one could not be fired from inside, and a later variant could).

Here's a link to a side drawing, showing the bogies and their layout:

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Here's the only pic of plans I've been able to find, and it isn't the best quality, but at least you can see it from different angles:

It was a flawed vehicle, which was underpowered, and with an overhang at the front, causing it to get stuck frequently in ditches. It also tended to throw it's rubber tracks, when operated at high speeds, or in rough terrain.

Still, it served for about a decade, or so, in the Armored Cav troops, until it was eventually replaced by the M113.

It is a neat looking little vehicle, and supposedly, some drivers actually liked it.

Ill have a think…

however to be fair….unlikely sorry! :)

Keith

I understand.

Hopefully, someone will produce it, eventually.

If its that modular, and I hope you are considering Dutch and Canadians what about the Lynx or the M113 C&R variant
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If you do the M114, it's a fairly short step to the M113 C&R.

Note however, that the Canadian and Dutch versions are rather different – the Canadian version places the commander behind the driver, whereas the Dutch version places him alongside the driver. The Dutch version also had a door on the right-hand side and in the late 80s they replaced the.50 Cal turret with a Marder-style turret, armed with a 25mm chain gun.

Note that QRF already does the Canadian M113 C&R Lynx.

thanks Jemima

Anyone who fought on the Nato Northern Flank will be considered :) so the Dutch and Canadians:)

I think the Dutch commitment to the Northern Flank only went as far as Royal Netherlands Marines (as part of the British 3 Commando Brigade), who sadly didn't have any AFVs.

The Canadian Air-Sea Transportable (CAST) Brigade and AMF(L) contingent however, would most probably have deployed Lynx, as well as AVGP Grizzly and AVGP Cougar… Which brings us to another model with two turret options… :)

AVGP Cougar Fire-Support Vehicle (6-wheeled Mowag hull with CVR(T) Scorpion turret):

AVGP Grizzly APC:

I like that a lot….even for sci fi:)

Yeah, it's a cute beastie and nobody does it in 15mm. The Canadians deployed them actively to Bosnia and also handed a load over to African forces for peacekeeping, so they saw a fair bit of action.

The hull is a very similar design to the LAV (also a Mowag design), only slightly shortened.

Is there any way anyone is thinking of doing a M47?

QRF do an M47 in 15mm.

My stuff will generally never clash with QRF. If they do it, Ill not :)

Exception being anything that fits with my scifi ranges:)

M-113 and NM-135 :) Note that I changed proportions of auto cannon so now its 1mm in diameter. Because it will be ultra thin in 15mm scale if I model it with real proportions.

Additional turret mg, photos of rear of a vehicle and NM-142 turret will be next.

Fantastic!!!

Yes, you have to make compromises for the sake of resilience. That said, I'll replace them with wire anyway…

Now replace the NM135 turret with another cupola, stick a .50 on the left-hand cupola and a MILAN on the right-hand cupola… That's an M113A1-B-MILAN. :)

They're going to be interesting to paint… :(

Now that I may actually -have- to buy..

Very nice. I've finally blundered across some NM142 photos too.

Yep, that camo's gonna be horrible to paint – is it wrong that I'm contemplating whitewash instead…?

I like that a lot… even for sci fi:)

If I may say so, I'd be tempted by a grav conversion.

Just saying, as you said you'd like such.

Doug

Im looking at making the most of the hulls :)

so gravs are a good idea

Just finished MG03 in 1:100 scale. Proportions were exaggerated to make barrel 1mm thick in diameter but the length of a mg is spot on. Gonna make a holder for mg to attach it to the NM-135 turret.

This is all looking very promising. :-)

Drool…

Box on grav lifters?

Yeah, I can see that appearing in some militaries…

Of course, the lower profile, M114 box would make a better grav IFV, from an aerodynamics standpoint.

;-)

You know I have to try.

MG mount done!
Finalizing NM-142 TOW turret.

Drooooool…

Tell me, are you planning to do the Rheinmetall FK-20 20mm AA gun (NM-45 in Norwegian service) and/or the twin-barrelled FK-20-2? EVERYBODY used them, but you just can't get them in 15mm (or the Oerlikion twin 35mm for that matter – again, virtually a universal weapon).

ill add it to the list :)

Any material send my way :)

There are a couple of NM-45s pictured in this link:

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As mentioned above, the NM-45 is just a re-named Rheinmetall FK-20 (often referred to as an Rh-202, though that's the name of the cannon itself, not the AA weapon – the NM-135 is also armed with the Rh-202 cannon). These were used by A LOT of countries and are visually close enough to use for other 20mm AA weapons in 15mm, such as the French 53T2 Tarasque (I'm not proud…). Aside from Soviet weapons, there is presently a complete lack of post-war light AA available in 15mm, so this would be an incredibly useful model.

The twin-barrelled FK-20-2 looks like this (I don't know if Norway used them, but West Germany used them, as did Argentina in the Falklands):

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