| UshCha | 12 Sep 2021 7:17 a.m. PST |
I miss the Airfix Polythene plastic models. They were virtually indestructible. As a Kid the problem was getting paint to stick, many (many) years on the paint will stick and the indestructible bit counts for lots. All my 1/72 M113's have stupidly fragile Mar Browning so all are gone. No such problem with polythene M113's. not enough interest in 1/72 to 3D print new ones as it's now a very secondary scale for me. Most of my games are 1/144. |
| Londonplod | 12 Sep 2021 9:27 a.m. PST |
I always found it odd that the M113 had an enormous M79 grenade launcher for armament instead of a .50.
Even odder was that they didn't make figures to go with it, until the bitter end |
| David Manley | 12 Sep 2021 10:11 a.m. PST |
The "M113" was actually based on an FV432 |
| FABET01 | 12 Sep 2021 11:37 a.m. PST |
The M113 preceded the FV432 by at least 2 years. |
| nickinsomerset | 12 Sep 2021 12:25 p.m. PST |
Yes, the Polythene one is more 432 than 113. Round rear hull hatch, commanders cupola on the right hand side, Tally Ho! |
 20thmaine  | 13 Sep 2021 4:48 a.m. PST |
it's the Panther, Tiger and the not available for very long Sherman and T-34 that I miss. Ok models, impossible to damage and cheap as chips. if only they'd taken paint better! |
| UshCha | 13 Sep 2021 10:43 a.m. PST |
Well all may not be lost. I found a Kids 1/72 M113 for £5.99 GBP inc. postage, not perfect buy a lot less than others at £12.00 GBP+ that are hopeless far too much fragile detail for a war game model. |
| David Manley | 13 Sep 2021 12:23 p.m. PST |
The Elefant was the real prize, I managed to get a couple. The 25pdr and Quad was a really nice model as well, my 8th Army collection had a few. They had the added bonus that you could throw them at enemies (or useless allies) in a fit of rage and not damage them (apart from flaking the paint) :) |
| 20thmaine | 13 Sep 2021 5:44 p.m. PST |
I got the couple of Elefants I wanted – but I really wanted a few troops of the Shermans. But the model shop was always out of stock and the last ones of the range released were only available for a few months (as I recall it, anyway). 'Twas darn annoying that the WWII Assault sets all came with Centurions, "M113", an SPG and a Patton. I think the Pontoon bridge set had the decency to include a DUKW. Someone is selling MIB vehicles for £50.00 GBP each on Ebay. Probably a bit steep, but there were some unboxed APCs for ~£8 + £8.00 GBP/postage |
| UshCha | 16 Sep 2021 3:00 a.m. PST |
Ebay Toy arrived "A toZ Build and Play" M113 AZ pretty good model for the price. More than adequate for `1/72' wargameing, and cheap. |
| Heedless Horseman | 26 Sep 2021 11:45 p.m. PST |
WAY, way back, Airfix polythene Israeli Centurions floor battled with 'Arab' proxy T55s (M60s)… all in Airfix 'Sand' just 'Arabs' had GLOSS brown 'camo'! lol. 'Paint' was a 'new thing' for 'that' me and only a few Glass Bottles!
Airfix poly Panthers and a Tiger got a lot of Table use.. but, sadly the , Sherman Firefly, Elephant, T34 and German H/T with gun came out too late.
The' M113' WAS based on FV432… just did not seem 'quite right', somehow.
The US truck was great… no other contenders at time. |
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