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Hello Rory! Thanks a lot for the interesting info! Now I've hot the commo wiring sorted out, I'm working on rendering that in scale. I've seen that mysterious knob on some photos before, but I kinda forgot about it. After what you wrote me in your last post I have to have them on my model...

Hello Rory! Thanks a lot, that's an interesting detail that would otherwise be hard or very hard to find on the net. Could I ask you one more thing? How did you route the cables to the intercom boxes in front, next to the driver and "shotgun"? I would like to do some cabling there, but I have...

Hello Rory! Thanks a lot for your comment! Yes, I planned to add the third fire extinguisher, but I wasn't aware of the cable and the handle - now I also want to add those. Pity that the handle almost surely won't be visible after I close up the hull. Thanks also for the close-up on the...

Thanks a lot Rory, it really means a lot to me! And I have another update on the interior. I have finished the radio: Here's how it looks like from the rear: And after adding some seatbelts, the lower part of the interior is kinda done :-) So I started working on the upper...

Hello! A small update just to let you know I'm still working on it: Thanks for looking and have a nice day Paweł

Hello! Thanks a lot for your comments! I don't know about now, but back then in 2001 Kaiserslautern was as close to an American town as possible under German government - you could see Amreican Police cruisers on the streets (crewed by MPs in BDUs), there were American housing districts, on my...

Like I wrote I was studying there. I was an exchange student for one term, from April to August 2001, on the local university.

Hello everybody! OK, here are some more: For starters some nice MERDEC Vans: A trailer and lots of tanker bodies: The next photos are from Eselsfürth -...

Thanks a lot for your comments! Tomorrow I'll try to post more! @Guyfang - of course it's hard to tell exactly after all these years, but I tried to illustrate the shot on the map below: I rememeber standing on the Von Miller Strasse while shooting the photo, I was biking along that street...

Hello! Thanks a lot for your comments! I'm glad you like'em and I’ll gladly post some more: @Guyfang - since you mentioned Rhine Ordnance Barracks (near the Opel factory) - these were there: They also had an M578 cherry picker on display, but they would't let me in to...

Hello! Looong time ago - in 2001 I’ve been studying in Kaiserslautern, Germany and as a modeller from Poland I was fascinated by the presence of US troops and equipment literally everywhere around town. Back then I took some photos, I’m posting some of them and if anybody has some use for them...

Hello Rory! Thanks a lot for the explanations and for more very useful photos! I hope I can have an update on my model soon. Have a nice day! Paweł

Thanks a lot, Rory! One question - one vet who used M706E2 in Vietnam mentioned a master kill switch located under the drivers seat, do you have something like that on your machine? Maybe you have a photo of it? I've been working on the interior. First I painted everything Tamiya grey primer...

Hello everybody! I'm workin' on the interior now. I'm using parts of the Czech MMK interior kit. The steering box was especially funny to build: The rear looks like this: Thanks for looking and have a nice day Paweł

Thanks a lot for your kind words, Rory! Like I wrote, without your photos I couldn't do it! I removed the support structures from the axles, reinforced them with wire (it’s brass after all, not steel) and I have dry fitted the front axle. Let’s see if I can keep the wheels movable or if I will...

Hello! Here are the photos I promised: As you can see I got a spare tranny cover from the printer. I plan to make the tunnel cover and the toolbox cover from styrene plate: Most important would be if it fits - that is if I got the dimensions right. Luckily it's not so bad...

Hello everybody! I just got the parts from printer! Looks like they're going to fit! I'll post some photos soon! Have a nice day Paweł

Hello everybody! I'd say I'm done with the axles. Here's what it looks like: And rear looks like this: I want to have a hole through both axles to be able to reinforce them with a steel wire. I want the wheels to be able to rotate and I want the front wheels to be positionable - a model...

Thanks a lot for your comment and for your kind words, Rory! I couldn't really make it if it weren't for this forum and your pictures! Thanks again and have a nice day Paweł

Hello! I have some progress here: I think I'm going to the printers with it to ask how much this is going to cost. I think I'll 3D print one, try to fit it to the Hobby Boss Body, maybe make some adjustments and then print another one. I still have to finish my axles, too. Thanks for...