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Here are some pictures of my M185A3 when I first got it. My son's M109 just has the upper of the two external power receptacles. Inside, you can see the fluorescent lights, and the extra row of power receptacles. You can also see the generator control box (with black and red buttons) below...

Those airsoft M60's are great for us MV types. But there was always something about mine that looked a bit off. One day it clicked, and I went after the things with some steel wool. I buffed all the corners and protuberances until the metal started to show through the black paint. Bingo...

Welcome aboard! There are a lot of good members up your way. Cheers

An idea for the license plate - my buddy has plates for his, he bolted the plates to four round magnets from the hardware store. He also attached a small, battery powered, LED light to it. When he gets to a show, the plates comes off and gets stashed in an ammo can. The magnets don't scratch...

As I understand it, the basic M109 was a mechanical shop van, of whatever variety; the basic M185 was an electrical shop van. Interior bench/equipment fit depended on the mission of the particular vehicle. By taking a quick look inside my M185A3, and my son's M109A3, both of which had all the...

Keith, if anyone can fix it, you can! Cheers

Yep! I tried some of the links....no good. Usually I don't bother trying - no pictures on the forum, I just move on. Cheers

Onto the trailer - I use my tractor to lift one end while you drive the trailer under it (too heavy for the little tractor to safely lift the whole thing at once). That would be the reverse of how I got it off Scott's trailer by myself! At your place, I suggest several friends get together and...

Tan M416s too Why do medics always want to cut your gear off?? :) Cheers

Mark, if you want to come get it, you can borrow my gantry. It has a 2000# capacity, max lift height 12'. I'd bring it to you, but you have the nice, big trailer! ;) Cheers

So, when will we be seeing you at a Lonestar MVPA meeting, or event? ;) Cheers

There are always exceptions. If it can be done, some soldier or Marine has. The original question here was specifically Army M151s. In the Marines, we often applied temporary colour schemes to fit wherever the vehicles were going. I remember buying water-based paint at a hardware store in...

Except for these ones. :whistle: Cheers Pic 1 -deploying to exercise Bright Star 1985 in Egypt Pic 2 -82nd Airborne in Grenada Pic 3 -Northern Iraq 1991 Pic 4 -no details

Great idea, having a "standard" conversion method for those who must mess with it. Thanks Warthog! Cheers

Yes, seen it done, it is a routine firing position. It rocks the vehicle quite alarmingly, but not dangerously. I grew up seeing those (the AML-60 and AML-90 versions) regularly on the roads in Ireland, the military provide(d) a lot of the internal security there. I also had "connections" in...

This will also be a valuable resource for you - http://www.steelsoldiers.com/forumdisplay.php?113-The-Deuce-TMs All of the military manuals for the M35 are in there, and cover in detail any repair you might ever consider for the trucks. Once you familiarize yourself with them, they answer most...

In other words, they are not going to make it easy on us.... :/ I wondered, because the mounting points differ on different shelters, and on the dollies. A friend has a shelter similar to an S280, and it was set up for the M720 dolly. He wanted to load it on an M832, so the tire size would...

Already am! ("Ouch! Stoppit! Ouch! Stoppit!") Cheers

On the topic - is there a manual or a list somewhere that says what dolly goes with what shelter? I have searched diligently for that information, but it evades me. Cheers

The Michelin XL looks the most like the original Commando tires, but they are all getting a bit old now. The Goodyear tires were used by the military after the Commando tire, so correct for a late use V100 (post-Vietnam). That is what I am running on mine. They look good, and drive great...