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This is a pure resin and photo-etch AFV detail kit from Legend Productions. M113 plastic kit is not included, this is a conversioin set only. Kit consists of unassembled and unpainted 66 resin and 166 photo-etch parts and decal (please check your references for decal placement and camouflage schemes for painting the AFV), parts are shown in seventh and later pictures. Built and painted one's pictures are for reference only and put for you to enjoy fine detailing of this kit.
Important! This item is unassembled and unpainted. All extra model kit(s) and figure(s) in the pictures are for illustrative purposes only, and they are not included.
About Legend Productions:
Legend Productions is a famous South Korean manufacturer of high-quality resin kits, metal accessories and conversion sets. The company also produce a very comprehensive range of 1/35 and 1/48 scale resin figures.
Legend Productions has received acclaim for its intricately detailed and finely executed resin and photoetch upgrade sets for Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Allied armor upgrades and conversion sets for Vietnam era.
Model Specifications:
Besides parts specific for a Canadian M113A2 CDN, the set also includes a variety of generic M113 details in order to enhance your Canadian M113 project. The possibility exist to use most of the parts to also create an M113A1 CDN. This would require using an M113 kit without external fuel tanks, original style side skirts if you use them, backdating the headlights/taillights, and not using the grouser racks. There is a TCCCS (Tactical Command and Control Communications System) box provided in the set but it was not used on the Canadian M113A2.
Canadian specific parts are:
- Canadian Forces Registration plates
- Late model front and rear turn signals and guards
- Wire cutters
- Upper hull stowage boxes
- 20 Litre plastic fuel cans
- Differential housing wear guards
- Grousers racks
- Driver's warning light shroud
- Communication wire attachments
Generic M113 detail parts are:
- Tie downs
- Pioneer tool mounts
- Spare road wheel
- Trim vane details
- Driver's hatch
- Driver's hatch periscopes
- Tow cable mounts
- Jerrycan racks
- Fire extinguisher pull handle housing
- Exhaust pipe
- Engine grill mesh
- Rear ramp details
- Headlights
- Commander's hatch, cupola periscopes, machine gun mount
- .50 Calibre HMG with cradle
- Upper hull details
- Antenna mounts and guards
- Horn
- Tow cable nylon thread
- 0.3mm and 0.5mm brass wire
- Water cans
- Antenna mount blanking plates
The decal sheet consists of:
- Canadian flags (red/white and low visibility black)
- Black Maple Leaf markings
- Call sign markings for 43B and 52B
- Bridge class 12 tons
- Tactical symbols (white and low visibility black) for Mechanized Infantry, Mechanized Artillery, and Combat Engineer
- Tiny Red Maple Leafs for plates
- Canadian Forces Registration plate numbers for five vehicles
- Vehicle registration numbers for five vehicles
- Production year markings for 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1986
- 7.62 mm and .50 Cal ammunition box markings
