Small-scale Sheridan and M113

Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 7:18 PM

Nice to see some more small scale stuff. They look great!

Gdarwin, they are 1/72 scale. I have one of each of those as well. They don't look as good though.

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wbill76

Member since
July 2004
From: Texas

Posted by wbill76 on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:53 PM

Nice pair! The bases are perfect and they certainly look like they belong together. Thumbs Up [tup]

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:11 PM

Great stuff! Love the Sheridan. That Airfix kit was one of my very first and favourite!

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gdarwin

Member since
January 2004
From: bc,canada

Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:30 PM

yes that is small ,what scale is that? they look great to me. Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:44 AM

I know, I meant that the individual vehicle represented by my model (i.e the decal markings and paint scheme) is a test vehicle based in the USA in the 1960s.
I believe that the M551 version represented by the Airfix kit is an earlier, pre-Vietnam type anyway, it does not
have the cupola armour shields usually found on Vietnam-based M551s, and there are probably other differences which I
haven't spotted or just don't know about :)

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HeavyArty

Member since
December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:18 AM

They look pretty good. Sheridan was used in Vietnam, pretty extensively. So, your dio is correct that they could both be together.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Small-scale Sheridan and M113

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:08 AM

These are two small-scale US AFVs from the 60s/70s which I've completed recently - Airfix's M551 Sheridan and the M113 ACAV
by JB Models.
The Sheridan isn't actually a Vietnam-era vehicle (it's an evaluation/prototype vehicle from the mid-60s according to the instruction sheet) but I thought they made a good "mini-diorama" together.
The "muddy track" diorama base is actually from the Matchbox Diamond-T tank transporter kit. (These bases are -very- useful for displaying models at shows and meetings, not just the models that they were originally supplied with either!)