M113A1 NASA Rescue "Complete & Mounted"

Yeah buddy

Sweet track, bro. Cool subject too. I wouldn't have known NASA was using M113s. Love the idea, though.

Who'd they get to drive them?

~J

Kevin - The buket in OD has been done 1 to infinity times. As far as lack of talent....I'm touched and humbled coming from a modeler of your skills.

The cockpit green is not perfect but is close to the vomit green we so loved!!! The kit does come with the seats and cushions....a plus..

I have researched as much as I could. NASA has 4 of these. Some photos look like the cargo hatch with original color....some look like the are also vomit green. The lighter green makes the handles and latches show better soooo thats the way I went.

As far as hatches, I was going to display it in the rescue ready position as it is at the launch pad. The back door is open but the top is closed. The NASA M113 is pretty sparse on the inside as it is laid out to be strictly a rescue bucket. I know.....I'm getting lazy....but I wanted to keep most of the attention on the outside.....need some interior with the rear open. If I was going nuts with an interior....I would prefer to have plent of meat....The interior on the NASA units are just Spam. 

1/35 Shuttle....Hummm scratch building the gantry would be worse than shipbuilding!

Thanks again for looking and as always I appreciate your comments.

Rounds Complete!!

Irish - Thanks for your comment and looking

Bill - I guess thats my trademark. Model building is like a buffet. Most people go right to the prime rib. I try to look for the wild game, oysters and caviar.

The challange is the outside decals. Besides the big 3, I have to recreate the NASA Rescue logo and there are numerous Shuttle flight patches on the front and rear. Thank God for AutoCAD and Photoshop!!

There are a thousand M113s. I thought I would make it more interesting to go really different.

Mobious - Next round of photos I'll try to get a close up and also post a close shot of the real deal. Thanks for asking.

Gino - As always, it's a pleasure to have you stop in. I went with the NASA M113 since one of my other likes is the classic space flight models of the 60s. Though this would be a good way to combine them and give a different twist to a common build.

Thanks again.

Rounds Complete!!

Oh Man... Another exciting subject from the Redleg workbench! You've sure been busy there Mike! Being a huge bucket fan, I have always wanted to do this version but lack of talents will most likely prevent that from happening and I will certainly be watching this one for sure!

Are you happy with the tamiya cockpit green for the interior? Are the benches (sans cushions?) from the kit? In the 1/1 photo, it appears that the inside face of the cargo hatch retains the original (NATO) color but not sure if that's what I'm seeing (minor point). I am assuming that you'll be keeping the driver's and TC's hatches open?

All you'll need now is a 1/35th scale Shuttle Complex. 

 Hello redleg12,

 Interested in the weld seams and how the Mr. Surfacer worked. would it be possible to get close ups of them.

 Take it there will be no camo for this unique build!

 Best Regards,