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M7A3 BFIST revisited

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
M7A3 BFIST revisited
Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 12:58 PM

A while ago, I posted about an M7A3 BFIST I was building for a customer.  During the build, I received some new info that it was the latest version with a larger optics box in place of the BAB (Bradley Armored Box - TOW box.

Here is the latest version M7A3 BFIST.


Here is my version with a scratch-built optics box.






Earlier post w/in-process pics.

More pics here.

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cb1
  • Member since
    December 2009
  • From: D/FW Texas
Posted by cb1 on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 2:52 PM

wow, looking good!

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    January 2013
Posted by jibber on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 4:24 PM

Arty thats a beautiful build, really clean and I love the subject photo. Terry

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 5:38 PM

cb1 and jibber - Thanks for the compliments.  It was a fun build.  I like the look of the larger optics box too.

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  • Member since
    August 2007
  • From: back country of SO-CAL, at the birth place of Naval Aviation
Posted by DUSTER on Thursday, December 4, 2014 4:09 PM

Your work is, as usual, great.  The new optics box looks very convincing. 

Only thing I see, is in the first picture, you might want to tone down the dust and weathering. Hard to carry off the "real" look if it shows too much  

Steve

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:29 PM

Thanks Steve.  Glad you like it.  I'll work on less weathering...

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  • Member since
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:36 PM

Yeah, wow that first picture is very convening.   Wink

Very nice work on the optics box.

Steve

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, December 4, 2014 6:17 PM
Thanks Modelcrazy. It was a fun build. For those who might be interested in building one, I have drawn up plans for the optics box. They are not perfect, but should get you close.  Also, there are great reference pics by Ralph Zwilling at this site.

Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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