Lookin' good, Stick!  Gotta love the 'meat wagon!'  Will have to follow your build!!

Thanks guys! This is a nice change from AFVs and my usual stuff.

Feldgrau, I helped run quite a few DZs over the years and we always had one nearby to hang out with. I even got to use their services (but never had to be evac'ed) on a few occasions from hard landings. Memories indeed!

Great looking build Stik!! I was in a light Infantry Guard unit and we had a couple of these in the unit. man do they bring back memories!!!

Neat SP, as I said I love seeing different stuff like this.

After building this one, I do want to do another. That Legends conversion with the AC unit looks like a great idea. And with the later mirrors? I will definitely be looking for it! Thanks for the heads up Gino!

Bish, I understand about not keeping current. I still have a passing interest in modern stuff though. And of course the stuff I served around will always be in my heart.

The "Bandaid" looks good so far.  I have built a couple of these over the years.  They come out really nice. Legend has an update set labeled IDF HMMWV Ambulance, but it will also bring it up to current US standards.  They have added a larger A/C unit that sticks out of the upper front plate more.  The set goes for only about $10 too.

Legend set.

New M997 Maxi-Ambulance

Ye, I was in an Armd Inf battalion for 12 years and spent 6 as a driver. I am ok with modern Brit stuff and when I was in the Anti tank platoon, I seemed to do well at AFV recognition. But when I left the AT role back in 98, I didn't bother to keep up with it.  And there wasn't much in the way of enemy armour in Iraq to worry about. So I have let my knowledge of modern armour slip a lot.

I got bit by the modern armor bug when I was first assigned to a mech unit way back when. Only in the past 10 years or so when I retired from the Guard have I stopped keeping pace with it. I am most familiar with US, Soviet, and Bundeswehr stuff, but I know a bit of UK Cold War AFVs as well. Didn't you crew on Warriors for a bit?

Thanks Stik. I know little about modern armour, probably less than I do about WW2 allied armour, but always willing to learn something new.

Yes it is the "Maxi" Ambulance version, the M997. There is also a low profile hard top M1035 ambulance that looks closer to the M998 soft top cargo/troop carrier. It is the Academy 1/35 kit.

Another interesting subject, and thanks for posting it here Stik, we certainly could do with more armour threads. I take it its 35th scale, who makes the kit.

I've never seen a HMMV ambulance (I assume that's what it is) will be nice to watch this one.