I am currently rebuilding an old model that I had used for parts. I built the AFV Club M49A2C shortly after it came out, around late '94 to early '95 when I was in OBC at Ft Sill, OK. A few years later (2004-ish), I pulled the cab and a few other parts off it to build my M54A1 "King Cobra" guntruck.
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The rest of the fueler was relegated to the spares bin.
Recently, I came across it and decided to rebuild it. To do so, I needed a new cab. I was able to source a complete cab parts B sprue from the AFV Club M35 series trucks from a contact in Hong Kong.
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I also sourced some missing parts from a fellow modeler at Armorama, Wayne "namengr" Wickell. Thanks to him for the missing gear box, fuel tank, and a couple other small parts.
The rest of the frame and M49 tanker-specific parts were mostly still there, albiet a little worse for wear. I had to rebuild a few things and reattach a lot of the parts. The frame alone was in four pieces with all the axles separate. I built the air tanks in the middle of the frame from scratch.
![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/HeavyArty/M49A2%20Fuel%20Truck/IMG_1229_zpsaus0kv9r.jpg)
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I plan on building it as a late Vietnam to early '70s era M49A2 w/o winch in overall green with white markings, like below.
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Here it is so far, ready for paint.
![](https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/HeavyArty/M49A2%20Fuel%20Truck/IMG_1230_zpsulnvqa1e.jpg)
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For markings, I found a German decal set from TL Modellbau that includes the "Flammable No Smoking..." markings in white, as well as black.
![](https://tl-modellbau.de/media/image/product/172/md/nato-tankwagen-beschriftungen-1-35.jpg)
I will be using decals from the M35A1 "Nancy" Gun Truck kit for common markings in white. I also have a set of the Archer M35 instrument decals for it as well.
I hope to have some paint on it soon and I am waiting for the decals to come in.
Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!
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