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by Mike Conley » Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:46 pm
Before this DISTINGUSHED Armortek Court, I am here to plead the case for the NEXT 1/6 vehicle to be produced by Armortek. It is an Armored Fighting Vehicle (AFV) that we all know and has been utilized by a BUNCH of nations: The UK, USA, AU, Thailand, Germany, Vietnam, from 1960 to today.
I strongly nominate the M113 Armored Personal Carrier! By using aluminum construction (which it WAS made of!) and using scale armor thicknesses the Armortek M113 would be a LIGHT rc vehicle. The M113 sprockets final drive gears could be made smaller diameter for this lighter vehicle thus increasing it's speed. And there's lots of room inside for batteries/electronics.
The Armortek M113 could be painted/detailed from the 1960s up thru it's service today. And there are MANY later era 1/6 accessories available to add on a M113: .50 cal, M60 machine guns, flak vests, helmets, C ration boxes, etc. And the hull side painted phrases/art could be endless ('FLOWER POWER', 'Mud Bug', etc.).
I would be one of the first buyers of the M113, paint it for Vietnam service, get a few of those new seamless 1/6 figures, fit'em out in flak vests, helmets, M16s, manning .50 and M60s behind the gunshields, 'BUSTING JUNGLE' thru my wife's flower bed (in the Fall before she pulled up her deceased flowers...)!
I think a M113 that is widely recognized and has been used by SO MANY countries from the 1960 up thru today, would be sought after by 1/6 rc enthusasts AND veterans that rode them for real into combat!!
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Mike Conley on Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Armortek Models: Tiger 1, Panther G, Panzer IV, Sd Kfz 7, Sd Kfz 222, M4A3 Sherman, M3 Lee. Tamiya Models: Tiger 1 (3), King Tiger (3), Panther, Sherman (5).