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Bart Goesaert (Silenoz)
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M54 Gun truck Ace of Spades

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19 June 2019, 06:08
Bart Goesaert
Started construction of this new kit from AFV... A lot of small parts, but very easy to build so far and pretty detailled OOB... Most subassemblies are in dryfit, due to still a need for cleaning up or painting later on...
19 June 2019, 06:31
Eelco Gregoire
Interesting project Bart!
19 June 2019, 07:13
Bart Goesaert
thx...
19 June 2019, 15:29
Neuling
Looking forward ...........
19 June 2019, 15:57
Paul Juliano
Now I have Motorhead stuck in my brain! Looking good though! 🙂
21 June 2019, 12:24
Kurt Reichert
I'm in.
21 June 2019, 16:02
bughunter
Not my topic, but if Bart soldered PE 👍 I must look ...
21 June 2019, 17:38
Bart Goesaert
Thx for interest. My soldering skills are basic, bughunter, so don't expect too much...
22 June 2019, 11:49
Alec K
I am sure more advanced than mine 👍. Following.
22 June 2019, 12:26

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My goal with this project is to make two different guntrucks. The Ace of spades, with an armored rear, and 4-5 MG's and then King Cobra with an obsolete M113 ACAV hull on the rear.

The American bases in Vietnam depended on trucks and air support to be supplied with ammunition, food, ... These trucks were at first unarmed and unarmored and made an ideal target for ambushes (Something the Vietnamese people learned from their war against the french). Also the chiefs didn't want the trucks to be armed. After a large loss, the soldiers of the transport company took matters in their own hands, scored some .50 cals, armor plates, and started construction of the first guntrucks. These consisted of a standard truck, with an interchangeable "container" at the rear and at first m60's and M2 machineguns, but later on also 20mm miniguns. Decorations on the all black trucks got more and more fancy over the time. In a normal transport every 8th or 10th truck was a gun truck...

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1:35 M113A1 ACAV (AFV Club AF35113)1:35 M54A2 5-ton 6x6 Cargo Truck (AFV Club AF35300)1:35 M54 Gun Truck "Ace of Spades" (Real Model RM35165)1:35 King Cobra 5-ton gun-truck (LM Decals LMX 0015)1:35 M113A1 ACAV (Eduard 36377)

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