{"id":392,"date":"2020-03-31T16:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2020-04-02T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T14:21:05","slug":"we-need-more-elephant-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"We need more elephant shoes!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least in the Bundeswehr, the M113 was nicknamed &#8222;Elephant Shoe&#8220;. I guess, in a Cold War setting of the 60s, 70s or 80s you can never have enough of this versatile APCs and its variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1813.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this phase of my US army project I had to finish ten M113 of different sorts And one is rather an objective or scenery item with a base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two M577s were lready mostly done and I only added some minor details like head- and backlights.  Both models are older pieces from <em>Battlefront<\/em>&#8217;s Vietnam range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"394\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?attachment_id=394\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1821.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"395\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?attachment_id=395\" class=\"wp-image-395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1825.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The standard M113s were also nearly complete, even with the commander figure. So only some detailing and drybrushing with Zandri Dust here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"396\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?attachment_id=396\" class=\"wp-image-396\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1817.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"397\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?attachment_id=397\" class=\"wp-image-397\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1820.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, the support variants of the M113 family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1814.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the M901s and M163s only the camouflage pattern was done and, firstly, I used the infamous MIG-filter on them, as on the LAVs and other models before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1806.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The turrets of the M163s were harmed the most by the filter but could easily be fixed with some Revell Bronzegr\u00fcn. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1815.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These M163s also still need some figures for gunners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1816-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1816-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1816-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1816-768x576.jpg 768w, 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I&#8217;m really coming to an end here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least in the Bundeswehr, the M113 was nicknamed &#8222;Elephant Shoe&#8220;. I guess, in a Cold War setting of the 60s, 70s or 80s you can never have enough of this versatile APCs and its variants. In this phase of my US army project I had to finish ten M113 of different sorts And one is rather an objective or scenery item with a base. The two M577s were lready mostly done and I only added some minor details like&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=392\">Weiterlesen<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Weiterlesen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,23,13,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}