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brian638
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 03:04 AM UTC
New member Doan Thanh Hieu shares a few images of his Vietnam M109 based on the Tamiya kit.


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Wolverine2
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 03:18 AM UTC
Looks great, nice job!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 03:19 AM UTC
Looks pretty good. There are some issues with it though. The biggest is that the tracks are on backwards. The "V" on the pad should point down when viewed from the front. The rear fenders are reversed as well. The vertical side part should be in towards the hull with no vertical wall on the outside of the tracks. The shovel on the left side of the turret is too low. In the current position, it blocks the side crew door, which opens outward. Also, the sleeping bag on the pallet is too modern. It is a current issue one in a stuff sack which was first used about 2000. The ration boxes don't look right either. They should be C-ration boxes, but look like the older MRE boxes.
lucas1969
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 03:21 AM UTC
Superbe model, nice weathering and painting great works..
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:01 AM UTC
Disregard my rear fenders comment. It appears some early M109s had rear fenders with a side on the inner and outer part to attach an early side skirt to. They also had extended front fenders too though.


SaxonTheShiba
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 06:09 AM UTC
Doan, beautifully done. Great weathering on the M109 and your work on the figures is exceptional as well.

Best wishes,

Ian
voryah
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 02:00 PM UTC
Great job !
Max1677
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 04:59 PM UTC
Amazing work on the figure and great weathering. I like it very much.
Greenmachine
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Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 11:52 PM UTC
Excellent job,
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 02:46 AM UTC
THE M109 SELF-PROPELLED GUN.GOOD FIRE SUPPORT WEAPON.THE ULTIMATE VERSION IS THE M--109A6-PALADIN.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 03:25 AM UTC

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THE M109 SELF-PROPELLED GUN.GOOD FIRE SUPPORT WEAPON.THE ULTIMATE VERSION IS THE M--109A6-PALADIN.


Please type in standard sentence case, not all caps. All caps is harder to read and seen as yelling on the forums. Also, there are no hyphens in M109A6 Paladin.
Mark
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 01:18 PM UTC
Hi Doan,

Really nice job on this ‘classic’ vehicle! Great weathering too!
(oh and yes: what an awesome choice of subject ;-) )

Best regards,
Mark
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 01:40 PM UTC

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Quoted Text

THE M109 SELF-PROPELLED GUN.GOOD FIRE SUPPORT WEAPON.THE ULTIMATE VERSION IS THE M--109A6-PALADIN.


Please type in standard sentence case, not all caps. All caps is harder to read and seen as yelling on the forums. Also, there are no hyphens in M109A6 Paladin.


Also, the ultimate version today is M109A7.
Vodnik
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 01:45 PM UTC

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Disregard my rear fenders comment. It appears some early M109s had rear fenders with a side on the inner and outer part to attach an early side skirt to.


Actually your original comment is still valid, as the rear fenders in the model are attached incorrectly with no vertical inner part. Early M109 as you wrote would have both inner and outer vertical sides and would have a cutout in the corner of them. My M108 has the early fender configuration, including the front ones (http://vodnik.net/pages/m108/m108.htm).
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 02:22 PM UTC
Realistically painted..good job.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 05:24 PM UTC

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Actually your original comment is still valid, as the rear fenders in the model are attached incorrectly with no vertical inner part. Early M109 as you wrote would have both inner and outer vertical sides and would have a cutout in the corner of them.


Good catch.


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Also, the ultimate version today is M109A7.


True, but none have been fielded yet. They are being tested at Ft Hood, TX though. Fielding is scheduled to begin in February 2017.

It has the same basic Paladin turret (now all electric drive as opposed to older M109A6s which were hydraulically driven) on an all-new hull based on Bradley running gear and engine/transmission/final drive components, new T161 track, and mounts a CROWS II RWS.

M109A7 PIM (Paladin Integrated Management)

j76lr
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Posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - 06:09 PM UTC
nice !!
kipanderson
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Posted: Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 12:22 AM UTC
Hi,
exceptional weathering, truly outstanding.
Congratulations. All the
best,
Kip.
Kanguroo
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 10:20 AM UTC
Congrats, Mr.Hieu.
Modelrob
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Posted: Friday, March 18, 2016 - 04:36 PM UTC
Excellent work
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Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 07:40 PM UTC
That A7 looks like it has elen
2CAVTrooper
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Posted: Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 07:45 PM UTC
Augh! Let's try this again.... That A7 looks like it has elements from the NLOS-C, especially in the hull.
Cantstopbuyingkits
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Posted: Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 12:22 AM UTC

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Also, the ultimate version today is M109A7.


True, but none have been fielded yet. They are being tested at Ft Hood, TX though. Fielding is scheduled to begin in February 2017.

It has the same basic Paladin turret (now all electric drive as opposed to older M109A6s which were hydraulically driven) on an all-new hull based on Bradley running gear and engine/transmission/final drive components, new T161 track, and mounts a CROWS II RWS.


That makes perfect sense. They'll take an AFV designed to operate 20+KM away from it's target and add an weapon system designed for short ranged defence
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 05:13 AM UTC

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That makes perfect sense. They'll take an AFV designed to operate 20+KM away from it's target and add an weapon system designed for short ranged defence


If you had ever served in an artillery Bn or any other military unit, you would know that there is always a chance of small enemy units operating in depth on the battlefield who are always looking to attack soft targets. Also, the Paladin doesn't operate 20km from the front lines, but usually withing a km or two so that most of your range is forward of our troops. Often, the lines change or units get overrun and have to defend themselves against ground attack.
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