The M972 Flatbed Truck w/ Excavator

This is a build I have been working on for some time now. It's a heavy modification of the M915 kit from Trumpeter. As always, I decided to spice things up a bit. I wanted to do something different. So, I kit-bashed the trailer and tractor to bring forth this combo unit. The name came about by using the first number of the M915 and the 2 last digits of the M872 trailer. Hence, M972, which is a combination of both.
The Hitachi excavator is from Hasegawa which I built as a burnt out model. The idea came from the pic I found while searching the web. Lots of pics. Hope you like the results.





















































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This is the excavator that inspired my version:

Mate, all I can say is..................




that is AWESOME

Thanks to the both of you. glad you guys like the results.

Wow another Master piece form you, some much to see.

thanks Allan. Kind words.

Absolutely stunning Tiking, so much to look at, really well done!! Is this 1:35 scale?

Deaf as wrote:Absolutely stunning Tiking, so much to look at, really well done!! Is this 1:35 scale?

Thanks. Yes. It is 1/35.

The detail in this is amazing , your weathering work is top class , a great build .

Thank you kindly

Fabulous work.

Kind regards Fred.