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M1074 PLS Conversion Project
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Posted: Saturday, April 06, 2019 - 01:52 AM UTC
Has anyone bought this kit, and care to comment on it?

Regards Thomas
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Posted: Saturday, April 06, 2019 - 02:07 AM UTC

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Has anyone bought this kit, and care to comment on it?

Regards Thomas



I assume your are talking about the MMK Hobbies - M1076 flat rack trailer. If so, sorry, I have no info on it.

It is interesting that this thread popped back up though. I just pulled the PLS back out to finish it up. Look for an update soon.
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Posted: Saturday, April 06, 2019 - 08:22 AM UTC
I certainly will

After all, you better hurry, now Trumpeter will release the M1075

and yes, I did mean the MMK M1076 trailer kit. I have been unable to find any reviews of this kit.
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Posted: Saturday, April 20, 2019 - 11:57 AM UTC
I dug this one back out and have started working on it again. I have been making all the rounds for the cargo load on the flatrack. It will be carrying a load of 155mm artillery ammo. There are 144 complete rounds. This includes: 144 projectiles; 24 illumination (white), 24 smoke (lt green), and 96 High Explosive (dk green). 144 powders, and 144 fuzes.



Eack has all the requisite marking on them as well. The stenciling on the illum and smoke rounds and on the powder cans was all made by me using home decal paper. The HE stenciling comes with the AFV Club ammo sets.






Next up is assembling the 8-round pallets and the powder can pallets. More to come soon.

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Posted: Saturday, April 20, 2019 - 12:58 PM UTC
Well done!

Cheers Rob.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 02:48 AM UTC
Thanks Rob.
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 09:50 PM UTC
Keep the faith, Gino,
I do not envy you all these stencils

Regards Thomas


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Posted: Monday, April 22, 2019 - 12:35 AM UTC
Thanks Thomas. They took a while, but look great. I am glad I took the time to get them right.
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 12:00 PM UTC
With hockey playoffs and life in general, I have finally found time to finish this one.

I assembled all the rounds and powder pallets, along with some ammo cans, fuze boxes, and a couple cans of break free bore cleaner.

Here they are on the flatrack. I used Djiti Production resin Ratchet Straps set (35028) along with some thinly cut masking tape and PE hooks for the straps securing the load. Sorry, I forgot to take pics in process of building them.






Here is the finished M1074 PLS. I have marked it as a vehicle from 1 CAV from the mid-late '90s, when FA Bns still had Service Batteries. It is marked as 1 CAV, 3-82 FA, SVC 43. I was Service Battery XO, so I had a bunch of these trucks I was in charge of. I got all 10 wheels to sit flat on the ground too!







Here it is, all loaded and ready to deliver some rounds to keep the guns firing.







That is it. It is done. I am very happy with the way it came out.
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 12:23 PM UTC
Good stuff, Gino!


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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 08:47 PM UTC
I like it!

Cheers Rob.
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Posted: Saturday, May 11, 2019 - 10:31 PM UTC
Hi Gino,
Congrats with your M1074
Outstanding result, you are obviously a very talented modeller 👍🏻☺️
Regards Thomas
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 12:03 AM UTC
Amazing construction Gino!
I do not envy you placing all those ammo stencils!

Just doing the stenciling on a couple of MLRS pods drove me crazy.
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 02:38 AM UTC
Hi, Gino!

AMAZING!!! Beautiful work!!!

What are you going to amaze us with next..?
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 02:45 AM UTC
A MASTER at work!
That looks fabulous, Gino! I love the load for the pallet! Please prepare one more set, so I can use it on my truck!
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 03:07 AM UTC
Thanks guys. It has been a very rewarding build. I am really happy with how it came out.
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 03:37 AM UTC
Looks great Gino.
What replaced the Service battery?
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 03:40 AM UTC
Gino you need the M1076 trailer from MMK. You know you can't have powder and rounds on the same pallet. LOL
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Posted: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 09:11 AM UTC

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Looks great Gino.
What replaced the Service battery?
Dan



Thanks Dan. Service Batteries were replaced by the FSE (Forward Support Element) which came out of the Brigade Support Bn (BSB). It is a maintenance and logistics company that is run by Maintainers and Logisticians, not Artillerymen. The idea was to stream line the units and not have a redundant unit as the SVC BTRY had since the same capabilities as the BSB has.


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Gino you need the M1076 trailer from MMK. You know you can't have powder and rounds on the same pallet. LOL



No, I am good with just the PLS. It is big enough by itself and I don't want to do another load for the flatrack.

As to the flatrack ammo load, in combat you can and we did load rounds, powders, and fuzes together. The idea was to have a complete package on each flatrack so if one is lost to enemy fire, you don't have a bunch of rounds with no way to fire them since all the powders were destroyed.
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Posted: Monday, May 13, 2019 - 12:20 AM UTC
Gino, just giving you hard time. Before I switched MOS's
to 11B i was a 13B in A 1/9 FA and we would do the same combat load.
HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, May 13, 2019 - 06:18 AM UTC
No issues. Good to have a former Battlekings Redleg approve.
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