Okay so, a few months ago i built Trumpeter’s 1:72 scale M113 APC.
It’s a pretty sweet kit, but it was looking kind of… bland.
So, i had an idea while playing my favourite military vehicles game, and i thought: Why don’t i slap a TOW launcher on it?
Well, sure enough, i liked the idea a lot, since it’s my single favourite M113 variant. Unfortunately, the available TOWs in this scale are few and far between, so i decided to print one. I found some reference files, but they were horrible and i had to basically redraw everything, and i had to do multiple test prints where i had to split the launcher into two different pieces just to be able to print it with as little supports as possible.
I printed a lot of missiles for other builds, i used one for this particular one but i might add more whenever I’m arsed to paint them. 
It looks quite pleasing after cleanup, assembly, and a layer of mr finishing surfacer 1500.
After painting, i think i nailed it. The layer lines don’t show up at all and it looks great!
I used AK real colours lacquers, specifically Dark OD and Faded OD to give it a zenithal highlight. I painted the yellow stripe with Vallejo moon yellow air, although i did handpaint it on because the paint has good coverage and it’s easier because of how the parts are made. I painted the support shaft with vallejo model air Sinai grey. After that, a gloss coat and black brown wash were applied to the whole part. For the blue lenses i used a trick i perfected on my CV90: Silver base, a little drop of Asurmen blue contrast paint from Citadel, and a drop of UV resin (after varnishing with matt varnish, ofc) to make the lenses glossy. I left the top one in silver to differentiate them a bit according to references.
And here is the model after i assembled the TOW launcher. I think it looks quite nifty.
Thank you for reading this!
I hope you like it.
Love, Silvia
It’s very nice to see the seldom modeled basic 113 with TOW. ITVs are rare enough, and kits exist of that beast.