Hi,
I'm Fairly new to this forum and just started to get into tank R/Cs.
My wife had bought me a M113A2 and have decied to modify it. I would like to know where I can buy parts to modify it. It does not have to be actual parts for it but parts that I can easily modify to work on the 113. I plan on turning the 113 into a M1059 Smoke track Generator.
One of the things I would like to get is a smoke generator like they use on the smoking tanks that I have seen. Where can I purchase one of these? My main concern is that it won't generate as much smoke as I would like, it doesn't have to produce as much as the real thing but more than just a puff of smoke, and if that's the case is there any way that I can build my own?
The other thing I want to change it the antenna. The ones I want to change to are the ones that are on the Mauri & Hen Long 1/24 M1A2 Tanks. They are just about the right scale for a real 113 and can be tied down to give a realistic look I can probably get replacements from the manufacture.
The Hardiest thing to modify would be to add suspension to the road wheels. I've read some post about these and it seems like there is a lot of calculations I have to do to figure out the set up and movement and mounting of the suspension. Is there readily available suspensions? I'm assuming that I will have to go with a customized suspension. I have already started modifing the 113 by removing the some the accesory's that was glued to the top and sides of the 113, moved the atenna from the rear to the front by the drivers hatch and unglued all the hatches so they can open and drilled holes in parts that was supposed to have holes.
If you have any info that can help or links it would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks,
Robert


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See the link below, I want to do something similar except with out the gas engine. (Maybe one day, with a nitro engine or something)
[link]http://www.rctransmission.com/Bradley.htm[/link]