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K-136 Question

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While I am not really into modeling South Korean units , I am very interested in the new K-136 MLRS . More specifically, I am interested in the truck/ chassis for
It . If anyone has purchased a pack, I have a couple of questions …..
1) Since it has an air cleaner on the right side of the front nose , is it truly the South Korean version of the M-800 series or just an M-35 that happens to have an air cleaner ?
2) Would the model be easy to kitbash for the M-800 series vehicles like the wrecker, dump truck, tractor , and maybe even the Roland missile carrier/launcher that the New Mexico Guard had for a brief time in the mid/late 80s .
Any thoughts or feedback?

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I don't have a set but the photo of the unassembled kit shows the body as a cab and a blank flatbed on to which the launcher is glued. I'd think it was pretty ideal for kit bashing.
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I don't have the model, but the real thing uses a Korean version of the M809 5ton truck, although it may now be mounted on an M900 series. M35 is a 2 1/2t truck.

Looking at the GHQ model, it's an M800 series 5t. The front fender shape is a quik, easy clue.
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Hey Panzergator
It looked like an M35 with an air cleaner on the website photos. Maybe that’s just a distortion in the photos . From the many many years I’ve been around them, there’s a big difference between a deuce and half and a five ton .

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I think it's the shape of the hardtop roof on the cab that throws off the appearance. But the front fenders are longer, resulting in a longer wheel well that marks it as a 5t M800 series. Really wish GHQwould make the M800 series with a removeable canvas. I have an stl file for it, but I hacen't printed it yet, so don't know how it will come out.
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I would love it if they would make an M 800 or even an M54 5 ton truck .

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GHQ captured the real vehicle quite well, I think.

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Yes, I spent quite a few years around 'em myself, especially two years as a tank battalion BMO in the late 70s.

I would be very happy with either the M54 or M800 series 5ton. Considering their lengthy service, they were better candidates than the 900 series.
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After looking at t, the proportions seem a little off, which may lead us to mispercieve which it is.
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