M114 - Takom - 1/35 - Showcase

I’m sure, if you are anything like me this release from Takom caught you a little off guard. I am by no means an expert with all things armour, but I do like to think I know a little bit about the subject given I am looking at armour in one form or another just about every day…but this one stumped me a little.  In all my time in the hobby I had never come across the M114 before.

I won’t cover old ground, because when the kit was first announced the details were published here at The Modelling News with a brief history of the vehicle - LINK .

After some research I found out Accurate Armour had also released a version of the M114 in the early 90’s, but this release from Takom is the first time we have seen this subject in a mainstream boxing.

 I have always been fond of the M113, so it made perfect sense to add the M114 to my collection as an interesting comparison between the two similar vehicles.

A Brief History

The vehicle was developed in the 60’s by the Cadillac Division of General Motors and was designed to work alongside the M113 in a command and reconnaissance role.

Underpowered and unreliable, the M114 never really proved itself in the Vietnam conflict and would soon be replaced by the M551 Sheridan.