Indeed an interesting vehicle. I was not aware, the missiles could be launched directly from the 6-pack?
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Indeed so.
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That is the US Army/DARPA OpFires launcher truck. The OpFires hypersonic missiles have been tested and work, so it makes logical sense to use the 5x5 Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL) for other purposes and missiles.
My main interest is in how large can the future US Army (and Marine) surface-to-surface missiles can get to increase attack range. The Long-range Hypersonic Missile (LRHW) can fly out to 1,725 miles and that is the longest range surface-to-surface missile in the US Army’s inventory and requires a very long trailer to transport. The LRHW is only slightly longer range than a Tomahawk cruise missile. No current US Army land-based missile has breached the 2,000-mile range, so having this 5x5 TEL might be the answer to transport a much larger diameter and longer ballistic missile.
https://theatlasnews.co/business/2022/07/13/darpa-announces-first-successful-opfires-test
US Army’s Dark Eagle Long-range Hypersonic Missile trailer with two hypersonic missiles.
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For those who want more correct LVSR parts:
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You complain, the tedious details, you meticulously put into the suspension of your LVSR can’t be seen, when the model is completed? It all depends on the perspective, you see it from … 
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Impressive work, thanks for your efforts 
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All my LVSR ressources are available here:
LVSR Ressources
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The Korean company “DEF Model” has issued a set of resin wheels for the ILK LVSR kits. They are very well cast, and I recommend them wholeheartedly, since the quality is very high.
https://defmodel.com/catalog/htm/dw35176.html
The use of the wheels requires, you combine the resin wheels with parts from the ILK kit, which should not prove difficult for a modeller, who is used to working with resin products.
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What do you prefer resin or the rubber that comes with the kit?
I designed better rims to replace the ones in the kit.
Also made resin tires.
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I absolutely prefer resin over rubber tires. I have read too many stories about melting rubber tires to even risk using them on my own models. Furthermore, I think the details in the DEF Model wheels are better defined than on the ILK rubber tires. Then there is the issue of painting and weathering, where I also think, resin is better than rubber.
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Melting? How? When you put the model behind glass or so?
I made these a while back:
Was on a roll so I made the full line of rims, don’t like the Michelin on it.
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Resin wheels and tires are always better option then rubber tries in plastic wheels as most kits come these days. I even change my aircraft model kits wheels/tires with resin as most will even represent a slight bulge.
If you ever want to try something big then I will suggest and request wheels/tires for Trumpeter 1/16 M-ATV and MaxxPro. There is not much help there. Blastmodels offers a set but it’s a direct copy of the kit robber tire and plastic wheel.
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Making wheels for such models would require I have the kit in front of me to make correct measurements.
Lots of people contact me to design something for them, but I can’t help everyone.
And investing in the kit without assurance they actually going to buy the parts I designed, is a whole other story.
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I understand what you saying but if it’s the parts you need to get measurements then I can help you with that. If needed, I can send a wheel/tire from the kit.
As for buying, if you design then I’ll be in for couple off sets.
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More and more companies supply add-on parts for the ILK LVSR kit. Polish company EMP3D (https://www.emp3d.eu) is one of these.
EMP3D have issued a number of parts for the suspension of the LVSR. The parts are drop in replacements for the kit parts.
You need to judge yourself, whether the parts provide value for you. For me, the spring and the damper parts make sense, since especially when it comes to the spring part, it saves the modeller a lot of tedious cleaning time of ten springs, each consisting of two parts.
What would have been nice, is an option of angling the drive shafts. As these parts are now, they require modification, if you want to show your model with turned wheels, as in the picture below. 4 out of 5 axles turn on the LVSR, which makes a model more interesting.
May be this option will appear later?
Generally speaking the EDMP3D parts are very well printed. Recommended with above mentioned comments.
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