Thanks, Guys.
Some more progress...
Since HARASSMENT had a field expedient headlight guard made for the driver's side set of headlights, I could not use the guards from the kit. Plus it is a straight M113, so the M113A1 and later headlight guards would not work anyway. Since I did not have any plastic that would stay bent in the desired shape, I found a piece of photo etch fret that looked to be about the size and width that I needed, cut it and bent it to shape, and glued it to the attachment points. I then took another piece to make the support bracket that extends from it to the front of the hull. For the other set of headlights, it received a guard made from the kit guard which was shaved and sanded down to the thickness, or thinness, for the type used by the gas powered M113s. The support brace was made from a part from the kit that was not used since it was inside the engine compartment and the door was closed. Added to the support brace are two pieces of thin sheet styrene that are the pieces that were welded to the support brace to strengthen it. This process was pretty time consuming due to the sanding and shaping, but I think it turned out well.
Here is a top view of the actual field expedient headlight guard that makes this particular vehicle unique...
And here is the 1/35th scale version...
And a picture of the top view of what the factory installed headlight guard looks like for the right side headlights in 1/35th scale...
Some pics of the parts at other angles that also show the addition of the thing that holds the trim vane open (although the trim vane was taken off of HARASSMENT, the device remained in place), the bolt heads that normally hold on spare track links, etc...
I also added some pieces to the M60 shield...
Got more done on the commander's cupola. From here, I will paint the periscopes so I can finish adding the mount for the .50, a board that the gunner sits on that rests upon the tops of the periscopes near the open hatch, and sculpt a flak jacket that the gunner will be resting against located on the inside of the open hatch...
The rear hatch is just about complete. The only thing left to add are the lever that keeps the smaller troop door closed and the ramp cable(this will be the last thing I add after painting). The hinges on the troop door allow the door to be open or closed...
This is just about ready to start painting. I hope to have the painting started by this weekend.
Thanks for looking.
Cheers,
James