The driver’s position is now largely finished, with rifle racks as well:
Though I’m wondering whether to also include the boxes that should be here, like the master switch, because if the racks were still present, those probably would be too.
I’ve also been working on the rear:
The mudguards and tail lights are Academy, the tan plate behind the left-hand light is Italeri and the guards above the lights are
Tamiya. Everything else is strip and rod and stuff, as per usual by now
The jerrycans are Italeri, with new caps made from a punched disc and some strip, because the Italeri set has fuel cans while pictures of ARVN M113s mostly show water cans being carried on the rear. They still need their straps, of course, and some more details also need to be added to the rear plates still.
The lower part of the rear plate that has broken in two, is plastic card formed to shape based on the dimensions of the AFV Club M113 hull. To get an authentic-looking break, I made a small cut in the top and then tore it in two with my hands. For convenience, I will assume its counterpart at the top has vanished together with the roof plate