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  • Turret up-detailed with model armor and aircraft parts, side phaser cannons and ammo belt came from 1.48 Monogram Me-262 German jet fighter kit, top fins from 1.35th Italeri Panzer IV Schurzen armor skirts, insertprotruding rear tubes from 1.35 Tamiya M41 Bulldog tank idlers, rectangular surface patches are 1.72 ESCI Leopard I tank tracks, trapezoid patches are 1.35 Tamiya M1 Abrams track pads. On rear deck, antennae are metal wrist watch band retainers. For wheels, multiple metal washers were glue to axle to position wheels outside of its well.

  • Inset 1 : Rear turret positioned on moveable railings, can be moved to rear storage position. In Aliens movie specs, vehicle officially called M-577 APC, the Halcyon model kit only had some 130 parts, so used various modern armor concepts to up-detail UAT. M-577 APC - aliens.humlak.cz/aliens/aliens_papirove_modely/aliens-apc_gb.html

  • Rollover : Top hull view, large generator on railing's right side from 1.35 Tamiya German 88mm FLAK gun kit. Additional metal washer glued to bottoms of front and top turrets for stable rotation base. Muffler-type device in middle of railings on rear deck from 1.35 Italeri Panzer IV kit. Although APC kit is 1.76-scale, its possible to use 1.35-scale figures for diorama depiction. Ismael DaVila's Aliens APC Diorama - culttvman.com/ismael_davila_s_aliens_apc_dio.html

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