Stage 2, nearly done, only some clean-up work and a little adjustment to the wheel fit.
Progress photos follow.
Left and right side images showing the altered wheel wells with the stock turret.




Also, my order from Scale Creep shipped today so hopefully it will arrive in time for the weekend.

Stage 1 of the Cafferta modifications is complete. Here are a couple of shots of it in it's WIP state.

Here you can see how the wheel wells have been carved out to allow the wheels to be mounted further back on the chassis. I've made a form to help with the next step here of filling in the now unoccupied space. You can also wee how the pronounced protrusions near the middle of each side have been removed (in the original design I think they are intended to be lift ducts for it's hover mode, since this is going to be serving the USCMC I don't see that as being necessary).

I'll likely add some rivet/bolt heads to the edges of the blank areas from those removed ducts.

Here in the front view you can see more clearly the rebuilt starboard edge of the glacis and the cut out for the SAM/HIMAT launch bins.

The Khurasan Miniatures order arrived today and I have to say the casting quality is amazing. There are virtually no visible mold lines on the metal parts and the resin has hardly any flash or distortion. The fit between the resin and metal parts is fantastic as well, with each piece fitting snugly in place.

Now of course comes the question of what I will do with them. Obviously one way or another they will be serving as APCs for my USCMC platoon but, will I leave them as-is or will I do some conversion? If I do any conversion work, what will it be? I'm definitely considering some work on the wheels and wheel wells but should I stop there?
Hopefully I can figure that out this weekend.