I have contemplated jumping back in to build a 1/72 LAV-75 again and I think, should I decide to, I would buy an M113 (there was chassis commonality, one of the advantages pitched) and extensively use parts from it; but for the main hull I would likely carve something out of balsawood. It's a basic wedge shape, so work up from there, reusing the M113's roadwheels, rollers, tracks, cupola, commander's MG, the upper deck plating on the bow of the LAV, etc. A total kitbash. For the main gun I'd have to do some serious scratch-building but it's conceivable.
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