| steamingdave47 | 08 Apr 2014 12:04 a.m. PST |
Anyone know of a good 1/76 scale artillery tractor for US forces in 44/45 e.g M4, M5 or similar. Did US forces use any of the British stuff? |
| shaun from s and s models | 08 Apr 2014 1:57 a.m. PST |
the main artillery tractors were the m4 and m5 high speed tractors, the ones with stuart running gear, I have never seen any use of gb vehicles although the us army used 25 pdr in the bulge they were towed by 2.5 ton 6x6's
there were a few wheeled art tractors such as the
swb gmc 6x6 and some corbit/white 6x6's.
I think altaya do the m5 high speed tractor and hasegawa do the m4 hst.
not sure about resin or metal models. |
| steamingdave47 | 08 Apr 2014 2:39 a.m. PST |
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| shaun from s and s models | 08 Apr 2014 3:53 a.m. PST |
no problem, good luck with finding any easily. |
| elsyrsyn | 08 Apr 2014 6:06 a.m. PST |
Here's an M4 for sale … albeit in 1800mm scale, and a bit pricey  link Doug |
 Dye4minis  | 08 Apr 2014 1:52 p.m. PST |
Hasegawa did one but I think it was 1/72nd scale. Might do in a pinch? Also, Roco Minitanks had a nice one and seemed larger than their normal 1/87th scale. |
| Hornswoggler | 08 Apr 2014 7:57 p.m. PST |
IIRC the Hasegawa model is an M5. |
| jowady | 08 Apr 2014 9:27 p.m. PST |
Milicast makes an M4 HST; link |
| Beaumap | 09 Apr 2014 6:16 a.m. PST |
Milicast one is attractive but very steeply priced. I wonder why it is not in the much cheaper Battlefield series. |
| steamingdave47 | 10 Apr 2014 8:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks Jowady, the Milicast model looks the business. I did not see it in their catalogue, although they do list an "M4" under "half tracks"- guess that is not the the same as the M4 HST though. Price is a bit high, but then getting the Roco model in the UK is pricey, as most of them seem to be coming from US or Germany. |
| number4 | 13 Jun 2014 10:33 p.m. PST |
The M2 half track was an artillery prime mover |
has been watching some documentaries lately set in the Western Desert, and was inspired to create this...
