Hiya folks,
I've started working on Trumpeter's M-16 halftrack a couple weeks ago, this is actually an M-16A2 ver. due to the rear door added, Thank you Ken for pointing this out to me. Much appreciated. Which took place sometimes between later part of 1944 to mid 1945... they were widley seen during the 50's during the Korean war. This kit though will be modeld after a unit that saw action in late to mid 44/45. I'll get into the specifics of the unit later on prior to the completed build. So here we have the box art and let Me tell ya the box is huge.. I orderd the kit from http://www.spruebrothers.com/ great place to pick up all you hobby needs and they run daily specials and have a huge selection for the hobbiest
Next up photo wise is the parts lay out.. alot of plastic and some rubber added 1 photo etch fret is included as well as some rope and chain along with the decals. Each of the bags holds two sprues of plastic, the tire and track sections drive sprocket and return roller are boxed up all nice an tight which I laid out for the photo. The frame is made of two cast metal sections pretty sturdy stuff
Photo ref for this vech come from real steel vech located on Ft.Hood in Tx, just a few min drive from where I live..and thanks to Scott H. museum director for letting Me open her up an crawl around and on the halftrack. My two other main ref are coming from "A Histor of American Semi-Tracked Vechiles by R.P. Hunnicutt * a wealth of info in this book* as well as ref CD's from Chris Hughes aka Toadman www.toadmanstankpictures.com CD's are M2A1 Halftrack, M-16 MGMC.
on a side note..sure wish they'd allow for more posting of photos lol I may just end up giving you the link to My PhotoBucket page so you can see everything as it's going on instead...probly alot easier on you viewers.
