Lovely job on both, but I really like the Seep. I looked into buying a real one a number of years ago after looking at one at a show I had my Jeep at. Not many around as you might guess, but purchase price of a fully operational one was north of $175,000 - so no go on that...

You did good.   I rfemember during Armed Forces Day when I was a kid, we would go to the other side of town to Picatinny Arsennel for their displays and I would get to crawl all over the M-48 and other vehicles they had out.

I have never heard of the little guy being called a seep.  What was its official name and how did they come up with seep?

That’s a very nice pair of builds. I’m really likeing the Magach and its’ Frankenstein nature of being cobbled together from several sources. I presume that the Revell turret is off one of the new Revell Germany M48 kits? And a very nice touch to have the searchlight on the rear stowage mount.

Yes, great job on both of those.Very well done. The Seep is very unique.

Thanks guys.  I am glad you all like them.  They were both fun builds.

ikar01

I have never heard of the little guy being called a seep.  What was its official name and how did they come up with seep?

The offical name was Ford GPA (G= Governmant, P= 80' wheelbase, A= Amphibious).  The unofficial name was Sea Jeep, which was contracted to Seep.

stickpusher

I presume that the Revell turret is off one of the new Revell Germany M48 kits?

Yes, I posted looking for a turret and someone had one left over from the new M48A2CG kit that he converted into something else.  I had to make a top deck for the turret opening on the AVLB hull anyways, so I was able to make the opening fit the Revell turret ring perfectly.  It fit the rest of the Dragon hull like a glove as well.

As you might guess, the freeboard on a Seep in the water was not that great, and both entering and leaving from a steep riverbank was dicey. They could tow the same MBT trailers as the Jeep, which were amphibious as well.

We didn't actually use that many, but the Russians did. A small fleet was sold to some fishermen in Scotland after the war which were used extensively and kept operational. A couple of the restored ones around today came from that group.

As always Gino, your craftsmanship and experience produce top quality models.

Well done my friend.

Harold

Thanks Harold.  I am pleased with how they turned out.

Those look great Gino, thanks for sharing them with us! 

Beautiful work on both. Love that GPA.

Thanks guys.  They were fun builds and I like how they both turned out as well.