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Bronco 1/35 M22 Locust

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  • Member since
    April 2010
Bronco 1/35 M22 Locust
Posted by Theuns on Sunday, April 24, 2022 2:50 AM

This was a really fiddly little kit with extremely small parts but of an interesting subject. It does have a full internal detail.

 

I added some cast tecture to the turret as it looked to smooth to me

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 Bronco 1/35 M22 by Theunis van Vuuren, on Flickr

 

I still need to get the correct dull coat for it, no luck in my attempts sofar though.

 

It also seems that the pix are very oixulated, my camera is basically un serviceable by now, will try load better pix another time

 

Theuns

  • Member since
    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Sunday, April 24, 2022 5:56 AM

Hello!

Lookin' good!

Many years ago I read a web page where somebody was restoring just such a tank. He found a chassis without turret that was used on a farm as a tractor and this was the base for the restoration. I guess after so many years the restoration should be done by now...

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by keavdog on Sunday, April 24, 2022 9:40 AM

Testors dullcote produces a pretty good flat.  Nice job.  I've never seen that subject before.

Thanks,

John

  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, April 24, 2022 9:40 AM

Now there is one rare subject! I don't think that I have seen one built on here or anywhere else prior to yours Theuns. Well done! Toast The Infantry Museum at Ft Benning used to have one in their tank park display long ago. It is a small machine to see in person. 

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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LSM

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, April 24, 2022 11:03 AM

It's a cool little tank. The one I remember seeing had a fairly smooth cast turret. US tanks during WW2 had a pretty well-manufactured appearance, unlike some of the former Soviet stuff I saw that had rough casting and giant weld cut marks.

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Monday, April 25, 2022 8:57 PM

So cool! Great job on her Theuns! 

I too have never seen one built up. And it's one of the US/UK tank kits that I don't have. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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