M26 TRV reference?

John,

I would recommend Standard Catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles, 2nd Edition to help you with your research on the M26 issue. The book cost me $32.99.
If you looking for accuracy showing the M26 towing the M60 is not the way to go. It was never designed to tow or transport a 51 ton tank . More important - the Army began to phase out the M26 vehicle after WW II. By 1960, when the production of the M60 began, the M26 had become ancient history in the TVR world.
The Dragon Wagon I have shows it transporting the M10 (Duckbill) Tank Destroyer. The kit is sold by Academy.

Frank

Faded on the surfaces such as the roof and alittle down the sides I used a feathering method of Faded OD on the topside and regular Od on the sides here is mine andd CC that is the book.very good one at that.

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QUOTE: Originally posted by Captain Caveman heres a site http://www.chars-francais.net/kithobbyist/dragwag1.htm it looks like the AF Interiors site and some other photos here of the panther being towed http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/usa/amtdw/amtdw.htm and heres a great site with photos from the manual http://www.ferreamole.it/images/Dragon/m25_dw_01.htm Successiva takes you to the next page (if you dont translate the page)

WOW! Thanks a ton!

Would "faded olive drab" be a good color choice? I was thinking so, because of the wear and tear these vehicles must have seen.

heres a site http://www.chars-francais.net/kithobbyist/dragwag1.htm it looks like the AF Interiors site

and some other photos here of the panther being towed http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/usa/amtdw/amtdw.htm

and heres a great site with photos from the manual
http://www.ferreamole.it/images/Dragon/m25_dw_01.htm
Successiva takes you to the next page (if you dont translate the page)

QUOTE: Originally posted by Captain Caveman here a review of the book i think thunder is on about? http://pmms.webace.com.au/reviews/books/allied-axis/a-a03.htm but this might be good too http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/armourreviews/id29.html the Armoured M26 was used in ww2 but was slowly replaced by the unarmoured M26 toward the end of WW2, so you can pick anything in ww2 for it to pull ive seen photos of a M26 towing a Panther with the Panthers tracks off, and that was at the M26s limit so the M60 would be a bit hard they were used in the middle east after the war

Thanks, much abliged!

here a review of the book i think thunder is on about?
http://pmms.webace.com.au/reviews/books/allied-axis/a-a03.htm
but this might be good too
http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/armourreviews/id29.html

the Armoured M26 was used in ww2 but was slowly replaced by the unarmoured M26 toward the end of WW2,
so you can pick anything in ww2 for it to pull
ive seen photos of a M26 towing a Panther with the Panthers tracks off, and that was at the M26s limit so the M60 would be a bit hard
they were used in the middle east after the war

QUOTE: Originally posted by thundergod all I seemed to find on it on line was other modelers kits.

Yeah, that's all I've found, too. I'll look for that book...where are your pics?

there is a book called axis and allies that covers the FAMO and the dragon wagon which is what I used for mine. I just posted pics of it in the forum take a look if ya like. all I seemed to find on it on line was other modelers kits.