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Trackpad: The Sherman in the Chilean Army
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Posted: Monday, July 22, 2019 - 11:00 AM UTC


A sure treat for Sherman enthusiasts is this latest reference book from Trackpad Publishing.

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Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 12:12 AM UTC
Oh yea...very timely. Got conversion kits for 3 Chilean vehicles...this book will cover two Shermans. Order placed!

Saw a couple of these Chilean M51 Shermans (former IDF), back in the mid '80's, when flying numerous earthquake relief effort/supplies into Santiago. One particular mission there I saw at least 2 guarding the airport perimeter. Wish I had a camera those days.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 09:58 AM UTC
Anything that will justify building more Shermans is worth a look!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 11:21 AM UTC
Thank you for the review, I will pick this one up! I hope this may re-ignite the interest in these vehicles enough so Greg Buechler might do another run of his Chilean M50 & M51 conversions. I missed out on the his M50 conversion.
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Posted: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - 10:45 PM UTC

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Thank you for the review, I will pick this one up! I hope this may re-ignite the interest in these vehicles enough so Greg Buechler might do another run of his Chilean M50 & M51 conversions. I missed out on the his M50 conversion.


Greg's conversions are the ones I have in the stash. The Chilean M24 Chafee conversion is the other one (FC Model Trend). Fantastic molding, one and all!
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