Hello and help!! Can anyone help me re did the M8 carry a spare, if so where? and when in winter whitewash were the tools on the deck painted also?? Have the Tamiya kit and found a spot-on replacement for the dodgy solid drivers' hatch handles. Giving up on trying sprue to that mini size and shape, I used the thin plastic of that little strip that holds a label on new clothing (which looks like a T shape) and bent it to shape of handle then cut and glued in position. Worked a treat, but guess there may be more than one thickness of these tags... but this one was perfect scale! (I'm sure someone has already thought of this, but hey, if not , it could be an option to explore?) Cheers lads

No spare was carried. These combat tires were an early version/concept of modern-day run-flats. Maintenance Contact vehicles carried spares for tires that were too torn up to be serviceable.




Depended on the crew and haste in which the whitewashing was applied. Never say never...

Gunnie