Hey All,
Am planning a large modeling project using the AFV 155 Long tom and Bronco's M5 Tractor; am going to have the gun being hitched up for towing and have been looking for suitable figures to go with this vignette. I had in mind something like the crew outside the vehicle checking the gun or vehicle like their getting ready to pull out and move on down the road or something along those lines. So far the only set I have found is a crew set in the action of firing the gun.
Does anyone know of any figures that may fit the bill? TIA
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Grizzly
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 09:24 AM UTC
jabo6
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:44 AM UTC
Try Hobby Fan, they are connected to AFV Club so may do a set dedicated to the 155. 
Grizzly
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 11:50 AM UTC
Hey John,
Yes that is the sets that show them in action manning the gun, I wanted something not so dramatic.
Though I have done some thinking since first posting and maybe showing the gun in action with those crew sets would be a nice option so am researching how those lagre guns would have been deployed, like were they ever unhitched and put into action quickly with the tractor sitting nearby or were the tractors driven off to a safe distance from the gun? I wanted to show the two kits in a scene together.
Yes that is the sets that show them in action manning the gun, I wanted something not so dramatic.
Though I have done some thinking since first posting and maybe showing the gun in action with those crew sets would be a nice option so am researching how those lagre guns would have been deployed, like were they ever unhitched and put into action quickly with the tractor sitting nearby or were the tractors driven off to a safe distance from the gun? I wanted to show the two kits in a scene together.
Grindcore
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:21 PM UTC
Alpine has a few US Tanker sets. Look like cold weather.
http://www.alpineminiatures.com/imagepages/35053.html
http://www.alpineminiatures.com/imagepages/35011.html
Tarok
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:40 PM UTC
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Alpine has a few US Tanker sets. Look like cold weather.
http://www.alpineminiatures.com/imagepages/35053.html
http://www.alpineminiatures.com/imagepages/35011.html
The first set you list ( review ) is probably better suited to summer (or wet weather in the case of the lad wearing the raincoat).
The second set ( review ) do however wear cold-weather gear.
Grizzly
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 01:14 PM UTC
Thanks guys but I'm really not looking for tank figures, unless some artillery crews wore those coveralls, then those 2 would be a nice start.
Tarok
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 01:52 PM UTC
Thomas,
I stand under correction but I don't think the artillery arm of the US Army (during WW2) wore any distinctive field uniform - by that I mean different to that worn by the infantry. You may find the poses you need in Infantry kits, and with minor rework be able to position them as you require.
RR
I stand under correction but I don't think the artillery arm of the US Army (during WW2) wore any distinctive field uniform - by that I mean different to that worn by the infantry. You may find the poses you need in Infantry kits, and with minor rework be able to position them as you require.
RR
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 02:15 PM UTC
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Hey John,
Yes that is the sets that show them in action manning the gun, I wanted something not so dramatic.
Though I have done some thinking since first posting and maybe showing the gun in action with those crew sets would be a nice option so am researching how those lagre guns would have been deployed, like were they ever unhitched and put into action quickly with the tractor sitting nearby or were the tractors driven off to a safe distance from the gun? I wanted to show the two kits in a scene together.
The rear box on the M4 tractor was supposed to be for ready ammo for the gun, and if used for that purpose, the tractor would be kept nearby during a fire mission (unless the unit was going to be there for a while, and there was time to unload it). That said, many crews used the box for personal gear and transported ammo in the support trucks. I suppose there were instances during the "fluid" period of the Korean War in 1950 when the guns had to be emplaced and gotten into action very hurriedly. The AFV Club kit is more accurate for that period in any case, as it has the late style limber and wheels. Artillery crew wore regular infantry style uniform, though usually with a minimum of personal gear and webbing.
Grizzly
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 04:57 PM UTC
Korea huh? that sound even better, not a whole lot of that going around and it is a favorite subject with me. And with what Gerald said about the fluid period maybe I will get the Hobby Boss crews and show it being put into action. Now the amount of crew figures in those sets has me realize the whole guns crew would not have fit in the tractor so what type of vehicle would have carried the rest of the men? basic 2.5 ton truck like Tamiya offers?
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 10:46 PM UTC
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Korea huh? that sound even better, not a whole lot of that going around and it is a favorite subject with me. And with what Gerald said about the fluid period maybe I will get the Hobby Boss crews and show it being put into action. Now the amount of crew figures in those sets has me realize the whole guns crew would not have fit in the tractor so what type of vehicle would have carried the rest of the men? basic 2.5 ton truck like Tamiya offers?
It could be deuce and a half trucks, though artillery ammo was usually transported in the short wheelbase version, the CCKW-352, rather than the long wheelbase CCKW-353, as offered by Tamiya, Italeri, Heller, and (at one time) Peerless Max (these are four separate kits, by the way, not one or two sets of molds being shopped around). The 352 had a 145" wheelbase and a shorter cargo box (the spare tire was stowed against the back of the drivers' cab instead of under the box, a quick visual identifier), while the 353 wheelbase was 164". That said, in the real Army, lots of units receive the "wrong" type of truck, despite what their TOE says, so you could use any of these kits if you wish. The Tamiya kit depicts the wartime expedient wooden cargo body, while the other kits depict the Budd steel cargo box.
Grizzly
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Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 - 03:21 AM UTC
Gotcha, thanks Gerald.
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