Hey guys whats up?? Iam going to be building the new Hobby Fan guntruck conversion sometime soon and i decided that iam goin to turn it into one of the first guntrucks "Ace of Spaids" so heres a few question about it. Does anyone have any reference pics. i could use for this project,? i allready have hte Squadron book Guntrucks for a few pics but are there any more? What was the over all color of this guntruck? and what can I use for the name and the ace of spaids on the side of the guntruck??

thanks guys,
Mike

Mike - I'll shoot you a reply when I get home. I don't keep that kind of information here at work. Also, "Ace of Spades" was an early truck alright, and is a particular gun truck with a lineage - he became known as "Satan's Lil Angel" and "Proud American" later on in the war.

Gunnie

Mike,

I'll send you an e-mail with a couple of photos attached of Ace of Spades, but I don't think he's quite what you're looking for. Unfortunately, "Ace" (and the later "Satan's Lil Angel" and even later "Proud American" which were all built on this truck) was a M54 5-ton truck - not a Deuce - so unless you're going to knockout a conversion of the Italeri or AFV Club models, "Ace" won't be a good selection here.

If you're shopping to do a Deuce other than what's given in the Hobby Fan box - tell me and I'll help you with the interesting M35 trucks I have photos of stored here at home...

Gunnie

DOPE!!!! I was thinking of the wrong name, I ment to say "The Gamblers" i dont know why I was thinking of "Ace Of Spaids" i dont even think i've ever seen a picture of it before. Boy do i feel stupid, but o-well. Jim can you stil email me the pictures of the guntruck i would really like to see it??

heres my email address
[email protected]

thanks,
Mike

Thank God, Gunnie does not charge by the hour.
DJ

Heh heh - I'll shoot you the two pics of "Ace of Spades" I have in a minute!

I'll look around to see if I have anything on "The Gamblers" other than the opt-published photograph in the GT book - and send it.

Gotta go get ready for Game 7 in an hour!

Gunnie