Hi Guys,

My local model club is doing a theme build on mobile anti air, just in time for the lovely looking duster. But as I am mainly a WW2 guy have no reference or info on dusters or combat photos. If anyone can please help with suggestions/ photos / links would be very much apprecatied

Cheers mike

Walkarounds:

http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/marcel_von_hobe/m42_duster/index.php

http://xbradtc.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/m42-duster-walk-around/

http://www.militarymodelling.com/albums/member_album.asp?a=3182

http://s148.photobucket.com/albums/s34/jon_vancil/M42%20Duster%20Walkaround/

as for in-service pics, plenty on the web, just google "m42 duster" and plenty come up.

also: current ebay item for squadron reference book:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/M42-Duster-Walk-Around-by-David-Doyle-Squadron-Signal-armor-modeling-like-new-/190648577414?pt=US_Nonfiction_Book&hash=item2c638a6d86

You can also check out Jerzy's Picasa albums for Vietnam M42 pics :
https://picasaweb.google.com/100891020754889610478

HTH

Frenchy

Hi Vance & Frenchy,

Thank you very much for that will give me a great place to start.

Cheers Mike

Well, if you're a WW II guy and are feeling particularly adventurous, you could kitbash the M42 and new Bronco M24 CHaffee into a WW II M19. _That_ would be rather impressive.

Hi Paul,

Do you know we're I could find any refs for that?? It is meant to be an oob build but different is also interesting

Cheers Mike

Some M19 walkaround pics :

http://s661.photobucket.com/albums/uu336/8Hussar/Allied%20AA%20Guns%20MEDIUM/Twin%2040mm%20GMC%20M19/

http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/m19_gmc.htm

http://svsm.org/gallery/M19

http://www.asphm.com/vehicules/m19_gun_motor_carriage/m19_gun_motor_carriage.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisstreckfus/4939471231/sizes/o/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisstreckfus/4940060460/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Drawings :
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_MlcIJtVqC0I/SUUgQ-_I5FI/AAAAAAAABck/50XymwH0g_8/s1600-h/gun.JPG

HTH

Frenchy

found together with google, I asked for "m19 self propelled anti aircraft", the following links:

http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=323

http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Allies/1-USA/05-SPG/M19-GMC/M19-GMC.htm

there are a lot of more...

let us see the result if you go to this way.

Thomas

It'll be a while yet, but my cunning plan is to buy the Bronco Chaffee and see if I can buy the turret/gun sprues for the Duster and cobble it together that way. I think there was a prototype of teh AMX 13 with a Chaffee turret and if so, I may use the left over turret to do something interesting with the old Heller AMX13/75.

Of course, by then continental drift will have pushed North America over to Asia & I can drive to Europe for reference photos...