Does anyone know of a T7 combat car, in 35th scale? I have found the scout car, but the only similarity is the hull.

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Does anyone know of a T7 combat car, in 35th scale? I have found the scout car, but the only similarity is the hull.

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The scout car has twin turrets, right? Or is the twin turreted vehicle the combat car? Or is it neither?

... the tracks and wheels would be stone cold b!tches to scratch build. The tracks are doable with a lathe and more than a little patience, but those tracks! Oy! Nothing else even close to that available form another source.

Paul

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... the tracks and wheels would be stone cold b!tches to scratch build. The tracks are doable with a lathe and more than a little patience, but those tracks! Oy! Nothing else even close to that available form another source.

Paul

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Maybe that is the reason why there isn't a kit of this vehicle yet .....

The scout car has twin turrets, right? Or is the twin turreted vehicle the combat car? Or is it neither?

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The scout car has twin turrets, right? Or is the twin turreted vehicle the combat car? Or is it neither?

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The photo is the combat car, the one I am looking for.

I don't have my drawings handy, but I think the basic hull is very similar tot eh M2 Combat Cars that grew into the M3 Stuart.

I'd suggest scratchbuilding the thing except the tracks and wheels would be stone cold b!tches to scratch build. The tracks are doable with a lathe and more than a little patience, but those tracks! Oy! Nothing else even close to that available form another source.

Paul

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Does anyone know of a T7 combat car, in 35th scale? I have found the scout car, but the only similarity is the hull.

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I've seen that particular post. Unfortunately, it only says that the combat car does not exist. Commander Models only makes the T7 scout car. I can't even find photos to build the kit from scratch.

There are not many, if any vehicles left at Aberdeen. The T7 that was there was probably moved to Ft Benning, GA with the rest of the Aberdeen collection.

And besides, there's no guarantee that the tank is still around. Like other experimental vehicles (T49/T67) the T7 could've been scrapped.

Jon,

I don't have access to other T7 photos at the moment, but is the basic hull box of the T7 that much different than the M2 series? Notwithstanding that the arrangement of the wheels and how they got power to the wheels, etc., is going to make the lower hull fittings, at the very least, substantially different. You can even see elements of the front wheel suspension sticking up our of the glacis in front of the drivers' doors.

The driver's compartment, turret and turret location and sponsons look very similar, at least in proportion, to the M2. Granted you need a replacement for the M2's differential cover under the glacis, but that's not too hard.

Still, if things like the width between the wheels is narrower or the turret is placed further back from the driver's plates then the proportions are too far off to bother thinking of scavenging an M2, even if we had any idea of what lies behind those wheels.

In any case, an awful lot of guesswork in there.

Is there another source of images other than this one and Hunnicutt?

Paul