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M6 HST coming from Balaton
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Posted: Monday, October 30, 2017 - 07:37 PM UTC
According to the News pages over at PMMS:
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/balaton.html
Balaton seems to be working on a resin and PE kit for the M6
High Speed Tractor.
I hope it's more real than the Rhino Models Aprils fool joke from a few years ago, mentioned here:
http://ipms.us/forums/238863

Image of a 1:1 M6 in some museum/collection

That HVSS running gear and those wide tracks ... mmmmmm

/ Robin
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Posted: Monday, October 30, 2017 - 08:17 PM UTC
If true then good news. I would much prefer a reasonably priced M5 HST.
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Posted: Monday, October 30, 2017 - 09:43 PM UTC

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That HVSS running gear and those wide tracks ... mmmmmm

/ Robin


On a side note, the M6 HST Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension is not the same as the Sherman one...

H.P.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 04:51 AM UTC
Interesting.....

Rounds Complete!!
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Posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 02:54 PM UTC

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That HVSS running gear and those wide tracks ... mmmmmm

/ Robin


On a side note, the M6 HST Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension is not the same as the Sherman one...

H.P.


I think the sprocket endplates were the same :-), but even the tracks were different. The museum piece looks to have the T84 variant tracks that were adopted after the war.

KL
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Posted: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 03:18 PM UTC

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That HVSS running gear and those wide tracks ... mmmmmm

/ Robin


On a side note, the M6 HST Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension is not the same as the Sherman one...

H.P.


I think the sprocket endplates were the same , but even the tracks were different. The museum piece looks to have the T84 variant tracks that were adopted after the war.

KL


I think I can just possibly live with the post war tracks
I haven't seen this (the correct ???) type of tracks as an aftermarket item.




https://powderriverordnance.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/2017_04090018.jpg link to the large original

Grousers/Chevrons on some type of "skeletal" track ?

This would be REALLY cool though

T9 crane ??

/ Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, November 01, 2017 - 05:42 AM UTC

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I think I can just possibly live with the post war tracks

I haven't seen this (the correct ???) type of tracks as an aftermarket item.




Nah you wouldn't, because they (T73) were only used on the M6 HST. Ordnance approved the T84E2 designation and authorized buying 200 pairs of T84E2 tracks on the day after Hiroshima. The similar T80E2 steel tracks came along in 1949.

KL
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