Hi all. Here's my M32B2(late). As only the last few were built on the late hull and probably didn't see combat I built this fairly clean as a depot vehicle.
It's obviously based on the Italeri M32B1 but with the upper hull from the Academy kit and rear plate/exhausts from the spares box. All markings are ficticious as I didn't have any pics that showed markings!
I tried a different weathering method on this - as I don't have an airbrush I used a Tamiya aerosol (dark yellow) and a sheet of card as a mask. With the can about 2' from the model a light spray replicates dust, and the card held about 3" from the model gave a soft edge to the weathering.

Dave nice build sir ...And yes they did see service with the Marines on Okinawa ..Thanks to Dave Harper over on Planet Armor I found a picture for you ...

Good job and I wish I could build as fast as you ..

all the best
Rick

Looks good, Dave.

Thanks Rick.
Wish I'd had that pic before I finished the model, but then some strange little impulse inside would still have said "engineer vehicles were always mucky and covered in junk, so wind 'em all up and build it clean!!"
BTW - because of the added weight of these vehicles and their load when in use I used the solid front road wheels and duckbill tracks - just in case anyone sees them before I account for their use!

Thanks for the compliments - knowing that others enjoy seeing my models makes them more special for me too!

BTW - how did this end up posted in 'WW2 Germany'?? I'm sure I posted it as 'WW2 USA'
First it posted twice, one of them with only one pic. and now this!

Excellent build Dave. The subtle weathering looks great.

Very well done.I ought to find another Italeri kit to use for the turret and boom,and make one like in the photograph.... (++) (++)

Nice job mate, makes me wanna start on my own M32 :-)

Cheers,
Martin

Dave
Great looking ARV How easy or hard was it to mate the Italeri and Academy parts together?

That is a very, very nice model Dave. While I know next to nothing about them I can appreciate the workmanship you have put into it.

Thanks again for all the kind words.

Chad - the parts from the different kits all fitted together quite well, which says a lot for the accuracy of the originals - a full list of the hull parts reads like this:

Lower hull & bogies = Italeri
Upper hull, wheels, idlers, sprockets & tracks = Academy M4A2
Rear plate = spares box
Nose & 'rivetted rail'= Dragon items from the spares box which I used because I liked the cast texture

These all fitted together with no filler and just liquid glue.

The only non-fit in the whole model was that the welded upper hull is wider than the cast hull so the A-frame is slightly spread (about 1/8") at the mounting.This would only show in a vertically downwards view.