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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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M2 halftrack crew
mauserman
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 06:51 AM UTC
Does anyone make a crew that could be used with DML's M2 halftrack? I've tried Google and came up with a blank.

Thanks
jeepman
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 07:22 AM UTC
I am sure the aftermarket has crew sets in the works,but if you can find them the Tamiya US COMBAT GROUP figure set #35080 are the figures included in the Tamiya M3A2 halftrack kit.Replace the heads with Hornet or Ultracast ones and they should dress up your M2 halftrack.I have seen these sets in hobby shops,on EBAY and some Internet suppliers over the years.Hope this helps.
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 12:46 PM UTC

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I am sure the aftermarket has crew sets in the works,but if you can find them the Tamiya US COMBAT GROUP figure set #35080 are the figures included in the Tamiya M3A2 halftrack kit.Replace the heads with Hornet or Ultracast ones and they should dress up your M2 halftrack.I have seen these sets in hobby shops,on EBAY and some Internet suppliers over the years.Hope this helps.


Hobby Lobby appears to be closing this set out, its on the discount table for five bucks and some change. They were selling them for something like nine bucks, which was, IMO, too much for an old (emphasize old) Tamiya kit, but five is about right. These figures are all in "relaxed", non combat type poses, one of them is even in the wool cap, so someone could do a diorama with a 'Patton" figure giving him hell about being out of uniform! The set doesn't have a driver figure per se (you could convert one of them fairly easily) or you can find plenty of US Driver figures from Jaguar, Verlinden or the like.

John
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 03:15 PM UTC

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I am sure the aftermarket has crew sets in the works,but if you can find them the Tamiya US COMBAT GROUP figure set #35080 are the figures included in the Tamiya M3A2 halftrack kit.Replace the heads with Hornet or Ultracast ones and they should dress up your M2 halftrack.I have seen these sets in hobby shops,on EBAY and some Internet suppliers over the years.Hope this helps.


You can still find this set at Lucky Models in Hong Kong.

I just ordered myself two sets

http://www.luckymodel.com/scale.aspx?item_no=TA%2035080
Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 03:34 PM UTC
PV Figures (PSP Models subsidiary) has released a set of 4 GIs originally designed for Tamiya's GMC kit. Maybe they should fit the bill :


They have also released other sets that could be useful. Have a look at their website :
PV Figures

HTH

Frenchy
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 06:11 PM UTC
VLS Warriors is doing a set now. Not sure when it will be out.
Mike
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Posted: Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 08:52 PM UTC
Thanks alot guys. I had checked the Lucky Model site before posting and didn't see those. Two sets on order now!

Thanks again everyone.
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