high speed artillery tractor.

[jarndice]

Does anyone know if there is a 1/16 (American)Tracked High Speed Artillery Tractor available preferably r/c
I remember Revell doing one with the "Long Tom" Gun in 1/72.

[BarryC]

Not to my limited knowledge, I wish there was one.

I have 2 of the 1/16 Classic Hobby M5 Stuart Tanks with plans (no time soon) to use the chassis of one for a M4 High Speed Tractor.

Barry

[lmcq11]

I have 2 of the 1/16 Classic Hobby M5 Stuart Tanks with plans (no time soon) to use the chassis of one for a M4 High Speed Tractor.

Hi Barry, you probably mean the M5 tractor. The M4 does not use the Stuart chassis.

It reminds me that Imai did an M5 in 1/24 scale, along with a Long Tom. Some releases have them combined. But these are collector items, selling in the hundreds.

Imai M5 tractor

[tankme]

The M4 Artillery Tractor uses the Stuart idler and tracks. It doesn't share the same sprocket or suspension parts.

[Karl_Diesel]

Hello,

we have 2 artillery tractors in our club : M4 and M8A1. Both are completely scratch-built with no drawings and no 3D data. They are only referenced to 1/35 models.
As far as I know, there are no 1/16 kits at the market.





have a nice weekend

[jarndice]

Thank you everyone
It does look like there is a gap in the market waiting to be filled and as most if not all of the running gear is available off the shelf and the vehicle structure is primarily a box It does not look overly challenging a build (Said a complete amateur )

[BarryC]

The M4 Artillery Tractor uses the Stuart idler and tracks. It doesn't share the same sprocket or suspension parts.

I think it is the closest out of the box for a scratch/kitbash build.
Barry

[tankme]

The M4 Artillery Tractor uses the Stuart idler and tracks. It doesn't share the same sprocket or suspension parts.

I think it is the closest out of the box for a scratch/kitbash build.
Barry

Although with the M5 Tractor a lot of the suspension is hidden behind that bar so it could hide some evils, but we all know you make sure the stuff behind the bar was highly detailed...

[HERMAN BIX]

I display the ‘evils’ in front of the bar !

[tankme]

I picked up a 1/35th Nitto M8A1 Tractor Cargo model pretty cheap as I was looking at doing a scratch build for it, but I don't recall any ready built artillery tractors except the 3D printed German RSO from Lukas at fertigungswerk16. He has said he's done, but seems to be taking orders still...