1944 M36 B1 Tank Destroyer

[PainlessWolf]

W.W., good afternoon, sir,
Back in the early days of this build, you were the fellow who told me to ditch the tin lid so I did. ;o) I don't anticipate owning a lot of open turret vehicles and especially no others that require that almost everything inside it be built ( even the M10 has a load of turret accessories that have come with it ) so I figured I might as well have a go at it. I went through your build thread a couple of times before starting. Thanks for the inspiration!
regards,
Painless

[PainlessWolf]

Tonight as promised, Crazy Joes deluxe bottle o' hooch. French! Very classy! Pics:

[c.rainford73]

you had to know with that look on his face there had to be something a little bit better than your average bottle of wine....

Bottoms up Joe

Stellar job with the bottle and foil by the way

[HERMAN BIX]

I knew ole Joe was a 'piss-wreck' !.................now hes just a classy one

[PainlessWolf]

Mornin' Carl, Herman,
Joe has certainly seen some stuff! It's enough to drive a man to drink, all them French gals. *chuckles*
regards,
Painless

[c.rainford73]

Painless the secret to unlocking his success may be permanent enibriation and some private forays with the ladies of the French countryside

[PainlessWolf]

Carl! Good evening! Well, you never know with Joe. ;o) Finishing up a long day, I spent a few hours remaking the shell holders for the Ready Rack and getting them painted. After another look in the Walk Around book, I made them out of thin brass strips and dropped the previous plastic bits idea as too chunky. On the Schumo front, I received an email from Robert at ETO. His shipment is in the States and on its way to his warehouse for distribution this weekend ( hopefully ) I would assume that means that all the other vendors have their re stock and are ready for sales. ;o)

[HERMAN BIX]

I watched a WW2 doco last night recorded from a while back. Sure did have a large content of these M10 type T/D AFV's
One could well have been an M36 as it briefly flashed a roof cover on the turret as does yours.
The crew involved did not look impressed as the period was that leading up to The 'Bulge' battle & it was cold !

Superb use of materials & technique Mr Painless....................
Cant be "easy being Green" especially when your turret internals are exposed

[PainlessWolf]

Herman, there weren't a lot of these M36B1s in combat but they were there and saw action at the Bulge and in Germany. Yep, I'll bet a convertible Tank Destroyer was not the most popular thing in any kind of bad weather, metal or canvas temp tops not withstanding. Tonight I did a little research and applied the basic markings for the vehicle. From the 605th up to the 899th, it could have rolled out of any of their Depots. Pics:

[c.rainford73]

Looks fantastic Mr Painless