RC 1/16 M-24 Chaffee US light tank

lmcq11 · Post by **lmcq11** » Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:55 pm

For the benefits of the guys checking out the Show Off section, this is a scratch build RC 1/16 scale M-24 Chaffee US light tank with French Indochina camo and markings as seen during the Dien Bien Phu battle. The complete build report can be seen at viewtopic.php?f=202&t=32525.

The model has the following features;
- Fully scratch build hull and turret in plasticard, brass gun barrel and other details.
- Modified M-26 roadwheels, idlers and return rollers, reduced in size and width.
- Modified double pin Heng Long Sherman metal tracks into Chaffee T85E1 tracks with central guide with rubber shoe
- Modified Mato metal Sherman sprocket
- Heng Long gearbox
- Turret rotation, gun elevation, home made gun barrel recoil, with flash and sound
- Bow and Coax machine gun with flash and sound
- Opening and closing crew hatches.
- Wired for Clark TK-60 control board
- Working headlights and tail lights.
- Modified resin figures
- home made decals for tank CONTI operated by Captain Hervouet during the Dien Bien Phu battle.