lmcq11. April 2022 Winner. M-24 Chaffee

[Son of a gun-ner]

lmcq11 April Winner.

1/16th M-24 Chaffee.

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 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.

The build report can be found here.
RC 1/16 M-24 Chaffee light tank- Dien Bien Phu 1954 - Build - RC Tank Warfare
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