1/87 Scale M35 Artillery Tractors

[minitnkr]

Working M35 conversions from extra M10s w/field mods. Foreground Evacuation & Recovery unit M35 & M9 hvy. trailer? Background Engineer unit M35 & 20 ton medium trailer. Both tractors prolly liberated or traded from arty. units as they were primarily prime movers for corps level heavy cannon.

 

[outrunner]

More marvelous miniature models, great work Paul.

Amdy.

 

[Mini Me]

Nice!!......Interesting Panther. Source?
Rick H.

 

[minitnkr]

Thanks guys.
Rick, thinking Trident schmalturm w/Hauler PE.

 

[Mini Me]

So plastic not resin.....makes sense. Nice paint job, BTW. Rick H.

 

[adt70hk]

Great work Rick.

Very well indeed.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

Something a little more unusual there Paul. Great work as always though.

 

[MAK2020]

Looks like 1/72. Fine job!

 

[boatman]

BRILLIANT work on such small model PaulE an WHEN will you get back to the R/R ?
chris

 

[minitnkr]

Thank you gentlemen. The 20 ton is scratched & the 45 ton is an SDV resin offering I think.
Chris, maybe when I'm in the Christmas spirit.
Rick, this is probably the most effective WE German camo scheme I've seen for disguising the shape. Even at a short distance it disappears in any sort of foliage.

 

[minitnkr]

Working third & last M35. C&Cs welcomed.

 

[Isitme]

Good Grief Paul,
Do you have an army of mini modellers, I read about one set of models you are building, go away and the next day here you are with a different set up and running, and all of super high quality.
Mike.

 

[Mini Me]

Slight of hand.... recycling? Rick H.

 

[minitnkr]

Mike, like some others on this site I start things, usually when they arrive, and then move back to other things already in process. Thus lots of stuff is halfassed done laying about in boxes/boxtops.
Rick is right about the 20 ton trailer as I replaced it in one of the Combat Engineer elements with the short 10 tonner to carry its' bulldozer and the bulldozer on it was from an earlier dio.

 

[adt70hk]

Yet again, great work Paul.

Top drawer work on your little kits.

ATB.

Andrew

 

[minitnkr]

Thanks Andrew.

 

[grumpa]

Great stuff Paul, not enough modeling devoted to recovery operations, I've seen these men in action way back in another world
and I did not envy in the least their relatively "safe" work..... all we had to do was fight.

Have got a Dragon Wagon unfinished dio somewhere about... ah there it is!
Hopefully I'll finish it before I croak.

P.S. love the little tracked loader.

Jim.

 

[minitnkr]

Thanks Jim. I have two sections of an Evacuation & Recovery platoon in process somewhere. The Red Ball dio has a portion of one allocated.

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks Andrew.

Paul

I meant to ask about their service with US allies. From what I read they were only used by US forces, unlike many other US designed and built vehicles. Do you know if that is correct?

Thanks.

Andrew

 

[minitnkr]

Yes Andrew, to my knowledge only used for 240mm USA Corps level arty. prime movers. Gun was broken into two sections & towed by M35s till the larger M6HST became available. There are photos of them performing USA Engineer functions (dragging 20ton trailer w/bulldozer on board) however. I don't think HSTs (M4, M5, M35 & M6) were shared at all.