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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #325 on: March 29, 2024, 10:57:38 AM »
I had the same idea for a cheap post war tractor with the armor removed.

The PE-95 would look good next to a 20 or 40 foot shipping container. Or a Russian KUNG vehicle shed.

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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #326 on: March 29, 2024, 11:43:40 AM »
Am I weird if I see the following:



And think:  "Hmmm...one could do a convertible hot rod tank here with the motor chromed up and showing..."

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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #328 on: March 30, 2024, 07:17:24 AM »
I had the same idea for a cheap post war tractor with the armor removed.


The Australians should be along shortly to tell you how popular that was in reality.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MachinePorn/comments/1d5aea/ww2_tank_converted_to_agricultural_tractor_post/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/5zem4c/m4a2_75_sherman_converted_post_war_to_an/
https://farmtoysforum.com/topic/28999-crawford-sherman-tank-to-agricultural-crawler-conversion-in-135-scale/


Spot on, quite a number of these down here. The Stricklands Company did a universal Carrier Conversion, from surplus Australian LP1/2 carriers.
Real Deal, they cut down the armour, moved the driver to rear and added a rolling hitch. They were, by all accounts quite under-powered and not very effective, but a worthwhile stopgap post war until real tractors became available again.

My humble attempt

I have come across a number of Stuart and Grant conversions as well as these vehicles were a lot more common post war.

Sorry for the thread drift :-[

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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #329 on: March 30, 2024, 11:16:43 AM »
Many years ago I was visiting relatives in West Australia.  We went for a drive around the area and after rounding a corner there was an M3 Light Tank, sans turret and some armour.  When I mentioned it to my relatives later, they said, "Yeah, thats old Jonesy's he bought it after the war and converted it into a tractor and ran it for a few years on his property."  Most probably still there, rusting away today.

Over a decade later, on the other side of the continent, I was on a train traveling from Adelaide to Yass, just north of Canberra when I noticed out of the window of the train an M3 Medium converted to a crane being used to repair a rail section which was damaged.  I never discovered who used it or owned it.

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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #330 on: March 30, 2024, 01:25:27 PM »
If you want to see a great series of videos showing what can come of Aussie Armour barn finds:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8HJCDEQGyc

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5baPdQHbCkA

Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJRmLGkno0

Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmJ1CoVYrKU


I've seen similar vehicles in the US, too, where they seemed to be very popular with logging companies.
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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #331 on: March 30, 2024, 01:28:56 PM »
Mind you, getting back to the original point of Greg's post:

Am I weird if I see the following:



And think:  "Hmmm...one could do a convertible hot rod tank here with the motor chromed up and showing..."


Yes, I could, absolutely, see that as a convertible hot-rod tank! 8) :smiley: 8)
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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #333 on: March 31, 2024, 01:08:38 AM »
Sort of like this ?


Something like that
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Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits
« Reply #334 on: March 31, 2024, 01:12:07 AM »
Good, I'm not weird...or am I just surrounded by fellow weirdos? :-\
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