Machine guns (1 Viewer)

[chrisharrison]

Hi,

Strange question I know but you guys always come up trumps with the answers. I have the chance to get hold of the K&C Winter Chaffee tank for a stupidly low price but it is missing the crew and machine gun. The crew I can live without (unless anyone happens to have them for sale) but the gun I can't...what would be the best 'replacement'? Can I buy individual parts from K&C like that or can anyone recommend another model company, airfix etc that would be the best option for a replacement? Again this is presuming no-one has a spare US tank machine gun they wouldn't mind selling.

Cheers,

Chris

 

[binder001]

You could use, or even customize a tank crew from the K&C US Tank Crew that is still around. The gun can be dealt with in several ways:
1) since your tank is "non-original" anyway, you can have somebody build you an M2HB in 1/30th
2) You could either make or have one of us customizers make you a "canvas covered" machine gun - each .50 cal was issued with a canvas weather cover.
3) do without - tell people the gun was damaged and the supply people haven't caught up yet
4) hope that somebody has an extra .50 caliber MG
5) Use one from Forces of Valor and accept that it will be way too small for the K&C tank.
So here are a few options for you.
Gary B.

 

[chrisharrison]

You could use, or even customize a tank crew from the K&C US Tank Crew that is still around. The gun can be dealt with in several ways:
1) since your tank is "non-original" anyway, you can have somebody build you an M2HB in 1/30th
2) You could either make or have one of us customizers make you a "canvas covered" machine gun - each .50 cal was issued with a canvas weather cover.
3) do without - tell people the gun was damaged and the supply people haven't caught up yet
4) hope that somebody has an extra .50 caliber MG
5) Use one from Forces of Valor and accept that it will be way too small for the K&C tank.
So here are a few options for you.
Gary B.

Great stuff, thanks Gary.
When you say the tank is 'non-original', what do you mean by that? What kind of price are you looking at for a customized covered gun?

Chris