BBA018 M24 Chaffee... (1 Viewer)

[binder001]

Andy and Gordon,

The Chaffee looks VERY sharp in the photo on your website! Very well rendered model and a nicely done snow camo. I have been excited about this one since it was mentioned at OTSN.

You gents get full marks for doing your homework on this little guy. I'm glad that you did the single-pin steel tracks (versus the postwar rubber track seen on many museum M24s). The tracks look very nice too.

I'm looking forward to getting one of these.

Gary

 

[Wraith]

Ahhh... It's out!
At the top of my list.

Simon

 

[Rob]

Oooh yes,loving this tank.Going to be an expensive start to the year

Very nice work indeed.

Rob

 

[maddadicus]

I really want this tank...but I do not collect winter items....ALEX!!!!!!!Michael

 

[binder001]

Michael,

This one should be an easy repaint. Since the M24 came so late there aren't shots of them in camouflage, but they often had big US stars on them due to the unfamiliar silhouette - nobody wanted to be shot by their own side.

Gary

 

[hoogri]

BBA018 “The M24 Chaffee Tank”

Our winter, snow-camouflaged version is perfect for the “Bulge” and comes with 3 figures (A full-body GI rifleman atop the tank plus half-body tank commander and another “head ‘n’ shoulders” driver).



SPECIAL NOTE: We are releasing an olive drab M24 without the “winter” look in a couple of months time… look out for it.

 

[steel wheels]

I will pass on the winter chaffee, because I have the M10 tank destroyer and HB Ardennes sherman. I will consider the olive drab version, but hopefully it will have a different looking crew, so it doesn't come accross as just a repaint. I would like to see Normandy like crew huddling around a map planning their next move, or a set of figures resupplying the tank. I love these K&C tanks, but my only criticism is that the stowage thing seems to go overboard with these American tank releases. Sometimes it would be nice to see a battle weary tank, without tons of baggage on it. I can understand a few tarps and boxes or wheels, but geez, every square inch of these tanks is covered with stuff. You would think they are from the Allied Moving Company!

 

[maddadicus]

Actually, the junk is what attracts me to most of K/C's armor....I have been known to add extra stowage to my tanks, for the realism effect...But that is me.Michael

 

[binder001]

Look at real photos of US armor late in the European war. Most tanks and halftracks show up as looking like a gypsy caravan. Interior room is valuable on a tank, but men like their creature comforts. A couple extra sleeping bags? Sure toss 'em up on the back. Supply lines getting stretched - well let's grab a couple extra cases of canned rations and put them on the tank!

Note however - the stowage leaves the turret free to turn and the weapon arcs are clear. These are still fighting vehicles.

As on plastic models, one does have to look at the laws of physics - jerrycans don't just stick to a vertical surface, there was a rack or rope or such holding them on. Too many models have stowage adhering as if by magnets.

It's interesting to look at photos of tanks right after VE day. The Army started being the Army again fast! All the extra racks, supplemental armor, etc is gone and the stowage is back to "regulation".

I agree that the extra stuff on the K&C tanks are a major plus.

Gary

 

[graycap]

Judging by the photos K & C have done a very good job on the Chaffee and I certainly hope to add one to my "Bulge" collection.

Another reason for obtaining a Chaffee is that I have a very soft spot for the vehicle. I am a great fan of the Henry Fonda/Robert Shaw movie "Battle of the Bulge" where the Tigers were "played by M-47s and the Shermans by M-24s.

 

[steel wheels]

Yes Indeed! I remember Telly Savalas was Sgt Guffy the U.S. tank commander who had his turret blown off, and continued to fight on with a machine gun.

 

[noli-poli]

BBA018 “The M24 Chaffee Tank”

Our winter, snow-camouflaged version is perfect for the “Bulge” and comes with 3 figures (A full-body GI rifleman atop the tank plus half-body tank commander and another “head ‘n’ shoulders” driver).



SPECIAL NOTE: We are releasing an olive drab M24 without the “winter” look in a couple of months time… look out for it.

Is this an official? I am ready to commission Alex to de-ice this "baby" If that's the case. I'll wait 2 months

N-P

 

[binder001]

Another reason for obtaining a Chaffee is that I have a very soft spot for the vehicle. I am a great fan of the Henry Fonda/Robert Shaw movie "Battle of the Bulge" where the Tigers Were "played by M-47s and the Shermans by M-24s.

The M24 was in a number of war movies, but don't forget - it was an M24 that was melted by Gort the robot in "The Day The Earth Stood Still"! Still one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made.

Gary

 

[wadepat]

The M24 was in a number of war movies, but don't forget - it was an M24 that was melted by Gort the robot in "The Day The Earth Stood Still"! Still one of the best Sci-Fi movies ever made.

Gary

Hi Gary,

I am glad to see someone else remembers "The Day the Earth Stood Still." It is one of my all time favorite Sci-Fi movies! I guess some of us like history in many different forms!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[graycap]

"The Day The Warth Stood Still" - great movie. M-24s also appeared as US tanks in "The Bridge at Remagen"

 

[Rob]

Me too loved that film.

Rob

 

[binder001]

Filmmakers have appreciated the M24's versatility in a number of films.

M24s stood in for British tanks in Patton (in the Tunisian link-up and Sicilian scenes. One also ran down the road at the "Bastogne" scene.

In "The Desert Rats" M24s stood in for PzIII's of the Afrika Korps attacking Tobruk.

One of the most modified movie Chaffees were the French M24s made up as German Panthers in "Is Paris Burning". One also was made to look like an M10 for the scene where an M10 rammed a Panther.

The French used the M24 extensively in Indochina - several were even taken apart and air-lifted to Dien Bien Phu. The French also used them in Algeria.

Gary