Pint-size Panther killer
Kitbashing an accurate 75mm HMC M8 - COOKIE SEWELL
- Scale:
- 1:35
- Status:
- Ideas
FineScale Modeler | Volume 35 Issues 1 | Jan 2017
FineScale Modeler | Volume 35 Issues 2 | Feb 2017
Cookie used four kits and savvy scratchbuilding to model
a Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 and ammunition trailer the
way he wanted. But it was worth the trouble to tell the
story of how a Stuart-based M8 stood toe-to-toe with a
German Panther tank — and won!
Project inventory
Full kits
U.S. M8 Ammo Trailer
Tiger Models 1:35
353001 
Detail and Conversion sets
WW2 US light SP gun
M8 75mm Howitzer Motor Carriage Lower Hull Interior Set (Tamiya) Yanks Miniatures 1:35
9711 199x New tool 
M3 Stuart Light Tank
T36E6 Tracks for M3, M5 light tank & M8 HMC AFV Club 1:35
AF35061 200x New tool Multi-topic (3)
US M8 HMC Replacement Turret
Tiger Model Designs (TMD) 1:35
28001 
US LIGHT TANK M5A1 (LATE)/M8 HMC (LATE) IDLER SET
Fury Models 1:35
35011 2019 New tool Multi-topic (2)
US LIGHT TANK M5A1 (LATE)/M8 HMC (LATE) SUSPENSION SET
Fury Models 1:35
35015 2019 New tool Multi-topic (2)
US Light Tank M5A1 (Late), M8 HMC (Late) Suspension Set Include: road wheels set, bogies, drive sprockets, and idler assembly
Miniarm 1:35
35176 2018 New tool Multi-topic (2)
Figures
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Comments
26 August 2020, 13:13
WaltonHi, i got a similar project for a m8 of the 2nd free french 2nd DB... the tamiya kit gives so much work.... How do you do for the fenders ????
23 June 2021, 11:02
SteveHi Walton, Sorry, for me it's just an idea for a future project inspired by an article in Finescale Modeler (January 2017 with part 2 in the February issue).
It's a kit-bashing exercise combining two Tamiya M8 HMCs (No. 35110); an AFV Club M5A1, late production (No. 35151); an AFV Club single-link T16 rubber track set (No. 35019); and a Tiger Model Designs resin kit of the M8's ammunition trailer (No. 35300).
I believe the fenders are the AFV Club kit parts.
24 June 2021, 09:05
SteveThanks for making me revisit this idea - just found a load of options that I've added to this project!
24 June 2021, 09:41
WaltonHi steve.. An advice, the fc model added model is a bit scam.. No amunition box for the gun and no instructions...i know this article and the work to do...thanks for your reply and i'll give you knews when i begin my project.... Kind regards !
24 June 2021, 19:10