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 Subject:  [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine RollerList thread.  
  
 Date:  Apr 15, 2008 
 From:  James Wechsler 
Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller

Introduction

First off let me say that Paul Owen is a great guy, even if he is a Vancouver Canucks fan. Having built 44 Shermans, I really hadn’t planned on buying the Tasca M4A1 kit since I’d built that variant a few times over. But Paul sent me this kit and it is a really, really great gift. So I got motivated to do something special.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that simply building this kit as a gun tank really didn’t get me excited. Then it dawned on me, it would make the perfect conversion base for an M32 Armored Recovery Vehicle. I mean the old Italeri kit was just staring at me and screaming ‘I need a new hull, suspension, and transmission cover!’

So there it was, my mega project. But then I got to thinking a little more. Why not go further? Let’s scratch build the T1E1 ‘Earthworm’ mine roller! Never heard of this massive contraption? Check here:

http://www.jedsite.info/engineer/tango-number-us/t1_series/t1e1/t1e1-intro.html

But wait, there’s more. The M32 has two huge hatches on the turret structure that just scream ‘interior’. At last, my project has reached planning fruition. This blog will be of an M32 ARV w/T1E1 Mine Roller and a full interior.

Plan on a lot of chapters.
 
Thread Listing 
  [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - James Wechsler - Apr 15, 2008
. . . [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Michael Bedard - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Scott Taylor - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - Tim Streeter - Apr 16, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 17, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] So what is it going to take? - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Glenn Bartolotti - Apr 15, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Roy Chow - Apr 15, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - James Wechsler - Apr 16, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Preparing the Hull - James Wechsler - Apr 21, 2008
. . . . . . Ain't bulkheads a pain in the butt? - Hans Haase - Apr 21, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Ain't bulkheads a pain in the butt? - James Wechsler - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-please ignore - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted - Michael Bedard - Apr 22, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 28, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted-Chris - Michael Bedard - Apr 29, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Preparing the Hull-riveted-Chris - Chris "toadman" Hughes - Apr 29, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Casting the Hull - James Wechsler - Apr 26, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - Edward Hall - Apr 28, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - James Wechsler - Apr 29, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Casting the Hull TENAX Question - Edward Hall - Apr 29, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Let’s get Giggy with it! - James Wechsler - Apr 28, 2008
. . . Have you seen this James? - Glenn Bartolotti - May 3, 2008
. . . . . . Re: Have you seen this James? - Jim Wechsler - May 3, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: Have you seen this James? - Glenn Bartolotti - May 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Rear Hull Fixing - James Wechsler - May 3, 2008
. . . [Chapter] Mounting the Transmission - James Wechsler - May 6, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] Mounting the Transmission - Louis Leung - May 7, 2008
. . . [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins [IMG] - James Wechsler - May 10, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - Pat McGrath - May 11, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - Martin Dogger - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: [Chapter] The scratch building begins - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . Re: [BLOG] Tasca M32 Recovery Vehicle w/ T1E1 Mine Roller - Steve Nine - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . I'd love a copy! - James Wechsler - May 12, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - Karl Van Sweden - May 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - James Wechsler - May 13, 2008
. . . . . . . . . Re: I'd love a copy! - Steve Nine - May 14, 2008
. . . [Chapter] More Scratch Building - James Wechsler - May 16, 2008 (00:04:15)
. . . . . . Re: [Chapter] More Scratch Building - Evan August - May 16, 2008 (09:43:35)
. . . . . . What I did.... - Hans Haase - May 16, 2008 (10:51:31)
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