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Yes, this could indeed happen, but what you have created is a vehicle that is much, much taller than it needs to be - the hull is still that of a standard M3 which is designed to carry a side, sponson-mounted 75mm gun. Without that sponson-mounted 75mm, the hull height can be reduced, the crew...

Rattlecans (when available) are just easier and faster. On top of that I still haven’t refitted my garage workshop with my spray booth - so the airbrush is still verboten! 😉

An Alternative Take on British Cruiser Tanks: Update... What a drama trying to get my hands on some spray undercoat. Just like trying to get hold of models that have mysteriously disappeared off the shelves, there now seems to be a universal shortage of Tamiya fine spray primer. Anyhoo...

Wow, that’s a lot of information for you to sift through! 👍

I sense a Hithhicker's Guide theory coming along any minute... 😋 😉

An Alternative Take on British Cruiser Tanks: Well, that is the build of the Alt Mk IVA Cruiser Tank (A13 Mk II) complete and it's on to the painting stages along with the others - more undercoat and paints for the Caunter Scheme camo on order. Just the Alt HVSS Comet to go and the set is...

Some of the parts in the Bronco Mk IVA Cruiser Tank (A13 Mk II) are indeed microscopic... However, the fact (provable by repeated experimentation) remains that the carpet under my modelling bench acts as a randomly fluctuating singularity where, at times, matter is consumed and not even light...

You gotta believe it! 🤣😂🤣

An Alternative Take on British Cruiser Tanks: I must admit that I had forgotten just how bloody fiddly Bronco kits are! Photo Etched parts are not an optional extra but rather primary components and, with all the fun of superglue, are a joy to work with... not! Needless to say, the...

Volute springs (vertical and horizontal) were indeed fairly versatile on lighter vehicles but did have their limitations as the size of MBTs increased. That’s why the US gave them up in favour of torsion bar suspension and the U.K. went back to coil-spring Horstmann suspension for the Centurion...

What’s not immediately obvious from your pics is the true shape of the A9/A10/Valentine hull and how much of the Horstmann suspension sits ‘under’ the hull. I agree that the Valentine’s suspension could not be fitted to a M3/M4 hull without major structural changes, however, I suspect the...

As @Bougnas points out, the issue with the Valentine and retrofitting VVSS was its lower hull shape which was severely angled in order to mount its triple bogie Horstmann suspension - similar to the earlier A9 and A10 cruisers which effectively had the same lower hull As the Valentine. Its...

Thanks guys - very much appreciated!

An Alternative Take on Bristish Cruiser Tanks Update: The production line is in full swing - paint, glue and plastic flying in all directions!! Alt Mk VI Cruiser Tank (A15) Crusader III: Alt Mk VIII Cruiser Tank (A27M) Cromwell: Alt Mk IVA Cruiser Tank (A13 Mk II):

Whoop, whoop! New kit arrived today - standard parcel post and it only took 2 and a half days - remarkable! 👍 The kit itself looks like a typical Bronco offering - crisp, detailed and extremely complex. Why cast a component in one piece when you can cast it in twenty or more? That each tiny...