Real Jeeps

This is a USMC Mighty Mite. It is a post WWII Jeep type vehicle that the Marines used for a short time. It is smaller than other Jeeps and is kind of cute. No HO models of it that I know of.

The museum had a few different Jeeps. The Roco M38 Jeep is much like this one. Nice star on the hood and note the Tire Pressure information on the fender.

An M151 MUTT jeep. This one was a US Navy SeaBee version.

This M151 was just like the ones we had when I was in the Army. Note the light on the fender is gree while the vehicle is camo. Note also the tires are oversprayed with paint. The average GI does not care much about perfect paint jobs. Spare parts don't always fit the color scheme of the new vehicle.

The covered version of the M151 for use in cold weather, mostly. Roco made one of these, but I think I have more Roco ones than I have seen in my whole life!

Another M38 type Jeep, in very nice condition.

More Tanks

The good old WWII US Army Jeep. What a day when Roco came out with that model. I got a ton of them.

A small gun that Roco never did, but should have done decades ago! The German WWII 37mm ATG.

This little tankette was used by the US Army in the very late pre-WWII period. It was used in a Bob Hope movie!

They had both an M-42 Duster and the M-19 40 mm AA guns. Nice pair.

The M-19 was one of those models that I always wanted Roco to do, but then never did!

Tank Museum

Mrs. Bunkermeister and I visited a local museum recently.

It's great to get out and look at real live tanks once in a while.

This American M-47 tank from the late 1950's had big eyes painted on the two rangefinder bulges. Very cute.

An Improved Tow Vehicle, on the hull of the good old M-113. I remember when these were new, and now in a museum.

An M-7 Priest, the US 105 mm field howitzer mounted on a Sherman tank chassis. An important vehicle in WWII. I like seeing these tanks, it's like a large size Roco catalog!

Airplane Kit

One thing I liked about this kit was that it came with a pilot figure, and all the parts fit together okay. The wing root did not line up perfectly with the fuselage, but I used a bit of Testors Clear Parts Cement and Window Maker to fill the gap. Worked just fine.

I always build my airplanes with the landing gear down. That way they can fly or be parking on the airfield.

A great assortment of weapons came with the kit, cannons and bombs both. I always save any extra weapons, bombs make good loads for trucks and also good airfield clutter.