brent5152 Posted August 20, 2013 Share #1 Posted August 20, 2013 I am looking for a 1943 Cletrac M2 High speed tractor 1/32 or larger. Can be resin or Die-cast. Seems that every model manufacture forgot this WWII piece that played a big part in towing aircraft around on airfields. It would be an awesome piece for a WWII model Plane collector. I know commander is coming out with one but think it will be pricy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted August 29, 2013 Share #2 Posted August 29, 2013 Brent, I would also be interested in a larger scale model of a Cletrac with good detail, I didn't know about the one due out, do you have further details of this?. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpguy80/08 Posted August 29, 2013 Share #3 Posted August 29, 2013 Here are pictures of the Commander kit... here: http://ironshipwrights.com/armor/cletrac.html The only known kit of this piece I know of came with the Monogram 1:48th scale B24... Imagine a Diorama with this kit and some of the new crop of 1:32nd Scale bombers coming out these days... Wayne Edit: Taking a closer look at all the parts, I'd imagine it would take you the better part of a month to carefully clean all that flash from the parts... now multiply that by how many of these monsters you want on your 1:32nd scale airfield... WOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted August 30, 2013 Share #4 Posted August 30, 2013 Wayne, thanks for posting that link. The kit looks ok, but I see a lot of small detail errors, and a lack of detail in some areas. Matt.; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brent5152 Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted August 30, 2013 Wayne, thanks for posting that link. The kit looks ok, but I see a lot of small detail errors, and a lack of detail in some areas. Matt.; Matt I think this kit is the best I have seen with detail and about the only one out there. I have that 1:48 that came with the B24D Liberator from Revell. You can still get it on Amazon today. The Cletrac that came with it is very bad with detail. I seen online a guy refurbished it and looks much better but he did a lot to it to make it look good for himself. I seen a Cletrac that came with a Missel kit and it had tracks that worked but the detail was even worse. Brent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAF_Collection Posted September 3, 2013 Share #6 Posted September 3, 2013 Brent, I agree it's probably the best of the few there are to choose from. I wish I had the skill to do what this guy in Italy did, but with a Cletrac.... Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cefiler Posted December 17, 2013 Share #7 Posted December 17, 2013 They have a real one on display at the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB if you want to see on in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant S. Posted December 17, 2013 Share #8 Posted December 17, 2013 The Wright Museum has one as well. It's not currently on display, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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