The Haunted Tank - From DCs Comic G.I. Combat
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The Haunted Tank - From DCs Comic G.I. Combat
This is a build I've wanted to do for some time now. Growing up as a kid my first venture into comics was the old war comics. The Unknown Soldier, Sgt Fury and the Howling Commandos, Sgt Rock, The Losers, and my favorite G.I. Combat and the Haunted Tank.
Haunted Tank was created by writer and editor Robert Kanigher and artist Russ Heath in G.I. Combat #87 (May 1961). The feature centers on the ghost of 19th-century Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart, who is sent by the spirit of Alexander the Great to act as a guardian over his two namesakes, Lieutenant Jeb Stuart (named in the early stories as Jeb Stuart Smith, but eventually just shortened to Jeb Stuart) and the M3 Stuart that Jeb commands.
"The Haunted Tank" was often the cover feature of G.I. Combat and was second only to Sgt. Rock as DC Comics' longest-running war series.
For this build I decided to use the 1/35th scale Academy M3A1 Stuart Light Tank. I also picked up the Verlinden detail kit. The Haunted tank wouldn't be right without Jeb Stuart and his crew, Arch, Rick and Slim. To do this I picked up a US tank crew from Mini art
I started things off with the road wheels. Each wheel assembly took 7 parts each to complete
These parts will be put aside until after the painting is started
Some rollers and the main drive gears are in place
The wall of the rear hull is in place. I like the detail on this kit. I've always heard good things about the Academy kits and so far they appear to be true.
Till next time
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Haunted Tank was created by writer and editor Robert Kanigher and artist Russ Heath in G.I. Combat #87 (May 1961). The feature centers on the ghost of 19th-century Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart, who is sent by the spirit of Alexander the Great to act as a guardian over his two namesakes, Lieutenant Jeb Stuart (named in the early stories as Jeb Stuart Smith, but eventually just shortened to Jeb Stuart) and the M3 Stuart that Jeb commands.
"The Haunted Tank" was often the cover feature of G.I. Combat and was second only to Sgt. Rock as DC Comics' longest-running war series.
For this build I decided to use the 1/35th scale Academy M3A1 Stuart Light Tank. I also picked up the Verlinden detail kit. The Haunted tank wouldn't be right without Jeb Stuart and his crew, Arch, Rick and Slim. To do this I picked up a US tank crew from Mini art
I started things off with the road wheels. Each wheel assembly took 7 parts each to complete
These parts will be put aside until after the painting is started
Some rollers and the main drive gears are in place
The wall of the rear hull is in place. I like the detail on this kit. I've always heard good things about the Academy kits and so far they appear to be true.
Till next time
"Lets Make Tracks"
.... Dirk
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Re: The Haunted Tank - From DCs Comic G.I. Combat
I loved this comic book series growing up and still have a few copies. Will be good to see how the build ends up.
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Am I being dumb but that isn't a Stuart on the cover?
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Re: The Haunted Tank - From DCs Comic G.I. Combat
From the fact that 2 of the crew are outside, I'd deduce they're hitching a ride on another tank.
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Thanks Saxon, for the most part its a straight forward Stuart build with the confederate flag. If this works the Jigsaw tank will eventually be the goalSaxon wrote:I loved this comic book series growing up and still have a few copies. Will be good to see how the build ends up.
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Sorry about that, over the last 40 odd years I haven't done well at keeping track of the original books and only have a select few left. Those I have left are the later books after they lost their Stuart. The idea of having one of the original books was for dramatic affect. I hope this is better, I grabbed this from the webJamesPerrin wrote:Am I being dumb but that isn't a Stuart on the cover?
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Excellent stuff. Looking forward to seeing this one.
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Hmm, aerial combat seems to be a little known feature of the Stuart
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Now that construction has begun we should take a look at the Verlinden aftermarket set I purchased for this build
The box art
Overview of the parts, the kit includes Resin, Photoetch, wire and thread
We'll dive deeper into the parts as they come into play for the build.
Till next time....
Lets make tracks
The box art
Overview of the parts, the kit includes Resin, Photoetch, wire and thread
We'll dive deeper into the parts as they come into play for the build.
Till next time....
Lets make tracks
.... Dirk
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Here are a few images of the Haunted Tank from the old G.I. Combat comic
Till next time...
Lets make tracks
Till next time...
Lets make tracks
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Its doubtful any of the interior will ever be seen but since I want to display this with as much as the crew as possible I figure I would roughly lay out the interior. I started with what I believe are the ammo racks
White primer will provide the interior color.
I will need to start building and thinking about the crew (Slim, Rick and Arch) before I go to much farther. Here the crew kit
The parts
While i'm deciding on the figure and waiting for some paint to dry I turned my attention to the top of the take. I decided to up some of the detail a bit by adding wiring for the headlamps and the siren. Yea, siren or so thats what I've read.
Using my circuit board drill bits I drilled out the back of the head lamps and glued some wire in place. Once this is dried I will place the rest of the wire into the tank
White primer will provide the interior color.
I will need to start building and thinking about the crew (Slim, Rick and Arch) before I go to much farther. Here the crew kit
The parts
While i'm deciding on the figure and waiting for some paint to dry I turned my attention to the top of the take. I decided to up some of the detail a bit by adding wiring for the headlamps and the siren. Yea, siren or so thats what I've read.
Using my circuit board drill bits I drilled out the back of the head lamps and glued some wire in place. Once this is dried I will place the rest of the wire into the tank
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This will be fun to watch, keep up the excellent work
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Thanks Splashsplash wrote:This will be fun to watch, keep up the excellent work
Regards Splash
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That is a sweet interior. Do the Verlinden add-ons allow for open driver and gunner hatches on the front hull?
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Is it a Sherman tank? I'm not an expert but in the comics at some point they boys get upgraded to a Sherman tank which causes a ruckus because the ghost of General Stuart is challenged by the ghost of General Sherman who does not like seeing that Confederate flag flying on a tank named after him!JamesPerrin wrote:Am I being dumb but that isn't a Stuart on the cover?
The jigsaw tank would be cool, I had a number of issues, it rings a bell. Do you have any pics of that?Dirkpitt289 wrote:Thanks Saxon, for the most part its a straight forward Stuart build with the confederate flag. If this works the Jigsaw tank will eventually be the goalSaxon wrote:I loved this comic book series growing up and still have a few copies. Will be good to see how the build ends up.