ESCI – 8358 – 8040 – U.S. M6 with 37mm gun (U.S. 37mm. Gun Motor Carriage MG)

Description:

U.S. M6 with 37mm gun (U.S. 37mm. Gun Motor Carriage MG)

Unassembled plastic model kit in 1/72 scale of a U.S. WWII M6 Gun Motor Carriage, a modified Dodge WC52 light truck fitted with a 37mm AT gun (37 mm M3 gun) in the rear.

The kit was released in 1976 reusing the main sprue of kit ESCI – 8357 – 8039 – U.S. Light Truck WC 61 (U.S. 3/4-Ton 4×4 Carrier Truck) released the same year.

Instructions has an important mistake which drives to disaster while assembling the kit, to avoid it check the excellent review at On They Way by Al Magnus. The set also contains and important number of visible pin ejectors marks. Same corrections also applies to ESCI – 8357 – 8039 – U.S. Light Truck WC 61 (U.S. 3/4-Ton 4×4 Carrier Truck) and of course the Italeri releases of them.

The kit was later released by Italeri as Italeri 1/72 7025 M6 Anti Tank Vehicle.

For a build that didn’t corrected the instructions mistake check ESCI – 8610 – GMC M6 Truck with WW II U.S. Infantry.