Those of us that are “older” may recall a DC comic book from the early '60s to the mid '70s called G.I. Combat. This comic often featured The Haunted Tank. These were set during WW2 with the premise that the ghost of General Stuart was sent to watch over his descendent Lt. Jeb Stuart and is (not coincidentally named) Stuart tank. The tank and crew often ended up in some very precarious situations that could only occur in a comic book world.
The ghost is always show huge compared to the tank.
I have seen the concept modeled a few times and have wanted to do one myself for many years but a key ingredient was the availability of the right size general on horseback. Aurora made the Confederate Raider kit just once in the '50s and although Moebius did a limited rerelease a few years ago they were always to expensive to warrant the project.
During a recent trip to a large hobby shop I stumbled across a Moebius kit for a very reasonable price so scooped it up along with a 1/35 M3.
Since this is a comic book subject that often ended up in the most ludicrous of situations I plan to do the ghost, tank, figures and base up as if drawn in a comic style as opposed to “real life”.
Luckily there is a figure set made that is PERFECT for that comic action!
