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Why not another entry? I wanted to do another vehicle and this golden oldie seems like a simple enough project. This is the 2014 boxing of Tamiya’s Ford GPA which was first released in 1974. A DUKW probably would’ve been a more appropriate build but would also be more involved and since I have several builds planned for multiple GBs, I’m trying to pick simple projects. The “seep” (sea-faring jeep) was the amphibious version of the Jeep and while a novel idea, was not nearly as successful as its larger cousin, the DUKW. Production vehicles came in nearly half a ton heavier than the intended design which left little freeboard while in water in even calms seas and wasn’t well regarded on land either. Only 12,700 were produced before the Army cancelled the contract and a good chunk of them were then sent to the allies via lend lease with the Soviets receiving the most. They saw limited action with US forces starting in Tunisia and did make it to France in small numbers, too. Like the M8 I plan to build, the GPAs did not play much of a role in the beginning stages of the invasion (the GPAs really didn’t play much of a role at all), but were present. I haven’t decided on markings yet since I have to do some more research, but even if in small numbers and a limited role, US, British and Canadian vehicles would’ve been present in France in the days and weeks following D-Day, so it does fit the parameters of the group build and is something different.
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