M88 Recovery Vehicle

This is GHQs 1:285 scale M88 Recovery Vehicle in the winter verdant pattern MERDC. This part of a project to build a US M6A1 tank company circa 1976.

I encountered one of these in the wild on a summer twilight on the Grafenwöhr training area in 1976. It came grumbling down a dirt road until it got to my location where it turned around, its engine roaring, the ground trembling under its treads and flame coming out of its exhausts. The poor beast was lost. It rumbled back down the road looking for home. Made quite an impression on me. 

So here is my effort to represent on of these creatures.

This shows the M88 next to an M60A1 tank for size comparison.