Horst Hopf
Sussex, New Jersey
To model an American tank destroyer at the Battle of Brest in 1944, Horst replaced the tracks on a Tamiya 1/35 scale M18 Hellcat, fitted it with a Def.Model brass barrel, and grafted Hornet heads onto the driver and co-driver. Using Tamiya lacquers, he painted the vehicle olive drab over a hull red base coat, before placing it on a cobblestone street display base from Verlinden.