{"id":2378,"date":"2017-12-18T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T18:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2017-12-16T14:54:45","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T22:54:45","slug":"bolt-action-m8-greyhound-m20-scout-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/bolt-action-m8-greyhound-m20-scout-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolt Action: M8 Greyhound \/ M20 Scout Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><div class=\"spinomatic\" spinomatic-data=\"[{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;boltaction\/winteramericans\/m8greyound\/m8greyhound_01.jpg&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;M8 Greyhound&quot;,&quot;isPrimary&quot;:true}]\"\r\naspect=\"4x3\"\r\nprefix=\"\/\/paintedguys.com\/spinomatic\/\"\r\nv=\"4\"\r\n><\/div> <\/code><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve often felt a little light in anti-tank. While the M8 doesn&#8217;t exactly pack a huge punch, it can chew through transports easily enough. Plus, an extra machinegun or two is always helpful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2380\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-CupFdLx9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2380 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"M8 Greyhound\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m8greyhound.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M8 Greyhound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I figured I&#8217;d give myself a little breathing room by painting up both variants in the box, but didn&#8217;t bother magnetizing. Gravity will have to do the work. The MG comes with a ball joint mount, which is a pain. So I lopped it off and sunk in a bit of paperclip wire. With a magnet on the other side, it holds on well enough.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2381\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2381\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-CupFdLx9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2381 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"M20 Scout Car\" width=\"474\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/m20scoutcar.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M20 Scout Car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The whitewash weathering on this vehicle came out much more subtle than on the <a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/23\/bolt-action-winter-us-vehicles\/\">M10 tank destroyer and M3 halftrack.<\/a>\u00a0At first, I was disappointed. But on the plus side, it&#8217;s a little more dual use if I go ahead with another allied Bolt Action army down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve often felt a little light in anti-tank. While the M8 doesn&#8217;t exactly pack a huge punch, it can chew through transports easily enough. Plus, an extra machinegun or two is always helpful. I figured I&#8217;d give myself a little breathing room by painting up both variants in the box, but didn&#8217;t bother magnetizing. Gravity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/bolt-action-m8-greyhound-m20-scout-car\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bolt Action: M8 Greyhound \/ M20 Scout Car<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,23,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bolt-action","category-spin-o-matic","category-winter-americans"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bolt Action: M8 Greyhound \/ M20 Scout Car - Painted Guys<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paintedguys.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/bolt-action-m8-greyhound-m20-scout-car\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bolt Action: M8 Greyhound \/ M20 Scout Car - Painted Guys\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;ve often felt a little light in anti-tank. 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