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Thad

to the forums and fellow "hunt and peck" typist.

oldpete wrote:

Brian... I remember that MBT-70! The association of the U.S. Army had a meeting here in the DC area at a local hotel, and an article in the local paper said that the tank was on display. Having trained in Armor when I was in, I went down and gave it the old Mark I eyeball. An impressive piece of work at the time. The thing that blew my mind was that the torsion bar suspension was adjustable, and would put the hull right on the ground. I could lean on the upper track guard without reaching up. Instant partial defilade, as it were. It seemed useful to me then, and still does. Must have been too expensive or something. Old memories... and thanks for that particular post. I didn't know a kit for that was out there.

 

Hi, Pete!

Glad to have brought back a memory for you. I have yet to see and actual MBT70, but was able to put this model together with some reference help from some of the great people here at FSM. The model is based on the old 1/48 Aurora kit, with lots of reworking and scratchbuilding.

Here's a link to more pix (scroll down a bit):
http://rongeorge.com/modules/Gallery/armor?page=29

See you around the forums!

Brian... I remember that MBT-70! The association of the U.S. Army had a meeting here in the DC area at a local hotel, and an article in the local paper said that the tank was on display. Having trained in Armor when I was in, I went down and gave it the old Mark I eyeball. An impressive piece of work at the time. The thing that blew my mind was that the torsion bar suspension was adjustable, and would put the hull right on the ground. I could lean on the upper track guard without reaching up. Instant partial defilade, as it were. It seemed useful to me then, and still does. Must have been too expensive or something. Old memories... and thanks for that particular post. I didn't know a kit for that was out there. 

Welcome Pete.

Welcome to FSM!

Welcome to the Forums Pete .  Glad you're here.

Regards,  Rick

to FSM! Glad to have you with us!

to the forum! Pull up a keyboard and stay a while.

Don't worry too much about the two finger typing, I'm a touch typist and it all looks the same when we hit "post"!