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M48A1 Berlin BDE, '61 Berlin Crisis

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:28 PM

Keep us posted... this is great to see so far! Yes

 

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:20 PM

I have finally finished the M48A1.  I painted it with Rustoleum Camo Colors Olive, which is a dark olive drab.  It looks right to me for post WWII OD.  I only applied a light weathering since these tanks were kept pretty clean.  Also, looking at pictures, there wasn't really any stowage on them except extra ammo cans and a tarp or two.  

Here she is:






Inner hatch details.


Ammo cans and tarps.



Rear deck.


This was a fun build and I hope to eventually put it in a dio with some figures and possibly the Checkpoint Charlie sign.

Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
Posted by mississippivol on Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:31 PM
That is excellent!
  • Member since
    January 2015
  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Friday, September 9, 2016 12:01 AM

I love it. It looks like it should look. I have to have one of these in my collection, Gino. You've just sealed that. :)

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 9, 2016 7:46 AM

Ohhhhhhh, nice Gino, beautiful!!! Love to see her in a dio. As much as I love Second World War subjects it's really good to see something a little different too. 

If I may be allowed one teeny little nitpick- maybe slop a little black wash on the intake vents on the engine deck to give them a little more definition? 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, September 9, 2016 11:54 AM

Thanks all.  It was a fun biuld and I like how it turned out.  Some of these Cold War tanks can be really interresting.

If I may be allowed one teeny little nitpick- maybe slop a little black wash on the intake vents on the engine deck to give them a little more definition? 

Gamera - There is a wash of a medium brown and a sandy color on the vents.  The camera washes it out though.  I feel brown is better for these as black is way too stark a contrast.

Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, September 9, 2016 12:25 PM

Great, I felt a little funny nit-picking since I didn't figure an experienced AFV guy like you would leave that out. I've had the camera do the same thing. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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