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Latest build -- M60A3 TTS 24ID '83

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  • Member since
    September 2006
  • From: Dripping Springs, TX, USA
Posted by RBaer on Monday, August 4, 2008 12:47 PM
Really like the M60. Agree with you on the weathering/condition also.

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, August 4, 2008 11:23 AM
Good luck on it.  You have a good one there.  The Italeri/Revell M60 series (ex-Esci molds) are the best M60 models out there.  I have built a few over the years.  I also used the hull for an M60A2 CBSS using the Tamiya turret.  You can see it here.

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  • Member since
    October 2007
  • From: Southern California
Posted by gx007 on Monday, August 4, 2008 10:32 AM

WOW Gino. Thanks for posting your M60A3. I'm just finishing my Tamiya M48A3 and ordered the Revell M60A3.

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I'm glad to see others building cold war armour.

Greg

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, August 4, 2008 8:20 AM
Thanks.  Glad you guys like it.  Unfortunately, you can't send or take sand home.  I had thought of the same type thing w/a Bradley or Abrams on some actual Iraqi sand.  Oh well.

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  • Member since
    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by matthew9 on Monday, August 4, 2008 7:41 AM
Very nice. Love the M60.
Matt
  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: savannah ga.
Posted by GA.modelmaker on Sunday, August 3, 2008 10:51 PM
great looking build thier heavy arty. its too bad you couldnt have sent some real iraqie sand along with the model
  • Member since
    June 2005
  • From: Massachusetts
Posted by minimortar on Sunday, August 3, 2008 9:53 PM

Looks great Gino! Kind of reminds me of my Ft. Hood days although I'm sure that those were A1 nothing fancy versions. Glad to see that you're getting some time in and seem to be adjusting ok to your new surrounds.

Be safe!

 

Thanks,
Kevin Keefe

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  • Member since
    September 2004
  • From: Burke, Virginia
Posted by tellis on Sunday, August 3, 2008 8:46 PM
Gino, great looking model and a blast from the past! I trained on those at Fort Knox in the mid/late 80's. Good to see you have some free time to unwind.

T Ellis  Springfield, VA  http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/cycledupes/WWIIArmorBadge.jpg

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    July 2004
  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Saturday, August 2, 2008 5:17 PM
Nice to see you're still able to get in some bench time while deployed Gino, nice work! Thumbs Up [tup]
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    September 2007
  • From: Relocating
Posted by Mobious on Saturday, August 2, 2008 4:35 PM
 HeavyArty wrote:

Thanks guys.  It was a fun build.

 For me, that makes the whole thing worth it. Glad to hear that your having fun HeavyArty and building great looking armor as I can see from your pics.

 Best Regards,

 

"It's a problem of applied physics" Roy Brown

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, August 2, 2008 1:17 PM

Thanks guys.  It was a fun build.

 Carves, It is washed, and drybrushed, etc.  Like I said in the initial post, it doesn't show up well in the pics.  Also, I prefer light weathering, not tanks covered with rust and dirt. Real vehicles are not kept like that, so why model them like that?  I don't.

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  • Member since
    December 2007
  • From: Bridgeview, Illinois
Posted by mg.mikael on Saturday, August 2, 2008 12:38 PM
HeavyArty that is one GREAT looking M60A3!!!!Thumbs Up [tup] Don't usually see alot of tanks done with such light weathering, but it's very nice to see that for a change.Smile [:)]

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Posted by Carves on Saturday, August 2, 2008 10:57 AM

Glad you can post build Gino.

Wonder why you dont do any wash for ye tank. Looks kinna to plain to me.

  • Member since
    December 2007
  • From: Southern NJ
Posted by Jeordicat on Friday, August 1, 2008 11:55 PM
I hear ya about relaxing and unwinding.  I wish I would've gotten back into it in the middle of 2002, early part of 2003 when I was deployed to Bosnia.  I had a lot of time in the evening that I could've been building.
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, August 1, 2008 11:51 PM

Thanks all.  The texturing is in the kit.  It comes up well with the drybrushing and washes.  For paint, I used Testors Model Master Sand (FS33531), a dark brown wash, a sandy wash, drybrush with a sandy-yellow color and a brown color, and finally, a drybrush of sand again to tone it all down and blend it in.

I do have some free time here, as most of you already know, modeling is a great way to relax and unwind.  It helps keep me sane, sort of. 

The customer is very happy with it.  He said it looks exactly like his tank and brought back all sorts of great memories for him.

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
    December 2007
  • From: Southern NJ
Posted by Jeordicat on Friday, August 1, 2008 10:06 PM

Gino,

Nice, nice build!  I especially like the texturing on the turret.  If it weren't for the Army towel, I would've thought it was a real M60.  Glad you're able to "model" to pass the time.  As if you aren't busy enough, right?

  • Member since
    November 2007
  • From: Wisconsin Rapids, WI
Posted by moose421 on Friday, August 1, 2008 9:25 PM

Looks great.  Something you don't see everyday here on the forums.  Also, I love to texture and weathering.

Keep up the great work!

  • Member since
    July 2006
  • From: New Jersey
Posted by redleg12 on Friday, August 1, 2008 9:13 PM

Nice. good details. Hope the client is happy. If not, he's a fool

Hopefully the Iraq model building feels good now that you finished your first one.

Hummmm, I guess the days of my old green towel have turned brown in today's Army Boohoo [BH]

I will have to do something about the background??????

Great to see you posting, and back picking up your displacement.

Rounds Complete!! 

"The Moral High Ground....A Great Place to Emplace Artillery."

  • Member since
    November 2006
  • From: United States
Posted by ww2modeler on Friday, August 1, 2008 7:31 PM

Pretty good looking model..........did the turret come with that texture on it? It looks like a real cast turret. Oh, and waht colors did you use for painting it?

Thanks,

David

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1/35 Tamiya M26 Pershing-0%

1/144 Minicraft P-38J Lightning-50%

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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Valrico, FL
Latest build -- M60A3 TTS 24ID '83
Posted by HeavyArty on Friday, August 1, 2008 4:02 PM
 

Just to prove I am still building models in Iraq, here is my latest.  I just finished this up for a customer and will ship it off soon.  It is an M60A3 TTS (Tank Thermal Sight) from 1-70 AR, 24ID in '83.  It was the buyer's tank.

I used the Tamiya M60A3 kit.  I tweaked it by filling all the motorization holes, cutting mud relief holes in the sprockets, adding lift rings to the commander's cuploa, drilling out the front towing points, replacing the tow pintle, and I added/changed a few other small items.   Overall, its a pretty good kit.  The road wheels are a little fiddly with the whole hub being the poly cap.  They took some filling with gap-filling superglue to seal up the joints and make them look solid. 

It is lightly weathered, which doesn't show up well in the pics.  I am also getting used to a new camera and lighting setup using a couple small desk lamps and a good ol' Army brown towel on my desk here in Iraq.

Enough talk, here is the model.



More pics here.

All comments welcomed.  Thanks for looking.

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

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