1/6th scale Dragon M4A3 build completed

armourguy

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April 2005

1/6th scale Dragon M4A3 build completed

Posted by armourguy on Saturday, February 21, 2015 3:21 PM

Hi Guys, it's been awhile since I posted on here or had any updates on some of my posted builds, but for the last few months now I have been working on this 1/6th scale Dragon M4A3 kit. The model itself was built for commission and will be going to a private collector.

The model started off as a Dragon 1/6th scale M4A3(105) kit, The tank was built as a 75mm M4A3 as per the request of the customer.

The model received tons of mods and new upgraded details. Basically outside of the upper / lower hull, turret, gun / mantlet none of the kit components were used. In their place I used the resin and metal components that I have and use on my 1/6 scale sherman builds (VVSS suspension, track racks, storage rack, hull fittings...etc).

several of the molded in parts were cutaway and were replaced, some parts are carry overs for the 1/35 kits and are not needed for the A3, but were not instructed to be removed

One part in particular that was molded in that I replaced was the rear grill work, The molded in kit ones were removed and I had 3d Printed replacements crafted in their place

Some of the kit parts were salvaged like the rear exhaust deflector grill, but was modded as the OOB version was too large, Once modded I was also able to make it fold under the tank like the real unit, To do this I also had to mod the rear area of the hull as the DML version was inaccurate

Other components were retooled to have better interior and exterior detailing, This would include the bow and turret hatches

Another part in particular that I replaced as the kit one was terminal was the commander copula, The kit one is under detailed, but is also underscaled. I fabricated a new one and replaced it

Other mods include adding a spring to the gun elevation system, as the kit one was terribly frail and weak, and adding cast texture to all aprpriate components / sections.