M. Brindos

I'm only dissapointed that you finished it so quickly. lol

I wonder what that TC is supposed to be doing? lol What's with that pose?!

 

Thanks, Baron.

There's no shame in speaking to the truth. I recently bought a couple of Tamiya Walker Bulldogs for peanuts in order to get started on my M59-M84 projects.

Those are really old kits too. But boy, they are so much nicer. The Tank Commander figures are definitely keepers.

I'm only dissapointed that you finished it so quickly. lol

I wonder what that TC is supposed to be doing? lol What's with that pose?!

Nice build, GM!  And shame on everyone who pooh-pooh'ed your choice.  It's not a bad kit.

This was the first Monogram armor kit I ever built, back around 1973 or so.  And it was also my introduction to Shep Paine's "Tips on Building Dioramas".  "What's a stove bolt?" this 9-year-old kid asked himself.

Here is the finished product. It hit the point of diminishing returns, and it's time to move on.

Nice work,the extras look real good.

GMorrison

Try as I might , simple white star decals are hard to find.

Not quite that hard to find my friend...

http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=MD&Product_Code=13-4&Category_Code=MILITARY

I will be following this build as well.  I have one in my stash and will build it as the Israeli version.

moose

Try as I might , simple white star decals are hard to find.

After some thought; Bing.

Print star on the back of a white decal sheet and cut them out.

Wow I think that looks pretty good!

Looks like a tank, smells like a tank,...you know the rest. :)

Your work's looking good, G.

Gino, point taken, but it can be fun, in a twisted sort of way......

Nice work there amigo! I really like that brass rail! And additions to the mantlet! Sweet!

Ready for OD. I gave myself two days to beat this thing into shape. It is a pretty decent kit, although it would take a lot more work to really make it good.

Agreed on all counts Gino. It's all Stik's fault- he's running a Monogram Mafia GB that tends to the moldy oldies. The barrel and muzzle break single part? Holy Moly. I am going to build it as-is with maybe a few minor tweaks like the grabs on the turret, and maybe better tracks.

I'm waiting for the Dragon A nothing/ A1 to come out.

The Revell A2 looks great.

That kit is close enough to good that with a little enhancement builds into a fine model.

That is an understatement.  It needs a lot more than a little enhancement to make an acceptable model out of it.  The basic hull and turret shapes are good, but the rest is horrible.  The tracks are detailless rubber bands, surface details are all super soft and molded on, the grab rails on the turret sides are molded on blobs, tools are more molded on blobs, etc., etc., etc...  If you just must build it, I would use detail items from the Tamiya M48A3 or some other M48 kit to dress it up...and lots of sheet and rod styrene.

Good luck with it.

If you want a very nice, up to date M48A2, get the new Revell kit.

Cool, never built that kit but looking forward to seeing how yours turns out.

Now there's a classic. That kit is close enough to good that with a little enhancement builds into a fine model. I would think seriously about maybe some AFV Club tracks, under $20 and very nice.