1/35 AFV Club M-60A1

looking good Mike

just some observations. that is an upgraded searchlight, smaller than what we had on our 60s, A1s, and A2s. ours were awful to work with, large and heavy.

That's the newer top loading air cleaner box instead of the older side loading.

if you are going to stow ammo in the turret anything can go in the stand up ready racks to the left of the gun. IF YOU ARE GOING TO STOW WP it has to be in the standup ready racks. the chemicals would shift id stowed horizontally in the hull racks or turret rear stowage racks. 

how the hell do i remember some of this stuff and at the same time lose my car keys. that was rhetorical given likely responses from my friends.

Thanks Wayne!  :)

This is an M-60A1 AOS, so the VSS-3 searchlight and the top loading air cleaners are correct for this variant. This is the tank my father commanded in Bamberg ('74-'77) and I've yet to add the markings for his tank 1^3^35 - C-35 as I'm still working on building the stencils. As you can see in my last picture I just used the stencils on the M-48A2 for the 5-1^77 that I'm also working on.

The stencils are awesome, but since they are for WWII armor they are sometimes a bit large lol.

Wayne, I would follow your advice to the letter, if this build was not already planned out by the man who commanded it in real life lol. I love it when you relate your ACTUAL experience with these vehicles! So when I start my M-60 slick I'm hoping you have some experience to share with me as I build that one.  :)

M. Brindos

Thanks Wayne!  :)

This is an M-60A1 AOS, so the VSS-3 searchlight and the top loading air cleaners are correct for this variant. This is the tank my father commanded in Bamberg ('74-'77) and I've yet to add the markings for his tank 1^3^35 - C-35 as I'm still working on building the stencils. As you can see in my last picture I just used the stencils on the M-48A2 for the 5-1^77 that I'm also working on.

Wayne, I would follow your advice to the letter, if this build was not already planned out by the man who commanded it in real life lol. I love it when you relate your ACTUAL experience with these vehicles! So when I start my M-60 slick I'm hoping you have some experience to share with me as I build that one.  :)

 

M. Brindos

Thanks Wayne!  :)

This is an M-60A1 AOS, so the VSS-3 searchlight and the top loading air cleaners are correct for this variant. This is the tank my father commanded in Bamberg ('74-'77) and I've yet to add the markings for his tank 1^3^35 - C-35 as I'm still working on building the stencils. As you can see in my last picture I just used the stencils on the M-48A2 for the 5-1^77 that I'm also working on.

The stencils are awesome, but since they are for WWII armor they are sometimes a bit large lol.

Wayne, I would follow your advice to the letter, if this build was not already planned out by the man who commanded it in real life lol. I love it when you relate your ACTUAL experience with these vehicles! So when I start my M-60 slick I'm hoping you have some experience to share with me as I build that one.  :)

 

Understand. my platoon had stock 60s and A1s (until we got brand new A2s in the summer of '75).  all our heaters worked because thy were new. ask him about that next time you chat. BTW i also kept a flat piece of wood in the .50 ammo ready box in the cupola. it fit under the heater exhaust pipe so we could heat up coffee in a canteen cup

going to have to make markings for C-16 3-33AR 3AD when i build MY A2.