Enter keywords or a search phrase below:
HeavyArty Looking great so far. This is Italeri's best kit, hands down. I found the kit roadwheels to be pretty nice on it though. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out w/the DEF Models set.
Looking great so far. This is Italeri's best kit, hands down. I found the kit roadwheels to be pretty nice on it though. Looking forward to seeing how it comes out w/the DEF Models set.
Happy here too to see you pick this back up. I'd completly forgetten about you starting this.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Apprentice rivet counter.
Bish Good to see you back.
Good to see you back.
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Hi Russ,welcome back aboard,will be checking in on this.
I had wondered where this went. I'll be watching.
Sorry to have dropped this like a hot rock, we moved in June, had to pack the stash in April, and I'm just now getting un-packed. Hope to get back in the swing of things soon and pick this one back up.
Thanks guys.
Eric, I used to build the Italeri once a year, way back when. It's kind of a trip down memory lane, which I'll have a couple of pics up of shortly......
Here we go:
Lots of fit small fit issues aroung therear of the hull, luckily (?) I'll be using the DEF tail lights so I was able to get some filler in the gaps inside the brush guards. Rather than using the DEF etch light guards, I just thinned the kit's plastic parts. And one Oops: I got ahead of myself thinking I could use the Tamiya M26 wheels: they're actually different than the M47 wheels in that they have a "dish" where they should be "not -dished". Too late to change it now without destructive dis-assembly, so I'm stuck with it as-is. EDIT: Hold the presses, Clark! A little research has revealed the the actual "difference" in the wheels is a pressed-in conical mud guard, made from thinner stamped metal, that was used on M26, M46 and EARLY M47 wheels, which gives the appearance of a shallow dish, deleted sometime during theM47's production run. I'm Oh-KAY! I've also added some bolt-heads on the brake covers on the rear hull bottom, lost when I was cleaning up the fit of the hull rear-to-bottom.
Lots of fit small fit issues aroung therear of the hull, luckily (?) I'll be using the DEF tail lights so I was able to get some filler in the gaps inside the brush guards. Rather than using the DEF etch light guards, I just thinned the kit's plastic parts.
And one Oops: I got ahead of myself thinking I could use the Tamiya M26 wheels: they're actually different than the M47 wheels in that they have a "dish" where they should be "not -dished". Too late to change it now without destructive dis-assembly, so I'm stuck with it as-is.
EDIT: Hold the presses, Clark! A little research has revealed the the actual "difference" in the wheels is a pressed-in conical mud guard, made from thinner stamped metal, that was used on M26, M46 and EARLY M47 wheels, which gives the appearance of a shallow dish, deleted sometime during theM47's production run. I'm Oh-KAY!
I've also added some bolt-heads on the brake covers on the rear hull bottom, lost when I was cleaning up the fit of the hull rear-to-bottom.
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
I generally enjoy Italeri kits even if they aren't top-of-the-line these days. Look forward to your build
Eric
Nice start, will be following along on this.
Thanks gents. DEF Model kit just arrived, whoopie!
Very cool, kudos!
You are off to a great start so far! Good thinking to use the Tamiya running gear to replace the older Italeri parts. This should be a fun one to watch...
Couldn't help myself, I've been wanting to do one of these odd ducks for quite a while, and when my wife gave me the kit last Christmas, it was a sign........
I realized pretty quickly that, while this is a good kit for its time, there are a few things about it that bug me, one of which being the road wheels, which are a little soft in detail. So I pulled one of the Tamiya M26s out of the stash and started comparing. Things looked good, so in about an hour I had the Tamiya suspension arms on the Italeri hull, and shortly thereafter, the Italeri shocks and bump stops, all done with a minimum of fuss. Then the reason for all this, the Tamiya road wheels, went on.
The rest of the kit is typical 1970's so I'll be doing lots of texturing, pulling pieces where applicable out of the Pershing kit I robbed, and using the DEF Model M47 set that's on the way. I also have the appropriate AFV Club tracks in the stash, just need to make sure they fit the Italeri sprocket or I'll be robbing more parts out of the Pershing. I jsut have to decide whether to do a Korean tank witthe cool camo and cut-back front fenders or something more ordinary.
Anyhoo, so far:
Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.