Can't help myself. While I realize "what-ifs" aren't particularly popular here, I'm having too much fun not to share. Starting with the Academy Magach7 I stripped for parts recently, I realized I still have a metric ton of spares, partial kits and boxes of AM stuff that unless I get started on using soon, will end up in my stash forever. With that in mind, I started adding detail lost when I stripped the hull, and detail Academy didn't try to do. I'm using the inaccurate swing arms, adding some better shocks and tensiioner linkage, and Abrams road wheels.

In other words, just having fun.

IMG_6569 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

IMG_6568 by Russel Baer, on Flickr

I did a whif a little while ago using a Merk1 turret on an M60 hull, so I'm kind of leaning towards staying with the M60A1/3 turret this time, but for sure IDF.

Unless anyone out there has an Academy Merk3 kit they wanna get rid of.....