M46 Patton "Tiger Face"

http://www.fun-online.sk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4829

Click and scroll down for a pic of my M46.(And a few other odss and ends).

Panther F wrote:

NICE!  It's hard to believe they actually painted their tanks like that to scare the enemy away!   And BTW, it IS an M46 PATTON!!!!!  Let's put some money on it, huh?

I stand corrected. My apologies for the error...didn't realize the M26 morphed into the M46, learn something new every day! 

   Rob,a great job man.That kitty looks awsome.

   A strange place for the pioneer tools.

Panther F wrote:

Pershings and Pattons are similar, except for the drive sprocket height, the rear deck and exhaust are not the same plus the M46 had an idler wheel just in front of the drive sprocket to prevent the track from wraping around the sprocket when reverse was engaged. Pretty interesting development to read up on. I learned a lot when I built my 1/16th M26A1 Pershing.

the place I worked actually had a brand new M46 setting inside the plant for over forty years. It'd never been rained or even wet! Yet it was in running condition thru out all those years. They also had the very first jet engine completely designed and built in the United States as well as a working cut away version of it. When they did a major office remodeling project back in the early 90's they no longer had space for it, and sent a letter to the Army asking them if they wanted it. The Army said "no." So they then decided to offer it to someone else, and then TACOM found out about it. They had a flat bed trailer there the very next morning! The folks from the Army couldn't believe their eyes when they saw it without even a paint chip on it, and then they were even more stunned when we just fired it up and drove it on the trailer. Think it's down at Ft Knox.

     If I remember right the M46 had a different drive train than the M26. The M46 used the CD850 transmission like the M48 & M60 use.

gary

Pershings and Pattons are similar, except for the drive sprocket height, the rear deck and exhaust are not the same plus the M46 had an idler wheel just in front of the drive sprocket to prevent the track from wraping around the sprocket when reverse was engaged.

Pretty interesting development to read up on. I learned a lot when I built my 1/16th M26A1 Pershing.

Thanks guys.  This tank just took over the spot in the display case that USED to have an M48 Patton that was sitting on a trailer.  Now this one is on the trailer.

MANNY & DOOG- It is a combination of decal and brush.  The stripes are all freehand, hoever the claws, mouth, and eyes are decal.  Though I am thinking of going back and enhancing the look a bit more to match the box. 

WBILL- Panther is correct, it is an M46 Patton.  It was originally the M26E2, but entered service as the M46 Patton 1.

Here are some pics of the actual tank the kit is based on.  It resides at the Historical Museum of Armored Vehicles and Equipment [England I think]

NICE!  It's hard to believe they actually painted their tanks like that to scare the enemy away!

And BTW, it IS an M46 PATTON!!!!!  Let's put some money on it, huh? 

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!!

TOTALLLY COOL! Is it all hand-painted freehand by brush? Man, that's something to be proud of! Kudo's to you for fearlessly jumping in and conquering your "dreaded build"! You totally nailed it!!!