M247 SGT YORK / TAMIYA

Shellback: as usual a beautiful build.

Rob Gronovius

They don't go for a lot on the secondary market. I built one mounted to the chassis of the M1 tank and called it the Sgt. Major York. I added smoke grenade launchers and an M60 at the commander's position. It looked pretty good.

Rob i did the same idea . I called it DIVAD ......................................

Thanks everyone for your input .

Sea

HeavyArty

It looks really good.  The boot marks dust looks nice.  Two snall corrections for you though.  First, only the upper left oval on the tail lights is red.  The right side should be just a black slit top and bottom.  Also, on the main gunner's sight, there are two angled bars across the glass.  These are windshield wipers and should be black.  You have them unpainted.

Other than that, it looks great.  The barrels look really good.  Great job.

Heavy Arty ..............just one thing . Those arent windshield wipers you see and i used reflective tape to represent the glass , not painted . What your seeing is a reflection of detail in front of the lense . If you look at the same sight several pictures down you'll see the diff . Thanks for your expertese input .

Sea

Very nice work on the model and dusty finish...captured that photo perfectly IMHO.

My dad served in the ADA when he was on active-duty and also worked with many of the other ADA programs in development in the '80s as part of the Civil Service after his medical discharge/retirement at Ft. Bliss and White Sands. I have fond memories of him bringing home all the different posters/promotional materials from cancelled programs or from different conferences he attended and the Sgt. York was one of them. The others I remember were various NLOS and ADATS systems...many of which had quite the futuristic look/appeal about them (for the time) which made them perfect for slapping up on my bedroom wall even though at the time I was only building aircraft models and hanging them from the cieling.

Rob Gronovius

They don't go for a lot on the secondary market. I built one mounted to the chassis of the M1 tank and called it the Sgt. Major York. I added smoke grenade launchers and an M60 at the commander's position. It looked pretty good.

I didn't think so.  I bought when the DOD announced it wouldn't be put into production and I saved a copy of the FM from our unit library.

Did you post photos of the build?  Sounds like an impressive effort.

Thanks for the info.

They don't go for a lot on the secondary market. I built one mounted to the chassis of the M1 tank and called it the Sgt. Major York. I added smoke grenade launchers and an M60 at the commander's position. It looked pretty good.

Looks great.  Have one in the 25+ year stash.  Also saved a copy of the Army FM on it.  Don't know whether to build it or try selling it.  Your's looks supurb!!

I remember this one.....built it around 1984 though it came out no where near as good as your build! Ironically, I just picked this kit up again off ebay so I could try it in a MERDC scheme. Perfect timing, I'll use your build as inspiration.

Nate

It looks really good.  The boot marks dust looks nice.  Two snall corrections for you though.  First, only the upper left oval on the tail lights is red.  The right side should be just a black slit top and bottom.  Also, on the main gunner's sight, there are two angled bars across the glass.  These are windshield wipers and should be black.  You have them unpainted.

Other than that, it looks great.  The barrels look really good.  Great job.

O ye, i remember that kit. I did build and paint it many years ago but never finished it. Think its still in a box in the shed with my other wrecked kits. But mine was going no where near looking as good as that one. And for a moiment, i thoought they were un painted metal barrels.

Veryu nice job