Rob,

I stand corrected.  All that I have seen had five return rollers.  Thanks!

Bill

Well, I might have to get another set of the suspession. It appears I put the shock absorber (I think, see photo below) on the wrong way and had to tear them off and drill new holes (See the second photo). Hmmmm.

Some of the earlier versions of the M48 had a small idler wheel (which was a support roller) on an arm between the last road wheel and the sprocket. That arm might be the piece.

No idea what's correct or not Matt but it looks cool, good luck! 

Rob, 

That is exactly how I used that piece in my conversion of the basic M48A3 kit to the M48A2 early version.

Bill

I see. Do you think it would be necessary for the A5, as you did say they were rebuilt A3s? If so I may need to get another set(?)

Matt Sawyer

I see. Do you think it would be necessary for the A5, as you did say they were rebuilt A3s? If so I may need to get another set(?)

No, that tensioning wheel was deleted on later tanks like the M48A2C and M48A3. It was removed and the arm mounting spot was plated over.

Rob Gronovius

 

 

Matt Sawyer

I see. Do you think it would be necessary for the A5, as you did say they were rebuilt A3s? If so I may need to get another set(?)

 

 

 

No, that tensioning wheel was deleted on later tanks like the M48A2C and M48A3. It was removed and the arm mounting spot was plated over.

 

Oh! That's good.

howdy Everyone! Been a long, long time since I started work on tis project, but after improving my skills and getting a new suspension kit from OKB, I feel pretty good so far in my progress.

Oh cool, now this is gonna be interesting!!! 

Hello!

Sorry to tell you that, but IMHO the tank sits way to high now! The road wheel arms should be almost horizontal on a service-ready tank (with an engine in it, fuel, ammo, stowage, crew and so on). I hope it's not too lato to fix it yet...

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

Hello!

Sorry to tell you that, but IMHO the tank sits way to high now! The road wheel arms should be almost horizontal on a service-ready tank (with an engine in it, fuel, ammo, stowage, crew and so on). I hope it's not too lato to fix it yet...

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł

Thank You! I was wondering if the weels were to high, so your second opinion is really valued! Easy change too!

Here's some photos of M48A5s I took many years ago. It was a rather neat tank to maneuver in, but I would not have wanted to go to war in it. Kinda like a roadster is a fun car to ride around the countryside in, but you wouldn't want to go on a lengthy cross country road trip in one.

The top picture is a runner that was formerly a Vermont Army National Guard tank at the Patton Museum circa 2005. The bottom photos were from Fort Drum circa 1984 when we were learning how to rail load tanks during annual training. The Vermont Guard did use the Drum tanks during annual training there in the summers.

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Time for some more WIP images:

Interesting photos! You always provide a neat insight to these vehicles Mr. Gronovius.

Matt Sawyer

Interesting photos! You always provide a neat insight to these vehicles Mr. Gronovius.

It was my first tank so I'll always have a soft spot for the M48A5 even though I've had newer, better tanks.