Hiya all! More WIP Pics of the M48 A5. Quite proud of it atm I am, and I will explain why as we go along. But first an overview pic.

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The first picture we have is of the hull. Not much here except for the headlight roll-bars that I made using .010 x .030 styrene strip.

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Next we have the "crown jewel" of this build in my opinion: The turret. I am happy with how it turned out and looks so far. As you can see, it has been equipped with its searchlight and a electrical power wire made from a strand of 18 gauge wire. And in the next picture, you can see it all put together for a test fit.

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Next will be the suspenssion, once the resin parts arrive.

Matt: That looks really good to me, nice work! 

The facial tissue should make a good canvas cover- and if you don't like how it turns out you can always pull it off and try again. 

Some more progress on the A5. Been working on the upper hull of it and added the road lights. Need to figure some sort of roll guards for them. As per recent advice for you guys, I sanded down the muzzle brake, went to far with it, but was able to salvage it with plastic putty.

I will also be looking for photos of the searchlight over the gun so I can accurately show it with a cover. I was thinking of adding a small piece of thin clear styrene to the front of it, and then covering it with facial tissue dipped in a 50/50 white glue+water mixture.

Rob Gronovius

 

 

Gamera

Looks good to me, the brass lift rings do look great! 

And thanks for the matchstick for size reference. I swear I can't see how you guys work on stuff this small, you've got better hand-eye coordination than I. 

 

 

 

My profile picture is a Matchbox 1/76 scale M3 light tank next to a quarter. 

 

 

Thanks Rob. I'm going to need a (much) stronger Opti-Visor before I mess with anything like that! 

Gamera

Looks good to me, the brass lift rings do look great! 

And thanks for the matchstick for size reference. I swear I can't see how you guys work on stuff this small, you've got better hand-eye coordination than I. 

I'd just sand it down carefully. You don't want to take too much off.

They're just not that thick on the real thing. You can barely tell that there is much difference in circumference between the gun tube and the muzzle tip.

The muzzle tip is hard to see from the rest of the gun tube.

M. Brindos

That muzzle looks a little on the thick side, but that's easy enough to fix. 

That's a fine start with those copper lifting rings added. 

I used to build those old kits as they were some of my favorites. I'm really looking forward to seeing more progress on this.

 

Thanks! How should I fix the muzzle?

Looks good to me, the brass lift rings do look great! 

And thanks for the matchstick for size reference. I swear I can't see how you guys work on stuff this small, you've got better hand-eye coordination than I. 

That muzzle looks a little on the thick side, but that's easy enough to fix. 

That's a fine start with those copper lifting rings added. 

I used to build those old kits as they were some of my favorites. I'm really looking forward to seeing more progress on this.

First WIP Pic: The Turret.

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Yes, they do. Their shipping rates are also more than reasonable.  Using the Esci M48 kits, I built the entire range of the M48 series of tanks.  I used the OKB wheels and tracks for all of them.  One thing you will have to do to add accuracy to the kits is to build the three lifting hooks on the turret; the ESCI kits don't have  them.  I also strongly recommend looking at Pawel's build of one of these kits. He did an outstanding job!

Bill

warshipguy

OKB Grigorov website sells all the correct roadwheels and tracks you might want for this kit.  The tracks even have the holes on the guide teeth. They are not expensive at all.  Just do a search for OKB Grigorov and click into the home page.

Bill Morrison

 

Thanks Bill! Do they ship to the USA?

OKB Grigorov website sells all the correct roadwheels and tracks you might want for this kit.  The tracks even have the holes on the guide teeth. They are not expensive at all.  Just do a search for OKB Grigorov and click into the home page.

Bill Morrison

Matt Sawyer

Hi all. I pulled an older 1/72 scale kit from the stash recently. It is ERTL'S 1/72 M48 A5, and I was wondering if any of you had tips on detailling it (i.e. materials)?

Here's how I tackled the "double wide" road wheel problem on the Abrams kit. The same procedure will work on the Esci M48 or M60 road wheels.

http://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=features&file=view&artid=149

Hello!

You might want to check out my build thread here:

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/p/135370/1397431.aspx

for some ideas... Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł