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Well it’s one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat go!
I’m calling this beast finished. Dragon’s 1/35 M48A1, (Magach boxing) done up as Elvis’s ride in “GI Blues”. Markings are cobbled together from what I have in my decal bin. The TC figure was originally from the Academy KIFV, modified slightly.
And I made up a simple base for it as well…
Thanks for looking, comments and critiques welcome…
Thank you very much… ;)
F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!
U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!
N is for NO SURVIVORS...
- Plankton
LSM
Oh that's sharp SP!!! Great work! Love the figure and the base does a nice job shows off the tank too!
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
Looks real good,I like the way the OD came out.
Gamera & Tony, thank you for looking in and your kind feedback. This kit made me a big fan of the Dragon M48 kit family. You'll see more of them from me in the future But Tony, no more Dragon M48s in OD.
Very nice. It looks great. The Dragon M48 models are quite good. I have built a bunch of them and had no real issues.
Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!
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"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell
Wow, that looks amazing. Great work, Stik. She's a beauty.
BK
On the bench:
Tamiya 1/35 M4A3E8 "Fury" with crew,
1/32 Kittyhawk Kingfisher,
1/35 Meng Panther Ausf A Early,
1/48 Pro Modeller P-51C "Boise Bee"
2022 Completed:
1/25 Revell 29 Highboy
1/48 Tamiya Sea Harrier
1/25 Revell 70 Boss 429 Mustang
1/48 Hasegawa D3A1 Type 99 Val
Very nicely weathered. Some of those gas burners had a rack with 55 gallon fuel drums ala russian style hanging off of the back end.
Really nice figure too.
Bill
Modeling is an excuse to buy books.
HeavyArty Very nice. It looks great. The Dragon M48 models are quite good. I have built a bunch of them and had no real issues.
Thank you Gino. I still have the Dragon M48A5 & M67 in my stash, plus the M60 to all tackle one day soon. I'm leaning towards the M60 as my next one of the family tree as I've never built an original M60 before.
GMorrison Very nicely weathered. Some of those gas burners had a rack with 55 gallon fuel drums ala russian style hanging off of the back end. Really nice figure too. Bill Bill
Thank you Bill. I would like to build one of the fuel drum racks up at a later date and add it to this build. I just did not have the time now, as it was on a deadline for our IPMS Phoenix Group Build.
BrandonK Wow, that looks amazing. Great work, Stik. She's a beauty. BK
Thanks Brandon. It could use a little more fine tuning, but overall I'm quite happy on how it turned out.
Beautiful finish!
Apprentice rivet counter.
stikpusherI'm leaning towards the M60 as my next one of the family tree as I've never built an original M60 before.
The Dragon M60 is pretty good. I did a build review of it a few years ago over on Armorama. Some say the hull dimension are off, I didn't think it was that bad and it looks like an M60 to me. I recommend changing out the barrel and mantlet at a minimum. I also swapped out the M19 cupola for one from Legend as well.
https://archive.armorama.com/review/12592/index.htm
Discussion here:
https://archive.armorama.com/forums/251828/index.htm
Finished product (before I swapped the barrel and mantlet).
Thanks for that heads up Gino. I do have spare a M68 105mm barrel and an ESCI M60A1/A3 cupola in my spares bin to address those areas. But no mantlet cover to fix that issue.
The mantlet is really oversized. You could make one that looks better out of some sheet styrene as a base and some A&B putty. Good luck with it.
RBaer Beautiful finish!
Thanks RB. Coming from a modeler of your caliber, that is some high praise in my book.
Gino, thanks again for the heads up on the M60 kit's shortfalls. Hopefully I'll remember them when the time comes to build it.
I just wish my painting skills were on a par with yours.
RBaer I just wish my painting skills were on a par with yours.
Thanks. But I don't think my painting skills are anything fancy. Its probably the photos and editing...
I too love the paint job. I prefer the sublte weathering over the often heavy handed stuff you see people do on armor.
Svt40 I too love the paint job. I prefer the sublte weathering over the often heavy handed stuff you see people do on armor.
Thanks. Although I gotta admit that this is one of my more restrained weathering jobs on a recent build. But it all depends upon what look I'm trying to recreate. I've seen both sides of the coin in real life on vehicles in service.
Seriously good job on this one Stik!
Chad
God, Family, Models...
At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo
On deck: Who knows!
Mopar Madness Seriously good job on this one Stik!
Thank you Chad. It's off to the Nationals now as part of the IPMS Phoenix GB. Hopefully the club will do well in the GB category.
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