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1/35 M-47 patton, 2e Gidsen.
DannyVM
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 01:23 AM UTC
Hi Everyone,

first, i'm not post often here, because i am mainly a airplane modeller.

As i mainly build for other people, somethimes i have to build an armor related subject, and therefore, this project i wanted to share with you guy's.

It's a M-47 Patton tank, Belgian Army,1e (BE) Division, 2e Gidsen, 1st. Belgian Group "Brigade Piron".
The driver that operated this example in the sixties asked me iff i could build it in the same colors and markings of the real thing.

The model is from Revell, great kit, i had lot's of fun with it.
Colors are original Nato Green, Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics.
decals came from DACO stencil sheet.

Please comments and questions are most welcome.











Greetz

Danny

metooshelah
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 02:18 AM UTC
nice job! only downside is the tracks. they don't "sit" properly
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 02:59 AM UTC
Good looking build. I see nothing wrong with the tracks. They may be a little stiff, but they should be. M47 track was a live-track system and should have no sag, they were very tight. There is an issue with the rear lights though. Only the upper left oval should be red. The lower left and both openings on the right should be black slits. They are part of the black out drive system. They should look like below.



Great job on it and I'm sure the recipient will love it.
Tojo72
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 05:24 AM UTC
Very nice work,I like the base you put it on,also nive amount of weathering.
barron
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 05:49 AM UTC
Great job. I got to drive one of these when I was stationed at FT. Carson in 1983. They had a few sitting in the lot where we turned in our M60A1's to draw M60A3's . It had a stick between the driver and bow gunner which was the steering lever as well and the transmisson shift lever. your could drive from either side .
DannyVM
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 10:16 AM UTC
First, thank's allot for the nice comment's.


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they don't "sit" properly


Hi Matan,

maybe the photo gives a wrong picture of the tracks on the model.
The tracks of the kit are from a rubber type, very tight and with not much room to make mistakes when putting them arround the wheels.
But, thank's allot for the reply, much appriciated.


Quoted Text

There is an issue with the rear lights though. Only the upper left oval should be red. The lower left and both openings on the right should be black slits. They are part of the black out drive system. They should look like below.


Hi Gino,

indeed, you're right about this.
I took a look at the photo's i took at the Brussels Army Museum of the M-47 and yes, they are just like the one shown in you're photo.

Stuppid, stuppid mistake
Thank's for letting me know, i will correct this as soon as i see the person again.

Greetz

Danny

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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 07:28 PM UTC
Great looking M47! Everytime I see one of those built up I want to go out and get one...

Maybe some of the stowage items (especially the bag on the left fender in front of the muffler) and the cables could be tied down better, they would probably fall off in action. But like I said, great work!

Cheerio!
alewar
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Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010 - 02:50 AM UTC
I like it. Please tell me something about the base. I like the grass and flowers!.

Regards, Alvaro
DannyVM
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Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010 - 09:18 AM UTC
Alvaro and Stefan, thank's for the nice comments.


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Maybe some of the stowage items (especially the bag on the left fender in front of the muffler) and the cables could be tied down better, they would probably fall off in action. But like I said, great work!


that's what i also tought, when i presented the stowage on the M-47, but for a reason, the owner didn't want me to do that.
He asked me iff i could not glue or tieded them onto the M-47, in this way, he could later remove the items, when he wanted it.


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I like it. Please tell me something about the base. I like the grass and flowers!.


The base was home-made, just a piece of MDF, varnished a couple of times.

The ground was made with sand, rock's (little one's ), and glued with wood glue, thinned with water.
After that, the whole base was primed, and painted using Tamiya acrylics, in several color tones.

The grass is from Heki, with portion's of Joefix grasses.

The flowers are from a company called Rayher.
I bought these a couple of years ago, but i don't know iff they are still sold.
Anyway, here's the link.

http://www.rayher-hobby.de/en/ " TARGET="_blank"> http://www.rayher-hobby.de/en/

Greetz

Danny
metooshelah
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Posted: Monday, January 11, 2010 - 09:56 AM UTC

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they don't "sit" properly


Hi Matan,

maybe the photo gives a wrong picture of the tracks on the model.
The tracks of the kit are from a rubber type, very tight and with not much room to make mistakes when putting them arround the wheels.
But, thank's allot for the reply, much appriciated.


well if that's the case then it's great it just seemed to me that they go a up a bit before the idler. anyway, it is a real nice model and base.
DannyVM
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Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 03:18 AM UTC

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well if that's the case then it's great it just seemed to me that they go a up a bit before the idler. anyway, it is a real nice model and base.


Well, iff you look to the photo, indeed, it look's that way, i think's maybe it's the angle.

But, the tracks really are very tight arround the idler wheels, so tight i tought it would breack some of the wheel's when attaching them.

Greetz

Danny
MUNROS
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 05:40 PM UTC
Really nice. i'm certainly going to build one of these. From pictures i have seen the tracks look proper to me.
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 09:17 PM UTC


M 47 tracks were actually rather tight.
You did great work indeed.
I like a lot the "cold war tank" design. I like their rounded shapes and theyr rough cast metal surfaces.
M46, M47, M48, M60, T54, T55, T62, T64...I'd like to build all them (but i won't have enough time ...)




What about the Revell kit?
Are pheraps the same kit made by Italeri?



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