new hear.its almost done some small things to add to the turret basket and some other things.this was my first tank. never used a airbrush before and a lot of firsts for this tank more pic in my work bench album.

First,I hope you do not mind I fixed the pic links!







Is it Revel 1/72 M60?

For a first (and I am a newbie myself) it looks very good to me.
Also, I wish I had the guts to try out the wooden camo scheme! For now I am only sticking to dull schemes (overall sand, olive drab, etc.).

Keep them coming!

thanks!and for fixing the link of the pics me and the computer dont see eye to eye some times.the kit is a1:35 tamiya with afv club tracks. i just kind of jumped in blind on how to paint it shocked it came out up next is M26 pershing

Well, I should have realized it was 1/35 when compared to the size of the Tamiya painting stand!

Doh!

Then even more so: looks great!

Keep it up!

Not bad at all, in fact pretty darn good for a first attempt. People poopoo that old Tamiya kit, but I think it's a winner.

A bit of practise with that airbrush and the next will be better.

Don't you love the AFV Club tracks?

Tedious as all heck to build but look great when done.

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what? people dont like that kit.it could go for around of updating i have another one on the shelf for a just in case.oh yes the afv club tracks were way cool to put together.i got them out of the box and went great what did i get myself into.a pile of records later it was done once i got the how down it was pain less.pick up some metal tacks and 90mm for the tamiya m26

It looks pretty good. Not bad at all for a first camo attempt.

As to the Tamiya kit, it is really old and has lots of parts simplified. The Esci M60s, recently rereleased by Italeri and Revell, are generally considered the best M60 kits out there.

Here is a comparison between them.

Nice job!

So the beginner should buy TWO kits to make one? I don't think Esci (and I have several of their M-60 series kits still) does the ERA.

No, thats not what I said. I am just stating that the basic M60 is better by Esci than by Tamiya.

No, but in essence that's what he'd have to do. It's a nice build. Period.

If I posted a photo of a bichin Centurion, based on Tamiya's old dog, I don't think I'd care that AFV Club's is light years better. I just want people to appreciate the work that went into THAT kit.
Moot point-like I said, you can't build that from an Esci kit without buying another kit with the ERA.

I was just answering his question. He asked why people don't like the Tamiya kit.

His looks great, as I said. I wasn't bashing his build at all.

thanks.i really did not look at other companies just kind of went with the box art.i really did not want to buy two of them but it was steal at 10.00 due to the box being cut open with a box cutter.

Ten bucks? Nice buy. Enough said.

This one looks real nice. Craig.I like the weathering.icant tell by the photos,did you paint the rubber road wheels different color like black or dark gray ? But still,it is a great build.welcome to the forums.

Craig, congrats on completing your 1st armor build. Looks great to me.Paint looks realistically worn, and your weathering is just right.

Then again, I'm a newbie too. Waiting for the All American Tracks campaign to start my 1st tank. Looking forward to it.

i used dark and light rubber from the panzer aces along with a bunch of other colors for the road wheels.