This is the Tamiya M48A3 plus Panzer Models wheels, Eduard PE, Legends Accessory kit, TWD turret/cupola, Barrel Depot barrel, Pontos .50 barrel, Tiger Models stowage bin handles, unknown resin bolts and some styrene. Just realized I didnt glue on the water can holder on the left rear turret. Not shown yet are the AFV Club T97E tracks and the Wolfpak Decals plus LEgends stowage and SKP lenses. I also lowered the suspension and filled in the motorization holes. Almost ready for paint. Any suggestions or critiques are welcome

The real Hellkat

That looks really nice.

In the first picture, it looks kinda nose down. Is that the photo deceiving me?

Thanks. I must have had my phone at a weird angle in that first one, though. It sits level in person, but I agree- it does look nose down. I'll take a better pic tonight

looks great ypu must have spent a small fortune on all the upgrades unfortuantely i believe all the 48's from vietnam were only in standard olive drab i have not seen any other photos of them in a camo scheme i did however see some m-26's in three tone from korea also did you know that AFV Club is releasing a 48a3 this summer saw it here on armorama last night

Thanks- When I saw that AFV Club was releasing an M48A3, I knew I needed to get this finished!

Jason, excellent effort. Your list of after market is mind boggling. Looking forward to your next updated pictures.
Joel

Thanks Joel

Jesse- at lunch I decided to measure and sure enough, the right front is about 2mm lower than the rest. Good eye- I'll fix that this evening

Good job on this museum piece! When I built mine I used tamiya XF 74 JGSDF OD. It looks real close to what I remember right out of the bottle.

G

thanks, Ill check that paint out

Clean build. "Small fortune" is relative to how close the build is to accurate and how much you enjoy it. Just IMHO. For the paint, Rust-o-Leum's green camo spray is very close to the same shade of green. I've used it on a few kits. The effect is very smooth.

Superb work on the scratch!
Looking forward for more.
Phil.