As promised some progress pics of my Pershing , will be doing some serious cleaning up of any glue marks and one or 2 seams still to be removed




Added some detailing to the hatches and spruced up the 50cal with a spare set of eduard PE set . Used some spare bit of PE sprue to make the horn card and thinned out the kit headlight cards with some carefull sanding.



Made the hatch return springs from fine copper wire and made the mantlet cover from plastic card and lead foil.



Made a new tow rope from piano wire and new brackets from spare PE sprue, made some tow pins from wire from a paper clip and added some milicast chains to the tow pins.


Ian

Well done Ian!... nice extras thrown in. The rubber tracks look good, the cables look great! It's interesting to compare the differences of these two similar kits. You've added the telephone box on the upper right rear hull, which from previous threads, makes this a Korean War Pershing?!? Was that your intent? See the post I started under the Armour Forum (T26E3)

Frank

I do indeed intend to make it a Korean war version you get a nice set of markings for USMC version with the kit , still trying to figure out how to make the turnbuckles for the fenders


Ian

PS i notice neither of our kits have the prominent casting numbers on the gun mantlet

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still trying to figure out how to make the turnbuckles for the fenders

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I've got spares, you can use! :-) :-)

Ive got a few ideas on making some.

I presume I should have these on a korean war Pershing ?

Ian

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:P

Ive got a few ideas on making some.

I presume I should have these on a korean war Pershing ?

Ian

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Korean War Pershings,.... yes, WW2 Pershings, no.

Why did i know you where going to say that :-) :-) :-)


Ian

Does the Tamiya kit not come with them?

Frank

Nope its pretty basic , I would have preferred they included a few extra details rather than messing around with the silly "working suspension".
They included the telephone box to make korean war version so why not include the turnbuckles

I know you do get them in the eduard set , but my budgets allready spent on this kit .

Ian

If you PM me your address I could mail the Dragon ones to you, the're small enough and slim enough to pass through in an envelope, possibly secured in,... say 5 blank pages. I'll photograph the parts tonight and post them, see if you're interested.

Frank

Thanks Frank thats most kind , check your pm


Ian

This is what I have decided to enter:



Not my first choice, but due to my schedule it'll fit in. The paint scheme is still undecided but the start will be sometime soon. More pics when that happens. :-)


Jeff

Wow, that´s not a common kit, where did you get it'?

cheers

Hey Klaus!

Ebay ... it's really weird what you can run across on there!


Jeff

Hi Guys & Gals

As promised, I'm posting my in progress pictures of my M48A5 US version.

Feel free to give me advice on my build.

Known Faults in my build:

1. I should have removed the skirting that makes it a M45A5 Korean version.

2. I should have filled the outer edge where the skirts for the Korean version fit.

3. I should have filled the gap in the lower hull, since my model will not be motorized, doh!

4. I should have tested my track fitting more carefully, since the tracks should have fitted more tightly.

And Now, without further adue ...






Regards

Dieter

progress pic of my Tamiya M48-A3, ready to paint

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Thanks Frank thats most kind , check your pm


Ian

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Here's a photo of the parts in question, I'm in the process of finding out if I need the front fender turnbuckles. I've posted a message on the Armour forum, and hopefully Bob can reply quickly. I'll mail you the rear ones, but will wait for confirmation on the front parts.



This is the Pershing ready for paint, I used a bit of the Eduard PE set, just enough to enhance the final look.

No problem what so ever Frank , if you want to wait till Bob gets back to you with your answer thats fine by me.

Your Pershing looks great by the way , i like the periscope guards , they must have been fun to bend into shape
I used the kit supplied ones and they are a little on the thick side but thats somthing way beyond my scratchbuilding skills.

Oh and the catches in the stowage bins on the fenders look good , on the tamiya kit there not very well done

I replaced the cupola ring on mine today , i was looking through my scrap box and found a spare one , I think it came from my DML firefly spares and the detail in it is much much better and was a perfect fit .Plus theres somthing i want to try with the lens in the cupola which are more recessed in the DML cupola ring.
I intend, after ive painted them black/green , drop a little future on the lenses , ive seen a pic in a magazine done using this method and it really did look like glass

Ian

Dieter, thats a very good looking build. seems like a clean smooth build and the MERDC scheme came out perfect.

WTG!

Elad.

Dieter your M48A5 looks great! Love the MERDC camo, very clean paint...maybe someday I´ll try something similar (after I got a new airbrush, double actions for a change :-) )

Great Job keep it up

Cheers

My wife will mail the four pieces today (friday), hope to see the trans-oceanic Pershing completed soon!

Frank

Thankyou very much Frank , its much appreciated.

The are on me :-)

Dieter - I really like the way your MERDC paint job came out. What type of paints and which colors did you use?

I would like to try and do a similar job on a M60A3 I have in my stash some day.

Currently am working on an M60 early conversion for this campaign. I am only planning to do an overall Drab Green paint job on that one....

Thanks

cn

This is my entry for the OBG campaign. It is Trumpeters ex motorised M60 A3. A very simple OOB build as there were not a lot of parts for it as most of it was moulded on. Painted in Tamiya acrylics and will be weathered when i get round to building the dio for it.
Thanks, Andy (++)


Yes i know the tracks are horrible, mud will be a wonderful thing :-) .

We are getting a great mix for OBG's nice work everyone.

I was wondering and i dont think it would be possible to do but never say never so here goes ....

That when the campaign ends if there was any way Elad could arrange the final gallery as a form of history/timeline starting with Pershings right throught to the M60's.

Any ideas ?

Ian