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Korean War M26 tanks
trickymissfit
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 06:05 AM UTC
I had the pleasure of meeting a tanker from the Korean war the otherday, and want to build a model of his tank. I have two Dragon kits and the Tamiya. Which one is the better starting point? Also what are the pit falls with the two brands and what do I need to revise?

thanks in advance
gary
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 06:12 AM UTC
Hi Gary,

If this is the 1/35 tamiya kit I am thinking of, it is the better start. it does have a working suspension after all!

Happy holidays!

Alex B.
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 06:59 AM UTC
There's a quick comparative review on PMMS :

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/m26.htm

HTH

Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 08:21 AM UTC
Gary,

The Tamiya offering is quite accurate and a great build, BUT: the tracks are wrong. What you need is the T80 tracks. The older DML offering has these but they are a PITA (believe me, I just assembled them for an M46...). However, the Cyber Hobby Orange box has the correct tracks in DS and as a bonus offers the parts to build an M26A1 should you so desire. Can't comment on any of the Hobby Boss Offering as I haven't seen any. Here's a link to the box art of the Orange box offering.

Personally I'd probably go with the Orange Box offering for a Korean War M26/M26A1. If you don't care about the tracks go with Tamiya, great build and working suspension.

HTH!
Cheers!
Stefan
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 09:50 AM UTC
T81 tracks (as included in Tamiya's kit) are OK for Korea :

But other details have to be taken into account...See here

HTH

Frenchy
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - 10:45 AM UTC

Quoted Text

T81 tracks (as included in Tamiya's kit) are OK for Korea :

But other details have to be taken into account...See here

HTH

Frenchy


Sweet....now I can use Fruils for the Korean War Hobbyboss M26 I myself want to do
Dangeroo
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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 01:34 AM UTC
Yup, sorry for that. I was just browsing through my books and noticed several pics of Marine M26 with the older tracks. All these are from early in the war. Haven't seen any Army M26 with said tracks however.

Cheers!
Stefan
trickymissfit
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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 07:01 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Gary,

The Tamiya offering is quite accurate and a great build, BUT: the tracks are wrong. What you need is the T80 tracks. The older DML offering has these but they are a PITA (believe me, I just assembled them for an M46...). However, the Cyber Hobby Orange box has the correct tracks in DS and as a bonus offers the parts to build an M26A1 should you so desire. Can't comment on any of the Hobby Boss Offering as I haven't seen any. Here's a link to the box art of the Orange box offering.

Personally I'd probably go with the Orange Box offering for a Korean War M26/M26A1. If you don't care about the tracks go with Tamiya, great build and working suspension.

HTH!
Cheers!
Stefan


spoke to Bob again, and he said his tank was an M26a1. Also a treat for all us tread heads is that he's just finished a History Channel documentry on armored war fare in the Korean War. I got to watch it, and believe me you all will find it very interesting. Think they plan on airing it next month.
gary
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