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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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Israeli M51 Six Day War - plenty of photos
ErikW
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Colorado, United States
Joined: August 14, 2006
KitMaker: 56 posts
Armorama: 40 posts
Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 01:16 AM UTC
Here is my humble offering of what I have so far on my Six Day War M51. This is a Modelltrans resin conversion used on the Dragon M4A3 105mm HVSS Sherman. I've scratch built the rear engine deck out of styrene and built a couple of the tools that were missing as well. The tow cable is from Eureka XXL. The details are either from the original Dragon model or bits and pieces I had lying around. The gray IDF jerry cans are from Cromwell Models. I also used brass wire, brass mesh, brass PE fret left overs and paper for details. The figure is from Model-Miniature and the stowage is from miscellaneous stuff from other kits. The tarps were made from Milipute White.

































Erik
tread_geek
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Ontario, Canada
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 04:57 AM UTC
Looking really great, Erik. :-) All the little extra details really add to the effect. I've always liked these Israeli "Super Shermans" and even tried to scratch build one, without luck, years ago. Can't wait to see this as it goes through the painting stages. Thanks for sharing!

Cheers,
Jan
PedroA
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Valencia, Spain / Espaņa
Joined: December 27, 2010
KitMaker: 324 posts
Armorama: 322 posts
Posted: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 - 11:00 AM UTC
Excellent job and kit. This chassis would be useful to make a Kilshon.

Regards.

Pedro.
orange_3D
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: July 28, 2005
KitMaker: 602 posts
Armorama: 469 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 03:50 PM UTC
very nice! can't wait to see it painted
BBD468
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 2,465 posts
Armorama: 2,383 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 04:23 PM UTC
Wow, great build man. looks like 1/48. Ready to paint?

Gary
PanzerAlexander
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Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: February 17, 2010
KitMaker: 625 posts
Armorama: 608 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 - 07:12 PM UTC
Hi Erik,

That is a very impressive and clean conversion. Looking forward to see it painted.

P.A.
SchoeniR6
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Germany
Joined: November 21, 2010
KitMaker: 189 posts
Armorama: 189 posts
Posted: Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 04:02 AM UTC
Hi

This is a great work. It looks great.
Adding all tis details make this a nice and interesting model to show.
Looking forward to see it in colors.

Cheers Daniel
SHAKY962
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: May 21, 2012
KitMaker: 765 posts
Armorama: 438 posts
Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 03:21 AM UTC
Erik
Very nice proyect!!!
I have a question for you. Where you get the conversion set, I m interested in get one
Tojo72
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: June 06, 2006
KitMaker: 4,691 posts
Armorama: 3,509 posts
Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 03:27 AM UTC
Very nice project,lots of detail for sure,please let us know what paint you will use for your basecoat.I hope to start the Tamiya one soon,and I'm getting ideas for which paint to use.
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