I look forward tothe pics.

I finally got around to weathering and finishing the M60. I did some drybrushing with a muddy brown color, then a couple washes with a sandy color and a dirty black color around the intake and exhaust grills. I was trying to depict a lightly weathered tank in the field in dry weather, so dusty and dirty, but not covered in mud.

Here it is.






I really like how the Legend M19 cupola came out.



As always, all comments are welcomed.

The build is beautiful, the care and attention to detail outstanding and you got the overall color too. But what's up with all those red brown splotches? If that is supposed to be dirty boots the suspension really should be a lot more dirty.

Unless it's after a bad spell in the washrack where there was so much gunk in the recycled water that they ended up spraying it back on the tank? If there is that much dirt and dust up top the suspension should be absolutely covered. Dust is a bottom up phenomenon.

I really don't understand what you're trying to do because it doesn't look right.

But you're the expert so I will be quiet now like a good little NCO type.

Thanks Steve. The underside and suspension are pretty dirty, just not caked in mud. I guess it doesn't show up well in the pics due to the angle or something. The brown on the upper surfaces is supposed to be left over dirt/mud residue from boots as the crew climbed onto the tank. I was going for the looks of a tank that has been in the field a while, but not seen recent rain, just a lot of dry mud residue. It looks right to me when I look at it.

Great build!

Is it me or did they use the armored tail lights from the M48a3? Between that and the drivers hatch short cut looks like they had to beat a deadline and just said, good 'nuff.

You know I have seen tanks looking like that where there is clay like Georgia and Kentucky. These days I am always looking for new effects since I like to do a full range of weathering from mud buggies to motor pool queens.

It's easy to do the real heavy stuff, hard to hold back and just put some clumps on the suspension and some dirty boots up top.

Can't Dragon get one kit right? Errors outweigh the good.I hope AFV Club plans on doing one.

Possibly. Both styles of lights were on the sprues. I have seen both style of lights on actual M60s as well. That or I used the wrong ones.




It was not that bad. Most of the improvements were pretty easy and basic modeling techniques. No, it isn't a Tamiya shake-and-build kit (thankfully), but with a little actual modeling skill (as opposed to just assembling what is in the box), it can come out really nicely.

This kit is only about 20 years too late. My Uncle was 3rd Armor in Germany in '64. I built him an A1 from Tamiya about 1981. It was good enough for him, but always wanted to try and kit bash a slick. Kudos to Dragon. Will be my next build. SPEARHEAD...Victory or Death.

Hi, I'm just new member on Armorama and I need the help of the experts for a model.
As I know that there is momently no full accurate M60 (known by modellers as "slick M60"), what should be the best option :
- the Dragon M60 (ref 3553) + conversion set DEF Model 35082 (metal gun, canvas cover,...)
- the Dragon M60 (ref 3553) + conversion set Legend LF1130 (turret, resin gun, cover...).
Or should I better take an old Esci hull M60A1 (ref 5039) I have in stock + one of those 2 conversion set ?
I didn't want to be 100% accurate.
Thanks a lot.

Welcome aboard Serge

Check out this thread: https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/282476#2374846

Hi Nikos,

Thanks for the link. So I have found all the info I needed.
Many thanks.