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Turkish M60A3 Question
zedhol
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 02:07 AM UTC
I am away from home (references) but am making my AFV Club M60A3 kit as a a Turkish tank. As I have no pictures of my subject with me, can anyone tell me whether they used Steel or Aluminium wheels?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 03:40 AM UTC
I have seen vehicles with all aluminum wheels, with a mix of aluminum and steel wheels but not a vehicle with all steel wheels.

Which tracks are you planning to use? The Turkish Army uses its own track T517.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 04:51 AM UTC
Here are some refs. The roadwheels look to be all steel on these.





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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 11:22 AM UTC

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Here are some refs. The roadwheels look to be all steel on these.



I hate to be the one to point out the obvious, but not only are those wheels mixed, one is even in its natural aluminum finish.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 05:35 PM UTC
Yup, looks like I need to have the ol' eyes checked. They are mixed.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 06:17 PM UTC

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I have seen vehicles with all aluminum wheels, with a mix of aluminum and steel wheels but not a vehicle with all steel wheels.

Which tracks are you planning to use? The Turkish Army uses its own track T517.


Thanks to all with the answers. Looks like I will go with a mix.

As for the tracks, I am making a M60A3 from the early 1990's in Bosnia and as I understand the Turkish T517 tracks postdated this period. Is that right? Otherwise I will use the Slingshot tracks.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 06:31 PM UTC

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Thanks to all with the answers. Looks like I will go with a mix.

As for the tracks, I am making a M60A3 from the early 1990's in Bosnia and as I understand the Turkish T517 tracks postdated this period. Is that right? Otherwise I will use the Slingshot tracks.


This is one of the Turkish IFOR vehicles:



Looks like it has T517 track and the dark 3 tone camo.
zedhol
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 08:17 PM UTC
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This is one of the Turkish IFOR vehicles:



Looks like it has T517 track and the dark 3 tone camo.[/quote]

That is the image that I have at home that I wanted to base mine on. So new tracks it is.

Any suggestions for the paint matches for the 3 tone camo?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 08:44 PM UTC
Vallejo bronze green 70607, nato brown or something slightly darker and black. You can use NATO green with some black to darken it.
zedhol
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Posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018 - 09:09 PM UTC

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Vallejo bronze green 70607, nato brown or something slightly darker and black. You can use NATO green with some black to darken it.


Fantastic, thanks for all your help.
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