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Posted: Sunday, October 07, 2018 - 11:31 PM UTC


New M60A1 from Italeri at 1/72.

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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2018 - 12:13 AM UTC
Way surpassed kit with a great decal sheet. Pretty sure the included tracks are wrong for the two American decal versions. I have photos of both in my references and they had T97 track. The box top even shows them but I doubt Italeri changed the molds to represent the other track.
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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2018 - 01:01 PM UTC
Looks like the ancient ESCI tooling to me. Just count the number of road wheels. Yep, I think those are the steam roller double width wheels. The track probably doesn't have the horns either. I built the M48 kits and an M60A2 ages ago leaving the wheels and track as-is.

The Revell kit is a more suitable basis. I believe it has the T142 track though. I wish Revell decided to do the M48. I'd buy more than one of those!
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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2018 - 01:33 PM UTC

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Way surpassed kit with a great decal sheet. Pretty sure the included tracks are wrong for the two American decal versions. I have photos of both in my references and they had T97 track. The box top even shows them but I doubt Italeri changed the molds to represent the other track.



Technically the Esci/Ertl/Italeri M48 kits have T97 track what would be compatible with the double road wheels. You'd be better off with the OKB Grigorov chassis correction set with T97E2 tracks and separate road wheels though. I can't say if it would work with the Revell M60A1 kit, but the Revell kit would have the ribbed road wheels. Cheaper than two Italeri kits too.
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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2018 - 08:15 PM UTC

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Way surpassed kit with a great decal sheet. Pretty sure the included tracks are wrong for the two American decal versions. I have photos of both in my references and they had T97 track. The box top even shows them but I doubt Italeri changed the molds to represent the other track.



Technically the Esci/Ertl/Italeri M48 kits have T97 track what would be compatible with the double road wheels. You'd be better off with the OKB Grigorov chassis correction set with T97E2 tracks and separate road wheels though. I can't say if it would work with the Revell M60A1 kit, but the Revell kit would have the ribbed road wheels. Cheaper than two Italeri kits too.

I put the M48 tracks on my M60A1 way back when the Esci kits first came out. It was a tough fit. This kit also has a bare gun mantle and is missing most of the exterior details of an M60A1 including the chin fillets. The turret is a prototype one as in the original Tamiya 1/35 kit of 1970. The Revell one is so much better.

But still a nice decal sheet.
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