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Any Good M60A1 Tank Kits?
long_tom
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 05:28 AM UTC
I've heard that the ones out there aren't much good so I was wondering.
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 05:41 AM UTC
AFV Club's M60A1 is very good, almost great. The only downside is that the cast texture on the hull and turret is a little overdone. I bit of heavy primer and sanding knocks it down just fine.

AFV Club M60A1 Review
Kevlar06
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 06:13 AM UTC
As an old M60A1 tanker I can second Gino’s recommendation. The AFV club kit is excellent (but the cast texture is a little heavy on the forward hull and turret. It also comes with the early tracks, so depending on time period you’re modeling, you might want some aftermarket tracks (again, AFV Club’s are excellent).
VR, Russ
long_tom
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 06:36 AM UTC

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As an old M60A1 tanker I can second Gino’s recommendation. The AFV club kit is excellent (but the cast texture is a little heavy on the forward hull and turret. It also comes with the early tracks, so depending on time period you’re modeling, you might want some aftermarket tracks (again, AFV Club’s are excellent).
VR, Russ

I second your comment. I've tried to build Bronco tracks and they turned out to be a total nightmare. I simply gave up on that brand.
KurtLaughlin
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 06:44 AM UTC

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I've heard that the ones out there aren't much good so I was wondering.


Heard from whom? I would like to know who said this so that I can ignore what they say from now on.

KL
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 06:51 AM UTC
The Takom M60A1 is good. It can be built without the ERA tiles as well.
long_tom
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 07:35 AM UTC

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I've heard that the ones out there aren't much good so I was wondering.


Heard from whom? I would like to know who said this so that I can ignore what they say from now on.

KL

That was years ago. Some of the M60A1's have been crude copies of better kits.
27-1025
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 09:53 AM UTC

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The Takom M60A1 is good. It can be built without the ERA tiles as well.


I’ll second that. Like it better than the AFV Club offering and hoping they would take the plunge with an A3.
ALBOWIE
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 10:54 AM UTC
Even the old ESCI?Italeri M60 A1 was a good kit although now eclipsed by the finer releases from current players AFV and Takom
namengr
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 10:58 AM UTC
All of your questions seem to want someone else to do your research for you. Your questions are always vague enough to make others do your searches, then you go to a different subject. What's up? Wayne
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 11:59 AM UTC

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The Takom M60A1 is good. It can be built without the ERA tiles as well.


I’ll second that. Like it better than the AFV Club offering and hoping they would take the plunge with an A3.


I third the takom kit. Can't vouch for accuracy, but I thought it went together easier than the afv kit. Downside is non workable suspension
Kevlar06
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 12:35 PM UTC

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All of your questions seem to want someone else to do your research for you. Your questions are always vague enough to make others do your searches, then you go to a different subject. What's up? Wayne


Asking a question “if there is a good kit out there” is not the same thing as asking someone to “do a search”. Given there are different folks using this site, with varying skill levels and knowledge, asking someone a question about their opinion is way different than asking someone “to do a search”. If nobody shared their opinion because they expect the other guy to do “a search”, there wouldn’t be anything to search for. At least now, he and others interested in this topic have something to “search” for. After all, this is supposed to be a hobby information exchange site.
VR, Russ
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Posted: Saturday, September 21, 2019 - 02:38 PM UTC
Also, it can be very interesting what directions these threads can take.

Oh, the story of ESCI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ente_Scambi_Coloniali_Internazionali
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