Elefant Model Accessories released several sets of steel wheels for M26/46/47/48A1 MBT series.

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** Correction, they look just like what they are supposed to represent; road wheels w/ "Mud Shields". New to me. See below posts. **

Wow, those are some horribly-shaped road wheels. The actual M26/M46/M47/M48 road wheels are not smooth conical-shaped domes. They have a complex profile to them with an undercut and a rolled stiffening ridge. Not sure what these are, but they do not look anything like what they are supposed to represent. Just about every kit road wheel looks better than these.

M46


M47


M48

Gino, like the product description states, these are WITH mud shields, aka "early style" wheels.

M26 had them from the begining. They seem to have been started to beeing replaced in the early '50s, but you'll may find them on M48s as late as in the early '60s. The wheel itself were the same from M26 to M60 (steel wheels that is), but the early ones hade a sheet metal cone welded inside. (Same thing with M24/M41: early wheels had a mud shield, later did not.)

M26 1945:


M48 1961:

Hmm, those are new to me then. I guess they represent them pretty well.

The mud shield type is included in both the Takom and Dragon M46 kits, as well as the Tamiya M26 (probably the Dragon kit too???). Don't know about the Hobby Boss Pershings or the Takom M47. The Italeri M47 ones seem to be something in between.

Cheers,
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