Man I LOVE Patton tanks. I very much would love to participate, but I am enrolled in the Flattop campaign and am undertaking an immense project with My Lexington conversion. The start time is the same and I anticipate soemthing in the vicinity of 4 months to complete it. If I have time left over, I'll pull something from the stash and participate in this one for sure. After all Georgie did go to VMI for a year.

I'm in. I have several M47's to choose from along with a M60A1.

Chris "toadman" Hughes
Toadman's Tank Pictures

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I'm in. I have several M47's to choose from along with a M60A1.

Chris "toadman" Hughes
Toadman's Tank Pictures

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And - I'm gonna be bugging you about finishing one of them for this campaign too!

Gunnie

Heh, heh, heh! Hopefully I don't get bogged down doing a M47 or M48 CD instead.

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Heh, heh, heh! Hopefully I don't get bogged down doing a M47 or M48 CD instead.

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We've still got a good week before the Campaign Launches!

Gunnie

M60 (A-nothin) AEF Turret with either a Tamiya or a old ESCI M60 Blazer chassis

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M60 (A-nothin) AEF Turret with either a Tamiya or a old ESCI M60 Blazer chassis

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Chris, is the AEF conversion any good?
my dad served with the plain M60(A0) most of his service and I considered building him one for his 50th birthday next year but I was kind of put off by all the stuff I heard of AEF's quality control issues.

if you could take some shots of the AEF parts I'd be greatful.

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M60 (A-nothin) AEF Turret with either a Tamiya or a old ESCI M60 Blazer chassis

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Chris, is the AEF conversion any good?
my dad served with the plain M60(A0) most of his service and I considered building him one for his 50th birthday next year but I was kind of put off by all the stuff I heard of AEF's quality control issues.

if you could take some shots of the AEF parts I'd be greatful.

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I have both the AEF and CMD (Chesapeake Model Desighs) M60 Turrets - and I must say unabashedly that there is no comparison between the two. The CMD Turret is superior - hands down.

I will show you in a few days...

Gunnie

Robin,
AEF makes a complete conversion set though with the old style air filters that arent featured in most M60A1 kits, Urdan copula, 0.3 Mgs with scisor mount and the 60mm mortar.
these items are crucial for making a decent presntation of the tanks that my dad used most of his service in the Sinai peninsula while just the turret, good as it may be, is not enough to complete the model.

Robin,
the ESCI Blazer and M60A3 dont have the all-steel boogies used and their M60A1 RISE has the later air filters so thats ain't good either for an M60A0.

unless of course I'm mistaken.

The old Esci/AMT/Ertl M60A1 or M60A1 Blazer contains all the necessary features to add to the CMD turret to make a US M60. Back in the mid 90s these kits were only about $4.99 at the closeout stores.

I understand your need for the AEF set if you are building a non-US variant. Nonetheless, the CMD turret is still superior.

Yes, you are wrong. The initial M60s came with the aluminum road wheels. The return to the M48 style steel wheels was a later decision made because the aluminum wheels did not wear as well. Both styles were still in use into the 90s. It was not uncommon to see a tank with both types of wheels or entirely one type or the other. The only rule in the use was both inner and outer road wheels on the same road wheel arm had to be the same type.

ahhh, well, the Patton Campaign, finally , I enlisted a few secs ago ... most probably I'll try that new conversion I have ... Goofy Models' Magach 7, should be a nice and easy build and looks really promising Hey Elad, will we get a separate thread in the campaings folder once it kicks off?
see ya - Andreas -