welcome home brother! gary

Hisham, the M48 I saw in Lebanon in 2008 were A5 and had a different TC cupola. I guess during the civil war they were already in service.

I will be so all over this kit. I can see three right away, thank you Dragon. So it may need a few goodies, after building several Tamiya M48s, I can do that. Anyone ever consider that Dragon may float these announcements on the internet, just gauge market opinion? If so, BRING IT!

Sprue shots are up at Dragon's site. Says a June release date. They are motivated to get this out.

Preorder for $49.99 at. Dragonusaonline

Then add to that another $40.00 for a resin upgrade for the mantlet cover and cupola. Sorry, I'm out. I worked on M-48's and M-60's and never once saw them in the field without the mantlet cover or cover for the cupola. Come on Dragon, would it kill you to include these?

Then add to that another $40.00 for a resin upgrade for the mantlet cover and cupola. Sorry, I'm out. I worked on M-48's and M-60's and never once saw them in the field without the mantlet cover or cover for the cupola. Come on Dragon, would it kill you to include these? [/quote] I don't see any reason why the Legend M48 Accessories kit won't work....it has the mantlet, the correct sprockets and the spotlight. It also is $10

I received my kit yesterday and worked on the hull. Details are definitely better than Tamiyas. The fit needed some putty here and there- mainly the sides of the engine compartment/top of hull seam which will mostly be hidden. There was some flash on the mounts for the road wheel arms, but nothing terrible. The fit on those arms isn't precise, so you need to be careful to make sure they are all straight. I'll try to post pics after work tonight.

Mine should arrive any day then,thanks,keep us posted with your build