peterairfix
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Will try that as 10 ton wrecker has been here the longest.
Looking very good Ron hope you keep in touch with this one was the whole thing tank and figures taken from a actual combat /film footage/photo. DaveWorking on a Dragon Early-version M48A3 and the Hobby Fan infantry figure group... I went without the later improved cupola vision port ring and no search Iight either. Will be adding some stowage, mostly spare assorted ammo and fuel cans.I have the later version in my stash so will probably build that one in the near future. Hope you all like.
These would sit much better in the build thread.Update on Revell 1/144 Saturn V build.
Cheers David ! Yeah , this reminds me of the movie Full Metal Jacket though I know those were different tanksLooking very good Ron hope you keep in touch with this one was the whole thing tank and figures taken from a actual combat /film footage/photo. Dave
If you would like me to pick historical accuracy nits, then if it doesn’t have the vision riser ring, it should probably also have the older type of headlights, under a round guard instead of the flattened one you’ve got here, as well as the mudguards with the front stays on the angled part … The square tail light guards and the bars around the exhaust grill are also later features that probably means the tank would have the vision ring. I can’t make out in the photos if the commander’s hatch (in the cupola) is the more bulged type for extra headroom, but that also goes with the vision blocks. Cupolas without it had a hatch with a rounder profile.I went without the later improved cupola vision port ring
M41s, I guess because those were available to the filmmakers in England, whereas M48s were not. Still, a far less intrusive error than you see in most 1960s war moviesYeah , this reminds me of the movie Full Metal Jacket though I know those were different tanks
Looks great Ron.Always partial to an M48 in Vietnam.Working on a Dragon Early-version M48A3 and the Hobby Fan infantry figure group... I went without the later improved cupola vision port ring and no search Iight either. Will be adding some stowage, mostly spare assorted ammo and fuel cans.I have the later version in my stash so will probably build that one in the near future. Hope you all like.
Thanks Rich ! I'm glad you find it pleasing, it was a fun build.Looks great Ron.Always partial to an M48 in Vietnam.
Rich
Thanks Paul , will look into that book !'A Hundred Miles of Bad Road' was a great book on M48s in VN. Spotted headlights/taillights, but most folk won't notice. Great poses on your Marines.
Thanks Paul , will look into that book !
Thank You Jakko for pointing out the differences. Initially IWorking on a Dragon Early-version M48A3 and the Hobby Fan infantry figure group... I went without the later improved cupola vision port ring and no search Iight either. Will be adding some stowage, mostly spare assorted ammo and fuel cans.I have the later version in my stash so will probably build that one in the near future. Hope you all like.
The non-bulged version had vision blocks in it, the bulged version didn’t, I remembered after my previous post.As for the bulge-style cupola, well I just don't know. This one seems to have a bit of a bulge built in, I guess. Anyway, once I see that feature in a pic then maybe I'll feel it's important enough to worry over.
They didn’t. The tanks with the rounded headlight guards and individual lights are the “Mod. A” conversions, those with the flattened guards and paired lights are the later, improved “Mod. B” (there were no new-built M48A3s, all were converted from older tanks). It looks like the USMC in Vietnam only got Mod. As, while the US Army had both, and I think the ARVN probably only had the Mod. B (but I may be mistaken, as I didn’t actually check before writing this ).I wonder why the factory went to the trouble to provide different lighting styles to be used on Marine vs. Army tanks anyway...?
The non-bulged version had vision blocks in it, the bulged version didn’t, I remembered after my previous post.
They didn’t. The tanks with the rounded headlight guards and individual lights are the “Mod. A” conversions, those with the flattened guards and paired lights are the later, improved “Mod. B” (there were no new-built M48A3s, all were converted from older tanks). It looks like the USMC in Vietnam only got Mod. As, while the US Army had both, and I think the ARVN probably only had the Mod. B (but I may be mistaken, as I didn’t actually check before writing this ).
In the end, though, it’s your model, so feel free ignore my comments if you want
well, Applied or not, new-to-me information can only be a good thing, and I'm happy to be better-informed now !The non-bulged version had vision blocks in it, the bulged version didn’t, I remembered after my previous post.
They didn’t. The tanks with the rounded headlight guards and individual lights are the “Mod. A” conversions, those with the flattened guards and paired lights are the later, improved “Mod. B” (there were no new-built M48A3s, all were converted from older tanks). It looks like the USMC in Vietnam only got Mod. As, while the US Army had both, and I think the ARVN probably only had the Mod. B (but I may be mistaken, as I didn’t actually check before writing this ).
In the end, though, it’s your model, so feel free ignore my comments if you want
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