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Modeller Build Logs
M47 Patton at Suez |
| By Paul Roberts | | Started: | Jan 28, 2005 | | Updated: | Oct 23, 2005 |
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My local club is having its yearly club contest in January and, in typical fashion, as of December 26th, 2004, I didn't have anything built. Again. I was determined to have something this year for the "Cold War" armour theme and as Korea was specifically excluded, I went huinting through the kit stash for something that I could build out of the box and still be happy with, rivet counter that I am.
My eyes settled on the old Italeri M47 which I had always heard was a great kit. Good choice, I thought, but what scheme other than European OD Green??? Who used these puppies in the mid 50's?
France!
At Suez!
And thus started the 4 week build for the contest. |
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| Chapter 18 - Hull Front | Apr 30, 2005 |
| Here is the front of the hull. The headlight guards have been thinned down about 50% from their inital size and it was the devil's own job not to break them. Getting the headlights to sit on the brackets was a very fiddly job as well. The headlights also had sizeable sink holes in them and had to have a disc of .005" plastic poped in the hole to cover that up. The bloody fender turnbuckles are a real pain to remove from the sprue without breaking and I managed to bust one of them, even working very carefully. Of course, they are still over sized compared to the real thing, but you have to be able to mould the things to make the kit, so it's a fair compromise. |
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