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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 3 - Casting Numbers | Jan 30, 2005 |
Trying to keep this as OOB as possible, I couldn't use the real casting numbers and symbols I have in other details sets, however, I could scrape numbers from the kit sprues to give some interest to the top of the turret.
Here there are some numbers in a typical pattern shown glued to a small flat pad of putty. The straight bar under the numbers is where the casting serial number would be stamped on a real vehicle. |
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