Hi guys,
I will be doing Academy M60A1 RISE/ERA with M9 dozer blade as my next modelling project. I will be doing it as an USMC tank from the Operation Desert Storm91 timeframe. After thorough research in the net (here, on this site and others) I know that Academy did the dozer assembly wrong and it lacks the whole hydraulics system operating the blade. This system replaces the left stowage box on the rear fender of the tank. There is also an additional item at the very rear end of the left fender (an oil reservoir?) to which the pipes going under the belly of the tank are connected.
Ive managed to find a whole technical manual of the M9 dozer blade on this site:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/index.htm
Thanks to this manual I know now how the missing blade operating items look like BUT surprisingly, I havent found any dimensions of those things in the manual and I thought they must be there if this is a manual?? Ive searched the whole index page of the manual and found nothing about dimensions of each blade components.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone by any coincidence measured up the elements of the hydraulics system of the M9 dozer blade (the pump assembly and the oil reservoir) and knows the dimensions of these elements?
2. Where I can find info about component measurements of an M9 dozer blade assembly if the above mentioned manual doesnt include them?
3. Does anyone have instructions for Verlinden resin M9 dozer blade assembly set? Is there any info about dimensions of missing hydraulics system components or any templates for scratchbuilding these?
4. Are there any former Army/USMC M60A1 tankers who can help me with dimensions of components of an M9 dozer blade assembly?
Uff, guys, a lot of questions but any help is appreciated. If I wont find any info about these missing elements of hydraulics system I will be forced to scratchbuild these items eyeballing their size from photos and plans. The pictures of missing components are below:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/TM-9-2590-209-14-P0162.htm
and:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/TM-9-2590-209-14-P0164.htm
Thanks for any help,
Piotr
I will be doing Academy M60A1 RISE/ERA with M9 dozer blade as my next modelling project. I will be doing it as an USMC tank from the Operation Desert Storm91 timeframe. After thorough research in the net (here, on this site and others) I know that Academy did the dozer assembly wrong and it lacks the whole hydraulics system operating the blade. This system replaces the left stowage box on the rear fender of the tank. There is also an additional item at the very rear end of the left fender (an oil reservoir?) to which the pipes going under the belly of the tank are connected.
Ive managed to find a whole technical manual of the M9 dozer blade on this site:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/index.htm
Thanks to this manual I know now how the missing blade operating items look like BUT surprisingly, I havent found any dimensions of those things in the manual and I thought they must be there if this is a manual?? Ive searched the whole index page of the manual and found nothing about dimensions of each blade components.
My questions are:
1. Has anyone by any coincidence measured up the elements of the hydraulics system of the M9 dozer blade (the pump assembly and the oil reservoir) and knows the dimensions of these elements?
2. Where I can find info about component measurements of an M9 dozer blade assembly if the above mentioned manual doesnt include them?
3. Does anyone have instructions for Verlinden resin M9 dozer blade assembly set? Is there any info about dimensions of missing hydraulics system components or any templates for scratchbuilding these?
4. Are there any former Army/USMC M60A1 tankers who can help me with dimensions of components of an M9 dozer blade assembly?
Uff, guys, a lot of questions but any help is appreciated. If I wont find any info about these missing elements of hydraulics system I will be forced to scratchbuild these items eyeballing their size from photos and plans. The pictures of missing components are below:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/TM-9-2590-209-14-P0162.htm
and:
http://www.tpub.com/content/operatormanuals/TM-9-2590-209-14-P/TM-9-2590-209-14-P0164.htm
Thanks for any help,
Piotr
