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ESCI M48A3

I'm falling behind, at least I have stayed on subject. So I'll take this as a small win since I really really can't stay on subject for more than a week.

Filled the gap on the turret and mallet with Green Stuff.

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Made the missing cover on the commanders cupula with Green Stuff

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Made a plug for the removed gas cap on M48A3's from sheet styrene

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Ordered some 3D print US jerry cans, but think I got German, they are nice.

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Worked on the track that will be on the turret and the kit search light I glued the track links on .010X250 styrene strip for more thickness.

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So I'm still slow walking :)

I planned on using the resin search light as it would save me some time. It's not bad but looks a little to big as does the kit version.

I'm going to mess with the kit one. Not going all out on this light, I think it looks long to me.
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I cut some off the front, then covered the front with .010 sheet styrene.
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I filed down the light some all the way around I may have taken a 1/32 or 1/16 off it.
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I cut a strip of .010 styrene and wrapped it around the front of the light.

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On the spare track I used slices of C channel styrene to make guide teeth for the spare track. I found some expanded metal to use in the turret basket.

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On the back of the search light I removed the molded in bars and added some from styrene rod
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On the turret I brush painted some Vallejo panzer grey primer under where the spare track hangs and did the same for the side of the track that faces the turret

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A mock up photo

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That's awesome! :vgood: It looked like the Blackdog kit included the M-48 turret as a resin assembly. An optical illusion then?
 
Alright my last post on this thread. Well I didn't finish, but had lots of fun. I will continue on a new thread in the master page. When I decided to not use the resin turret I knew I was cooked for finishing on time. A decision I do not regret.

The last could things I got done before the deadline, I cut the commanders hatch off the copula, then did some fancy texturing. I also bent up the fenders some.

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Until next time
 
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