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Israeli M46 in work. Nov.23.

The Zod

The Zod

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Doing this for a group build on a WHIF site. DML M46. Hard to believe 21 years have gone by since this kit came out. :eek:hmy: I will not be adding stowage,because I am a cheapskate. :D Just be overall sand color. I also have a set of AFV club tracks on the way to home.

From what I understand,the M26 and M46 tracks were a bit wider than the Sherman E8 tracks.

I will use some IDF Sherman decals.
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Now to see if I can find some pics of casting symbols. :pilot
 
Israeli M46 in work.

Thanks everyone. Hope to have more photos by Saturday. Next few days will be long.
 
Israeli M46 in work.

I was about to say Israel didn't have these! Otherwise I would have gotten one myself to make Israeli. Still, I'll be following this; I'm looking forward to seeing how you do with this one.
 
Israeli M46 in work.

Duke Maddog said:
I was about to say Israel didn't have these! Otherwise I would have gotten one myself to make Israeli. Still, I'll be following this; I'm looking forward to seeing how you do with this one.
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You know how I like what if stuff Mark. :yipee
 
Israeli M46 in work.

Sorry for no updates yesterday. I had a real bust week miles wise. Plus long days.

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To me,the mantlet looks crooked. I used some two part putty for the cover.

This is the barrel. Not sure if there is supposed to be this big of a gap between the muzzle brake and fume extractor.


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Israeli M46 in work. Track modifications.

I honestly tried to build the AFV Club tracks for the M26/M46 series. :bang head So,I decided to use the tracks from a failed Hobby Boss M26A1. However,the M46 used four more links per side. On the area where you would glue the ends together,I have glued four indy links from AFV Club. I will need to add guide horns and end connectors.
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Israeli M46 in work. Track modifications.

Chad, I've vowed to stick with German tracks. Those multipart tracks are just too much man. Let me look in my stuff, I used Friuls on the Korean Sherman, those look kinda like the same tracks.
 
Israeli M46 in work. Track modifications.

moon puppy said:
Chad, I've vowed to stick with German tracks. Those multipart tracks are just too much man. Let me look in my stuff, I used Friuls on the Korean Sherman, those look kinda like the same tracks.
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The track face looks like the same. The guide horns for the E8 tracks,and those used on the M26 and M46 are different. I could have bought Fruils for this,but I was being cheap. I think modifying the rubber tracks will work. :)
 
Israeli M46 in work. Paint & decals.

Finally some progress. I need to repaint the hubs on the road wheels,and the center of the support rollers. I originally sprayed Testors IDF sand. But it came out brown.
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Israeli M46 in work. Paint & decals.

Looking good as far as the colour and the weathering go. Aklways interesting to see a "What if" model.

I guess that you kow that the IDF never used the M-46 tank.

You had trouble with the Testor's IDF sand being too brown? Had you thinned it very much or was it just a bad jar?

Cheers
 
Israeli M46 in work. Paint & decals.

The color looks good enough to me. Dry brushing with off white might help. Now build a Syrian or Egyptian Panzer V Panther. Gary
 
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