M103a2 Sunday 15 turret look like a ..turret

[mcevoyi]

Back from my hols

So let's get building

[wibblywobbly]

Lame excuse, you could have taken it with you!

[Ad Lav]

Chop chop

Look forward to seeing you do that turret!!

If you get stuck for parts I do have those new sprue/spares I can send photos of from my Tamiya Pershing.

[mcevoyi]

Thanks Adam ...
Pretty much got it covered gave the dragon kit to us as backup for shapes and detail ..even if the kit is not that accurate it will help
Get the general form.of the tank

[mcevoyi]

Hi all

WAHOO !!!!

Finally got my are back in the seat and restated the build of the m103 ..now the hols are out the way
and life is getting back to what ever normal is ..it means I can get on a bit

So the hull not an easy prospect to work out how to do ..the biggest head ache is the front and that
nasty set of complex curves ..and some how bashing a person chassis in to something that looks like an m103 ..
after weeks and weeks of deliberation I finally got my razor saw out and wood to help strenthen the hull as I went along ...I also used milliput to assd packing in some of the awkward corners to fill the voids and again to add strength

Thouse of u who have followed my builds before will understand what I mean buy my term coffee stick odelling ...I've used coffee sticks to shape the front of the lower hull to help give the curve ..it's a start and quite ruff at the moment and will remain so until I created the upper part of the curved hull then I wilso a final profile again with milliput ...

Inhabe ot realky worked out yeat how imwillmake the top and bottom of the hill mate together ..my gut say make the hull top part at a different location raterr than where the hull top and nottom nor ally mmet on the hl kits ....ford for thought as i nuils aong ?

Any way ..yap yap yap ...

Pic time

[edpanzer]

Great job so far

[ALPHA]

Hope I have the same Headache Mcevoyi....think I will have similar problems when I do my Chi Nu
yours is coming out great...the symmetry..is perfect


ALPHA

[mcevoyi]

Thanks Alpha and Ed panzer

t took two attempts to get the symmetry the same .. just hope the top comes out almost as good

[Ad Lav]

Tricky shape - similar to the M48 Patton?

[mcevoyi]

Alpha

Is copse to the m48 ..the m103 is shallower and longer ....

This link will show u the differences

http://vodnik.net/pages/M103A1/m103a1.htm