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BarryC wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:50 pm Here’s a little something I started working on about 3 weeks before the heart attack.

I’ve always like the M60 and even more so while living in Zweubrucken, Germany in the mid-70s.
One morning I was awakened by a rumbling, building shaking “earthquake”? No it was a platoon of M60A3s cruising down the road in front of our apartment, so cool!

Ever since Freddy (Panzerjeager66) built one using the Ludwig M48 and a 3D Turret of his design. I had the Ludwig M48 kit and purchased the M60 Turret from Shapeways but really wanted to use the Ludwig kit for a Vietnam era M48.

So, along came Tongde and their M60. After watching Louis’s build of the M60A1 I was hooked. I picked up the Israeli version with the M48 “styled” turret. Mainly because of the price and the metal suspension system already in place.

The big kicker was the lack of the M60 Commander’s Copula. It would require scratch building. What’s a little plastic card between friends? Here is where I’m at with the copula.


Sheet plastic cut to rough, stacked and glued together.

Lots of carving, grinding and sanding to get to this.







Here are some shots of the Turret, Copula and Barrel.
The Barrel is from Richard Johnson, Adam (Adlav) turned us on to him.




TAFN,
Barry

BarryC wrote: ↑Wed Sep 20, 2023 9:50 pm Here’s a little something I started working on about 3 weeks before the heart attack.

I’ve always like the M60 and even more so while living in Zweibrucken, Germany in the mid-70s.
One morning I was awakened by a rumbling, building shaking “earthquake”? No it was a platoon of M60A3s cruising down the road in front of our apartment, so cool!

Ever since Freddy (Panzerjeager66) built one using the Ludwig M48 and a 3D Turret of his design. I had the Ludwig M48 kit and purchased the M60 Turret from Shapeways but really wanted to use the Ludwig kit for a Vietnam era M48.

So, along came Tongde and their M60. After watching Louis’s build of the M60A1 I was hooked. I picked up the Israeli version with the M48 “styled” turret. Mainly because of the price and the metal suspension system already in place.

The big kicker was the lack of the M60 Commander’s Copula. It would require scratch building. What’s a little plastic card between friends? Here is where I’m at with the copula.


Sheet plastic cut to rough, stacked and glued together.

Lots of carving, grinding and sanding to get to this.







Here are some shots of the Turret, Copula and Barrel.
The Barrel is from Richard Johnson, Adam (Adlav) turned us on to him.




TAFN,
Barry