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Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:11 pm
by Panzerjaeger66
Thanks guys! 8)

yes I was gone crazy while designing the turret :crazy:
...but here´s the result:

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Air vent…

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Parts of MG turret…

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…and again cast surface optimizing.

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Some more accessoires…

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Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:13 pm
by c.rainford73
Phenomenal job with this one. Absolutely stunning

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 11:43 am
by Panzerjaeger66
and last but not least - the gun lock:

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…and the built is finished :P

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Have a great Weekend :wave:
Freddy

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 11:51 am
by tomhugill
Panzerjaeger66 wrote:and last but not least - the gun lock:

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…and the built is finished :P

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Have a great Weekend :wave:
Freddy
Wow this is gorgeous. I'll send my address over ;)

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 12:20 pm
by Artyfist
FANTASTIC!

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:26 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
Lovely work to behold. :thumbup: :thumbup: My problem now (it was an inferiority complex before... :shifty: ).. is that the turret looks as if it's carved out of a block of Marzipan 8O (something I love...) and it's making me feel fairly hungry :D :D
Tasty looking tank all round!

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 6:21 pm
by Ad Lav
Great work Freddy.

How durable do you expect the resin to be over plastic and metals found on other tanks?

Weight of the completed tank?

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2017 6:29 pm
by c.rainford73
Beautiful work Freddy

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 9:01 am
by Panzerjaeger66
Thanks guys! :-)
Ad Lav wrote:Great work Freddy.

How durable do you expect the resin to be over plastic and metals found on other tanks?

Weight of the completed tank?
The tank weigh almost 5kg without electronics and that´s more than the styrene tanks I made.
My styrene tanks are designed/made of max. 3mm sheet thickness (very less parts doubled), but this resin have thickness of 4 - 5mm, so it´s stiffness is much better.
The problem of resin is, that not everybody can handle it (in some cases me too :S ), so the kit will be sold at first as "completed" tanks.

Freddy

Re: M48 MBT – The Cold War Warrior – scratch built report

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:02 am
by HERMAN BIX
What an extraordinary build
Certainly a rare representation of a significant AFV in our time