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Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:03 pm
by ColemanCollector
Herr Dr. Professor wrote: ↑Wed Jan 14, 2026 3:49 pm
ColemanCollector: I think I found one of the Supercomputers hooked up to all kinds of delicate machinery: it's you! Even with my magnifiers, I couldn't even see well enough to create such realistic detail.
Thanks, HDP. I have and use a pair of those flip down magnifier thingies. Very helpful but I get a banger headache after awhile. I keep moving out of the focus range, and my silly brain-eyes combo try to adjust. "Move yer head genius, move yer head!"
Mike
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:08 pm
by ColemanCollector
A little chassis work before hitting the dreaded hinge job on the top battery hatch. The Coolbank pintle hitch is a pretty crude affair.
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Used photos of the real deal below to add some bits and pieces.
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Not scale, but pintle-ish enough for my liking!
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Mike.
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 9:08 pm
by ColemanCollector
Double post
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 10:03 pm
by PainlessWolf
Good Afternoon!
Beautiful Job on the Hitch for this Tank. It looks significantly more like the correct piece now. I did the handles for the Tow Hooks underneath there but I will need to pull Griffys M5 back up onto my desk and do the work on the Hitch as you have. That adds a lot of Eye Candy Value for the work! Thanks for posting the improved Detail!
regards,
Painless
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:31 pm
by Stormbringer
Thats a real improvement mate
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2026 11:44 pm
by Panzermechaniker
That's a beautiful job on that hitch Mike. Going to try and improve the hitch on my Sherman after seeing your work on that
Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 1:18 am
by Herr Dr. Professor
"Move yer head genius, move yer head!" Yes, headaches probably come from constantly trying to adjust the focus. Perhaps this is some comfort: after a while I became so accustomed to the magnifiers that I now longer had to pay any conscious attention and had not more headaches. Now I cannot get much of anything done without the "Gort" glasses. If only I could do the same with the hearing aids.
"Gort" is the robot in the classic 1951 "The Day the Earth Stood Still," here in miniature.
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Re: [NATO/Cold War] Portugal M5A1 "Gina"
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2026 2:48 am
by ColemanCollector
Klaatu! I haven't thought about that group for decades! All the stoners in high school would argue about whether they were really the Beatles secretly reuniting. A Canadian duo, too. Sadly, Terry Draper passed away in 2025.
One of their best songs, and there's even a brief glimpse of a T-72 in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNBV5hofD_U
Tanks--they're everywhere.
Mike.