GT1070 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Is this toy supposed to be an M-48 or M-60? Santa allegedly has some nice modern armor 1/72 scale plastic models coming my way soon. Well, I was cleaning up the other day and found this M-48 (or is it an M-60 with extra idler wheels?) It was obviously given to my son about 20 years ago and he never touched it. Just to warm up my mediocre armor weathering painting skills, I got a $6.00 Testors non-toxic acrylic "military" paint set and went to work on this toy. BTW: My son likes what I did to it. Ha ha!! The basic shape of the thing is somewhat detailed! I wonder if some inventive person made molds of an assembled 1/35 scale model In order to mass produce this dollar store friction powered toy? I decided to make up my own desert camo scheme. This was just practice really...I am not really proud of the paint job. FWIW: That non-toxic paint is really good stuff...I believe I may have about the same number of brain cells as when I started! Edited December 17, 2017 by GT1070 Trying (and failing) to fix upside down photos 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Well given that the model seems to have the drive sprocket at the front, instead of the back, I don't think you should expect too much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT1070 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 14 minutes ago, Gibsonm said: Well given that the model seems to have the drive sprocket at the front, instead of the back, I don't think you should expect too much. Ha ha! Yes, when I reassembled it, I had it "backwards" with the drive sprocket in the back and it didn't go together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSe419E Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 M-48. Too many return rollers, rounded nose, and wrong cupola for an M-60. That and the muzzle brake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT1070 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 18 hours ago, TSe419E said: M-48. Too many return rollers, rounded nose, and wrong cupola for an M-60. That and the muzzle brake. Thanks for the info, TSe419E! It's just a toy and the project was just practice. I just found an unassembled T-62 kit in the attic. I've got a lot of builds planned for 2018. (T-80, BMP-2, M-1A1, M-2 Bradley, etc.) All 1/72 scale...stay tuned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iarmor Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Reminds me of this pencil sharpener I saw a while ago. Apparently an IDF M60A1 with ERA, but lacks a road wheel and the bore evacuator is not in place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted December 19, 2017 Members Share Posted December 19, 2017 The BE is where it belongs... on a T-55. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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