Italeri M60 Magach 6b

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Italeri M60 Magach 6b

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Ok guys,this will be my first ever military build.I had started a Monogram f-82G but long story short I was replacing the bolt carrier group in my AR-15 and I dropped the upper receiver on the poor F-82 and the receiver won (No more gunsmithing in the model workshop :oops: ) Anyway,I looked to my small military stash and after watching some of Coen's excellent tank build vids decided to have a go at Italeri's M60 Magach 6B.

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I started on the lower hull as per the instructions and found some nice cast texture.........with a mold seam running through it :wall: Oh well,nothing some power tools can't fix :D I first sanded the offending seam with a sanding stick and then chucked a grinding bit into my trusty Dremel tool to replace the lost cast texture by lightly tapping the bit on the hull where I sanded the seam off.Time consuming work that probably wont be seen,but it makes the OCD side of me happy :lol:

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After cleaning up the lower hull everything else was just straightforward flash clean up and assembly.Being my first armor kit I don't have a reference to how easy these things are supposed to be to build but assembly of the lower hull went pretty quick,so quick in fact i forgot to take any pics till the hull was done :doh:

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Now that the lower hull is done it's time to start on the upper hull and turret.If anyone has any tips or tricks PLEASE let me know.Thanks for looking :cheers2:
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Nice progress !!!

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Looks like it's going to be a great build. I like the detailing of the rear vents.
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Yeah dropping gun parts on a model ain't gonna end well!

Looking good so far, should be a nice build.
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Excellent start, mate :th:

Nice tip on using the dremmel for replacing the cast texture. Guaranteed I'll have forgotten that when I need to use it. :lol:
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Nice tip with that dremel tool.
I use it myself quite a lot.
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:pop:
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such a mean looking tank.
gonna follow this one with interest.
keep up the sweet work!
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MikeyKb wrote:such a mean looking tank.
gonna follow this one with interest.
keep up the sweet work!
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Thanks,guys.This build got put on the shelf of doom,but got resurrected and there is a build thread for it in the Shelf of Doom GB section. :cheers2:
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:pop:
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nic work so far :thumb1:
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