Tamiya 1/35 M48A3 Patton

[robertw]

Due to time I'm not going to be able to do the kit that I really wanna do so this is what I'm going for. Information will come later.

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Nice mold line... No biggie, clean up the parts where visible and leave the rest.


Suspension partially done.


Not much so far.

[brickfan8]

I am actually building that same kit for this build but I haven't started yet

[UKguyInUSA]

Wow....I noticed tha this kit has a battery compartment!? I never knew these tanks were capable of being battery driven....cool!

Enjoy building it

[robertw]

Well I didn't think that I'd attempt to finish this but after seeing Lee's attempt to finish, I was inspired to give it a go myself. It's been ready for primer for ages so I got that done. Had some issues where the primer was peeling off when I masked even after de-tacking the tape. It's odd that the primer (ak interactive) was peeling whereas paint to bare plastic was not...

I don't know, no matter. I got some paint on her and it's starting to look like a tank now. Even if it does have a boring paint job.

[robertw]

It's ready for decals after I let the gloss dry for a few hours. I think I might actually make it.

[robertw]

Decals! For once I didn't have to difficult a time doing decals. Unfortunately though despite cote after cote of micro sol it's very evident that they are decals. Oh well.


I'll give it a flat cote in a bit and tomorrow I'll do a bit of weathering and this thing is done.

[robertw]

It's gonna come down to the wire I think. Tracks have to dry from a wash, I have to go out of town for a few hours, and then new years eve stuff this evening!

Here's hoping I don't have too much trouble getting the tracks on...

[robertw]

The tracks wash doesn't want to dry. I thought acrylics dried fast...