USA M48A3 Patton
VIETNAM

Scale:: 1:35
Status:: In progress
Started:: May 1, 2023

This kit was started by my friend who did a very basic build, didn't try to fix seams or alignment issues. It was missing a few parts for the turret and the road wheels were missing some items as well, fortunately I have another friend who is a M48 Experten. He had a whole bunch of spare parts to help with the restoration. I have upgraded the Infrared searchlight and sandbag set both from Legend. This is going to end up in a Diorama for the IPMS Chapter's 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War project.

Project inventory

Full kits

M48A3 Patton

Tamiya 1:35

MM120 (35120) 1983 New box

Detail and Conversion sets

U.S.

Small Arms Ammo Boxes

Verlinden Productions 1:35

0088 (88) 199x New tool

M48A3 Mantlet & AN/VSS-1 Searchlight

Legend Productions 1:35

LF1268

M48A3 Vietnam Sandbag Armour set

Legend Productions 1:35

LF1073

US Army M48 Light Guard Set

MJ Miniatures 1:35

MJEZ35012 2020 New tool

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Photoalbums

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M48A3 Patton 001

1:35

Project: USA M48A3 Patton

1:35 M48A3 Vietnam Sandbag Armour set (Legend Productions LF1073)

1:35 M48A3 Mantlet & AN/VSS-1 Searchlight (Legend Productions LF1268)

Comments

1 6 July 2023, 03:32

John Ballman
This kit was started by my friend who did a very basic build, didn't try to fix seams or alignment issues. It was missing a few parts for the turret and the road wheels were missing some items as well, fortunately I have another friend who is a M48 Experten. He had a whole bunch of spare parts to help with the restoration. I have upgraded the Infrared searchlight and sandbag set both from Legend.
Filling the motorization holes underneath and the after portion of the lower hull wasn't too hard. Took a lot of cutting and grinding to get the searchlight installed, used milliput to fare it in. One of the pictures shows the drive gear installed kinda wonky, fixed that. The hardest part was taking installed parts without destroying them in the process.