French M47 'Patton' Suez 1956

Holger Kranich
Superpaintjob, so far!

Arkadios Rapos
thxs Holger ... i'm stuck is some decal work needed to continue... but i hope i'll continue it soon😉

Holger Kranich
Do you want to give the patton a set of friul?

Arkadios Rapos
AFV tracks give me a hard time to put them together.. so i don;t want to throw them. But as far as i know Friul doesn't has any tracks for patton..

Holger Kranich
Isnt it possible to mount M48 Tracks? They are nearby the same, i think... But i dont know if friul provides them...

Arkadios Rapos
i think friul don't make them.

Holger Kranich
hmmm, sad!

Holger Kranich
Your Patton is from AFV-Club? Am i right?

Aghis Barberopoulos
NIce Work and nice photos too!

Roland Roth
Good job and a great painting!
I'm also actually working on Revell's M47 in a early German Verson, but I think, it will be not so good as your modell!

Arkadios Rapos
thnxs Ronalod for the good words 🙂. the kit is the Italeri, a really old, but very very good kit. only minor changes needed.

Christian Bruer
Hi Arkadios, well done so far! One question, how do you make the gun cover (blast bag)? Cheers, Christian

Arkadios Rapos
hi Christian, and thnxs for the good words 🙂. the cover was made with tamiya epoxy putty.

Aghis Barberopoulos
Good Job! At first glance thought it was tape of some sort... Very effective!!!

Holger Kranich
This is what i need for my Bismarck! I always thought about, how to build those "Blast Bag´s" scratch!Its just a pitty that i cant move the barrels, after mounting the Bags...

Aghis Barberopoulos
I had the same thought actually, blastbags! Why move the guns afterwards ? (sometimes I want to do that too, but it wears down the model).

Holger Kranich
Yeah youre right but some time i´m playing a`lil bit with my models! Dont tell it anyone, please...🙂 🙂 🙂

Aghis Barberopoulos
I won't. Hope your mother doesn't know about this site 🙂

Holger Kranich
That doesnt matters, she knows about my obsession to play with my models...🙂

Aghis Barberopoulos
🙂

parviz sadeghi
very good .that is same iranian m-47 . What color did you paint?

Arkadios Rapos
thank you my friend. base color is desert yellow.

Kurt Reichert
Definitely in!!! Looks verry cool so far.

Paul Shearer
Great build so far!! Did you finish this yet? I have the same build in a gathering stage and wondered where you got the perforated steel plates carried on the sides for extraction from soft sand? Yours look like they are etched pieces. Again amazing work!

Arkadios Rapos
Hi Paul, thank you for your kind words, and apologies for the late reply. The PE are from the Verlinden 1/35 Perforated-Steel Plating (PSP) set. And , yes, the kit is still in progress, very close to finish though. 😄

Paul Shearer
Hope to see the finished project soon!