1/35 Israeli Defence Force M60 A1 'Blazer'..

[spanner570]

There you go....never always trust what you read on the internet.


I just read the metal box 'armour' on the M-60's were full of explosives and sort of went off and trapped/melted whatever projectile was fired at the tank. Thus preventing crew compartment penetration by said projectile...hey ho, not to worry......

[monica]

this one is progressing very nice,

[Pikeman]

Just caught up with this Ron,making good progress so far nice job 

[spanner570]

Thanks Monica and Stuart.


Here is the completed upper hull. Bit of a battle with the headlight area, but I won!








Cheers,


Ron

[spanner570]

I've just completed this thingy that goes on the back of the turret.....Good job I was an Octopus in a previous life!





Cheers,


Ron

[papa 695]

Great work so far Ron, and learning along the way.

[PaulTRose]

I've just completed this thingy that goes on the back of the turret.

its called a 'bustle'


think of it as a luggage rack 


its going together nicely

[monica]

Bit of a battle with the headlight area

they look very simulate to the BTR ,light protectors as well,a wee bit fiddly,I found as well,


nice progress on this one,

[Ian M]

Looking very god Ron. The plastic does look nice and crisp with sharp fine detail. Also the photos are mega sharp, New camera?

[spanner570]

First off, apologies to Gavin for not thanking him for posting the video...Thanks Gavin!


.......me too Ian!


Thanks Monica. It was fiddly for sure.


I knew it was a 'Luggage rack' but didn't know it's name, hence Thingy!...But now we all do. It's called a bustle. Cheers for that Paul. I appreciate your input.


Ian, I used my trusty old pocket size, Sony Cyber Shot camera - gern's got one too. About £20 on ebay. 


Thanks to you tankies on here, I'm learning as the build progresses. Good stuff


Ron 

[Snowman]

Only a pleasure, Ron. Just adding to the knowledge. ^_^


Nice work, you are cracking along quite a steadily rate....more than I can say for myself.

[spanner570]

Thanks Gavin. Good to have a guiding hand! 


...as it's raining here, I've just had a pleasant day working on the turret.


Bit of a juggling act as there are no fixing points for most of the components, just dotted approximate lines. 'Fix them somewhere about here!' The instructions do give you the correct order for fixing the armour, but not exactly where.....you're on your own mush!


So I had to juggle the reactive armour, the hand rail, the two 'orange boxes' and smaller bits to make them all fit summat like.


Are the 'orange boxes' either side of the main gun, mortars, smoke thingies or what?


Here is the result.


I've just spotted a few bits where I've not cleaned up properly.





See the small piece of armour at an angle? I've just been at the bench and moved it closer to the one underneath - too much of a gap.











The turret front lifting eyes are in the right place. Those indents by them are for an earlier version of this tank (I think, as there are plenty of alternative bits left) - I've decided to leave them rather than fill and sand them all.


The bustle is not fixed yet, as I still have to cut and fit some fiddly scale mesh (supplied) to the framework, and I though it better when I get annoyed with the stuff, to just sling the bustle across my den on it's own, rather than the whole tank!!


That's it, next up I'll start painting the model. As usual I'm brush painting and luckily I have the correct colour in Humbrol Enamels and a bottle of turps substitute at the ready, so I'm good to go........


I hope you like the model thus far.


Cheers,


Ron 

[spanner570]

No one want to let me know what the 'orange boxes' are then? Not to worry


I've given the model it's first coat of enamel. Well thinned with turps and applied with a big brush, worked in all the nooks and crannies. I let the paint run where it wanted to go, then when semi dry. I layered it off to remove an unwanted ridges.


With brush painting I can introduce weathering with each coat. This first coat has left a nice hit and miss streaky sand blasted effect - just the ticket!








Bustel still not fixed - I'm not in the mood for that mesh work yet!


Thanks for looking,


Ron

[monica]

looking good,do like the shade of sand your used,

[flyjoe180]

Looks good Ron.