Magach 6B Gal- converting a Braille-scale M60A3

[Wouter]

Good to see you back at the bench mate. And I think I missed the start of this one. That's some great extra detailing going on here, really lifts the model a couple of levels. Looking forward to see it painted. Hopefully we don't need to wait another 4 months :tongue-out3:

[Jim R]

Hi Alistair
Nice to see you and glad work is ok in Sheffield. That 50cal was worth the wait.
Jim

[JR]

Alistair, like Wouter I missed the start., but have had a read through. A great model and your right in saying it was worth the wait, and complements your detailing.

[Road of Bones]

Wouter, Jim, John- thanks for the kind words gents! :smiling2:

Been doing a fair old bit of guitaring these last weeks- I resurrected my first ever Strat (replaced all the electrics and got it playing properly again), bought a new amp (Boss Katana), and started rehearsing bass with my metal band again, so bench time has suffered slightly :anguished:

I did find time to tackle the commander’s MG though. I made a mounting pintle from spare PE bits, and scratched the ammo can & holding frame from odd bits. A cheeky dry-fit then!



The detail on these 1/72 guns is really quite astonishing! They come with PE bipods and a heat shield that would make them into a US-pattern M240B, but as the IDF use FN MAGs I left those details off. Just got to make the Loader’s MG pintle & ammo box, and the turret grab rails, and I can think about paint...

Thanks for looking chaps,

Alistair☠️

[Jim R]

Hi Alistair
That machine gun is a thing of beauty and the scratched add ons are top notch. And at 1/72 scale it's a case of "bloody Nora that's good"
Jim

[Richard48]

Great to see you continuing with this one.One of my favourite vechiles.Some magnificent work going on.I was thinking of buying one of the Ace models Centurions and converting to a Shot kal.Dont fancy scratchbuilding all the blazer boxes.Dont think there are any available in this scale?
Great work.
Rich.

[Road of Bones]

Great to see you continuing with this one.One of my favourite vechiles.Some magnificent work going on.I was thinking of buying one of the Ace models Centurions and converting to a Shot kal.Dont fancy scratchbuilding all the blazer boxes.Dont think there are any available in this scale?
Great work.
Rich.

Thanks Rich- if you want to convert a Centurion into a Sh’ot Kal, you could make one without Blazer armour from the Yom Kippur conflict? You would need to source a new engine deck from an M60 or M48 however. It was the later Dalet or Gimels that had the Blazer armour, IIRC

[Guest]

The engine deck on the IDF-modified Centurions isn’t the same as of the M48A2/A3/A5 and M60-series. It’s clearly based on it, but you’d have to scratchbuild the whole thing, as far as I know. Richard48, if you need drawings for that, I’ve got some 1:35 scale ones by Vasko Barbiç in a very old issue of (I think) Tamiya Model Magazine that I could go and find look for.

[Richard48]

Hi Chaps.
Thanks for the information.I have heard that Ace do a Shot kal from Yom Kippur 73 war.So maybe this beast has the engine deck upgrade.I will have a look and see what i can find out regarding the kit.
Cheers guys.
Richard.

[scottie3158]

Bones,
Really good to see you back at the bench, and it was well worth the wait. Cracking work Sir.

[Guest]

Thanks for the information.I have heard that Ace do a Shot kal from Yom Kippur 73 war.So maybe this beast has the engine deck upgrade.I will have a look and see what i can find out regarding the kit.

It does have the right engine deck:
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ACE helpfully put not just sprue shots but renders of the CAD model and quite a bit more on the kit’s page on their web site.

[Richard48]

It does have the right engine deck:
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ACE helpfully put not just sprue shots but renders of the CAD model and quite a bit more on the kit’s page on their web site.

Cheers Jakko.Half the job done,Just the blazer armour to do.
Richard.

[Guest]

Or just wait a bit to see if they release a version with it

[Richard48]

Or just wait a bit to see if they release a version with it :smiling3:

Now that would be great!!,I like the look of the Nagmachon with doghouse!!.
Stay cool n safe.
Richard.

[SimonT]

Looking good Al and those brass mg's are insanely good

Is the commanders mg ammo box on a hinged mount then? They've always been stuck out sideways on the pics I've looked at