M60A1, The Patton Tank that wasn't a Patton Tank.
I love these tracks. The very first thing I did when I popped the lid off.
Deviated from the recommended assembly order and built the basic hull. Fit was good.
Found on the internet a while back (thanks internet). Jeff Lewis's M60 spotter's guide.
Grand plans to remove the "chin".
Making packing material.
Reinforcing just in case.....
While the turret dries...
Running gear was straight-forward, no surprises.
I vaguely remember that there was a reason that I intentionally installed the tracks going in different directions but I can't remember what it was....
The fenders fit on very nicely.
Leaving box handles A33 off until the end.
Basic turret shape.
Hopefully, the proof is in the pudding. "Chin" less.
This was all done by eye.
How accurate is it? I don't know but it's good enough for me and my display shelf.
I am not looking forward to this.
Trying to be clever... One piece at a time. Allow to fully dry before moving on.
...OK....
Ok
Oh, I screwed it up.... Didn't see it at first.
The middle crossbar (N34) is backward (upside-down, whatever). JHC! Now what?
While pondering fixes, I set the mesh up in its jig.
I thought about it for a bit and decided to cut off the ends and swap them around.
And..... It looks OK.
Glued the stowage basket on and while it was drying, started working on the Commander's cupola. The barrel of the M85 was bent inside its packaging so I tried gently bending it straight.
Installed the cut ends of the middle crossbar. While drying, the searchlight.
Second screw-up. And again, didn't spot it at first.
I forget where I got the power cable for the searchlight from. After much prodding and poking, its more or less in position.
The tow cables themselves were ok but the fiddley little bracket doohickies, I found hard to place and they do not want to stay on the turret.
Aber 35 L-297 M85 barrel.
Takom 2070 M47 (Sprue F) Turret Bin. I ordered from Takom. Sent them an email and four months (and $10 shipping) later...
I installed the carrying handles on the wrong sides. It's upside down.
It's taken almost a year to suck up the courage to attempt to fix this. In hindsight, I should have assembled everything on the searchlight before installing it on the model....
Turns out that I shouldn't have glued the front of the handle to the searchlight body. The cover slips under that part of the handle.
Old school stowage basket, stowage bin
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10 9 April 2022, 06:20
A.J. MadisonLooks like you identified it correctly, the storage bin came off a M-47. I have a very old IPMS Quarterly from the 20th century that has a picture of a row M60A1s with this bin attached to the back of the rack. IIRC, the M60A1s were painted MERDC, but the storage bin was still OD. Alas I am relying on memory of the caption, as the Quarterly was only B & W pictures.
11 February 2023, 08:04
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Takom 2132 back dated to an early production M60A1.
