M46 Korea 1951

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April 28, 2020
Kit box art
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April 28, 2020
Steps 1 & 2 completed
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April 28, 2020
Step 3 done. Roadwheel arms and shocks added
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April 28, 2020
Step 4, all wheels and transmission housing added
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April 28, 2020
Step 4, all wheels and transmission housing added
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April 29, 2020
Step 5 materials: 44 links and 44 center guide teeth per sprue
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April 29, 2020
44 links into short runs w/o center guide teeth
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April 29, 2020
2 sprues worth, 88 links assembled into four runs, w/o guide teeth... enough for one day
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May 1, 2020
Upper and lower track runs completed, w/o guide teeth
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May 8, 2020
Session 1 adding track center guide teeth
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May 8, 2020
Session 2 adding track center guide teeth
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May 8, 2020
Session 3 adding track center guide teeth and creating short runs for bottom ends
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May 12, 2020
Black base on running gear
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May 12, 2020
Black base on lower hull and running gear
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May 15, 2020
1 side of tracks on
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May 15, 2020
2 sides of tracks on
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May 15, 2020
Tracks on
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May 18, 2020
Small details added to upper hull
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May 18, 2020
Upper and lower hull glued together. More detail parts added to glacis plate
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May 20, 2020
Ejection pin excess on lower side of fenders
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May 20, 2020
Ejection pin excess removed
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May 20, 2020
Painting lower surface of fenders
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May 20, 2020
Pre paintings outer surface of tracks
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May 20, 2020
Step 8, fenders added and some front hull small bits
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May 20, 2020
Step 9, fender stowage boxes assembled
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May 20, 2020
Step 10, stowage boxes and exhausts added to fenders, final bits added hull front.
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May 20, 2020
Step 11, final bits added to rear hull.

Hull assembly now complete
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May 24, 2020
Steps 15 thru 19, turret assembly
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May 24, 2020
Turret installed, assembly complete... now for painting...
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June 19, 2020
Antenna mounts and original pintle mount needing corrections to match photos of 6th Tank Btn.
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June 19, 2020
Pintle mount opened for .30 cal and antennas added
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June 19, 2020
Side rack not seen in 6th Tank Btn photos
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June 19, 2020
Side rack removed and grab handle added
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June 19, 2020
Turret after updates to match photos of 6th Tank Btn
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June 19, 2020
Turret close up, black base coat
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June 19, 2020
Black base coat on
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June 19, 2020
Black base coat on
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July 11, 2020
Mission Models OD 319
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July 11, 2020
Mission Models OD 319
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July 11, 2020
Mission Models OD 319
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July 11, 2020
Mission Models OD 319
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July 11, 2020
Humbrol Insignia Yellow
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July 11, 2020
Humbrol Insignia Yellow
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July 11, 2020
Humbrol Insignia Yellow
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July 11, 2020
Humbrol Insignia Yellow
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July 11, 2020
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July 14, 2020
Yellow on fenders extended forward
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July 14, 2020
White stripes added to turret
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July 14, 2020
Black stripes added to turret
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July 14, 2020
White stripes added to turret
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July 14, 2020
Black stripes added to turret
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July 14, 2020
Tiger stripes on hull & turret
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July 14, 2020
Tiger stripes on hull & turret
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July 14, 2020
Tiger stripes on hull & turret
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July 18, 2020
Decals on
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July 18, 2020
Decals on
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July 18, 2020
Decals on
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July 18, 2020
Close up of mouth decal and repair work needed
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July 18, 2020
TC primered
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July 18, 2020
Close up of TC
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July 25, 2020
Touch up painting on mouth decal
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July 25, 2020
Touch up painting of mouth decal
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July 25, 2020
TC figure base colors
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July 25, 2020
TC figure base colors
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July 25, 2020
TC figure base colors on
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July 25, 2020
TC figure base colors on
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July 26, 2020
Bumper codes added from spare decals
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July 26, 2020
Bumper codes and rear Star added from spare decals
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August 24, 2020
Oil wash on and cleaned up
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August 24, 2020
Oil wash on and cleaned up
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December 15, 2020
Scratch built rack and ammo cans added to left fender
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December 15, 2020
Stowage added to turret rear& right side and on right fender
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December 17, 2020
Jerry can stowage... touch up paint needed for straps
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December 17, 2020
Final stowage added, right side
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December 17, 2020
More stowage added to turret next... time for touch up paint now
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December 17, 2020
Final stowage added, left side
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December 17, 2020
Touch up painting on foil ties down straps and buckles added
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December 21, 2020
Dry brushing, engine deck
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December 21, 2020
Dry brushing, left side
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December 21, 2020
Dry brushing, right side
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December 21, 2020
Dry brushing, front view
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed
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December 24, 2020
Completed

Comments

34 28 April 2020, 04:14

Chris Greathouse
Rawr! Are you painting as boxtop? Watching!

30 April 2020, 00:09

Carlos Cisneros
Hello Chris. Yes, this will be in the box art scheme. Hope that you enjoy the show.

30 April 2020, 01:29

Kaspar Kallin
Nice work, i plan on doing a m4a3 (TK45) in korea as ma next kit do u know any great sources of the subject.

25 July 2020, 19:53

Carlos Cisneros
Thanks Kaspar. I tend to do google searches on whichever unit the tank belongs to photo reference and possibly any unit history type stuff. I have the Concord and Squadron books on armor in Korea, as well as the Osprey T-34 vs M26 Pershing from their dual series. There is a blog that I have bookmarked where the guy has done some good stuff on Korean War armor as well. I'll post the link to that blog for you.

26 July 2020, 06:58

Kaspar Kallin
Yes plz, that will be great as i want to know as much as possible about the tank i am building.

27 July 2020, 11:42

Carlos Cisneros
This guy has a good blog article on 1st Marine Tank Battalion, as well as Operation Ripper, so hopefully the first one will have you covered.

mikesresearch.com/

27 July 2020, 16:39

Yigal Levin
I took al look at your home page, very empresing MK46.

21 August 2020, 16:52

Carlos Cisneros
Thank you Yigal

21 August 2020, 19:24

James C
This is looking awesome! Very tidy assembly work, and fantastic job on the paint scheme. 👍

21 August 2020, 19:27

Carlos Cisneros
Thank you James. One of these days I'll get around to starting the weathering...

21 August 2020, 20:21

Thomas K.
not to much, please! 😉

25 August 2020, 15:59

Carlos Cisneros
I'm gonna keep it around the running gear Thomas. Not too much, but not too little

25 August 2020, 16:39

Neuling
👍 Will there be a diorama?

16 December 2020, 10:30

Carlos Cisneros
@ Neuling. I need to make up a base for this build, but no diorama.

@ Joshua, thank you. The claws, eyes, and mouth are decals, but I had to do touch up work with paint on them due to the decals not conforming properly to all of the protrusions in those areas. The yellow base and stripes are all painted.

16 December 2020, 19:35

Neuling
And Carlos: Don´t forget to put that good looking tank commander in place!

17 December 2020, 09:51

Carlos Cisneros
@ Neuling - those resin figures cost too much to leave out. He will be added once he is completed. Tank first!😉

@Joshua - I want to do some sort of rice paddy mud road or late winter thaw like most of the films and photos show these tanks to be in for my base. The antennas are steel music wire I purchase at a local RC hobby shop by my last home. I cut them to a scale 3 meter length.

17 December 2020, 16:44

Simon Nagorsnik
A good paint job!
Like the style of these monsters!
I've been planning such a painting for a 1:72 korea war m4 for a long time, unfortunately I haven't had the time yet.
Hope to compete with yours soon😁

19 February 2022, 00:30

Carlos Cisneros
Thank you Simon. I'd like to build a Korean War cat Sherman one of these days. I'll look forward to seeing yours on here in the meantime 😉

19 February 2022, 21:24

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Dragon 1/35 M46

M46 Patton

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1:35 US Tank Commander Korea Winter 1950/51 (Def.Model DF35009)

M46 Patton

US Army (1784-now)
24 Inf. Div., 6 Tank Bn.
1951 Korean War - Han River

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