I can’t even remember if I posted anything on this build back when I was in the middle of it, possibly not, but I recently finished it and put it on a generic “IDF” base, so I thought I’d put a couple of pics up. The base M-60 hull is an old Academy kit that I stripped and re-did, and used the Legends MEM conversion to finish. Quite a few of the smaller Legends parts were unusable due to short pours major warpage or massive air bubbles, so I scratched a few things (the bustle rack being the major one) and added a few parts from other kits to finish. Crew figs are Academy and Meng. Tracks are Friul, stowage from the spares box. Running gear is a mix of Academy, Tamiya and Italeri. Extra lifting lugs on the hull sides were made from plastic stock.
I wanted to show a tank returning from a border patrol along the Isreal/Lebanon line, mid '80s. This would be just about while these tanks were being converted/modernized to Magach 7’s, so i did a lot of weathering to try and show it’s age, and I admittedly took some artistic license here, since to the best of my knowledge, the IDF uses very good paint, which doesn’t seem to chip or peel at all, but I wanted to show some heavy use anyway. Thanks for looking, and all comments welcomed, always.
