Nice work Stik. This engine/transmission upgrade is really looking good.
That engine is looking amazing.
Tiger & Grey Snake, thank you.
Wash on and cleaned up, then power pack installed.
and what will be visible…
Time to get this one moving forward past this stage.
Looking very nice.
It’s coming along great.
Yeap, she’s coming along very nicely! [Y]
Rob, Gino, and Gamera, thank you guys.
Today I got the upper hull glued in place. Starting to look like a tank now!
I need to deal with one seam on the bottom rear and then I can add all of the last little bits to complete the hull
Carlos,
She’s beautiful!
Bill
Thanks Bill. I’m happy with how it’s coming along so far.
That engine is looking spectacular!
Thank you John. First time that I’ve ever tried that sort of thing on a tank. Normally you can’t see that area.
The completed power pack is very convincing, well executed. I have a HobbyBoss set from their M26 that I keep thinking I want to use somehow, somewhere…
Thanks RB. Not sure what else you can do with that M26 power pack. The M26 used the same engine as the M4A3. I’m not sure about the transmission. But that changed with the M46, which was essentially a re engined M26A1. The M46, M47, and M48 prior to the A3 shared the same power pack.
It’s great that you can still see a lot of that engine. All of that nice work won’t go to waste!
Yes indeed! It’s nice that Italeri gave such an option.
Yes, very cool you can see all that work you put in there!
Lookin great Stik. Nothing worse than putting in a lot of work only to have it lost when you do the close up.
Thanks Dodgy. I do have another of these to build one day. And I can say with certainty that one will simply have the engine compartment closed up and be in a more “operational” look.
Back in the saddle on this one today
I added the small bits to the rear of the hull
and began adding the small bits to the front of the hull
Not much longer until hull construction is done…
Italeri was always known for it’s “small bits”. You, sir, are doing well with them.
Bill