Dragon M48A3 Vietnam - finished

[406 Silverado]

Hi all. Working on my next project, the Dragon M48A3 set in a Vietnam dio. Kit is basically OOTB and I will add some crew figs along with ValueGear boxes/tarps, AFV Club ammo boxes and some C-ration boxes. The extras and figs have been bought/ordered and just waiting for them to arrive.

[Leon]

Looking Good Rob!

[deafpanzer]

Looking good buddy!

[captfue]

Great start looks like it's going to be a good build.

[flmlm]

Awesome...looking good!

Regards
Mike

[wbill76]

Off to a great start Rob, looking forward to more on this one.

[rbaer]

Not blown up? Cool.....

[406 Silverado]

Cheers fellas, just having a bit of fun with this one. She is well into the weathering stages now. Had to lug my photo booth setup up from the basement to take some decent pics.

[TRM]

And just like that....it looks cool! Love seeing the dust go down brotha'! Just brings this alive!

[fhvn4d]

and just like that he says..... you guys make it look easy LOL
Lookin good as usual!

[Leon]

Lookin mighty fine Rob!

[rbaer]

I'm really liking the dust accumulation.

[deafpanzer]

Fantastic!!!

[joelsmith]

Well Done Sir!

[TRM]

Looking for that update....I know is coming!!

[406 Silverado]

Thanks for the comments fellas.
lolol Todd yup an update.

Wheels and tracks are on the old gal.

[TRM]

This does look hot brother! The customer is going to love it! Bring on the ground work!

[Leon]

Always nice to see the tracks go on Rob! Bring on the base work.

[jpc1968]

Outstanding work. I love the weathering, but I think the ruptured sand bag is an excellent touch.

[joelsmith]

Excellent Color and Fading Sir.

[406 Silverado]

Thanks fellas, still working on the old gal. Hull weathering and most of the turret done, still have to work on the coupela and barrel. Still waiting on the figures to arrive. Will start on the base in the next couple days.

[sturmbird]

Looks real nice! Looks like a new issue tank that's been driven from the depot to the field. How? Not beat up much. Glad you put the C-Rat boxes in the turret rack, instead of being ontop the engine! Lots of people fail to realize what kind heat comes off the top of that engine. After all who wants boiled fruit cocktail. Another issue is putting ammo directly ontop the grate. Your Ok if you put the ammo at the very back, but not upfront. Red hot ammo can cook off or at best doesn't shoot right.

You probably have the best coat of dust I've ever seen. Not too much and yet you got it in every crevice. I've seen pics of Wild One IV, but never Wild One. What unit?
gary

[TRM]

Some hot shi* brotha! She is coming together nicely!

[Leon]

That looks fantastic Rob! I really like your dust effects.

[flmlm]

Very nice convincing details.

Regards
Mike

[dierk]

Looking splendid Rob!

[deafpanzer]

WOW! I can only say wow! Love the weathering job on it...

[406 Silverado]

Thanks Gary. As for the unit, I went with an 'unidentified' unit from the instruction/decal sheet as I try not to model any particular unit vehicle unless I have lots of ref pics of that vehicle.

Thanks fellas for taking the time to check her out and your comments.

Just need to weather the gun barrel and do the figures once they get here in the next couple days.Then onto the base.

[wbill76]

Been following along and enjoying the progress on this one Rob, very nice.

[sturmbird]

almost looks like the one from the great beer hall incident. Great job sir!
gary