The Duke Finishes Two Armor in July

[dukemaddog]

The work to increase my collection continues as two more vehicles roll off the assembly line for delivery to their respective armies.

This first one is the SS Models second kit of the 1/72 scale M274 Mule, only I sourced a recoilless rifle from the spares box to make this a Marine Mule. Otherwise, everything is built as is from the box:







And to give you an idea of how tiny this models is, here it is posed next to a Number 11 Exacto blade:



And yes, there were at least 20 parts in the kit, not including the photo-etch, which has four parts attached.

The second model I finished is a kitbash of the Trumpeter 1/72 scale T26-E4 Pershing to make it a T26-E4 Super Pershing. All of the add on armor, the stowage rails on the back and the capacitors on the top of the turret were scratch built by myself. It was the only way to get this in my collection, so I bit the bullet and got it done. I've since been informed that this particular tank is supposed to have the split loader's hatch, but I'm done and it's gonna stay inaccurate. I also took a bit of artistic license and added a couple stars to it, figuring if they were taking this into combat to try it out; they'd want the stars so this would not be taken out by 'friendly fire'.

Here it is ready for delivery to my US Army:







I don't know where that shiny spot came from in the second pic, it sure doesn't show to the Mk I eyeball, so I'll have to go over that with some more dullcote. Easy fix.

Thank you for looking in, comments are welcome.

[brandonk]

That is one tiny unit. That's what she said. LOL. Well done. That Pershing is really cool. Nice work on both.

[buddho]

What a sharp Pershing! And that mule must be tiny!

[kyledehart5]

Very nice for sure!! So tiny!!

[stikpusher]

Nice pair Mark! Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum! A WWII uparmored heavy tank, and a Vietnam era light motorized equipment carrier.

[brentprice]

WOW, what outstanding work at such a small scale, I don't think my hands are steady enough or my eyesight good enough to accomplish such small works of art. Thank you for posting your work on the site.

[dukemaddog]

Thank you Brandon!

Thank you Dan! Yes, the Mule is smaller than a standard No. 11 Exacto blade by about a 16th of an inch.

Thank you Kyle!

Thank you Carlos! You know I hadn't thought about that, it is in interesting juxtaposition....

Thank you Brent! I'm thrilled you stopped in to check these out.

[“Dallas” Kenny X]

This is great stuff Duke! Man, that we were able to pack in so much into something so small is just astounding to me. Very nicely done, buddy!

[dukemaddog]

Thank you Kenny! I appreciate that so much! If you wanted to go see the work I put into that Pershing, feel free to check it out in the Maddog Manufacturing thread; you might have to go to the second page to see it. Then again there's a ton of other things to see too.