THE OLDE GENERAL, M-47 PATTON 1/35 ITALERI FINISHED

[FrancisGL]

Hi Pals, al last I finished the model, and IHMO, I think it has been to my liking.
I was pleasantly surprised, to see that even being such an ancient mold, still has a very good level of quality (I think even better than some models Tamiya of the time, and that time, were twice as expensive or so. ..)
Once finished, you see a pretty powerful tank, a whole "Heavy metal", precursor of the "beasts" that would follow.

On the other hand, the kit has a fairly simple assembly, no major problems to solve, if you want to OOB, although I have had two delicate enough, the hull and turret were twisted,and it was difficult to bring them together, and the tracks that are degraded by the passage of time and broke. Perhaps now come of better plastic quality.

Here is a link to the WIP section, in case you want to see it.

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235004000-the-olde-general-m47-patton-135-italeri-item265/

Thanks to all who have followed the assembly and finishing kit, and have supported and encouraged me with your suggestions and comments.

Regards to all Pals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited July 2, 2017 by FrancisGL
PICS ERASED BY COURTESY OF PHOTOBUCKET

[Gremlin56]

Beautiful build Francis, you can be proud of this one. Weathering is great, love the splashed mud.

[batcode]

looks great, superb job on the weathering ....

[FrancisGL]

Gremlin56, on 28 Aug 2016 - 7:34 PM, said:

Beautiful build Francis, you can be proud of this one. Weathering is great, love the splashed mud.

Thx for your kind comment Julian, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

batcode, on 28 Aug 2016 - 7:42 PM, said:

looks great, superb job on the weathering ....

Thx for your like and kind comment, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

Thx for your like JackG and prowler0000, cheers mates

[FrancisGL]

Thx for your like Alex Gordon, cheers mate

[beefy66]

Great weathering and build Francis a well used war horse there

Beefy

[celt]

Great build and great weathering, tidy.

[FrancisGL]

beefy66, on 28 Aug 2016 - 8:46 PM, said:

Great weathering and build Francis a well used war horse there

Beefy

Thx for your like and kind comment Beefy, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

Thx for your like and kind comment celt, cheers mate

[Ozzy]

Nice build.

[Andy Moore]

Fantastic build Francis, and perfect weathering.

Andy

[FrancisGL]

Ozzy, on 28 Aug 2016 - 10:54 PM, said:

Nice build.

Thx for your like and kind comment, cheers Ozzy

[FrancisGL]

AndyRM101, on 28 Aug 2016 - 11:44 PM, said:

Fantastic build Francis, and perfect weathering.

Andy

Thx for your like and kind comment, cheers Andy

[PlaStix]

That is truly amazing! The photos could be of the real thing! Wonderful! Very well done. :thumbsup:

Kind regards,

Stix

[phildagreek]

Excellent work Francis, nicely done.

[IanC]

Love it.

I always wanted to build this kit in German 'Battle of the Bulge' film markings - grey with big crosses on the turret and a 1/35 Robert Shaw in the turret!

[FrancisGL]

PlaStix, on 29 Aug 2016 - 1:07 PM, said:

That is truly amazing! The photos could be of the real thing! Wonderful! Very well done. :thumbsup:

Kind regards,

Stix

Thank you very much for your more than kind comments, I'm so glad you like it so much, perhaps the merit is not mine, (although I always try to teach the most accurate possible model as I see it, with values in neutral mode), and yes SLR cameras, which are incredible, although it is true that they are able to make nuances naked eye does not see the human eye, yes, for better or worse.

Cheers Stix

[FrancisGL]

phildagreek, on 29 Aug 2016 - 1:50 PM, said:

Excellent work Francis, nicely done.

Thx for your kind comment Phil, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

IanC, on 29 Aug 2016 - 2:26 PM, said:

Love it.

I always wanted to build this kit in German 'Battle of the Bulge' film markings - grey with big crosses on the turret and a 1/35 Robert Shaw in the turret!

Thx for your kind comment Ian, if you decide to do I like to see how it looks, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

Thx for your like Levin, cheers mate

Thx for your like Snappercity, cheers mate

[FrancisGL]

Thx for your like Julien, cheers mate

Edited August 29, 2016 by FrancisGL

[Ceithearn]

Beautiful presentation, build and weathering Francis. The pics/positioning are great, really show off the detail.

Amazing art work, very well done.

R.

Edited August 30, 2016 by Ceithearn

[Reini78]

well, that´s really dirrrty

brings back memories, that kit was my first armour kit a loooong time ago :-)

nice work there with that kit oldie, still a good kit!