plasticprime Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Except for the turret .50, straight from the box. I have no real weathering skills as yet, so this one's seen little action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Great looking Pershing. Would this be WWII or Korean era? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Nice, right off the assembly line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Jim B said: Great looking Pershing. Would this be WWII or Korean era? Since I didn't really apply the decals/unit markings in a historically correct manner, it could be debatable, but I believe this particular unit is meant to represent a post-WWII one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Looks good Benton. I really have an appreciation for these tanks after reading Adam Makos' book , Spearhead. Excellent read and as I found out a very needed tank during WWII. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Great looking tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, mustang1989 said: Looks good Benton. I really have an appreciation for these tanks after reading Adam Makos' book , Spearhead. Excellent read and as I found out a very needed tank during WWII. Thanks for the heads-up on Spearhead. I just looked it up & requested it from my local library. Here's a Yarnhub video about the battler. The Cologne Tank Duel - YouTube Edited May 14, 2021 by Jim B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jim B said: Thanks for the heads-up on Spearhead. I just looked it up & requested it from my local library. Here's a Yarnhub video about the battler. The Cologne Tank Duel - YouTube Thanks James. I've seen that one a couple of times. Theres footage with a black car getting fired upon with a lady in it and is a key part of the story. I'll see if I can find that. Very VERY good book.....but then again....pretty much anything from Adam Makos is an automatic winner. Edited May 14, 2021 by mustang1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 That looks great! Nothing wrong with out of the box, the building and painting are both very clean. HobbyBoss also makes an M-26 kit, but they went a little further and also did the upgunned T-26E4 prototypes, Pilot #1 and #2. Pilot #1 is a really interesting tank. It was armed with a longer and more powerful 90mm gun, which required adding a recoil recuperator to the turret roof and a big counterweight behind the turret. It also had an extra chunk of frontal armor, which was cut from the hull of a Panther tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Mike999 said: That looks great! Nothing wrong with out of the box, the building and painting are both very clean. HobbyBoss also makes an M-26 kit, but they went a little further and also did the upgunned T-26E4 prototypes, Pilot #1 and #2. Pilot #1 is a really interesting tank. It was armed with a longer and more powerful 90mm gun, which required adding a recoil recuperator to the turret roof and a big counterweight behind the turret. It also had an extra chunk of frontal armor, which was cut from the hull of a Panther tank. Thanks! Is the HobbyBoss Pilot #1 kit still in production? (The packaging looks kind of old.) FYI: Your comment piqued my interest so I browsed through the reference library. There's an illustration on pg. 26 of the Osprey M26/M46 book (author: Zaloga) that's very similar to the HobbyBoss Pilot #1 box art. There's also a photo of Pilot #2 on pg. 22 of the Squadron Pershing/Patton In Action book (#40). Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 11 hours ago, PappyD340 said: Very nice! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/13/2021 at 3:01 PM, cobraman said: Great looking tank. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/12/2021 at 6:14 PM, bisc63 said: Nice, right off the assembly line! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 16 minutes ago, plasticprime said: Thanks! Is the HobbyBoss Pilot #1 kit still in production? (The packaging looks kind of old.)... LOL! That "looks kind of old" is just typical HobbyBoss. All of their box artwork looks it was done circa 1974, by a kindergarten class with very limited artistic skills. I don't know if the kit is still in production, but a quick search shows the T-26E4 kits are easily available. These kits don't have any interior detail, but they did have a nice surprise: a complete engine and transmission under the rear deck, that only needs some wiring and piping. And the rear engine grilles are all separate parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Mike999 said: LOL! That "looks kind of old" is just typical HobbyBoss. All of their box artwork looks it was done circa 1974, by a kindergarten class with very limited artistic skills. I don't know if the kit is still in production, but a quick search shows the T-26E4 kits are easily available. These kits don't have any interior detail, but they did have a nice surprise: a complete engine and transmission under the rear deck, that only needs some wiring and piping. And the rear engine grilles are all separate parts. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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