M67 Zippo Conversion

[Dieselhead]

Hey guys, back again with some questions. I picked up a Revellogram M48A2 today for cheap at Hobby Lobby, and as much as I like M48s, I like M67 Zippos more. My problem is, very, very little reference is out there for differences between the two tanks externally. Have any of you built one before? What all do I have to convert? How and where?
As always, thank you very much.

[Lizz62]

As far as I see, there isn't much difference. The flamethrower is mounted inside a dummy barrel with a fake muzzle brake. The fuel tanks for the flame must be internal.you would have to really compare good photos of both to see any difference

[Snake45]

 I picked up a Revellogram M48A2 today for cheap at Hobby Lobby,

You just made me buy a Revellogram M48A2 "for cheap" at Hobby Lobby, even though I already have at least one other one (a previous issue) new in the box. It's a disease, I tell you.

I notice it said 1:35 on the box. I thought these old Monogram tanks were all 1/32?

BTW, I think when this kit was new, it was $2.00 That was a lot of money for me in the day, when I was used to paying 50c for a 1/72 fighter airplane or $1 for a 1/72 bomber (or maybe a jet) or a 1/48-ish fighter. That would have been a few years before I got used to the idea of a $2 AMT or MPC car.

[Brett Barrow]

The Monogram M48A2 is 35th. (At least it's closer to 35th than it is to 32nd. Hull's a little bit big but figures and turret are definitely 35th) Some boxings were labeled 32nd to better tie in with their other 32nd kits at the time.  

[Snake45]

The Monogram M48A2 is 35th. (At least it's closer to 35th than it is to 32nd. Hull's a little bit big but figures and turret are definitely 35th) Some boxings were labeled 32nd to better tie in with their other 32nd kits at the time. 

Thanks! How about the contemporaries in that line--Jeep, M29 Weasel, M5 halftrack? Are they also 1/35? I think they were all marked 1/32--maybe to tie in with the couple of 1/32 airplanes Monogram had at the time (who'd ever heard of Japanese kits back then, or 1/35 scale?).

[Agent G]

 

 

Pretty much just the barrel and the mantlet around the base of the barrel. Shorter thicker tube with a fake bore evacuator and muzzle brake. Larger "collar" around the base of the barrel.

Here's the M 48 gun tank.

G

Edited June 11, 2017 by Agent G

[Lizz62]

 

 

Pretty much just the barrel and the mantlet around the base of the barrel. Shorter thicker tube with a fake bore evacuator and muzzle brake. Larger "collar" around the base of the barrel.

Here's the M 48 gun tank.

G

i can see the difference now . Very subtle