M-26 Pershing
The first part of the assembly were the 26 wheels it takes quite a while so I did them as I went. The next step was to fit the suspension I finished this with only one mistake and that I swapped two parts around so for instance I used A7 on the right side instead of the left but it didn’t matter too much because they were basically the same anyway. The wheels on the top of the hull fitted well I only got two wonky on the whole thing and the drive sprockets fitted well two. Both sides of the hull were exactly the same except A6 and A7 which was the one I managed to get wrong! The main road wheels were a bit difficult because the connections were a bit small for the size of the piece. The tracks have to go on next so I just stapled them together and painted the staples with black paint. The wheels bent inwards a little bit when I installed the tracks but luckily they didn’t snap. Next was, as usual my favorite step. The upper hull installation. Then I had the fiddly job of putting the exhausts on. It took about three goes but I did it eventually. Happily for me the next part was the front detail which consisted of, three lights, a machine-gun, two towing hooks and covers for all the lights one of which I lost. The turret was pretty easy with only 9 pieces including a machine gun. The movement mechanism was reasonable but with minimal travel
Painting was very simple with Humbrol no. 86 Light Olive Green all over and silver machine-guns. For a touch of realism I added some mud onto the tracks and suspension. All in all it was a great model and I would seriously consider getting another one.
By Nicholas
Painting was very simple with Humbrol no. 86 Light Olive Green all over and silver machine-guns. For a touch of realism I added some mud onto the tracks and suspension. All in all it was a great model and I would seriously consider getting another one.
By Nicholas