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This is a quick build of a M26 I had laying around. My T62 build(s) are really bogging me down between the research and the conversion kit. To keep me moving I will be doing several quick builds like this one.
The M26 Pershing was introduced at the very end of the Second World War, Like the British Centurion it was a tank developed to match the German Panther and King tiger tanks. When war broke out on the Korean countryside kicking off the cold war. Tanks were in extremely short supply, Some M26s were stripped off pedestals and monuments, refurbished and shipped once again to war. I was inspired to build this model after rereading OUTPOST KELLY by Jack R Siewert, it is the story of a platoon of M26s that spent three weeks on a hill top in July 1952.
This kit has been assembled (mostly) with in the last 24 hours out of the box, however I have ordered AFV Club 1:35 M26/M46 T80E1 Tank Track for Model Kit for $16 from ebay, last night as I did not like the looks or fit of rubber band tracks that came with the kit, there is also some missing screws in my kit that allows spring loading of the suspension. The T80 tracks will match my Korean war references. More work will continue when the tracks arrive.
The M26 Pershing was introduced at the very end of the Second World War, Like the British Centurion it was a tank developed to match the German Panther and King tiger tanks. When war broke out on the Korean countryside kicking off the cold war. Tanks were in extremely short supply, Some M26s were stripped off pedestals and monuments, refurbished and shipped once again to war. I was inspired to build this model after rereading OUTPOST KELLY by Jack R Siewert, it is the story of a platoon of M26s that spent three weeks on a hill top in July 1952.
This kit has been assembled (mostly) with in the last 24 hours out of the box, however I have ordered AFV Club 1:35 M26/M46 T80E1 Tank Track for Model Kit for $16 from ebay, last night as I did not like the looks or fit of rubber band tracks that came with the kit, there is also some missing screws in my kit that allows spring loading of the suspension. The T80 tracks will match my Korean war references. More work will continue when the tracks arrive.