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M48A1 w/ Dozer blade link
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 02:01 PM UTC
http://www.themech.org/vehicle/m48a1-wm8-dozer-blade/
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 02:03 PM UTC
Oops, sorry, it’s an A1
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 07:35 PM UTC
Fixed the post title / Robin
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Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 01:04 AM UTC

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Fixed the post title / Robin



Thank you!
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 02:51 AM UTC
Great link, thanks. I wonder if anyone has an add-on in the works (like maybe Legends?) of the US version......
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 03:07 AM UTC
Perfect Scale Modellbau (PSM) out of Germany already has the conversion set available. It was reviewed here on Armorama a couple years ago.

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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 10:24 AM UTC
Dang, that’s a nice conversion
Removed by original poster on 06/19/20 - 23:42:12 (GMT).
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 06:16 AM UTC
I remember that one Gino, but I was under the possibly mistaken impression that it was the German version and required some modification or something to be correct for US application. It really looks nice, but another "question" I guess, is how different the kit for the M48A3 would be....
I'll look at the original article, thanks.
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 06:20 AM UTC

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I remember that one Gino, but I was under the possibly mistaken impression that it was the German version and required some modification or something to be correct for US application. It really looks nice, but another "question" I guess, is how different the kit for the M48A3 would be....
I'll look at the original article, thanks.



https://www.perfect-scale.de/de/www-perfect-scale-de-3/M48-A2---A5-Dozerblade.html
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Posted: Sunday, June 21, 2020 - 06:47 AM UTC

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Oops, sorry, it’s an A1


It’s labeled as an A1 but it has the Chrysler cupola. What’s cool about this M48 is that the photos show how the Cupola MG Mount is stored on the brackets on the turret.
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 02:53 AM UTC

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I remember that one Gino, but I was under the possibly mistaken impression that it was the German version and required some modification or something to be correct for US application. It really looks nice, but another "question" I guess, is how different the kit for the M48A3 would be....
I'll look at the original article, thanks.



https://www.perfect-scale.de/de/www-perfect-scale-de-3/M48-A2---A5-Dozerblade.html



And there it is! Looks like no shipping to the US now, I'm still digging for a US retailer.
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 03:05 AM UTC
Yes, I was browsing the PSM site last week and saw that Gerard was not currently shipping to the US.

BTW, I have the completed M48A1 with the PSM dozer conversion, but am frustrated at posting images here. I had already built the Dragon kit when I received the PSM conversion, and thought "Hmmmm, shouldn't be too hard...." That's when I discovered that the lower front nose of the hull had to be cut away to fit the resin portion. Now I had to reverse-engineer the already built plastic kit, which, combined with the usually vague resin instructions, led to a few times where maybe this would look better thrown against a wall.

I found the MechMuseum site which had acquired the 1:1 version of the tank and dozer at Camp Pendleton and posted several images to their site. I later made a drive to that museum and was able to add a few more photos to help in determining parts placement on the conversion.

I also added some AFV Club tracks that an older M88 didn't need anymore. All in all, it's looks good when completed, but my journey was not one I would take again. Looking back, it would have been easier to purchase a fresh kit and start from there, rather than adapt the PSM resin to an already-built model.

God thing this is a hobby and not a business for me, I'd be starving by now!
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