In between 3D printing jobs, I have been working slowly on a 1/35 classic Tamiya M48A3. Been following the guidelines from Building the Tamiya M48| Paul Budzik | Fine Scale Modeling faithfully. 
Comments welcome.
Its coming along nicely. Great job at updating an old kit.
It’s looking great, I have a few I planned to build using Paul’s website one day.
Made some progress today after taking a break from 3D CAD work and printing. Finally got to incorporate some of my 3D work onto something, instead of making them for others.
Antenna base, 50 cal field-mod base, and 50 cal sleeve are all my 3D prints.
Finally finished the mantlet cover:
Looking good. The July 2012 Fine Scale Modeler had a cover story on the Tamiya M48
I’m working on a couple of 2/34 Armor M48’s.
The Legend M48/Magach Stowage sets are pretty good fits for the kit.
“The Legend M48/Magach Stowage sets are pretty good fits for the kit.”
I wouldn’t buy them when I can 3D print them at home.
Good looking build
do you loose a wheel?
Didn’t lose a wheel in a traditional sense. Used that one to make a silicone mold for making resin copies. Now that I have a 3D printer, that was not necessary but decided to use one resin copy on this build.
clever James…
I’m stating now to mould in resin…
Good job on the old girl. I still have a couple in the stash and enjoy building them as well. Making enough corrections to get a good model is a large part of it for me too.
Good point, Interested in seeing what you print.
Won’t be printing any new stowage sets for a while, however. Need to finish building the kit first.
Plus, got way too many other designs and prints going:
What are you going to do for tracks?
BTW, your PRC-77’s look really good!
Thank you. People need to buy more to be worth the effort however.
For tracks, either AFV Club indi tracks or use a spare set Dragon’s SD (self destructive) tracks if I feel lazy.
Looks very good, looking forward to the next progress.
Are you going to make modifications to the suspension?
Bill
Thanks! It looks great!
Bill
