Well here I go again… another Patton tank… but not any Patton, but the mount of “The King”
I’m going to make Elvis’ M48A1 from GI Blues, turning this kit
into this
So far I’ve completed steps 1 & 2 and built the road wheels and basic lower hull
Stay tuned for more progress updates….
Thank you very much
Elvis Tank, Dragon M48A1
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Elvis Tank, Dragon M48A1
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Re: Elvis Tank, Dragon M48A1
Steps 3 & 4 now completed - bits added to upper hull, the upper and lower hulls glued together
That’s enough for today….
That’s enough for today….
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Re: Elvis Tank, Dragon M48A1
Cool! I'm in!
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Fun movie subject! I watched Fury so many times I may be tempted to do an armor piece
Got an Elvis figure for the cupula?
Got an Elvis figure for the cupula?
Thanks,
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Thank ya. Thamk ya very much!
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Hunka, hunka burning love....
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Re: Elvis Tank, Dragon M48A1
That is so cool! My mother met the King during his service in Germany back in '59. She told me that she was annoyed by all the screaming and shouting girls around her. "He wasn't THAT pretty, you know...".
That's my mom.
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I hope you're wearing your blue suede shoes whilst you're building this Carlos!
Great start!
Great start!
mostrich wrote:That is so cool! My mother met the King during his service in Germany back in '59. She told me that she was annoyed by all the screaming and shouting girls around her. "He wasn't THAT pretty, you know...".
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Very awesome Carlos! This is gonna rock! I didn't know the King drove a tank.
Hmmmm.... I wonder of this would be possible to so in 1/72 scale....
Getting an Elvis figure in that scale would be well nigh impossible though...
Hmmmm.... I wonder of this would be possible to so in 1/72 scale....
Getting an Elvis figure in that scale would be well nigh impossible though...
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Thanks for following along guys! And please do have fun with the comments
And yes, he was with 1/32 Armor, 3rd Armored Division in Germany
I have to check my tanker heads, and see if I have one that generally resembles ole Elvis. If I do, I think I have a suitable figure to place the head upon. 50’s/60’s/70’s Cold War tank crew figures are few and far between. First thing though is to get this beast built….keavdog wrote:Fun movie subject! I watched Fury so many times I may be tempted to do an armor piece
Got an Elvis figure for the cupula?
Lol! Did she happen to see the Beatles a few years later?mostrich wrote:That is so cool! My mother met the King during his service in Germany back in '59. She told me that she was annoyed by all the screaming and shouting girls around her. "He wasn't THAT pretty, you know...".
That's my mom.
Nope, if I only owned a pair…Stuart wrote:I hope you're wearing your blue suede shoes whilst you're building this Carlos!
Great start!
Sure it’s possible… if there is a 1/72 M48A1 kit…. I looked on Scalemates and there are some car scale Elvis figures… which does both of us absolutely no good…Duke Maddog wrote:Very awesome Carlos! This is gonna rock! I didn't know the King drove a tank.
Hmmmm.... I wonder of this would be possible to so in 1/72 scale....
Getting an Elvis figure in that scale would be well nigh impossible though...
And yes, he was with 1/32 Armor, 3rd Armored Division in Germany
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