Done a screed of work on the M1. It started out as simple build with a few mods but as I got deeper into it I ended up adding and correcting a bit more than planned. The kit's one of Gasolines earlier releases and some detail is lacking or positionally off. The more I looked at ref pics they more they niggled at me ..... so here's my (basic) attempts at correcting them as well as simultaneously updating and backdating lol
First steps .......
The gunners primary sight has closed doors (and poor detail), the smoke discharger ammo boxes are mounted way too high and forward and the gun mantlet is set too far back into the turret. Also after toying with leaving the incorrect cupola on I bit the bullet and decided to scratch a CWS.
Next I made an extended rear turret bustle rack, Marine smoke dischargers and deep wading exhaust extension.
I made mounts for the Duke jammers, filled the bustle rack and added various bits and pieces including heavy tank tow bar. The APU got corrected (gap filled between it and turret face) and fitted with doors and handles. I also added boxes to the rear hull for the upgraded infantry phone / comms system.
I also fixed up and replaced the end of the gun tube which had be nagging at me. The last section of the main gun barrel is also around 3-4mm short but I'm leaving that one as it is as I haven't got anything of the right size to replace it with. I nicked plastic tow cables from an old 1/72nd Italeri Panther as they were a perfect fit for the turret sides and added bump caps and mounting straps for shim stock.
