The Duke Finishes Two Armor in July

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The Duke Finishes Two Armor in July

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The work to increase my collection continues as two more vehicles roll off the assembly line for delivery to their respective armies.

This first one is the SS Models second kit of the 1/72 scale M274 Mule, only I sourced a recoilless rifle from the spares box to make this a Marine Mule. Otherwise, everything is built as is from the box:

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And to give you an idea of how tiny this models is, here it is posed next to a Number 11 Exacto blade:

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And yes, there were at least 20 parts in the kit, not including the photo-etch, which has four parts attached.

The second model I finished is a kitbash of the Trumpeter 1/72 scale T26-E4 Pershing to make it a T26-E4 Super Pershing. All of the add on armor, the stowage rails on the back and the capacitors on the top of the turret were scratch built by myself. It was the only way to get this in my collection, so I bit the bullet and got it done. I've since been informed that this particular tank is supposed to have the split loader's hatch, but I'm done and it's gonna stay inaccurate. I also took a bit of artistic license and added a couple stars to it, figuring if they were taking this into combat to try it out; they'd want the stars so this would not be taken out by 'friendly fire'.

Here it is ready for delivery to my US Army:

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I don't know where that shiny spot came from in the second pic, it sure doesn't show to the Mk I eyeball, so I'll have to go over that with some more dullcote. Easy fix.

Thank you for looking in, comments are welcome.
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Cool builds Mark, they came out really well.

:hmm: Man how long is that barrel on that Super Pershing!?!?! There's definitely some kind of :quotes: over compensation :quotes: going on there.
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Thank you Stuart! I'm not sure the length on that, but it was extended to try to increase the muzzle velocity to allow it to shoot the the frontal armor of the King Tiger. Of course the recuperators on the original one weren't able to handle the weight from the added length so they had additional ones installed outside until they could figure out how to make it work.
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Yep, cool stuff, Mark! :shoutout: Man, that is fine work in that scale; respect! :bow:
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Very nice Mark!
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Gary thank you! It was a challenge getting that to look right on that Super Pershing. I appreciate the compliments!

Thank you Mike!
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