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Item Name: .US Army M26 Pershing T26E3 Heavy Tank
Kits .Tamiya
Scale: .1:35
Builder:.Volcano
Item Status:.Built To Order / Pre-Order

Detail features:

Award-winner built and painted M26 Pershing with realistic weathering. US Army Green with accurate decals and unit markings. Top building quality with great details overall. Resin fancy accessories set with add-on 2 detailed crew figures. Distinctive cast turret and ship bottom type lower hull also great replicated 90mm M3 gun. Track links and road wheel detail. Rotating turret with armor details and gun elevation. Add on vehicle tools and more add-on details.

* Very high standard molding.
* Two crew members are included, a three quarter figure tank commander and half figure loader.
* Add on resin ammo boxes, metal chain, and more fancy items.
* Top building quality with great details overall.
* Accurately recreates the real-life experimental version of the US heavy tank.
* The cast effect on the hull is very nicely done and the hull has separate hull hatches and engine bay doors.
* Very nice surface details of rivet heads and handle as well as a nice outer lip.
* The front crew hatch has a separate hatch lip and latches details.
* The hinge detail on the driver’s and co-drivers hatches is also well defined with separate outer sections and hinge mechanism.
* Turret features a nice cast texture with casting numbers on the rear bustle.
* The front turret plate includes the outer shield armor details.
* M2 machine gun is also a separate part for great detail.
* Main gun barrel with the correct length and muzzle break.
* Incorporates barrel rifling quite noticeable on such a large caliber barrel.
* The large welded mantlet is especially well done with nice weld seams.
* All hatches are separate with interior detail while the gun mount is held in place.
* The top crew hatch has latch details.
* Well-defined details and excellent attention to the minor details of the huge turret with extra weapons and M2 machine gun.
* Lower rear hull panel includes the final drive bulges as well as towing hooks added to both panels with great details.
* Side panels have the axle and final drive locating plates included with all other details such as axle, return rollers, and final drive mounts.
* Axles with nice details on the axle hubs.
* The resilient road wheels with the inner and outer wheel having a central hub to ensure good detail definition.
* The drive sprockets have bolt heads and other details on both sides of the inner and outer disc.
* The central hub disc with the correct number of retaining bolts for this version.
* The idler wheel mount has a tensioning arm for good definition.
* The details on the track links are again excellent.
* At either end are separate towing attachments and shackles.
* Engine deck with great PE brass grill details.
* PE brass tail basket rail add-on.
* Lot`s small details add-on includes headlight, antenna, shackles, separate tracks, and more.
* On-vehicle tools and many accessories.

Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Washing to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, hatches, rivets, bolt head, and more. Dry brushing to emphasize and highlight texture with an edge for good wear, tear, and fading. Multi-color filters for blend color effects. Add nonglossy paint for better finishing. The great detail paint job on rust and paint chips off with scratches, worn and bare metal realistic simulating, flow rust and rain streaks effects, grease with staining appearing, engine smoking and muffler burned representing. Also, smear and dirt with dust and real mud 0mand more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.

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The M26 Pershing was a medium tank of the United States Army. The tank was named after General of the Armies John J. Pershing, who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I. It was briefly used in the final months of World War II and extensively during the Korean War.

Intended as a replacement of the M4 Sherman, the prolonged time of development meant that only a small number saw combat in the European theater, most notably in the 9th Armored Division`s dramatic dash to take the Ludendorff Bridge during the Battle of Remagen. Based on the criteria of firepower, mobility, and protection, R. P. Hunnicutt ranked the Pershing second, behind the German Panther medium tank, but ahead of the Tiger I heavy tank. In service during the Korean War, the M26 overmatched the T-34-85 in terms of firepower and protection, but was challenged by the hilly and muddy terrain, and as a result was withdrawn in 1951 in favor of its improved derivative, the M46 Patton, which had a considerably more powerful and reliable engine as well as an advanced and improved suspension to better meet the demands of the specific terrain it operated in. The lineage of the M26 continued with the M47 Patton, and was reflected in the new designs of the later M48 Patton and M60 Patton. (Despite being commonly labeled as "Patton", the M60 series was not officially named as such.)