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In my 50+ years of model building, I must have built the Monogram M-48 at least a half a dozen times. After seeing some CBS news footage of the Marines and the Battle for Hue City, I was inspired to do a city scene with news cameramen interviewing a Marine colonel. The M-48 was modified the old sc

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The M-48 was modified old school. The searchlight is a toothbrush holder with pieces of sprue, and various parts from the scrap box. The cupola will eventually be replaced-my attempts out of creating one out of putty and styrene weren't the best. The figures are a mix of modified ICM and Tamiya.

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The building is Evergreen Styrene and balsawood covered with putty. The signs were downloaded from the internet and are actual Hue City signs. The light post and movie camera are scrap Evergreen Styrene. The streetlight is part of a clear toothbrush attached with thick wire.

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Overall a fun build that was created about 7 or 8 years ago. The figures were my first attemp with oils anw will eventually be repainted.