For years I have had the MBT 70 on my bucket list for a potential scratch build project.. I think it has a terrific looking turret. Thanks to forum member Tanque, who made mention of it in a previous post, I got all fired up about it again and moved it up to #1 and decided to give it a try.

About a year ago I got some ZTZ 99 track just for "spare stuff that I might use someday". Well, someday showed up. and in researching the MBT 70, I discovered the ZTZ track looked to be real close to the MBT 70 track design, length and width.. Also, I had a couple of spare Pershing road wheels that look exactly like the road wheels on the MBT 70. The thought of building a working suspension occurred to me and my box of springs provided what I think will make a workable suspension. I also found a good line drawing that I was able to scale up to 1/16 scale for dimensions and details. A Google search turned up a bunch of reference photos that are great.

It ain't much, but it's enough to make a start with. The turret is gonna be a bugger, so I gotta do the lower half first, and then I will be at the point of no return and I will have to finish this project no matter what ...... no excuses ..... death before dishonor !!!!!!!!..

Now that I have shot my mouth off, I gotta shut up and get busy .............