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[CyAn1d3]

once I can get that one out of the way (still waiting on that shelf) I've got a new project.

The M1A1 Abrams with Mine Plow.

I was going to start working on the Ent-A, but I saw this at the store and I had to build it.

woodland or chocolate chip camo paint with army rangers flanking it 

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I was going to go with solid desert sand, like the box art, They didn't actually use 6 color desert (chocolate chip camo) on the real tanks, since that would be more difficult to paint on such a large object.  It will have infantry flanking it though, ;) they'll probably be in either 6 color, or the more recently used 3 color desert pattern.

[King Class Scout]

wait a minute.  what era's the tank, though?

[FarShot]

Modern times.  Don't tell me you know about the M1 Abrams main battle tank.

[King Class Scout]

not a thing, that's why I wondered about the era for the paint job.  I haven't put models together since the early nineties, and my expertise is more in Aircraft.

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M1A1s were intruduced in the 80s, their first major combat deployment was in Desert Storm in 91, and they are still used today in the current Iraq conflict.

The Desert 6 color pattern was designed in the 60s and deployed in the 80s, but was phased out in favor of the 3 color pattern shortly after Desert Storm because the 6 color design had too much contrast with the terrain.  Both of these patterns were only used on BDUs because it was easier to spray tanks with a solid Sand color.  During the first gulf war, the tanks were rushed to the gulf and most of them arrived in the 3 color woodland pattern used in Europe, meaning that they had to be painted in the field.  In the current conflict, the US army faced a similar problem, and instead decided to leave some of the tanks in their woodland pattern, which is why you can see a mix of the two schemes on tanks in Iraq today.

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I finally have that shelf put up, so here's some pictures of the whole thing, just about everything is where I want it, except the machine gun team on the side of the AMTRAC, I'm still trying to come up with a way of getting them to stand on their own, without gluing them to the shelf.

[CyAn1d3]

I'm still trying to come up with a way of getting them to stand on their own, without gluing them to the shelf.

i do beleive sir that a minor round of PT and some LOUD yelling should do the trick for any soldier failing to stand at designated post 

my uncle used to use tongue depressors and small magnets as weights to solve that issue, but he also made scenes with his models, so the base of his troops would somewhat be buried. lol.

[FarShot]

I thought they were hugging the side of it because they were under fire and the officer was just acting bamf, but it seems they're just rallying together.  So yeah, probably would make sense to have them stand on their own.

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I've got most of the tank done, I'm waiting on some more desert sand paint I ordered, so I started working on some infantry and crew to go with it.

[CyAn1d3]

hooah! lookin good 

[ACES_HIGH]

aside from decals, some minor detailing and the mineplow, the tank is done.

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speaking of minor details, I just finished all that stuff, now all I've got to do is decals.

[FarShot]

Reminds me of that one Decepticon.  Very good work Aces!

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That would be Brawl.

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the rest of the decals are on, and I fixed a few details I missed (how could I forget to paint the periscopes on the commander's copula?!?  )


I don't know what's up with the camera, it was working fine yesterday.

Edit: I got the camera working (I'm not sure how, but it works )

here's some pics of the finished model:

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Ok, I guess I'm having too much fun with these 1:35 scale things, I just can't get away from this scale, I bought another, this time it's an M1114 HMMWV Up-armored tactical vehicle.



this one's going to be a challenge because it's the first time I've done a model with Photo-etch brass parts.

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it's my topic, and I've been lousy at keeping it updated, so I'll do it anyway

I've been working on that HMMWV for a while now, it's a very detailed kit, one of the most detailed models I have ever built.

and I've got most of the body done, the cammo on the door is a bit of an experiment, I masked out each layer of the pattern, then when it was dry I taped on the ID panels and painted the desert sand over it, this has the effect of leaving the area under the panels in woodland and allowing me to expose the pattern on other areas of the doors just by sanding a little.

I don't know how much more I'll be able to do for a while, with the nice summer weather over, we probably won't get good painting weather for a while.

Also, in case you've noticed, I finally got a decent camera, it's another hand me down from my sister, but it's decent enough to use for model photography.

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here's a little side project I've been working on while the weather here is too wet to spray paint anything for the HMMWV.

General Douglas MacArthur