here are 2 abrams of my mine
already built and i would like some feedback on them

the 1st: revell of germany M1A2 ootb (3years ago) with tamiya stowage and real model water boxes; pushed up with AFV-tracks later





2nd: dragon USMC M1A1 build ootb, too, with the wrong bre
glued so hard-can't be removed without destroying the rest
again tamiya stowage and realmodel water boxes
build as an "i like it so" model









comments welcome

cheers Alex

Looks pretty good to me Alex, thanks for sharing. You've done a lot of work on them and it shows! Cheers!
Tim

they look good to me Joe, Im no Abrams expert by any means, so all I can comment on is the build and finish, which looks great...nice weathering too. only thing I could suggest is some of the stwoage looks to be only one solid color.. no shadowing going on there..Id add some shadow washes and some highlights.

I have to agree with Tim. Great models, nice camo and everything looks good, except ...
More depth is needed ... not only in the stowage but the vehicle overall. Because of the scale, the details dont make normal shadows, so they have to be painted (washes) to give the depth needed. Weathering on top of a mono-colour hides the details evenmore. Even a lighter colour used to drybrush the higher details gives this appearance.

thanks a lot guys!

yes i know about the one flat color

build the kits when i never heard of something like washing or drybrushing

am still learning these techniques and think i will redo them in a while

cheers Alex