Thanks.

But does anyone has a file or pic with the complete scheme?

Lars

Nobody? I need it but I cant find it.

Lars

I got it now from a other forum.

Lars

Very good job so far Lars.Keep sending

The abrams will be a little still for a while. I have to order some decals and where i airbrush needs to be orderly. So I cant airbrush for a while. Now i'm working on a panther and a bit on the dio. But does anyone know how the new trumpeter kit is: Us Army in Iraq 2005? I opened a topic in figures but still have no answers.

Lars

Lars--I haven't come across these figures myself, but found the following review on a greek modeling site.

Check out the original page and close-up images here:
http://modelclub.gr/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=396&Itemid=35

Or click here for a Google translation.

From what I can tell of the review, the reviewer seems to think the figures are decent, but not as good as, say, Dragon figures. The reviewer did like the weapons and photoetch microphones a lot.

Hope this helps.

Oh, I forgot to mention that this kit appears to have two types of torsos for the figures--one type has body armor and the other does not. To build them accurately, use the torsos with body armor (the black vinyl ones that come on a separate sprue of their own). These may be difficult to paint, as I have heard of folks having problems with paint flaking off of vinyl parts.

Looks like it is coming along pretty well. What time-frame are you planning your dio from? If it is anything other than the initial invasion, your tank has way too much gear. That also creates another problem. During the initial invasion, the US Army unit was 3rd ID. 3ID had/has all sand colored vehicles, not 3-tone NATO camo. After the initial invasion, 1 AD out of Germany came into country in late summer '03 with NATO camo tanks, but they didn't carry as much gear since we had occupied Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) by then, where most of your gear is stored in your barracks and you only took MREs, water, and a small pack out on patrol when your tank left the FOB. It is still that way today with armored vehicles being lightly loaded with gear.

Thank you all.

Lars

I have changed the stowage now:







The stowage that is standing will be hanging on the turret. The big backpack and the other thing will be hanging on the other side.

Lars

Nice work on painting the stowage...

The stowage isn't finished yet.

Lars

This is the first step of my weathering. This effect isn't finished. I will make a feature and discribe how i did it.



Lars

Is it possible that there were tanks in the3 tone camo in the latest years. So with the digital camo and that sort of stuff. Or else I have to paint it sand color.

Lars

Yes, there have been tanks in 3-tone NATO camo in Iraq in the last few years. Usually, when a Europe-based unit comes through, they bring some NATO Camo tanks with them.

For the digicam are you talking about the new digital pattern ACU worn by US Army soldiers (since you have built an Army tank)? If so, they have been standard since early '06 for most deploying units. Some still had 3-color DCUs up until mid-'07 due to shortages in ACUs though. As of APR '08, the ACU is the only authorized uniform for wear by all US Army personnel, in Iraq or anywhere else they are stationed.

Thanks.

I'm ordering these Verlinden sets:

Surge US Iraq (2 figures) - 2423

Kicking In Doors Iraq (2 figures) – 2359

Seals In Iraq (2 figures) – 2321

US Tank Crew Iraq (3 figures) – 2277

and one 1/16th figure that i'm gonna place next to it.

Maybe I'm gonna place two vehicles (abramses) on the dio. But I'm not sure.

Lars

Luckymodel and hlj dont have verlinden. I tried several US sites but with non I can pay using my bank acc. Does anyone know a site that has the 4 figure sets, that I can pay with my bank acc?

Lars

Nobody?

I'm afraid I can't think of any. You may want to sign up for Paypal, since it allows you to use your bank account as a source of money. If you do that, you can try Sprue Brothers, the Barrel Store, and Greatmodels.

have you tried www squadron.com , or have a look at verlidens website it has a few dealers, i look forward to seeing the finished article.

I think I´m just going to open a Paypal acc. but not before Octobre.

And a little update:
I have painted the black camo but some spots are a little bit to big because my airbrush was sputtering. I will paint the brown tomorrow.

















Lars

Today I will paint some more stowager and place the pics tonight. The next steps are:

Tomorrow:
Brown camo
gloss varnish
painting all the details

Later:
Weathering!!

Update:

Painted some stowage. I don't show everything, you have allready seen many things or there isn't changed much.



This is my first attempt at the modern camo. Please give your comments if it's accurate or not!







On the last 2 pics you see my woodland bags, I think there pretty good. I painted them in Nato green (tamiya), Flat earth (vallejo, Black grey (vallejo) and the sand is a mixture. The belts or strips (or how they are called) are painted Olive Grey and the clips (the things to click the strips together) were painted Black grey (vallejo).

Everything gets a wash of Buff mixed with Yellow when there on the tank.

Lars