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Armor/AFV: Modern - USA
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Yes!!! Another DML M1A1 AIM 1/35
tomapaul
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 08:34 AM UTC
Building in progress...
Yes!The Bre is folded the wrong way
Thaks for the printables Wolf!

















210cav
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 08:40 AM UTC
Coming along very nicely
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 08:43 AM UTC
Super work!

Lars
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 08:57 AM UTC
Shore is a nice looking kit there. I had forgotten how much brass they gave you with it. I was about to ask what set you had bought as I liked what I saw. Went back and opened mine up and there it was. Have to say, 9 times out of 10 Dragon give you pretty complete kits nowadays.
tomapaul
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 09:16 AM UTC
Thanks!
Yes this kit shore is great!
trahe
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 09:29 AM UTC
Looking good so far. How are you planning on finishing it? What markings will you use?
tomapaul
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 - 09:41 AM UTC
Thanks!

Task Force 1-64 Armor Battalion
3rd Infantry Division
Alpha Company
3rd Platoon




With minor upgrades that I want.
tomapaul
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Posted: Friday, August 29, 2008 - 11:20 PM UTC
New stuff...
* Tamiya ME.
* Plus model Barbed wire.
* Printables.



HeavyArty
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Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 02:31 AM UTC
Looks like it is coming along well. A couple pointers. The PE jerry can racks on the sides are for water cans (single handle). You wouldn't want to mix the water and fuel cans there to avoid contamination. Also, if you plan on leaving th M 240 MG on the top deck, repaint the butstock black. The US version has black resin butstock, pistol grip, and forestocks.
tomapaul
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Posted: Saturday, August 30, 2008 - 08:09 AM UTC

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Looks like it is coming along well. A couple pointers. The PE jerry can racks on the sides are for water cans (single handle). You wouldn't want to mix the water and fuel cans there to avoid contamination. Also, if you plan on leaving th M 240 MG on the top deck, repaint the butstock black. The US version has black resin butstock, pistol grip, and forestocks.


Thanks for the tips.
tomapaul
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 12:05 AM UTC
A short look of things to come.






marsiascout
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 06:41 AM UTC
Starting to look nice!

Lars
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 06:46 AM UTC
One comment I would have to make is, even though we've seen it time and time again with models, the items you have on the sponson boxes, the long boxes on the sides of the turret with the lids on them, these would not have large items on them because the crew has tools, personal gear, food, water for quick grabs, in them. So the crew would mostly move the stuff to the top where the two big rectangle are. The pics you posted show alot of the tank crews working to keep the boxes from being blocked. This is one of the reasons that they put the extended bustle racks on the back of the turrets.

Ric
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 07:06 AM UTC

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One comment I would have to make is, even though we've seen it time and time again with models, the items you have on the sponson boxes, the long boxes on the sides of the turret with the lids on them, these would not have large items on them because the crew has tools, personal gear, food, water for quick grabs, in them. So the crew would mostly move the stuff to the top where the two big rectangle are. The pics you posted show alot of the tank crews working to keep the boxes from being blocked. This is one of the reasons that they put the extended bustle racks on the back of the turrets.

Ric

Hmm...Good point!Thanks!

Cheers Lars!
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 08:15 AM UTC
nice looking model
yelvhontu
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Posted: Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 03:47 PM UTC
Spuer nice M1 tank!IT'S looks super cool!!!
tomapaul
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Posted: Monday, September 01, 2008 - 02:58 AM UTC
Thanks for the support!
tomapaul
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Posted: Monday, September 08, 2008 - 10:10 PM UTC
It slowly advances to the finish.The bagages are rearranged to a most likely last position.I will add a tarp over the BRE, like the famous BooM StiK of Matthew Sinclair.


tomapaul
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Posted: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 - 06:37 AM UTC
Killer PE!!!
The first one was really tricky to bend and place.Then I made a tool to grab and hold until the glue dried.It came really easy after this, 20 minutes and I got the job done on both sides.


The cable is not glued in place.Only one cable will be attached.
marsiascout
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 12:58 AM UTC
Looking nice! Gonna start mine in the next two weeks.

Lars
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 01:03 AM UTC

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Looking nice! Gonna start mine in the next two weeks.

Lars


Thanks!
And I'm gonna start a stryker !
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 01:38 AM UTC
Looks very nice, Tomapaul. Looks like it is almost ready for some paint.

Looking forward to see more
tomapaul
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 05:02 AM UTC

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Looks very nice, Tomapaul. Looks like it is almost ready for some paint.

Looking forward to see more


Thanks!
Paint...not yet!
I am beginning to like the plow tanks.So I think I'll take the plow of a trumpeter M1A1 USMC.But I still want it to be from :
Task Force 1-64 Armor Battalion
3rd Infantry Division
Alpha Company
3rd Platoon

Can anyone PLEASE help me with photos or anything usefull?
sgtsauer
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 05:27 AM UTC

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Looks very nice, Tomapaul. Looks like it is almost ready for some paint.

Looking forward to see more


Thanks!
Paint...not yet!
I am beginning to like the plow tanks.So I think I'll take the plow of a trumpeter M1A1 USMC.But I still want it to be from :
Task Force 1-64 Armor Battalion
3rd Infantry Division4
Alpha Company
3rd Platoon

Can anyone PLEASE help me with photos or anything usefull?


Here are some pictures that I have hosted on Prime Portal of M1A2's in Iraq. There are a couple of detailed photos of the mine plow and attachment points, etc. I don't know if mounting is any different on an M1A1 or not.
M1A2 Abrams in Iraq photos
210cav
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Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 05:57 AM UTC
You are doing a great job
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