First Modern Armor and 3rd tank build. Would like some out side feedback.

Nice work James...But you've got a few things wrong : Sinister Minister was a USMC tank, not an Army one, so the grenade launchers are not accurate and it was fitted with the folding Bustle Rack Extension (the pics I have do not show the back of the turret but the BRE is shown in Echelon decals instruction ). The box like hull-fitted Auxilliary Power Unit shouldn't be there : the current M1A1 APU is carried in the turret bustle rack.

Frenchy

I don't know details about the abrams but man that looks good!

Great job on it
Rich

yeah, the model was built and then i realized the decals in the kit were bad so i had to find some new ones and i liked these, sorry for the inacuracy. other than that what do you guys think?

James--good work in your first foray into modern armor! As Frenchy pointed out, your build has some details wrong, but it is still a good effort. I like the weathering of the stowage items, but you may want to add a strap (or more) to the items on the top of the turret. In addition, I can't be sure, but it looks like your tank has the old tracks, not the newer block-style ones used since the 1990s. You also painted the backpacks and covers with the older chocolate chip cammo pattern that was phased out soon after the first Gulf War in favor of a three-tone desert pattern. Was your base kit one of Dragon's or Tamiya's older Abrams kits? I think that may be the reason for the detail errors.

In addition, I think you left out the towing ring on the bottom of the center engine grill in the rear.

it is the old tamiya kit, i picked up on ebay for less than $10 including shipping