After building "Bad Mofo in Iraq," I'd like to do a second M1A1 with the New Jersey National Guard tanks. Anyone have photos?

New Jersey never had M1A1s. Our last tanks were slick M1s with bustle racks in 3 color NATO cammo. After 9/11 the Jersey Guard focused on Homeland Security missions and Gitmo. When they deployed to Iraq they went in HUMVEES. The last armor battalion 2/102 merged with the 117th Cav to become a super scout battalion. I was a tanker in the Jersey Guard from 1982 until 2003. If you do a NJ M1A1 tank it will be a what if, unfortunately.

Tom

After a few hours of vain search, I had came to the very same conclusion



Here's one (2nd Battalion, 102nd Armor) :


Frenchy

Thanks Tom & Frenchy. Guess I'll have to think of something else to do another M1A1, LOL! Sometimes Jersey isn't the right way to go ('course I could do a Humvee).

And thanks, Tom, for your service to our country.

Thanks Bill it was an honor to serve. That is not my tank in the mud. It takes buying a lot of beer to live down something like that. I'm going to modify a old Tamiya M1 to build one of my tanks. I have built M48s, M60s and M1s for guys from my unit but haven't done one for me yet.

Tom

Hey, how 'bout some Humvee photos, then????

Ask and You Shall Receive Bill

Bravo Troop, 102nd Cavalry Squadron, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard M1151 at Forward Operating Base Grizzly, Iraq (from Flickr) :


Hi-Res

HTH

Frenchy

Thanks, Frenchy, I knew you could do it!

Now, what's the best Humvee kit and does it need AM stuff?

Tamiya M1025 kit (the M1046 kit would be suitable too) + Legend Production "M1151 Humvee Conversion set" (LF1194) should get you started


At least you'll need to add a second DUKE antenna on the front..
You can take a look at Pascal Bausset's build log of his M1151 :
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/143197&page=1

HTH

Frenchy

Thanks, Frenchy, as always!

there are a couple of M1A1s at thehigh tech traning ctr at ft dix as i leave from work at the px i go right by there and they are defantly M1a1s