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M1A1 Abrams from Poland
lukiftian
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 07:09 AM UTC
That's funny. Is that a Fiat you used for the car? Where did you find that?

Remember though that this is a propaganda shot. Running over cars like this is not a recommended practice as you can immobilize your tank.

Or blow it up if there's a bomb in the car. Enough ordnance would flip that tank like a turtle.
gecon31
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 07:34 AM UTC
This is not a Fiat, this is Ford MK1
Maxymilian
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 10:04 AM UTC

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That's funny. Is that a Fiat you used for the car? Where did you find that?

Remember though that this is a propaganda shot. Running over cars like this is not a recommended practice as you can immobilize your tank.

Or blow it up if there's a bomb in the car. Enough ordnance would flip that tank like a turtle.

Recommended or not, but practiced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6abfeqMihs
gariwulf
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 10:30 AM UTC
Very nice! I like the desert color you used.
Looking forward to seeing the next

Cheers,
S.i.Nam
gecon31
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 10:55 AM UTC

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That's funny. Is that a Fiat you used for the car? Where did you find that?

Remember though that this is a propaganda shot. Running over cars like this is not a recommended practice as you can immobilize your tank.

Or blow it up if there's a bomb in the car. Enough ordnance would flip that tank like a turtle.

Recommended or not, but practiced
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6abfeqMihs


Thank you Adam. It`s nice to see you here
gecon31
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Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 - 10:58 AM UTC

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Very nice! I like the desert color you used.
Looking forward to seeing the next

Cheers,
S.i.Nam


Thank you very much Just like I said before, that coloure is Vallejo Iraquian Sand 70819
gecon31
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Posted: Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 04:48 AM UTC
Very, very slow, but always forward. Couple new photos of my second Abrams:









gecon31
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Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 10:17 AM UTC
A little update. The first track is done, now is waiting for paint. I hope you like it:





retiredyank
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Posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 10:30 AM UTC
The car was a nice touch and what I finishing job on the tanks. Subtle weathering and a great build. Look forward to seeing more from you.
gecon31
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Posted: Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:31 AM UTC
Finally that piece of plastic looks like a tank ( in my opinion, the most
beautiful tank in the world ). Both tracks are ready. I`ll start paint them next week. Couple photos:









Best regards
imatanker
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Posted: Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:37 AM UTC
If I'm not mistaken,there was a Camaro in there somewhere too .
gecon31
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Posted: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 - 08:33 AM UTC

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If I'm not mistaken,there was a Camaro in there somewhere too .


You are not mistaken, Camaro was here :



On polish forum, someone told me that American soldiers wouldn`t destroy famous american car, so I`ve changed my plan and I`ve replaced Camaro by Ford Mk1:



In the same time I`ve started build an another Abrams:



And now I`m going to place those two tanks on one dio :



Sorry about my english language
gecon31
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Posted: Saturday, March 05, 2011 - 04:15 AM UTC
Hello everyone!! Once again I`ve changed everything. After I`ve repainted my Abrams, I was planning to create a tank named AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 77, but when I get the decals from Echelon I`ve noticed that the AMERICAN... comes from different platoon than my first Abrams ALL BOUT DA BONES. I`m trying to be very accurate and I want to avoid of any mistakes, so I decided that I`ll create different tank from 3rd platoon A company named ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT, and now my tank looks like that:









I`m not sure if he realy looks like that, but I found on Armorama couple pictures of ATTITUDE... and I`ve decided to create something similar.
gecon31
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011 - 09:42 AM UTC
Nearly done :













I hope You like it
didgeboy
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Posted: Monday, March 07, 2011 - 01:04 PM UTC
Gregorz;
Just found this and thought you would enjoy it. Cheers.

gecon31
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Posted: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 - 08:47 AM UTC

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Gregorz;
Just found this and thought you would enjoy it. Cheers.




Thank you Damon . I know that picture, It was my inspiration to do that :

gecon31
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Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 03:10 AM UTC
And now I`m trying to make a dio, this is all , what I have for now:









I have no Idea how to start this dio
Burik
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Posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 04:26 AM UTC
Grzegorz, you have an ambitious project ahead of yourself, and it is coming along nicely. Of course we will never know if crews ran over cars during the initial invasion without a direct story from a crew or reporter, or photos, which I am not aware exist, but lots of crazy stuff happens in war. In fact, the platoon in your Echelon sheet took the time to tear down a Sadam statue for fun while being shot at with small arms fire. If you really want to show off the suspension of the model and you are looking to other inspiration, here is a photo of an attack in southern Iraq. This is United Airlines Flight 175 and the TC of American Airlines Flight 77 took the photo.

There are other examples of real occurrences in southern Iraq where attacks took place over open and broken ground and so the suspension could be showed off using the broken and undulating ground.

Bob

gecon31
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 12:48 AM UTC
Hello, I hope you didn`t forget about me . I have some new photos of my project:

























That`s it for now. I know that is a lot of mistakes but this is my firs dio in my life and I hope you gonna help me. Best regards
gecon31
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 02:22 AM UTC
Hello. Couple new photos of my domolition:











I`ve exchanged a top for little smaller, now it`s time for interior.
Belt_Fed
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 02:41 AM UTC
You might want to paint the tow cable on the tank crushing the car.

Ill agree with you, the Abrams is definitely my favorite tank. I can proudly say my dad drove them loading and unloading ships and railcars back in the 80's. Severely hurt his knee when he slammed it into the front angle of the tank, however. oops....
gecon31
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 - 02:58 AM UTC

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You might want to paint the tow cable on the tank crushing the car.

Ill agree with you, the Abrams is definitely my favorite tank. I can proudly say my dad drove them loading and unloading ships and railcars back in the 80's. Severely hurt his knee when he slammed it into the front angle of the tank, however. oops....


A Long time ago I was a tank commander ( T-72 M1 ) in polish army
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