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M1A1HC "bout da bones"
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 05:35 AM UTC
hi,
after the T62 my new model :

original :


Dragon box :


inside :




start...

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WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 02:18 PM UTC
You gonna enjoy building this Oliver .. I got one to and she's a beauty ,, converting into a TUSK II ..







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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 02:23 PM UTC
Looking pretty good. Olivier. Good luck on it.


Phill, your tank is a little confused. You have an M1A2 commander's cupola and .50 cal mount (dark brown pieces) with an M1A1 man hole cover, the round cover plate bolted on the top of the right side in front of loaders hatch. There should be the CITV (Commander's Independant Termal Viewer) in place of the cover. The M1A2 is never seen without both these features. They are what makes it an M1A2 externally.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 02:48 PM UTC
You know Gino anything annoys me more than people reading my mind the CITV is going to be put on there soon ,, the man hole cover is just sitting on there at the mo to cover up the hole for the photo .. so don't worry matey its all gonna be good lol
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 02:59 PM UTC
Gino take alook at this pic ,,tell me what ya think ..some info here would be great .


http://armorama.com/forums/151710#1269846


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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 03:21 PM UTC
Which pic specifically? What do you want to know about it?

I built "Bad Blessing" for a customer a few months ago based on pics out of the book in that thread.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 03:25 PM UTC
lol sorry mate ,,the M1 with mine rollers ,is that a TUSK as the frist verison or a TUSK II with bits missing ?

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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 03:56 PM UTC


This is an M1A1 from 1-35 AR, 1st AD out of Germany. It has TUSK I on it, along with the armored shields around the commander's station.

TUSK II is really just the added, curved ceramic plates. The rest of the gunner's shields and other items are all part of just TUSK. There are lots of interchangable shields and blast panels that can be added as needed.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 04:00 PM UTC
Ahh thanks for that ,,,explains a fare bit that does ... this one in the pic is missing the CITV ..is that cause of the area ,,i think it looks more business like with the CITV on the tank anyway .. makes a big mean beast look like a little bigger beast .
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Posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 04:08 PM UTC

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this one in the pic is missing the CITV ..is that cause of the area


No, the tank in the pic is an M1A1. The CITV is a feature of the M1A2.

See my M1 Variants article for more info in Abrams types.
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Posted: Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 07:33 AM UTC
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pilote14
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Posted: Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 03:14 AM UTC
the gun, metal and styrene :





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Posted: Sunday, July 03, 2011 - 10:02 PM UTC
I still don't get what the recoil action is supposed to be good for. The assembly is nice, no question about it but does such a model realy need such a "toy skill"?!
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Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 10:59 PM UTC
After holidays, i restart :






La barre de remorquage en position pliée...

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pilote14
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Posted: Monday, August 29, 2011 - 01:14 AM UTC
start of paint...





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pilote14
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Posted: Saturday, September 03, 2011 - 05:36 AM UTC
suite...
magic tracks is not really magic....


The episcopes...



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Posted: Sunday, September 04, 2011 - 04:26 AM UTC
bad weather...good time for modeling lol








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Posted: Friday, September 16, 2011 - 05:14 AM UTC
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pilote14
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Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 06:11 AM UTC
news for this week......







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pilote14
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Posted: Saturday, September 17, 2011 - 07:28 PM UTC
filters with oil paints : white and yellow...








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ComradeMP
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Posted: Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 06:20 AM UTC
Very nice. I am building an M1A1 by Italeri to go with my T-80.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 06:21 AM UTC
finished...more pics next week


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Posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 07:25 AM UTC













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