Thanks Marko, i appreciate it. It was a lot of fun to build. I know the weathering might be a bit much for a SEP but i just wanted to enjoy the build and learn some new stuff. Any other comments or suggestions from the rest of you guys would be most welcome!

Come on guys . Gimmie some pointers now that this thing is finished. What looks good? What looks bad? What can i improve? Thanks.

nice SEP Dave, as you said, the weathering is a bit much for it, but as long as you enjoyed it thats what matter

I agree with Jamal. I enjoyed the build but the weathering horse has been beat into the ground.

Dave - I think you have done a fantastic job. I like the Veteran beatup, been there, done that, kicked ass look of it.
If you were wanting to try new techniques and pull it off, well, I think you nailed it! I luv it!

Gary

Good work. Your Abrams has a very worn out aspect.

Might not be realistic, but looks awesome!
I really like the effects.
Can you please sum up what technics you used?
Great job!

Looks great. I love the worn out look. I never got to work on a combat used M1 so all the ones I know were pretty clean. Even when they got in the mud a quick trip to the wash rack and they looked like new. I can see yours on a long deployment in a nasty environment where wash racks were not on the minds of the soldiers. I really like your build.

I think it looks great. They can get pretty beat over in the sandbox.





cheers

Thanks guys. Like i said previously, i dont care that the weathering is a bit much . It was my first build in a long long time and i did not want to care about being totally realistic. I wanted to have fun and get back into the swing of things a bit. So much has changed in the hobby since i last built that it was a bit overwhelming and i figured just doing a model for fun and experimenting with various techniques was the way to go. I love the Abrams so i figured i would give one a shot. I for one like how it came out

Dave,

I think your "dirty, worn" SEP looks good. Although I've not seen any M1A2 SEPs in that state of wear, unlike the USMC hog someone else referenced in an earlier post. That said, I wasn't liking the modulation contrast until the final images in which the weathering toned it down quite a bit.

Unfortunately, it appears you may have assembled the Loaders M240 MG Mount incorrectly. Yours looks like the yoke bracket is attached at the rear of the MG cradle mount bracket:





This image from Prime Portal shows how it should be mounted:



Also, the track guide horns should have wear on their sides, since they are metal on metal with the wear plates bolted on the inside faces of the road wheels (image from Prime Portal):




In the above image, you can just see the shiny edge of the wear plate on the inside surface of the road wheel on the right. This image from PP shows the plates more clearly:


I hope this helps, although I fear you might be too close to being finished to bother with them.