I just receive the new kit from DEF Model.
Some pics from the box contain :







More coming soon...........

Good luck with the small photoetched parts.

Too difficult kit for me.

glad to see your build.

good kit ! when do you start building pascal ?

ps in french tu es penible pour ma CB...lol

From what I can see, looks good. Hopefully mine comes in next week! Looking forward to it, might have to clear everything else off the bench for it!

Jim

Hi,

looks cool. Maybe I should order one from LuckyModel...

Thorsten

After some cleaning, the turret dry fit :




The MICLIC charge in one piece :

hi pascal
looking good . like the finish ,
i am mainly interested in the mine plough at the moment for another project .
i be watching this one . ossie

No Anti-Skid surface on the turret?

Cheers
Christopher

Thanks for that reminder about the Anti-Skid surface....
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(looked through all my reference photos...it is there..just the whole plow thing is so overwhelming.... there is only 2 shots showing the Anti-Skid)
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I would have missed it on my build...because it is not on the DEF conversion

i add the non slip surfaces later, as they are not on the DEF kit.

Here a link from an ABV scratch build blog here on Armorama https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/166089#1395385

OMG... it's Caveman's build that made me spend the $$ for this conversion.

Now working on the M1A1 AIM hull. Adding the attaching points :

Great job, as usual. My ABV is stuck in customs .

Front plate with arm's plough :



The ABV with a first base coat (Vallejo Sand tan)

Wow, quick work. Is the fit of the parts good?

Congratulations for your incoming build! I will definately follow it with great dedication!


+1? Did you face any major problems up to this step of building?


Which specific code of vallejo?? Model Air color or Model color?

Thanks. No real problem for the build, only work to clean the resin sprues from the pieces.
For the paint it is surface primer from Vallejo. This colour match very well with the real US tan

Very encouraging notes!!! Concerning the primer you are talking i suppose about the 613 DESERT TAN of Vallejo range! It really looks pretty close to US tan! Keep up the good work! Congratulations for one more time!

Hi Pascal...that's what I meant on fb

Thanks Guido, I have seen this gap, as I have these pic

Yes...true for that gap....can you see that kind of triangular support with bolts under the armor blocks? I mean that!!! You can see it in the pic I shared before.
And here




And yours

WAOUH !!! nice beginning !
i don't build this one lol