Hi people!

After finish my D9R and before start my Buffalo, I built this tank. It was realy simple to assembly, besides de tracks.

The colors are realy funny, but I liked the final result and I hope you like it.















Cheers!

Marco

Nice job, the camouflage looks great.

Looks good. I'm currently working on their T-90A and considering making either this or the Leopard my next project.

Looks good nice work

Looks good! Fine paint job too. I've heard the tracks on this kit are a PITA and besides that, I suspect Hobby Boss will soon produce one, otherwise I'd have bought one too. Did the tracks give you much trouble? Meng seems to be on a progressive learning curve, because from what I hear the tracks on their FT-17 are excellent, and hold together very nicely. Anyway, well done.

I think the AMX-30 is a great looking tank and so is yours!





Jeff

Marco,

Really nice job on the AMX. Looks like you did the paint freehand airbrush. NICE!!

Thanks for posting.

Hi people!

First of all, thanks a lot!

@JPhillips: Yes man, those tracks looks great, but they are hard to assembly. Some links don't work OK and some times the whole track fall apart. At the end, I glued everething together.

@John: Yes, I freehanded paint the model.

Cheers!

Marco

Very nice work! I hope mine turns out half as nice.

Thank you Jason!

I'm sure your tank will be great.

Cheers!

Marco

The camo job is really nice but you should consider the following points :

1. the spare track links weren't painted
2. the registration number is not correct, it should have a first group of three digits and a second of four (this is Meng's fault)
3. both the towing cables are too long.

Olivier

Merci Olivier!

About the tracks, I left them in track primer color just to show that some of them were used and the new ones weren't painted.

The cables: Yes, I know, but I don't know if I will change (lots of work envolved).

The numbers: I can't do nothing about it. BTW, if I buy an AUF1, I will take care about it.

Cheers!

Marco

Marco,
concerning the French registration number system, it started with a 7 digit number until the 80s then shifted to a 8 digit number.
I'll try to put it simple :
From the 60s to the 70s the first digit is 2 for the Army, the second digit is the last one of the year of entry into service, the third one is the vehicle class (4 is for combat vehicle). The four following digits are the vehicle ID number.
So this AML served in the Army (2) from 1966(6). It is considered a combat vehicle (4) and it was the 305th vehicle delivered to the Army this year.



Starting from the 70s, the first digit was 6 for the Army. The following digit meaning was unchanged.

Starting from the 80s, the first batch of digits comprizes 4 digits. The first one is unchanged, the two following are for the decade and the year, the fourth digit is unchanged. The second batch of four digits is unchanged.


This VAB entered service in the Army (6) in 1984 (84) and is considered a truck (3). It was the 281st vehicle delivered to the Army in 1984.

You may see a 8 for the vehicle class digit. This means the vehicle was reconstructed.
Now you're ready to check the accuracy of your Au-F1 decals

WOW Olivier! Thank you very much!

This is a master class about French Army Registration Numbers.

Now I want to buy the Au-F1 (correct this time).

Cheers!

Marco