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M1A1 AIM 1-77 AR Steel Tigers
Vista85
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Bergamo, Italy
Joined: January 03, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 - 11:18 PM UTC
Hello everyone
i'm looking for images of this tank of Dragon M1A1 AIM kit



Thanks in advance
Dario
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Virginia, United States
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 12:23 AM UTC
Funny you should post this, I received this kit for Christmas and made a thread yesterday asking about Abrams references, and I forgot to mention it in that thread, but this tank, I think is one the one I would like to depict. So, a second on asking for any detail photos.
Nitevision
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Bayern, Germany
Joined: April 12, 2008
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 12:49 AM UTC
Hi Guys,

I need to see if I can any reference photo I sent to DML in 2004.

Happy New Year
Ralph
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Hessen, Germany
Joined: February 06, 2014
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 12:55 AM UTC
I still waiting for my Abrams kit, I will build my tank sand colored from Steel Tigers after the unit returned from Iraq to Germany. There are some good reference books from Concord, assault journal no 9, and wings and wheels publication.
Vista85
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Bergamo, Italy
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 09:55 PM UTC
Thanks guys for the references, i ordered Concord Assault n°9.
Nitevision
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Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, January 01, 2015 - 11:41 PM UTC
You can find more photos in the book "Abrams in Detail" published by WWP.

Ralph
Firecap4
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Georgia, United States
Joined: December 12, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 01:43 AM UTC
Don't know if it will help with that particular tank, but for modeling Abrams' in general have you seen this which is supposed to be out soon?

http://www.plaeditions.com/prestashop/index.php?id_product=183&controller=product&id_lang=1
BruceJ8365
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 07:34 AM UTC
Is this thing really blue or is the printer just out of yellow?
Firecap4
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Georgia, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 07:49 AM UTC

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Is this thing really blue or is the printer just out of yellow?



I think that is just how the Dragon instruction sheet looks
Frenchy
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Rhone, France
Joined: December 02, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 07:07 PM UTC
Here's a Steel Tigers Abrams rolling through Grafenwoehr Training Area in 2007 :

http://media.dma.mil/2007/May/07/2000771068/-1/-1/0/070507-R-FR000-036.JPG

H.P.
junglejim
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 08:19 PM UTC
Nice pic; at first I thought it was a different type of barrel shroud but looking closer it appears to be the reflection of something on the wet barrel.

As to the blue instruction sheet - yah, that's a new scheme for The Marines! Copying the Chinese for a change!

Jim
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