Hello Alex
I'm replacing the vinyl tracks with PE. The PE is from ACE models originally for the PST or ACE models T-55.

Hello,

Nice progress all.

I've been working on this on-off in the last couple of weeks. I wanted to do a sand + green combo, but the results of my masking work were not that good:



So I decided to redo it, this time using Blu-Tac and going for three colors:






Not sure why I got those outline marks on the green areas only -- hope to correct that during the weathering process. Deadline's coming up by month's end so I need to focus in getting this across the line.

Cheers,

Tat

Tat - great looking camo....the putty is easier than tape on vehicles. Is the green paint a different brand from the other two colors? If yes, may account for the residue from the putty. You could try washing with soap and a toothbrush.

Paul, nice weathering of the paint work.

Tat, great save on the residue! Looks really good based on the pictures.

I have made some more progress on the M1A1HA. Next is some weathering and then I will call it done.

More to follow soon

Jeff, thanks for the info. I was considering if my antenna were too high. 8 feet is approx. 7 cms in scale, so I will shorten accordingly.

Looking at pictures I notice how the antennas are straight even for tanks in motion. I think I will have to correct that.

How thick are the antennas? It seems like I should use quite thick rod for the antennas?

I am calling this one done. 1/35 Trumpeter M1A1HA Abrams in Bosnia 1996.
A decent kit although it shows its age in some places and the there are a few fit issues here and there.

I used the below pictures as inspiration. Although some of the pictures are actually of "Abbadon" I have not build the exact replica at that time. Some of the stawage etc. are different on my model.

I also did not have the courage to weather my M1 as Heavily as in some of the pictures. It seems like at least some of the tanks had a solid layer of dust and mud on the top side from the muddy soil. I added some dust where I expected the crew to move around a lot, but did not go all in.

Thanks for a great campaign. Looking forward to see everybody elses builds.

My progress

Same thing that for the turret: I have cut the top of the bodywork to be able to put a figure.





Axles built



Remember I am building my model to represent a particular vehicle seen in an article of this magazine.

This magazine does not exist anymore since 2013 because of the death of his editorin-chief Yves DEBAY, killed in Syria during a report.











Registration numbers hand made with separate decals I've cut one by one !


Same thing for the front of the vehicle


missing TOW cable. hand made



New loops from Arms Corps models. I can say they are easy to cut and glue.