Thank you Tom for your words.
I had questioned a few people on which M1A1 KIt could be used to represent an Australian Variant.
The verdict was the Dragaon M1A1 SEP variant.
I had searched a few hobby suppliers and EBAY and found I could not get the kit under $100.000 Aust.
I did some research and found with a few mods the USMC Meng Kit was a huge saving at $60+ dollars.
Suggest to email Mouse House Enterprises to see if he has any of the Arms Corps detail sets done for the Australian variant that is no longer around.
Here is the donar kit
Here is an example layout of ground work similar to what was done for the Aussie Abrams base.
I used foam pieces cut to shape and glued to the timber base.
The example base below was intended for the kit but I changed my mind and went to the square form base with grass matt ripped in sections.
The M1A1 base was made in this format.
2 pieces of foam stuck together with glue and toothpicks.
Wall filler was used to cover the whole base. One Option is to mix black and raw umber acrylics with the wall filler to give a dark base. It dries in a lighter colour so the darker the mix the better.
I experimented with the Vallejo ground work texture and found it is ideal to use for groundwork. The trick is to apply the grass matt in sections or static grass, rocks, tree branches..etc while the texture is still wet.
Hope this helps.
Michael
