Can someone please give me a link(s) to some OIF pics of Marine M1A2's? I plan on building the Tamuya version but cannot find any decent reference pics....thanks in advance

Regards from the Swamp

Hawkeye

USMC does not use M1A2s. They only use M1A1HC (Heavy Common) tanks. This version can be built using the new Tamiya kit. It builds into either a US Army M1A1HC, US Army M1A2, or a USMC M1A1HC.

Not many sites out there with USMC M1A1HCs that I can find. Best bet is a Google search for USMC M1A1

You can go here for some walkaround pics of a USMC M1A1 :
http://svsm.org/gallery/m1a1abramsjh
and here for some "in action" pics of OIF USMC Abrams (mostly in the last pages of the photo gallery) :
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/detail/land/m1a1.html

HTH
Frenchy

Here's some jarhead stuff for you. M1A1HC

http://www.pbase.com/adlerz/desertex2003&page=all

Two Concord books have some good photos. Special Ops Vol 26 and Special Ops vol 27.

If you plan on aftermarket decals Echelon make very nice ones and they come with photos of the actual tanks depicted.

Bob

Thanks guys, much appreciated

Regareds from the Swamp

Hawkeye

Hope you had some luck finding the reference picks. I too build this model and hunted quite a fair bit to get some photos for reference. I did eventually find quite a bit.

Try this one.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/