Finally done. Now I am moving onto the vignette. I picked out a couple of figures and started playing with the poses. The base the truck is on now is only temporary. The vignette will actually depict the truck and crew on the road.













Bob

She look sgreat Bob. Good job. It will look even better with teh figure and road base. Can't wait to see it.

Oh man, it's abeauty! I love the finish look. totally awesome. Congrats.

God Burik she came out great. I’ve been following your build post and couldn’t wait to see it finished up. Now that your adding in figures, she will look wonderful. I have to say that I love the chipping effect through out the tanker. I’ve been wanting to build this and the cargo one for some time…all in all what is your impression of this build, and if your were to do it again what would you change or add differently.

A job well done,
Joe

I really like the look of this one. Great work Burik. The weathering is top notch.

Once again Bob, just like your M1A1, this one came out great!!!!!!!!!

Very nice job. I really like how you did the spilled gas.

I love the spilled gas too. Looks like you got the sort of shine I've also been following this with a lot of interest. Not only that but I just found out one of fhe cadets in my ROTC battalion was in the second Thunder Run with 3-15 working as a fueler. I've pretty much determined that he was at Curly, though he doesn't even remember the intersections being named at all.

Excellent Hemtt Burik, much better than mine :-)

Congrats on a job well done

Cheers

One and only word : BEAUTIFULL

Dear Bob
Really nice job what a beauty

Question
How did you produce the strap buckle especially the one on front of the vehicle ??

cheers
seb

excellent!

Thanks everybody for your thoughts. I wish I could have done it a little faster as it took a year. My wife just may convince me to sell off my stash if I keep going this slow; two models in two years. And I want to do a dio for the IPMS nationals next year!

Joe, I ran into some fit problems with the AM stuff, like the cab interior, but I believe that it was my fault. I also ran into some minor fit problems with the pump module after I added an aftermarket item. If I were to do this again I would go even further and add the Pro-Art pump kit and do a dio with a vehicle being refueled, probably using the new Abrams kit since the fuel caps are modeled in that new kit. I like the look of the HEMTTs as they have that sort of futuristic appearance due to the severely angled cab front. Plus, those big wheels are cool looking too, and easier to work with than link to link tracks!

Cheers.

Bob

Wow! A stunning build. What did you use to make the straps tying down the personal equipment? They look pretty taut, which I'd think would be hard to do with foil.

Plain ol' paper painted the appropriate color. It is glued to the tank which helps, and glued to the front grille which helps too. Thus, really no spots with long areas that need to be pulled tight.

Hi... I love it, and had just one question - what AM sets did you use?

Fantastic work , im building the M977

I hope mine comes out looking half as good as your M978

Ian

Pro-Art interior set, exterior set, and wheel set.

Eduard set too.