hey,

I started this weekend on my new m1a1 and today the rest of the stuff arrived.
I will build this tank out of a dragon M1A1AIM and want to make the 'A23'tank
the one with 'airline 175'on the barrel by using the echelon decals.

stuff i wil use:

and of course the echelon decal sheet


Process so far:



and here a photo with his big brother:


Thanks to burik for his great picture's of this tank!

,Gijs

Hi Gijs. I wish you good work and nice model.
Miloslav

Big brother looks very nice.
Good luck with this new.

new update:

yesterday i spayed the first gloss cotte on it today i'll do a second one

procces so far:






and i did the shinging trough decal on the side

'second side skirt'

the model is airbrushed with modelmaster #1706 sand
after that i sprayed the lines on the tank with a little darker mixed color

soon more

,Gijs

it looks very nic mate! Are you planning a dio?

hey,

i'm still in the planing but i'm thinking of a street section



today sprayed the second gloss coate and than the decaling can begin

,Gijs

this is a lovely clean build ,, cant wait to see the finished results , excellent work so far

Gijs:

No track end connectors on the fender rods? I don't have my photos handy so I don't know if there are any photos that make this clear or not, but if there are no photos I would assume the end connectors would be there. Other tanks in the same platoon had them.

Nice job with the just visible overpainted marking.

Looking forward to more progress.

Bob

hey,

when you are meaning these rusty things that laying always in the front of the tank next to the fenders they come be later on.

,Gijs

Very nice work. Please keep us informed as to your progress!

Very nice build. I'm looking forward to the finished product.

Really nice looking. Cannot wait to see this when it is done.

hey,

i could not do a many in the last week but
the decals are on and the weathering can start
picture's





sorry for the dark picture's

,Gijs

My question is, now that there are so many Aco 1-64AR tanks out there, who is planning on completing the rest of the company, ie M113's M88, humvees, and other support vehicles??

Ric

Hi Gijs,
Very nice, shortly A company is ready. I am one question, you use second bustle rack ( left side) from next
model or this is hand made. I wish this rack prepare(PE) for Abrams or Bradley.
Miloslav

Hi Ric,
your question is very good but is very small info about marking this vehicles.
I wish build HMMWV w/S-250, M88, M88A2, now i build still one M2A2.
Miloslav

i got it in spare from the 'verlinden OIF bradley stowage set'

,Gijs

Thats an interesting idea you have. Does anyone know what other vehicles are in the company??? This would be an interesting group build if anyone wanted to turn it into one. I would be willing to jump into the fray. I have an unbuilt M1A1 AIM, an M113A2, and a hummer sitting on the shelf. we're all a pretty close knit group here, and I for one think it would be cool to have a group build like this.

Gary

PS - HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Well, I seem to remember Sgt Olson telling me he had a platoon of Bradleys cross attached to him/company. They were called the blue platoon - so would that mean the blue platoon of Abrams' Milo has been modeling was cross attached to someone else?

I know I briefly mention that in the book too, but I would have to talk to Sgt Olson to get the details. Maybe others here, like John or Gino, etc would know...

Bob

Yes, there was a PLT of Bradley's attached to each tank Co. They were from 1-15 Inf. Likewise, a tank plt was attached to each infantry Co as well. This makes each a Company Team and it is the standard way the Army fights. Just because they were also the blue plt doesn't mean that the blue plt of tanks wasn't still in the company though. You can still have a Blue Mech plt and a Blue Tank plt. There can still be two Blue (3rd) plts in the company, depending on which platoons were task organized. I don't know which Plts were cross-attached though.




There are 14 tanks in a company. 4 per plt and the CO's and XO's tanks. There are two maintenance M113s, 2 M88's, a few 2 1/2 ton trucks (either M35A2 or LMTV), a couple or 3 HMMWVs (CO and 1SG, maybe commo and maintenance). There would also be either 1 M981 FIST-V or M7 B-FIST (depends on the unit and M7 fielding schedule, 3ID had all M7s) for the FA guys as well. Maybe a couple HEMMT fuelers too, but they are usually consolidated at Bn along with a couple HEMTT cargo trucks for ammo carriers. Totals about 30 vehicles. As stated above though, you will have at least one plt of Bradleys attached as well. It could be more or less Bradleys depending on the mission though.

Here is a bit of interesting history on 1-64 AR for you history buffs. I was trying to find a comprehensive list of vehicles, but didnt have much success. However, this was kind of interesting.


http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/1-64ar.htm

hey,

a new update the weathering has started, almost finished
the last weeks i didn't did a much because of school and stuff

i also tryed to scratch the 120mm ammo box that's hanging on the jerry can rack

but i took some picture's







more soon

,Gijs