Hobby Engine Abrams converted to Heng Long M1A2

greengiant · Post by **greengiant** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:42 pm

AT, If you can't find any in England, (its real common in the US) you can make it yourself by taking the graphite out of a writing pencil and grinding it down yourself with very fine sandpaper. It's a rather messy job though.

AlwynTurner · Post by **AlwynTurner** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:05 pm

Hi GG, I have bought some off ebay but thanks anyway. Alwyn

greengiant · Post by **greengiant** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:56 pm

Good luck with your project. Do a show off post when your done.

AlwynTurner · Post by **AlwynTurner** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 1:24 pm

So with the wobbly turret fixed, the heng long turret motor successfully installed, the colour wash fiasco resolved, pinlining redone, and the recognition panels fitted, I think that will do until I get a couple of coats of matt lacquer on. I've gone for the subtle approach with the pinlining and no dramatic effects after the last disaster.

I think this about does it for now.

Alwyn

PainlessWolf · Post by **PainlessWolf** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:21 pm

Alwyn,
Good Morning. Beautifully done. You've taken the Hobby Engine Abrams to new heights of detail and useability.
regards,
Painless

greengiant · Post by **greengiant** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:17 pm

You have a good looking HE. Is it as white looking as the photo ? To make it a little better try making some grenades for the turret launchers or just some covers to put over then ( the real ones are just a cloth sack shaped like the launcher that is cinched over them to keep gunk out).

AlwynTurner · Post by **AlwynTurner** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:47 pm

Hi Greengiant, the light is deceptive, it's actually a cream colour/very light brown quite faithful to the actual colour in the middle east. I actually started drilling out the grenade launcher to add some grenades but haven't got that far yet. I'll do that after lacquering. There's also some insignia/ black stripes to go on as well, maybe a name - I saw one with Ghetto Blaster II on the gun barrel which I thought might go well. Alwyn

greengiant · Post by **greengiant** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:00 pm

AT, glad to hear its not white and you have plans for the grenades. There is a site that shows a list of barrel painted names that gives I think 6 or eight different choices. I'd try to guide you to it but I just stumbled on it while researching for my build of the HL Abrams I ordered.

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