Something I've been doing the past days

[ALPHA]

That would be great ALPHA! Yes I'll PM you a photo later as well as my address. MANY THANKS!

No problem ATC...want to see that baby whole...so anything I can do to help

ALPHA

[ALPHA]

By the way ATC....my friend did give me a set of Chibis just like yours lol...they were hiding...


He actually gave me two sets...the other isn't as nice...pretty happy I found these lol...Because I was thinking of getting a set after I saw yours


ALPHA

PS. they are all leaning on the tank lol....their feet be too tiny to stand on their own

[atcttge]

GuP chibis FTW!!!!!

[ALPHA]

Was trying to mime this image


Did I get close


ALPHA

[greengiant]

No Alpa, at least not yet. If I had it in desert color probably would have redone it long ago to a much finer looking nonslip. If I wanted to weather it more, the very rough surface makes that hard to do with paint unless dry brushing on more dust. Pics of real ones driven long in the desert dust hide the NATO colors so much they look almost desert tan pretty quickly and also any colors of the stowage items disappeared under the dust.
I'd describe mine as a SEP that has recently arrived as a replacement for the A1's of the Of the 101st Airborne's armor as they started to rotate them out of Iraq. At that point in time the 1st SEP version arriving and the M1A1's already there where in use at the same time.

[ALPHA]

No Alpa, at least not yet. If I had it in desert color probably would have redone it long ago to a much finer looking nonslip. If I wanted to weather it more, the very rough surface makes that hard to do with paint unless dry brushing on more dust. Pics of real ones driven long in the desert dust hide the NATO colors so much they look almost desert tan pretty quickly and also any colors of the stowage items disappeared under the dust.
I'd describe mine as a SEP that has recently arrived as a replacement for the A1's of the Of the 101st Airborne's armor as they started to rotate them out of Iraq. At that point in time the 1st SEP version arriving and the M1A1's already there where in use at the same time.

No Problem Giant....I was just kidding...What's interesting with all the M1 builds is that everyone so far has taken a different route...it can only be beneficial for future builders of the tank as they can choose which direction to take...think yours is the most realistic...ATC's is very precise ...Mine is what I can enjoy...waiting to see how Scalawags technique goes

ALPHA

[greengiant]

Would be nice if when all of us are done we could post the same size pics in one place to show the way the Abrams changed from the m1A2 to the A2SEP and then the A2Sep2 for anyone else who wants to do a more correct version of HL's offering.

Even your hybrid of the 3 versions would have a place there as In it's own way it is rather special showing that building for total accuracy isn't needed to end up with a good looking functional rc tank.

[ALPHA]

Would be nice if when all of us are done we could post the same size pics in one place to show the way the Abrams changed from the m1A2 to the A2SEP and then the A2Sep2 for anyone else who wants to do a more correct version of HL's offering.

Even your hybrid of the 3 versions would have a place there as In it's own way it is rather special showing that building for total accuracy isn't needed to end up with a good looking functional rc tank.

I was thinking something similar Giant....maybe a thread in the Modern tanks section

ALPHA

[atcttge]

Great idea giant! I'll work on my tank faster - at least exterior-wise ahehehe!

[greengiant]

OK. lets do it once everyone is done. Just give warning when your going to post and the picture size your posting so they are all the same.