Build Thread: AFV Model M1 Hull Kit

[wibblywobbly]

Gotta be the best build thread I have ever read...only snag is I haven't got a clue what he is building?  I usually have a vague idea by this point  :-[

[septon]

M1 Abrams

[BarkingSquirrel]

Gotta be the best build thread I have ever read...only snag is I haven't got a clue what he is building?  I usually have a vague idea by this point  :-[

We're close enough to being done that I don't think it would hurt to show this one.

[Saxondog]

OK,we no what it is.Now how about some good old camo and weathering to finish things off,and complete the mental breakdown as only airbrushing can do. Desert or woodland? what shall it be? Mossy oak only fitting for a barking squirrel

[BarkingSquirrel]

Sorry for the lack of updates but things are getting worse, far worse. I'll try to get atleast one out in the next 24 hours or so, but things are getting pretty dire around here. Its so bad I'm even trying to find someone who wants to buy this thing, if I can't I'm likely to loose my house real soon.

By the way, its already painted in desert sand. It was simpler than woodland, but I couldn't even do the sand without screwing it up. Just like everything else in my life.

[Saxondog]

Call your bank,don't loose the house,we did.Call the bank they don't want your house ask for a 90-deferment of notes.they will take the notes your behind and place on the end of the mortgage.

[panzer34]

You have to try and think positive saxondog (sorry I don't know your name) has some good advice I lost my job due to diabetes I am now on insulin and was a truck driver (licence is revoked in UK) I cant get a job as I am deaf and have arthritis so no I am on state disability benefits  once I stopped taking the medication thinking whats the point lets finish it then you look into your family's eyes and you think I have to keep fighting don't give in get all the advice you can. on a different note can I ask saxondog a question I have relatives in sweetwater( or I did till they found out my wife is Russian) by the name of LEWIS ever heard of them?  best of luck regards Andy

[Saxondog]

If you read my signature statement you may wonder why I take that view of life,22yrs in my trade.fractured spine on the job,L4-L5.Company destroyed me financially,I lost a lot.Three MEDTRONICS INPLANTS all of which failed through equipment failure,8-nerve blocks,at every turn the company has been lawyer-ed up.I walk although not well,But here's the thing,I find every day someone that is worse off than me,so every day is a gift and I will not waste it.I don't say this to put you down.we each one must walk our own path,and we never walk alone.As far as sweatwater I don't know the Lewis family,most of my family are from Arkansas,I am a descendant of Nathaniel McCARROLL who was born in North Carolina in 1765,served in the Army of the revolution then moved to the western territory of Arkansas and died there in 1835.And all the way to me I know my people,and many overcame hardship that humbles me,look to your past it will give you pride,and a since of purpose,and you never walk alone as those who came before you are always with you.Blake