RC Tank Warfare community hobby forum

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

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

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.