1/72 Italeri M1A1 Abrams

It looks good, one of my favorite old school 1/72 scale kits. It is an M1 and not an M1A1 though. It is the best kit of the initial M1 Abrams tank available.

When saw the first picture of the Abrams, I was impressed...then I scrolled down and saw that quater and was stunned!  Great work

Thanks for the replies.  I assumed about being an A1, probably because that was the photos I was looking up.  It was my first armor, and definitely not the last.  I want to do some sort of APC are something to go along with it.

The tracks were a pain, until I got some CA accelerator.

What vehicle would best accompany this tank?

Excellent build.

Needs a base though :)

Mrakulous

Thanks for the replies.  I assumed about being an A1, probably because that was the photos I was looking up.  It was my first armor, and definitely not the last.  I want to do some sort of APC are something to go along with it.

 

The tracks were a pain, until I got some CA accelerator.

What vehicle would best accompany this tank?

Probably the best for this older type of M1 is the Italeri M113. It is a Vietnam era vehicle that if painted properly, can look like the version in use through the 80s, 90s and into 2000s.

Dragon makes the M2/M3 Bradley, but very late versions that would be too new for this older Abrams.

I do believe that Revell makes an older Bradley variant that would be perfect as well.

Academy also does a few military cargo trucks (M35 and M977 HEMTT) that would be fine with this tank.

I was just given this kit as a birthday gift from one of my students. Most of the kit seems okay, but the roadwheels are a major distraction for me.  They were molded not as double wheels, but molded together in single, fat pieces. I suppose I could chuck them to my dremel and use a saw blade to at least provide the image of double wheels, or I could use those from the Unimax Forces of Valor kit that I have extra.  Does anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks!

Bill Morrison

warshipguy

I was just given this kit as a birthday gift from one of my students. Most of the kit seems okay, but the roadwheels are a major distraction for me.  They were molded not as double wheels, but molded together in single, fat pieces. I suppose I could chuck them to my dremel and use a saw blade to at least provide the image of double wheels, or I could use those from the Unimax Forces of Valor kit that I have extra.  Does anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks!

 

Bill Morrison

 

Here is an old article I made when I built this kit 15 years ago.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=features&file=view&artid=149

Rob,

You did a great job on those wheels!  I believe that that is the way I will go.

Thanks!

Bill

Nice work on the M1.