Please Help Me WASH my M1A2...(pics)

Dirty is good. That's a great looking model. What decals will you use on the kit?

You built that over the weekend? [:0] Wow. Man were you up 24/7? It takes me that long just to clean the darn thing. Another impressive entry to your forum portfolio.

Dwight shame on you, the horror of putting such filthy pictures on a family site.

Looks awesome. And someone made a comment on how fast I build, don't think I could do that in a weekend. You have definatly got the streaks down pat. Great job.

Great work! I love the streaks and the accessories on top! The picture of it with a natural background looks just like a real tank!

You are almost as fast as me!

Another excellent addition to your collection.

Aww dammit! Would you guys (and this goes for you too, Chris..) stop churning out gorgeous stuff like that? You're putting serious pressure on me to get the Tiger done.. Its not fair, its just not fair..

Give me a break it takes me weeks just to get a kit out of the box and look at it let alone build the thingLooks real good great job

Dwight,
you are unstoppable!
nice M1A2. now get out the hose and clean that thing up!
:-)

ed.

The tracks look particularly heavy.
I just have to say that, and I guess the time it took you to build that explains the recent decline of the abrams kits in the LHS (well, apart from the GB)
The tank looks awfully great Dwight!

Dwight, that's an excellent piece of work there! Stunningly realistic!
There's no way you're gonna convince me you did that over the weekend, though!

As I said in the GB thread, thanks for the pics. THey'll definitely be invaluable to me.
It does look absolutely dirty. I love it!! :)

Good build there Dwight & excellent weathering too.

Dwight: Great Job! Over the weekend[:0]

Joe

Holy Cow Dwight......

That is AWESOME!

Incredible weathering and dirt

Personally .... I think it needs a little more grime on it. '

Another fine finish Dwight !!!!

Dwight, Looks great. Couple things though. Handgrips on crew-served weapons up top should be black, they are black plastic on the real weapons, look brown like wood in the photos. Also, the spare road wheel needs to come off the crosswind sensor. This is a rather delicate piece of equipment and vital in having the round go true. Heavy road wheel would never be placed around it, it would tear it off. I see this all the time on models, not sure where the practice started, but it is incorrect.

kaleu: Thanks. The kit included only unit numbers but I did't use them. I handwritten the numbers with a drafting pen. Yes dirty is goo..

LQ2/Tigerman: Thanks for the compliments. It feels good to know that working more than 24 hous on a piece of plastic is worth the time.

Duke: Thanks but I can be as fast as you. You are a factory!!!

Michael:Cmon and get that Tiger started. He-he-he.

jimq: Yes this is really a break for me.. My shipbuild is getting nowhere so I have to get this done to get me back on the groove. Thanks.

ed: Thanks for the suggestion.. Very tempting.....

beans: Thanks pare. Glad you like this one, too.

J-hulk: OK not totally over the weekend. I started Friday night. Let me recall...4+ hrs Friday/12+ hrs Saturday/ 9+hrs Sunday....Funny thing I dosed off at the office yesterday. Luckily nobody noticed. He-he-he. Forgive me for cheating a bit. He-he-he/

zok/jkeller/alex/erock: Thanks for the heartwarming words. This is not perfect work I can say. Actually a bit rough on the buid and the finish but you know sometimes when you have the urge...you just have to heed the darkside.

Sherm: I know your love for grime will lead you here. Thanks Sherm. Now I finally say sometimes dirty is soo good.

Heavy Arty: Thanks for the tips. Actually Brian (swerdna) also pointed out the same things in my post in the M1 Abrams GB. Good thing the spare road wheel is not glued and the handles can be easily repainted. Thanks again for the good tips. You are right. I saw the the thing about putting the road wheel there in some pictures of models in the net. Now I can correct it.

Thanks for the compliments and suggestions..everybody.

Very nice!! love the grit on the model.

edog: Thanks for the gritty remark. LOL.

This model doesn't need anything else but decals. Great build!

QUOTE: Originally posted by T-34 This model doesn't need anything else but decals. Great build!

I agree with you. I was quite surprised why this kit didn't come with many markings aside from the small unit numbers. Anyway thanks.

Dwight! [:0] Awesome job, if you wash it, i'll be very upset Excellent weathering, looks like it just rolled from Kuwait to Bagdad!!

Eric

Dwight, Looks great !!


I didn't look here because I thought it was a real "wash type" question.


Nice job !!

Dwight,

I love her. She's just my type. She's dirty!


Oops! Can I get away with saying that?

How exactely did you do that antenna?

erush: Thanks. Don't worry I have no actual plans of cleaning her.

build: Sorry for the misleading title. He-he-he. Thanks.

latch: He-he-he. Don't worry I won't tell anyone. Thanks.

beav: The antenna is made of stretched sprue. The bulb shaped tip is done using a drop of glue. The base is made to look like some wound spring by winding a line of thread around it. The color is gun metal with a wash of thinned black. The guy wire usd to hold the antenna down is just ordinary thread. I am a "thread"head you know.

Wow, that's a pretty nice paint jod. Did you use Tamiya acrylic paints?

BOBBY

I would be fully stoked if i could do that good a job over a weekend..well done

Beautiful peice of work Dwight! I have much to aspire to in the coming build! But look out, I just won a second Abrams on e-bay last night! A Trump M1A2 to be exact. So hopefully by the end of this build I'll have two completed!

Bobby: Yes, in fact I only use Tamiya Acrylics. Thanks for the nice words.

Neudog: Well sometimes if we put ourselves on attaining a certain goal, we will be surprised with what we can do. Thanks.

MGM: Thanks. I saw that Trumpeter kit and it looks cool. I am now saving for the Tamiya M1A2. It looks like a great kit too without the non-slip surfaces.

Thanks again to your kind words, guys.