Here are some shots of my M1A1 that most of you have seen already, but it was a beautiful day outside and I just had to get some shots of it in the sunlight. And... since I was already going to take picks of my new Tiran, why not?
Friend or Foe?
I love the MM and Tamiya clear colors. Check the vision blocks and "doghouse" glass...
The rack on the right is from a picture I found of a USMC M1 that they had obviously built for the purpose. Just had to add one to the build.
Ok, this is a Hobbycraft knock-off of a Trumpeter Iraqi T-59 that I modified into the Israeli Tiran 5 (Ti-67). I saw many pictures of this tank on an Israeli modelers page and I fell in love with it instantly. I found the kit for it from Verlinden in my area, but they wanted $35 for it! I looked at about a hundred pictures of this tank on the net and decided that I could do it myself. Here are the results:
Yeah, some details are off, but I really had a great time building this model and I learned more doing this one than I have any other in recent history. This is also the first kit that I ever used Epoxy Putty on. I used the Tamiya fast-dry formula for weld seams on the tool boxes and turret bustle.
I have talked crap about Hobbycraft kits before in this forum, but I must say, with all the stuff that is wrong with their kits, I sure do use a lot of techniques and learn a heck of a lot fixing them into what I want! And the prices are great! This kit cost $18.33 plus about $5 dollars for the sheet styrene and styrene rods. Not too bad when you look at it like that...
I did order the Tiran 5 kit from AEF Designs for $17.50 the other day so I am definitely going to do another one of these!