Finished M1A1 FOR da GB

Looks great
great camo, you could darken (it might be the photo though) the Alice packs, the large one i have is darker and the Alice small is in the woodland camo

Nice TG. Yes the Camo paint work is excellent. Very nice job. Did you use a wash to help bring out the finer details of the kit?

Just a tip in regard decals. If you use a gloss finish, say Future, on the area where the decals go, then place your decals and when dry paint over with a flat base, say Future and Tamiya Flat Base 50/50 mix, it helps hide the silvering of the backing paper. Matt paint has a rough surface like a microscopic moon face, and this traps air which causes the silvering effect. Gloss finish has a smoother texture and traps little air.

The top coat also kind of flows over the decal and surrounding paint making a sort of ramp up to the area around the decal so that you don't get such a sharp edge definition. The sharp edge is a trap for pastel chalk which then accentuates the edge.

Looks like you might need a bit of rain over there, judging by the cracks in your ground! Or are you cultivating that patch of ground for your pics?

Nice thundergod! I like the gas spills on the side of it! Chris (M1AbramsRules) would be proud, I'm sure!

Hey, Looks Great! Which kit is it?

Looks Nice ... I like the fuel spills... Great touch...

Nice camo , its refreshing to see some old school woodland camo instead of the current desert stuff. A great job all in all , got MRE boxes on mine as well , gotta love MRE, ever eat one ? They don't call it the iraqkins diet for nothing ! JK

Real nice build thundergod.

Nicely done TG ..... the camo looks great.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Nice work! Like the paint job!

A stupid question from a modern armour dunce.......what are the white panels at the front of the turret?

Matt

They are part of the CIP's (combat identification panels), if I am not mistaken. And thank you all this was a fun and learning build.

Petbat about the decals that is the only one that gave me trouble dont know why I used MM high gloos finish for cars talk about shiny, they are the decals that come with the kit and they are not too good as usual.

looks great!!!!! yep, I'm very proud to see another M1 roll off the assembly line.........

need to see a few roll off mine...........

QUOTE: Originally posted by spector822002 A great job all in all , got MRE boxes on mine as well , gotta love MRE, ever eat one ? They don't call it the iraqkins diet for nothing ! JK

I used to be a gourmet with MREs, ate so many of them, I could recite the entire contents of the meal if you just told me which menu number it was! I guess it just goes to show that you'll eat anything if you're hungry enough...

well done. looks good.

joe

Excellent job, Thundergod!

That is one clean build you got there...

Regards, Dan

Fine work!

Well done, looks like a great kit.

Very nice.

riffraff247

it is the dragon iraqi freedom kit with a few things from tamiya's modern equipment set.

Cool M1. Nice work.

Tanks Dwight and all , there is alot of really good builders in the armor forum and to here all the positive and negative and suggestions really means alot to the novice (me).