M1 Abrams wreck-finally done

Rob,

     Great job on the M-1. Your talent is very evident. I feel the mark af an artist is when your work evokes an emotional response whether in paintings, music, dance, photography and even in modeling. Alot depends on the viewer and where they are coming from with the type of response you get. One day I hope to have a talent like yours.

-Stephen

Excellently done, I must say.

Just in case it inspires anyone else to have a crack, though, I will agree with an earlier poster that the roadwheels are wrong. Any fire which burns up an Abrams to that level is going to melt the roadwheels.

Below are a set of roadwheels from an Abrams lost in a towing accident.

Here is said Abrams.

 The bent rings where the roadwheels would be are the steel wear plates on the insides of the roadwheels.

NTM

Thank you all for following this build and all the kind feedback. This was a definate challenge for me, being my first modern tank and all. As far as the roadwheels go, I try my best with the limited knowledge of the M1 that I have. I have learned a thing or two from you guys and if I build another M1 I'll be more prepared and will try to get it right.

Thanks again for hanging in there on this one.

Rob

scratchmod

It breaks my heart too and have tried to stay away from this subject. I had no idea we lost sooo many M1's over there, I guess it's time to face reality and accept it. I think some of the oldtimers from WWII are still trying to deal with it also. As a Desert Storm vet, I have seen the loses on the Iraqi side and very little from our side. War does suck, but on the other hand what type of model would we be building, cars.....

 

Rob

First of all i would like to say thank you for your service. My stepfather is a mechanic in the army reserve ad has done a tour in Iraq and may be going again, but he showed me pictures alot like the ones on this thread, and he said that almost all of the time the crews survive, which is the most important ting. but he also said that alot of the pictures can bemisleading, he said that alot of the tanks that he saw and removed from hostile areas looked fit for nothing but the scrap heap. even with the way they appeared on the outside, he said almost all of them were repaired and returned to combat. I actually plan on joining the military after high school (only gotta wait til june) and i hope to be in M1s. hope all goes well