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MrT Rob Gronovius Don't forget that the center portion of the road wheels is made of clear plastic. It would resemble the bottom of a bottle of cola turned on its side. Now I didn't know that! Rob you wouldn't have any reference pictures of that would you? I always assumed they were a metal cap. Terry
Rob Gronovius Don't forget that the center portion of the road wheels is made of clear plastic. It would resemble the bottom of a bottle of cola turned on its side.
Don't forget that the center portion of the road wheels is made of clear plastic. It would resemble the bottom of a bottle of cola turned on its side.
Now I didn't know that! Rob you wouldn't have any reference pictures of that would you? I always assumed they were a metal cap.
Terry
Thank you for the tip. Very much appreciated.
Current build: 1/48 Monogram A-1H & AMT Jedi Starfighter.
Completed: 1/48 Monogram/Revell P-61B, 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5, 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C, 1/48 Revell Mig-21PFM, 1/48 Revell/Monogram AH-64A, Revell/Monogram 1/48 F-14D, AMT 1/420 USS Defiant, AMT 1/650(?) USS Enterprise, 1/72 Bandai VF-1J, AMT 1/537 USS Reliant, Academy 1/35 M1-A1 Abrams, Academy 1/48 F-86F30, Linbergh's USS Gato
had the chance to work some more on this build. Weathered the road wheels using Tamiya's weathering set. I "attempted" to use a dot filter on the road wheel bay prior to adding the side skirts. Let's just say it was an interesting attempt.
Worked on the build some more over the weekend. Road wheels are painted and awaiting weathering. Most of the model is now primed.
The plan so far is to add the road wheels then side skirts. Mask the sides off and complete the painting on the rest of the model.
I have this one on my shelf. I kept it tan though. Not too bad of a build. The racks were a pain to me, but that was probably due to shaky hands. No lens for the sights bugs me still. Good start. Bob
Really nice start Mustang, always good to branch out into something new.
I can see the similarities to the Tamiya kit here.
"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen
You look like you are off to a good start. As I said in Nomad's thread, this is a decent kit to build. Not the most accurate Abrams kit on the market, but a fun build regardless. The significant differences you mention are mainly cosmetic; Academy added a new sprue with really nice parts that create a more up-to-date Marine tank as used in Iraq during the post 9/11 invasion.
Your kit was one that was produced during Desert Shield/Desert Storm and represents a tank used during the late 80s and early 90s. The markings on the box art (like the blue square with 331) are from a REFORGER exercise, most likely 1988 or earlier in Germany.
Afraid I can't help you with accuracy issues on this one, but looks like you have made a nice start on this one. Nice to see a few modern AFV's here.
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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Last night I did some more work and started some of the painting. Road wheels are being worked on then the side skirts.
I've had the chance to look over some of the builds on FineScale and other forums and I wanted to go ahead and post my second armor build. This is more or less a straight OOB build, more so for learning techniques as I get up the nerve to build a M4A3E8 and a couple of Humvee’s (especially the one I drove in Kuwait in 2003!).
I noticed significant difference between the look of this version to the one being built by Nomad53 (which is great build by the way) especially since it is from a 1992 boxing. Any help from the more knowledgeable armor builders would be greatly appreciated. I am more of a Sci-Fi builder. Thank you everyone for looking and yes, any help and critiques would be appreciated. I'm a big boy; I can take the good with the bad!
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