Tamiya M1A1 Abrams *FINISHED 6/12/13*

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Nov 19, 2013 10:33:06 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Looking better and better every time you post an update. A quick question... I am about to spray Rusto textured paint on my Chally tonight. How soon did you remove the masking tapes? While paint was wet or completely dry?

Thanks again for helping us out!

I'll answer here for Pete if I may.

Andy the textured paint goes on rather thin and sets up quickly. I believe it's designed to be built up in multiple ight passes. It's a modellers dream! Spray and wait a few minutes then carefully unmask.

That's what I did anyway....................

G

[paulh.]

Saaweet!

[deafpanzer]

Nov 19, 2013 11:16:17 GMT -5 @agentg said:

Nov 19, 2013 10:33:06 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Looking better and better every time you post an update. A quick question... I am about to spray Rusto textured paint on my Chally tonight. How soon did you remove the masking tapes? While paint was wet or completely dry?

Thanks again for helping us out!

I'll answer here for Pete if I may.

Andy the textured paint goes on rather thin and sets up quickly. I believe it's designed to be built up in multiple ight passes. It's a modellers dream! Spray and wait a few minutes then carefully unmask.

Thanks G! Pete PM'ed me as soon as he saw my question too. It sounds fairly easy to use as long as I spray at a good distance.

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YUP!

G

[wbill76]

You have to be careful what you promise this bunch Pete! Nice progress on the markings.

[Leon]

Nice work on the tri camo and decs Pete.

[heico]

Looks good! Bring on the weathering

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Thanks chaps well over the last few days I've been adding various filters and paint fading effects finally finishing off with some streaking. To be honest it looks chuffing awful at the moment but I know that the matt varnish will tone it down considerably.

One thing I found was that the anti slip really held onto the filters and washes and it was hard to get the surrounding areas not coated to match the anti slip. Maybe next time I'll just use pigments. Anyway here's how it looks now, should get a matt on it in the morning.

[deafpanzer]

Oh man! I am loving it especially the sand build up on the anti-slip. It will not look like that on my Chally because its harder to see on sand/tan paint. Stunning work once again!

[wbill76]

Nice progress Pete! I can see how the anti-slip would 'hold' more of the wash but that just simulates a good dust build-up IMHO no the textured surface. Looking forward to more!

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Cheers guys I must admit initially I thought it was too much especially on the anti slip but you are right about these things sometimes being absolutely filthy! Figures and stowage today hopefully so piccies this evening I expect.

[bullardino]

Lovely dusting, Pete

[danb.]

Awesome work Pete the 3 tone looks amazing looking forward to the weathering stages now

Dan B

[johnt]

Lovely! looking forward to more Pete.

Cheers
JT

[bbd468]

DAMN Pete!!!   Abrams is lookin ferkin awesome brother! Bloody well done fella.

[paulh.]

Pete- a question:
Has the enamel wash/filter lifted part of the underlying camoflage (particularly around the drivers hatch) or is it the way the colour has settled into the pits of the rustoleum?
Either way serrendipity strikes again.
Lovely result.
P

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Nov 26, 2013 11:16:26 GMT -5 paulh. said:

Pete- a question:
Has the enamel wash/filter lifted part of the underlying camoflage (particularly around the drivers hatch) or is it the way the colour has settled into the pits of the rustoleum?
Either way serrendipity strikes again.
Lovely result.
P

Paul it's the way the colour has settled plus loads of streaking and grime.

Well managed to get the matt on today and the model now looks tons better at least to my eyes. Last night I added a couple of rough tarps to the turret basket and sorted out the stowage. Today I painted it all and I'm rather cuffed with the results. I could have gone mad with the stowage but kept it restrained as I didn't want to loose the lines of the turret under a ton of stuff.

I'm particularly pleased with the two bottles especially the green one which I painted up to represent mountain dew, a disgusting drink in my opinion but whenever I have been on American military bases here in the UK I've seen almost everyone drinking it. I've added the metallic elements to the model as well as the scopes and added some headlights. I now need to let this dry for a day or so and get the figures going.

[wbill76]

Nice progress on the stowage and crew Pete, looking good.

[wouter]

wow, that stowage looks great indeed, not too much, not too little. Gonna look cool when in place! And indeed those bottles are very neat as well!

Btw, I see you added some locating tabs on the wheel on the side of the basket, looks cool as well, need to remember I need to add that as well.

Can't wait for the next update!

Cheers

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cheers guys. Dicky I'm not sure it is a cooler but I guess it could be. I didn't even think cooler when I painted it!

[heico]

Looks great. Lovely weathering on the vehicle and extra's!

[wing_nut]

Pete she's looking mighty nice.

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How did you do that on the Mt Dew? Decals?

[Tojo72]

Really enjoying this one,look great.

PS,nothing wrong with some Dew,I have a 20oz bottle of Diet Dew with breakfast just about every day

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Nov 27, 2013 7:19:15 GMT -5 @dogfish7 said:

How did you do that on the Mt Dew? Decals?

I actually sprayed the bottle with tamiya clear green then painted the label by hand mate

[bullardino]

Great looking M1

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Oh no you didnt't! :oAwesome!

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Here's today's progress and I have been adding pigments and lots of em to the lower hull sides, wheels and tracks. Most of it will be hidden by the side skirts but I used this as a practice. Various MIG & AK pigments where used then set with fixer. Oil leaks on the wheel hubs added using MIG oil & grease mixture. The tracks had a watered mixture brushed on then once dry a stiff brush removed the excess.













Once the skirts are on I can then work on the rest of the model.

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Nice work Pete,now that I've caught up with this beaut!It even looks like you've imparted wear on the drive sprockets!!!

[deafpanzer]

WOW! Just amazing!!! Missed your stowage update... love the Mt Dew bottle. I drank like 4 or 5 everyday when I was in college. And I still went to bed like if they didn't bother me at all. Now if I have one past 6 or 7pm there is no way I can sleep for hours. LOL

Keep it coming my friend!