1/35 Wrecked Abrams M1A1HA Main Battle Tank....Iraq 2007.

[JR]

Ron !!! :smiling: hi mate, The photos look better on here :thumb2:
John.

[Steve Jones]

Ron
The building work looks really great. Are you going to be doing any concrete barriers on the road side?
Steve

[Guest]

Amazing start Ron, really looking forward to seeing more mate :smirk:

[spanner570]

Cheers Tom.

Steve - No, I'll leave them off. Any more additions might start to clutter the build up a bit too much, but thanks for the suggestion......:thumb2:

In order to keep as much of the tank in view as is possible, I wanted the final corner to be something low, so I've made a corrugated fence, using kitchen foil and cut down coffee stirrers from the cafe at Cosford (Shh, don't tell anyone!)
Once I'd made and fixed it, I put my thumb on it and flattened the corner.

Here's the result.
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That's mainly it for the structures. Next I'll tackle the rubble etc., add the tank and also do something I have literally just thought of as I type!

Cheers all.
Ron

[JR]

Ron .
I can sell you some bricks at a good price, could you contact my agent Cpl Jones for further information .
Love the corrugated fence, and nicely snapped timber uprights.
John.

[Mickc1440]

Ron
So glad we're going to see this one get finished.
Mick

[Guest]

Hi there! Weathering is superb ! Building and the whole scene coming together! Well done sir! Looking forward for more! Regards Danny

[Fernando N]

Hi Ron,

Great looking buildings, from what material did you made them?

Nicely beat-up Abrams and fence too.:thumb2:

Fernando

[BigGreg]

I can’t wait to see it done... the realism is superb well done...:smiling2::smiling3::thumb2:

[Ian M]

Looking great (as normal) Young Ron.
I think that fence is brilliant.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the great and encouraging comments folks.
I took some pictures of the finished model last week, but I wasn't totally happy with them.
Today however, the sky has been a luuuurvelly, cloudless, deep blue colour. So I've taken some more pickies which I'm happy with.

I'll post them asap. In the mean time, thanks for all the comments and suggestions during this build.

Ron

[Alun Wells]

Will keep a watch on this one, at least it is dry for a change!
Good stuff
Cheers
Alun

[Allen Dewire]

Ron.
Well, Well........Uhhh, We're waiting to see the final result here! Is there anybody out there??????
Prost
Allen

[spanner570]

Will keep a watch on this one, at least it is dry for a change!
Good stuff
Cheers
Alun

....that's what you think!......:tongue-out3:

Sorry Allen, I've been in France this last week, and only got back last night. Still playing catch up - Fat chance!

Cheers boys.
Ron

[Mike Mortimore]

Ron,
Magic build on the ruined buildings...... love them. love the burnt out effect on the tank, crack on.

Cheers Mike :sleeping::sleeping::sleeping: