M1A2 SEP (FlyHawk model)
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26 25 September 2017, 00:06
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Wow, very well done Pavel. And, congrats on the well deserved accolades 👍
25 September 2017, 00:13
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The kit is marvelous! Everything a modern plastic technology can provide is there. Even the smallest machinegun barrel comes drilled-out on the sprue! And PE fret is just right enough. The only custom modification I made were the two small handles. I made them out of wire, because the PE ones are a bit flat for my taste, and they are also the easiest thing to scratch-build. Definitely recommend this kit - and all others from FlyHawk. A manufacturer to keep an eye on!
25 September 2017, 06:47
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Scott, thanks a bunch! 🙂 The kit-makers made my job a walk in the park, really ))
25 September 2017, 13:27
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Thank you, Zsolt! The kit is just awesome to work, can't wait for anything new from them!
31 January 2018, 05:43
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Thanks, mates! I have another box of this gem of a kit, and strongly considering to cross-kit it with the TUSKII from Tiger Models (that is immensly more poor comparing to this one). Though I have a hunch that we might see TUSKII from FlyHawk in some future.
1 February 2018, 04:31
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great job on the model, and also in the little vignette... excellent !
1 February 2018, 06:08
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Spanjaard, thank you! The vignette is pretty simple: a jar of pre-mixed texture earth from Wilder for the ground, a bit of sand and gravel, two-tone painting - overall green-bluish-gray for nice shadows, and then light-biege, airbrushed from one side at a sharp angle to the surface; and a couple of pre-made grass tufts from ArmyPainter. Plug it into a cheap photoframe - and that's it! 🙂
2 February 2018, 05:06
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"and that's it"... your make it sound as you did not do anything 😄 very well composed and put into practice 🙂
2 February 2018, 06:25
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Doug, thanks! 🙂 The model has three more nearby model shows to attend before its exhibition retirement 😄
3 February 2018, 05:02
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Thomas, thanks! 🙂 The next one I'm planning to make a bit more beaten - that one will be with the mine plough.
31 October 2018, 04:12
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Thank you, mates!
@Gliterden - I've painted the tank overall with Tamiya XF59 Desert Yellow lightened with XF57 Buff, but I found it still too dark and saturated, so I heavily covered it over with diluted pure Buff, leaving the original colour only as shadows. For the reference I used random photos online, more to get the overall feel rather than the actual colour.
31 March 2022, 02:08
Album info
Hastily built OOB, to beat the deadline before the local model show. Won bronze in "1:72 Contemporary Armor" and Silver in "Model in its Environment".