1/35 Tamiya M1A2 Abrams | Operation Iraqi Freedom Dio

[Jos Jansen]

Hello fellow modelers,

 

I prefer 1/48 modern military aviation, but two years ago I built these M1A2 Abrams 1/35 No. 35269 from Tamiya and placed them in diorama. Every now and then I like the variety of building 1/35 modern tanks and armored vehicles, in combination with figures, this gives the model in a Dio even more expression. What I can remember was painting the US Army ACU of the military figures was not an easy thing to do, I stamped the paint with a brush.  I used two figures kits, U.S. Tank Crew Modern from MiniArt 1/35 No. 37005, US Check Point in Iraq from Master Box  Ltd. 1/35 No. MB359 and CONCRETE & Plastic BARRIER SET from Meng 1/35 No. SPS-012.

 

I hope you can appreciate my first Dio!

 

Cheers, Jos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Jim Wasley]

Excellent build on this tank,Really done it proud with this Dio.

Cheers Jim

[M3talpig]

Lovely work...all the main details that make a good diorama have been achieved and the whole scene while simple is very convincing.....the vehicle is beautifully finished the figures fit the narrative nicely and the whole is tied together very nicely with some well crafted groundwork...seriously what's not too like.

[Jasper dog]

See above, what he said!

 

The M1 looks tremendous and the small vignette really sets it off nicely. 

 

Great work

Darryl 

[surgeon01]

Beautiful scene, nice weathering on the tank ... and the figures are also nice, your brush technique came out very well, thanks for sharing.

 

greetings ro

[PlaStix]

Great looking Abrams, great looking figures, great looking scene!! Superb all round!

Kind regards,

Stix