Final pictures

Leandro Krindges
Soberb job! Congrats!

Heico van der Heide
Thank you Leandro.

Leandro Krindges
That backpacks look so real.

Heico van der Heide
Yes, the Black Dog bag set is really stunning.

Gábor Bélik
Very nice!

Murad ÖZER
HOAH! 👍

Mike Kryza
Great 👍👍👍

Albi Hitz
Hell yeah!!! .... wow cool ... very nice build and very nice paint and weathering ... inspiring!

Alan Rush
Looks great Heico! The weathering and desert dust look realistic to me. I especially like the coolers and the detail of the single bottle lying by the cupola. The taxi sign is a nice touch! 👍 🙂

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys. Im glad you like it! 🙂

Eelco Gregoire
Nice job Heico! I'm looking forward to see it in real at the meeting.

Frank Krause
Hups, I missed that! Great job, Heiko! 👍 I love the "busy" look with all that equipment.

Heico van der Heide
Thanks gents! Eelco, looking forward to the meeting!

Barry Lloyd
Really great detailing - good to see the crew as they're often missed out on tank models!

Urban Gardini
Love it mate!

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys! Barry, usually i don't do figures but the sunglasses made it work for me.

Barry Lloyd
Yes - sunglasses or goggles make the job easier! I wish there were more modern tank figures available though.

Heico van der Heide
Never looked at it. Perhaps some resin ones available? I know Meng has an IDF set for instance in plastic.

Clifford Keesler
Awesome!.

Thorsten Drescher
Wow....looks good. Good job Heico. 👍

Heico van der Heide
Thanks guys! Appreciate it!

Mike R
Ohhh man o man o man ... very nice kit! I have one in the wings, but seeing one completed ... great job!!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Cool! Love the taxi sign.

Hunter Cummins
How did you weather this ?? Can you pm me and tell me the paintimg process and the weathering stages and how you did it?? I am new to modern armor and I love how you did it
great job 👍

scalemates
👍

Anthony Flanagan
👍

Heico van der Heide
I want to thank all of you for your comments. It's pleasing to see that so many like my Abrams 🙂
Hunter: I'll just type it here if that's ok with you. That way other people may be benefited too 😉

* I started with a brown/earth base colour, the next step was painting it with Modelmaster Acrylic 4812 Us army Sand leaving a bit of preshade.
* Then i went for fading the middle of the panels with some Tamiya XF-55 and Vallejo 075 sand.
* After glosspaint and decals etcetera i applied a brown wash to make the deeper parts like the panel lines stick out more.
* And then some pigments were used to make it a bit more 'dusty'.
* Finally i did a drybrush with a lighter colour than the US sand from modelmaster to make the rivets and bolts etc pop out some more. I believe is used Vallejo Iraqi sand for this.

If you have any more question don't hesitate asking!

Hunter Cummins
9erfect
I will definatly benifit from this
thank youverymuch

Heico van der Heide
Good to hear that! Good luck with praticing 🙂

Gerald
Nice 👍

Acki
Wow! Top!!!

Heico van der Heide
Thanks!