Abram IFV

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:15 am

Here my completed model basing on the Abram tank.
Yea I kinda used a I Chinese digital camo pattern.
Took me maybe 8-10 hours over a few days done while watching TV.
Trying to figure out how do you GHQ modelers are able to do rivets.
Probably trade secret but if anybody has any suggestions let me know.
The camo pattern actually kind of hides a lot of mistakes 😆
This is a prototype and I have another chassis so Iâ€™m gonna start another one soon.
Some details of the IFV
Itâ€™s tall since itâ€™s base on a unmodified M1 tank which has a rare engine and more difficult for inf to exit the vehicle.
2 - 50cal, one on a remote with 2 tow type launchers.
I got lazy since it should have more mg and I was thinking of 2 M60 swing out MG and a trophy system.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29137633@ ... res/k82726

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:26 am

Looks really good! And LARRRGE! What is crew? How many dismounts? Weight?

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:38 am

That thing is awesome!!!!! I want to drive one!

madman · Post by **madman** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 4:52 am

This is way cool. So are these for some sci fi universe, future wars, post apoc or alternate reality (imagination)? Gonna produce them for sale?? Look much better than any 40K crap and a lot of 6mm sci fi I see.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:00 am

Thatâ€™s a BEAST!!
Excellent!

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 7:01 am

Thanks everyone
Just a what if vehicle. Didnâ€™t really think about the specifications too much since that would be too real....lol
Just made one for fun. Started a second one .

Guroburov · Post by **Guroburov** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:38 am

Cool. A most excellent beast of a machine. Having talked to and taken a course in miniature modeling, they said they they made rivets with a watchmaking tool. Basically a hollow punch they filled with green stuff and later shaped by carefully trimming and dremeling out the green stuff to get the shape they wanted. They'd use it to make and set small spots of fresh green stuff to a consistent size. I just can't remember the name of the tool they used. Just that it looked like a hollow tipped punch. Only tiny.

mike robel · Post by **mike robel** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 1:55 pm

You can buy punch sets which are very small.

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/tools ... unch.shtml

.160, .120, .089, .081, .059 and finally .039.

There are other diameters as well, apparently. I've got a small set which i use rather seldom, but not nearly that small.

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:39 pm

Thanks Iâ€™m not sure it going to be small enough.
I used that trick of making antennas my melting it a sprue from it all model kit.
Then cutting it to size. I can hardly see them. I made and bunch until I sneezed and lost most of the stuff on my table. 😂
I started v2 on a new tread using some of those rivets.