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Signed up. My wife bought me the Academy M1A1 Iraq 2003 kit for my birthday. I will be building it OOB. I recently purchased the Dragon M1A1 AIM with the 760+ pieces. I need to practice and improve my skills before I attempt that monster.

Tony

Bump. Getting close to the bottom of the page.

Jeremy can I enter into this with the towing M1A2 I need to build for my stalled diorama? It has not been started and I have stalled because I have run out of Ideas on how to build the full width mine plow on the damaged M1A2.

Sure not a problem. Thanks for the Bump Tony.

Come on there has to be more interest than this

Well I had missed this thread for 2 weeks perhaps more members will see it if a post is put in the general forum as well as here.

WooHoo! We have 10!

Today is the first time that I had seen this thread or heard of the group build. I'm in. I just signed up.

I don't know how I missed this one.

I'm in. Now I can reduce my stash by at least one Abrams!

So 17 people enlisted, does that mean the campaign is a go for October 15th?



Tony

WOOOOHOOOOO I'm in! How can I miss this post!!!???

You didn't. You replied to it.

Welcome to the Abrams campaign!

Tony

Smart a*s

Ok, I signed up for my first campaign.

Hopefully, I can actually finish a model in time.

Campaign starts today right? I openned the box of my kit last night and read the instructions. Looking forward to making the kit. I am thinking about taking a different approach with it than I have my few builds in the past.

Tony

PS Halloween is only 16 days away!

Hmm. Kind of in a gray area. The campaign has not been officially approved. If you go to the Campaign page, you won't see this campaign listed. It might be considered unfair for people who haven't seen the campaign officially listed. I suppose it might be up to the campaign leader to decide to go ahead and start or wait for an official start date (which might be later).

Is this a campaign or a build? Is it official as of yet, haven't seen a lot of interest in it.

Either way, you can count me in on it. I am currently building Dragon's M1A2 Sep and I will be adding the Tusk Conversion set from Legends.. Luckily I have just barely done the lower hull. I will also be adding Verlindens Tankers to the kit as well.

Hi Guys,

I'm nearly finished building Dragons AIM. Taken best part of 2 yrs due to job redundancy & family commitments. I would like to put it in an Iraq diorama with 4 figures. Is this allowed? There are no other vehicles involved.

On the bench : Mr Abrams, Centauro (very early stages), Aussie Centurion, Tamiya LeClerc

On the bench wishlist : Lav 25, 1973 Shot Kal Centurion.

Those who are about to glue & paint salute you.....

Actually you aren't supposed to start a kit until the campaign kicks off. The decision is up to the campaign leader though. Some have let people in who have started only a bit or are completing a kit that they bought partially built.

bump...waiting for an active thread for campaign in progress.

As you guys have enough people and Tonyfr has started already (ahem), your campaign is not only approved but started already. I've made this thread the official one but if you want another just create then PM me to switch them. The campaign leader also might want to extend the campaign to accommodate those who have been caught off-balance by the quick start of this campaign.

Thanks Gary. In the future I will wait until I have offical clearance to start my kit for a campaign.

Tony

Well guys here we go, We are official now. I have to wait a few weeks to start mine. I am still away from my desk for another week or so. I am still trying to decide which one i want to build. I know it will have the Echelon decals from the Sept 11 Slogans. Just have to pick which plane to use, or maybe will be able to do more than one. We are also going to extend the finish by a few months.

Lets get Building!!!!

Herky

wow!i'm in!
this will be my first model in a loooooong time,and will be the perfect reason to get SWMBO off my back now we've moved house and i've finally got a dedicated modelling space

now to see if i can get finished on time

Well, looks like I am the first to post some pics on this campaign.
Dragon M1A2 Sep with warrior tank crewmen and the Legends Tusk set.


Legends Tusk set


Warriors Tank crews

I have to say that I have really enjoyed this Dragon kit. The detail has been crisp with minimum flash. Why does Dragon insist on the little things, like the little wire handles that get lost in the carpet!

The rear deck needs a little work, maybe it was just me but I had some problems getting part # U13, U14 & U16 to fit right. Also I had to do some major trimming/sanding to get W14 to fit right.

Legends Belly armor is just cool. Actually the whole add-on is just great. Minimum flash through out the kit. What I don't like is the way the casting sprue was part of the belly panels itself. They come in two pieces while I have seen one aftermarket product that had the sprue piece on the side and it was all one piece. I had to do some cutting to seperate the two and make it look right and then lots of squadron putty to cover the seams and the cutting marks.

I need some help on the gas caps. Can anyone tell me if I have them positioned right? I like the fender details like the rod that helps hold the skirts up. Dragon sure can pack a kit with detail!