{"id":406,"date":"2020-03-31T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-04-02T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T14:17:33","slug":"abrams-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"Abrams finished!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t much work to do on this one. This was only a single M1 from the <em>Tanks Modern Age<\/em> starter box, which I bought last year to play some tank skirmishes with quick to learn rules while I was on holiday on Crete with some friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1827.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I already have eight Abrams completely painted and ready packed in boxes but I used the opportunity to add some details to all of the models. Two of them belong to the <em>Zvezda<\/em> <em>Hot War<\/em> range and two others still need a commander figure, as I found out by the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortuantely I used another painting method on the older M1s. They were all primed in black and you can clearly see the difference between old and new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" srcset=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DSCF1829.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The contrast between the camouflage colours on the new one (front) is much brighter. The overall look of the older version is much darker and even a stronger drybrush couldn&#8217;t fix that. Nevertheless, all models are ok for my liking. Important experience points gained!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There wasn&#8217;t much work to do on this one. This was only a single M1 from the Tanks Modern Age starter box, which I bought last year to play some tank skirmishes with quick to learn rules while I was on holiday on Crete with some friends. I already have eight Abrams completely painted and ready packed in boxes but I used the opportunity to add some details to all of the models. Two of them belong to the Zvezda&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/?p=406\">Weiterlesen<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> Weiterlesen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,23,13,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":413,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeloperations.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}