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As a load for my LCAC, I bought a Dragon model of an M1A1 Abrams in 1/144. This was a pre-painted and ready-assembled model, so you can’t call it a kit. I’m not sure which model it is, exactly, as I can’t find it on a quick search, but it was an olive drab painted tank with a mine plough. As I wanted a sand-coloured one, I repainted it, after removing the plough because I don’t recall any photos of LCACs carrying tanks with one.
I also don’t have photos of the model before I began repainting, but here it is with one coat of Games Workshop Bleached Bone, which is a fairly good match for American sand, plus a coat of Army Painter Skeleton Bone, which is made to match the GW colour:
The reason for using two paints, by the way, is because I put the first coat on when I originally bought the model back when I had started the LCAC 10+ years ago, but I couldn’t get the GW paint anymore later.
Next, a wash of Tamiya Dark Earth over everything to give it some shadows:
I followed it with a drybrushing of Rackham Noesis White (long out of production), a kind of ivory colour, to add highlights:
Finally, I painted the machine guns, tracks and tyres black:
And that’s it, really. These tanks can be very plain, and in this scale, markings are barely visible.
I also don’t have photos of the model before I began repainting, but here it is with one coat of Games Workshop Bleached Bone, which is a fairly good match for American sand, plus a coat of Army Painter Skeleton Bone, which is made to match the GW colour:
The reason for using two paints, by the way, is because I put the first coat on when I originally bought the model back when I had started the LCAC 10+ years ago, but I couldn’t get the GW paint anymore later.
Next, a wash of Tamiya Dark Earth over everything to give it some shadows:
I followed it with a drybrushing of Rackham Noesis White (long out of production), a kind of ivory colour, to add highlights:
Finally, I painted the machine guns, tracks and tyres black:
And that’s it, really. These tanks can be very plain, and in this scale, markings are barely visible.