Building the all new Tamiya 1/16 M1A2 Abrams Display version 

Tamiya the best model kit company in the world!, been modelling for near 40 years and it is still the best.

Andy, Thank You! After a 15 year hiatus from the hobby I stumbled across this build video. I immediately ordered the kit and assembled it using many of the techniques you used here. It was an awesome kit and my version came out really nice! I’m very happy with the results to quote you. Needless to say it but I am back into the hobby and couldn’t be happier. Love the videos so keep them coming and thanks again for rekindling my passion for scale modeling!

Thank you for taking the time to show your painting techniques.

Hey Andy, from another Andy, I think you should start an online store again, the hobby shop near me specializes in trains and has very little armour. I would really love to support you but I'm only 14 and can't get to Arizona. Cheers

It's so satisfying watch models being built keep making more videos :)

Andy you truly have the patience of a saint applying 1/35 painting techniques to a 1/16 kit. I would have just hit it with a rattle can and called it done ha ha. love this kit and great job on this video!

Tamiya builds awesome kits...

Your videos are great at reinforcing a strong set of basic skills that anyone can have a go at themselves at home and make it all look fun and easy. Great work Andy...

Daumen hoch klasse 💯✨️👍

That monster is gorgeous!!!!!!! Very well made and weathered as well!

that is pretty cool engineering on the m1a1 your doing a great job painting and building as u give tips to make it easier 👍👍👍

great video but here is a little tip with abs. from a printer guy. use a little acetone on a brush. but be carefull if you spill any it will melt the abs test it on some scrap. enjoy your vids andy :)

Thanks Andy for this video. It has been a great help to me as I built my Abrams. I don't doubt the information that I got from your video kept me out of several problems. Building the turret mounting system would have been much more difficult, not to mention annoying, if I did not have the video. By the way I used a tiny ball of blue sticky stuff to hold the screws to my screwdriver with the turret ring. It worked great and the blue stuff easily pulled free after the screws were tightened. Now to paint.

Enjoyed your presentation. I was a project manager for the M1A2S tank (export model for Saudi Arabia). We would paint many of the sub-components prior to mounting them on the tanks passing through the factory. With this model is it feasible to pre-paint the vehicle prior to any assembly or would that create more hardship than its worth?Also when weathering the model, add a little grime around all of the fuel hatches and some scratch marks where the top gun mantel flap rubs against the top of the turret - otherwise, great paint scheme! Also, the paint will flak off a bit on the engine exhaust hatch/vent in the center rear of the vehicle.

HA! Return rollers.... I though they were road wheels until you said something... that thing is huge

Nice work on the Abrams build...the tank is a monster.

the paint skills, wow!!!

Great video! Excellent tips and technique. Thanks!

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Beautiful

i think that you should do a big build every few months. like i said in a comment on a previous video, the merit international SBd dauntless would be a good candidate for it.

Love the Abrams along with the tiger 2 and tons of others keep up the good work.

Thank God , for these videos

I have always stuck to revell but looking forward to switching to tamiya models. Love seeing your video as gives me a idea of what model to get next. Keep up the great work.

Andy, thanks for building this Abrams so soon after you received it for our viewing pleasure. As always, you did a GREAT job! Do you write a script for your video builds and reviews or do you just comment as you go along? Whatever method(s) you use, NO ONE does it better as far as I'm concerned. I think I would get tons of your subscribers to agree. PLEASE keep up your good work!

Andy the Model Master... Your new name should be "M&M." Wow, super nice build again keep them coming!!

Wow....that is huge.

Nice. That fingernail polish really compliments your cheek bones and choice of table your working on. I just had to bring up fingernails. Awesome how it all came out. An absolute monster. The US military has some extremely cool vehicles.

Great video that weathering is simple and looks good!

Impressive, it was very interesting to watch.

Wow! Absolutely superb! I want this and the Challenger 2 now! 😊

Suspension and track are great!

I need one of these! Price wise I think my current crawler build rivals this kit. Tamiya makes awesome kits and they set they have always set the standard.

Awesome kit nice job on it keep up the great videos.

Wow, that's a big tank, thanks for showing us this beauty!!

I really like the paint job

Impressive the evolution of plastic modelism, steel with plastic. 27 years ago I build this tank with three engines. One for the turret and two for the tracks, remote control, I think it was Tamiya, I didn't kept it with me.

As always Andy; great video, great build, and very informative. Keep up the good work!

Awesome Kit

Absolutely awesome

Wow, beautiful work again, that model looks like alot of fun

Hello, Andy. Thx so much for your brilliant work. I'm building a Tamiya 1/16 RC M1A2 now, watching your video on the process almost feels like cooking with Gordon Ramsey XD!

Nice build and nice to see that Tamiya is also promoting this item on their twitter :)

These Tamiya R/C tanks are awesome, I just wish I could afford them! Thanks for sharing though

Amazing engineering

Man, that’s a really nice kit! I like that old military stuff but I wish someone made them in 1/24th and 1/25th scale and a detailed engine/pack! I’ve never built any military vehicles but getting more interested all the time now! Good video here too!

Awesome looking model and great finish! Thank you for the video.

The price the industry is asking for these kits is beyond insane.

what a beast of a model 💯👍

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I have been building the RC versions of allot of Tamiya trucks and armor and I like this static version allot!

For your ball bearings on the turret ring. I use a bit of vasiline on a tooth pick stub to dab a bit in the spots needed to hold the bearings in place, Usually you need to ritated the unit several times to work them free flowing.

thats so beautiful

Now that’s a Ta. Ank really neat Andy ! first thing. To do gets bowls and sort them screws .

Outstanding!

sob this thing is huge! cant wait to buy it!!!! great build Andy!!!

I liked this video. Thanks

great job!!nice tutorial....nice video,thanks!!

Fab video of an amazing kit!!

thank you very much

Great build Andy it looks superb

Omg love this video i don't have the time to build tamiya models its better to watch it be built

Great job

excellent build

Freaking AWESOME! You make it look so easy. Great job!

Hey Andy, just wanted to say that this is another great build, and thank you so much, I have learnt so much from watching your videos. You impart knowledge in a wonderful, easy-going fashion, and your love and enthusiasm for the hobby is self evident and infectious. Thanks mate, I really appreciate all your hard work.

looks great

Woot, been looking forward to this since your preview :D

I love how fast the build was released after the review! I was expecting a month in between!

YOU ARE DOING GREAT GOB

Das Hilft ..Danke !

Good video, and you can get a ratchet screwdriver kit with interchangeable heads including hex keys. As or the turret ring, vaseline will hold the ball bearings in place, and lube them, and you can probably use wooden toothpicks to line up the blind screw holes.

Nice work Andy. One minor point: the optics on this tank should be a reddish colour, rather than the blue tint you used, due to the fact they have an anti-laser coating

Fabulous video.

Beautiful model Andy! That is one big kit. Great job as always. Cheers!

Your work is awesome

Great nice Tamiya M1A2 display version model. See your video clip planing to buy one myself soon .

Great work!

An excellent kit Andy very well finished, I wish tamiya did the British Challenger ll .

Nice Video, great Job :) Cant wait to get my Hands on it, too. :D

They should make a 1/16th Leopard 2 model. Would look awesome!

AWESOME!

Excellent

Wowww!!!

Now thats what I call a model

Thats one nice beastie

Awesome!

Nice model and nice assembly video. Looking at the model, it doesn't look like it would be too difficult to get electrics and motors in there. It'd certainly hold a lipo inside down the middle.

Superb video. Subbed. Tamiya's engineering is once again show to be one of the best, if not the best, on the market!

Nice job!

Hi Andy, Great build on the Abrams - Here is a tip for the little screws - get a magnetized screwdriver - they make the process a lot easier. So when will we be seeing the full blown R/C version on your channel? Hopefully soon. These things move like nothing else in the hobby, you will love them. I am going to assume the R/C versions will have the gun stabilization option, similar to the Leopard.

Good work.

Wonderful work..wish I had that sort of turnaround time on my model kits...still over 60 in the stash!!!!

Cant wait to see 1/1 scale

thats a big model tank dang

Really nice

Amazing

I built my M 1 back in 1984. All of my old tanks are long since gone. 1/35Th scale.

Awesome thanks 4 this looking forward to the release!

Nice one!

This is just crying out for a baggage set and 2-3 crew figures. Nice work Andy