Tamiya M1 Abrams painted and weathered with Vallejo Merdc colors paints 

I don’t know how I have missed this one for so long. It is kinda ironic though because I just finished an Academy M1A2SEP in this scheme. I have been using the Vallejo MERDC paints for a while as I am currently on an AFV M60 kick. You repeated exactly my findings and steps for using the Vallejo paints. They work very well. I like the Winter variant MERDC scheme and I wanted to do an M1 as a “throwback” paint scheme. I also turned around and then painted an M60A3TTS in the current NATO camo scheme. You always do great work and instructing in your videos. Keep it up.

That paint scheme would look awesome on an M60. The South Koreans still use that paint scheme. Very cool nice work.

Great paint job, I served on this beast in Germany. Great battle tank,

It's been since 1991 that I've seen an Abrams tank painted like that. Very nice:-)

Sure someone already pointed this out, but the M1A2 came out well after we stopped using the MERDC camo scheme.... Of course, it's REALLY cool to see what the A2 would look like in that camo!

Love the "winter US and Europe " camo , looks good on anything and a change from NATO 3 colour or sand that you see a lot !

Andy your kits and skills keep getting sicker and sicker!! impressive bro!! love these videos.

I love that MERDC camo scheme. I'll have to add that scheme to my "must do" list.

awesome job again Andy.yes I use some water to make it all run a lil for my washes keep them coming

Any soldier that ever participated in REFORGER exercises in Germany in the 1970s and early 80s will recognize the color patterns. Very nice work.

that's a stunning model and I love them tracks very nice 👍

excellent paints fom vallejo very well demonstrated . great work on the abrams Andy, keep these brilliant videos coming

Thanks for the great video. Just got a boat load of Vallejo products and can't wait to give them a try

Hi, I love your videos. I've learned alot from them, esp weathering effects. I just got my local hobby shop to order in a couple of the Vallejo Pigments. I'm going to use them on a Deuce and a half I did over the summer this year. I'm in Northwestern Pennsylvania, Oil City and my latest big purchase is a snow blower yuck. Anyway Thanks

Beautiful work, awesome tutorial as always Andy!

I know this is pretty old, but, I'm thinking about building a M270 (MLRS). I was a crewman years ago, I was really impressed by the work you did on the track. The MLRS track it actually from the Bradley, so it has 1 pad per link (not 2 like the Abrams). But, it looked pretty realistic for a soggy field exercise. Washing a launcher really sucked.

Wow great paint job love the camo scheme👌🏼

If this would be a M1 Abrams with a 105mm gun from the early 80's, the colours would match with the vehicle. Beside that it is very well done!

I really love your videos and they are inspiring me to start model building again. But I have one critique. I know it's your model, but you always, always use the desert wash and the dust. And on this model I was hoping you would use more of a winter wash and maybe even snow getting in the tracks and winter weathering. Since the paints you used was wintere paints. Could you please do a winter weathering model? Because I'm thinking about building tanks but I want to give them winter weathering especially on vehicles that would have appeared on the Russian front. I think it would be a nice change of pace as well. You do a great job. Also can you show how you do battle damage? I watched one guy use a knife and drimmel tool to dig out battle damage. But I would love to hear how you do it. You give great and easy to follow instructions.

Nice work Andy. I'm currently putting the finishing touches on my own M1. (A re-boxing of Trumpeters old kit) The camo scheme you've done looks brilliant and nice to see other than the typical desert sand that's usually done.Will look at doing something similar for my next M1 build. Keep em coming! ;)

Looks fantastic Andy and i have a Tamiya Abrams still on the shelf and it, s very tempting to try this sceme myself. I used a very simulair sceme on the Academy Korean K1 kit. Great work.

Hey Andy great video just tried some of Vallejo air really must say worked out well thanks for the tips on the tracks will try some of their other products

Having been in 2/8 Cav myself with the M1A2 I can say there was plenty of chipping but never any rust other than the tracks.

Awesome video! I find when using the Model Air I will also add a small amount of Vallejo thinner, as well as one to two drops of thier Flow Improver product, it tends to help a lot in keeping the paint from curing inside your airbrush. I love thier products and I'm glad you have found them amazing as well!

Nicely done. Though I wonder if the black and sand colored highlights wouldn't look better if they were applied before painting the brown color fields, to achieve a "pointier" look. It would be interesting in what sequence the color fields on real vehicles were painted....

Love your videos, great work Andy!

Greetings Andy from Down Under. Love your work!

nice kit,nice build,nice paint!!what asking more? great !!

Awesome job!

My goodness, where is this mystical & magical land you call hobby headquarters.....

out standing job Andy!

Excellent video, keep them coming.

Always enjoy your weathering - makes all your models more realistic. What's happening (in your admittedly busy schedule) with the train diorama? ;-)

Another nicely done model Andy, were there no decals with that kit?, also, could you do a tutorial maybe on how to do some camo schemes for people who don't own an airbrush? I don't own one and i am always on the lookout for ideas when it comes to camo schemes for my tanks. Thanks so much!!!

amazing job !!!! I admire you

Nice camo !! I wish I could get these where I live.

This is a M1A2, why? Because only M1A2 have CITV system, this has the CITV that means it's the M1A2

Really great weathering 👌👍👍 good job and i like the camo this inspired me to do a m1a1 in this style can't wait to see how it turns out any more tips u have on this model

Looks great

Very nice, wish my camo painting or just painting skills were as good as yours :)

Hi Andy. Wonderful video! I am new to scale modelling and wanted to try out the Vallejo Model Air paints. I just wanted your opinion on the following: 1. Can I use distilled water as a thinner for these paints? 2. Are these paints suitable for handbrushing ( I dont own an airbrush)? 3. How many 1/35 models can I complete with one 17ml bottle of paint? Thanks!

Hi Andy, well done. What a needle size you used in your Airbrush?

Very nice work. The South Korean armored forces still use this camouflage style.

Great Work. I'm looking for diffrent paintings for my new 1/16 Tamiya M1A2 and i like the MERDC camouflage

awesome build Andy!;)

how do you paint so fine with airbrush ? if i want to paint something with myairbrush set i get a circlr like 2 cm in radius !

Love it. I have the same, planning to do auscam. this video will help greatly.

Nice, good job

Great display as always, and the rest of the channel is a constant inspiration needless to say. Thank you for all that you do with the hobby and the channel. I've a question regarding the airbrush clean up after your M1 was finished. Granted, this was 4 years ago but wanted to check to see what folks use to get vallejo paints cleaned out of their airbrushes immediately after use. I clean my badgers immediately after use every time and have been using tamiya (like you) while considering switching to vallejo for flat clear coats and some of the colors as tamiya flat clear doesn't get the job done anymore for some reason. I've scoured the web for an answer and while no one specifically addresses the clean up thinner type for vallejo's matt acrylic varnish, some people have used lacquer thinner without gumming up the paint whereas others have completely ruined their airbrushes using lacquer. Any chance you can shed some light on this after using vallejo for the M1? My apologies for the lengthy post and thank you kindly in advance!

It looks great Andy, do you have the Vallejo Merdc colors paint set in the store?

I'm just old enough to remember when they first started using the Abrams tanks back in the early 80's.....they initially were painted Olive Drab, but somewhere during the 80's they painted them with this scheme along with 95% of all the other vehicles in our armed forces.

Another good job

Hi Andy, is the flatblack what you use as base coat the enamel or acrylc version? The camouscheme looks awsome!

Hey Andy, Love your videos but just some quick questions. What Tamiya Paints do you recommend for painting this Abrams Tank model in this camo? What is a good, low maintenance airbrush on a budget? Thanks so much and keep up the good work with the videos :)

Hey Andy! I love watching your builds, and thanks to you and you're informative build video's I have definitely improved my teqhiuques and building methods. I was wondering though if you ever use masking putty's or liquid mask for painting crisp, multi-colored camo patterns such as the NATO camo scheme?

Great work again Andy. Those Vallejo pigments are awesome. Do You have to thin that Tamiya buff before spraying? If so what's the ratio please.

Congrats on another great build, Andy! I noticed around the 13:00 mark that the sand color produced a good bit of overspray. This is probably due to paint drying on the tip of your airbrush (I used to have the exact same problem with Vallejo Air paints). A drop of acrylic retarder medium and a little X-20A does the trick and makes it so the paint doesn't dry on the tip within a minute of airbrushing.

well done andy, nice change to see this scheme done. is this scheme still used today and would it be on this version of the Abrahams? not sure of the up to date information on it.

And you painted this With the road wheels and Armor skirt in place? And you had no issues with getting a good paint scheme?

I’m building an m1a2 abrams by tamiya right now and one of my tracks broke in two places. Do you have a link for these aftermarket tracks? Thanks

I have watch almost all your videos and i'm a huge fan! Me and my dad build models and our airbrush was stolen when we moved. Were did you get your air brush? Were do you get your bases for your dioramas? Also could you build a T-34-85 with winter camo and heavy mud and put it on a snow seen. thanks sasa

andy i love your videos. they are completely awesome. what tamia paint that you use to paint tracs? and what tamia paint that you use for russian armor?

What do you use to protect the paint before chipping / weathering.

What about highlighting panel lines with diluted Indian ink? Before or after the dull coat

Awesome vid andy! Just wondering: i have never used an airbrush, and i dont know what to look for on the market. What compressor and airbrush do you use? Thanks

how long is this? im thinking of buying my first armour kit. is this a good starter?

Hi Andy,I would like to ask if the M1 Abrams needs glue to attach it together,thank you in advance.

Lookin' good, Andy! I see you do a lot of stuff with Vallejo products. Have you tried the Mig (or Ammo by Mig) pigments?

Great video! What Tamiya kit # is that Abrams?

great vid Andy, have you seen and used the Vallejo German red oxide graded highlight set?cheers.

Greetings Andy! Nice work on the MERDC camo. I would like to ask what thinner did you use for Vallejo paints that you used? Did you use their Vallejo 71.161 Airbrush Thinner? Thanks in advance. :)

Andy, are you thinning the Vallejo paints ?

did you mask the exhaust ports initially.

Andy, this is an awesome tutorial\video. What is the name of the tracks manufacturer? I have an academy Tusk 2 that I am building and I want to get better tracks for it. Thought about getting the metal tracks, but they cost more than the model itself. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to see what you are building next.

Hello everyone, I recently bought some add ons for the M1A1 Abrams kit (M1A1 Abrams Accessory Set) , from a company called Legend. It's stuff to be added on the tank, such as barrels, crates, backpacks and so on. Problem is I don't understand how to separate the items from the sprue, since the sprue is incredibly though and thick. Can anyone help me with a suggestion? Many thanks.

could I use the ww paint kits for space marine raptor chapter

what is the black box with green writing on the table

Hello Andy, Once again, you have produced another great video, I use the Vallejo paints and find them very easy to use, any problems I do have is down to me 'the end user'. Keep going strong with your modelling. Les

Can you do a build on the jag panther tamiya kit? Reply. Ack pls thank you!

What kind of air brush do you use

Cool! +

The loaders machine gun mounting ring is stainless steel. It should be a silver color on the model.

The colors are nice, the building process was good. But is a M1A2 the MERDC scheme doesn't apply to this versión. the correct version is a M1A1 with the old tracks and barrel gun.

good!!!

Do tracks come with the model

very nice, but I want more German train updates!!

Where can I find your construction video?

you can do a tutoríal to how put some shots efects on the tank like impacts wath you do think andy? :D

nice andy

M1A1 too

Can you do a video on winter vehicles like stalingrad vehicles

When did i ever see a rusty abrams?

not an easy camo scheme to paont. well done

shoulda scuffed the heck out of those tread pads, NEVER seen any tanks in my bn that had pristine pads

That's the same camouflage as Greek tanks have

I wanna see it absolutely DEVOUR North Korean tanks one day.

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ANDY!, ANDY!, Andy!.... shame on you! You modeled an M1A2 in MERDEC? No such thing!.... MERDEC was ONLY used on M1A1's, if that! ....Maybe only early M1's ".... (Hey, I *think* I'm correct here!?....)....

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Good work, looks awesome, too bad we have to watch the dumb conspiracy theory ads