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I like to note how the texture is striated, not even.
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You should also note that it is different on different sections/parts.
Ken
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Ah, but I have noted it. Many times.
There’s another thread where I show different types of texture on one vehicle. Probably in the last year.
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Just a thought, but no more. The application of the non-slip texture I am guessing is applied to the item prior to most of the exterior parts being applied. If so, the texture would not be applied at the same location necessarily. Sponson box lids may be applied at a different location than turrets and by different people. Some texture looks sprayed and some looks rolled or brushed. But they all conform to a minimum texture.
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Makes sense, one would assume these parts are made all over the country, probably get textured and painted (green or sand) before they are shipped to the factory
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The hull antiskid looks to me almost the same as the anti skid used on helicopter decks by the US Navy. The antiskid on the turret bins looks like an older anti skid method using sand. What is the chance that the Army uses the same materials as the Navy?
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 26, 2024) Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) conduct flight deck operations with a MH-60R Helicopter assigned to the “WARLORDS” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM-51) in the South China Sea, Jan. 26.
And a close up
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i made anti slip coatings on my NZLAVIII conversion using Gesso. i used liquid mask for where i didn’t want it to go then you paint on theme Gesso wait about 30 seconds then dab with a stiff brush in a strait up and down motion until you get the desired effect, if not rough enough add a little more then dab again. once dry remove masking areas. i should have done mine earlier in the process before i had fitted lots of other parts as it made it harder in some areas to get the masking off again
a trial i did first on a part i wasn’t going to use
masking removed and fresh painted
once dry
the brush i used
a with and without comparison
before
after
still shows through well once painted. you cake it smoother or rougher by how much you apply and how much you work it with the brush while wet.
you can see here some of the fun areas trying to get the masking out. that is why i say do it earlier in the build and mask areas you will later glue onto. you can cut the gesso layer with a sharp blade and peel it off if you added it somewhere you later want clear to glue down onto
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From DVIDS
The “Hound Battalion,” 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receives the newly modernized M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks at Fort Stewart, Georgia, February 2022. The “Spartan Brigade,” 2nd ABCT, 3rd ID, is the tip of the spear on the Marne Division’s glidepath to become the most modern U.S. Army division in 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trenton Lowery)
A row of the modernized M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks, assigned to the “Hound Battalion,” 3rd Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, prepare to remote fire on Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 1, 2022. The Spartan Brigade will be the most modern U.S. Army brigade in fall of 2022 and is the tip of the spear on the Marne Division’s glide path to become the most modern Army division in 2023. (Courtesy Photo)
1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, receives the modernized M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Jan. 5, 2023. In addition to having improved survivability, the M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tank can host mature technology the Army deems operationally relevant. Improvements focus on increasing the electrical power margin, vehicle health management systems, integrated counter-IED protection, a new auxiliary power unit enabling silent watch, embedded training, and an ammunition data link. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rakeem Carter)
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Nice 
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According to sources here, this is a single model that was sent early primarily for demonstration at the Defence Land Forces Expo that just finished in Melbourne.
It’s my understanding they haven’t actually arrived en masse yet at the dock for CASG to take them on charge.
I was on my Defence account today, & there’s no traffic on the intranet that would suggest we have had several Squadron’s of Abrams arrive
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Nah mate. Spoke the project folk. This was just the first de-processed. All tanks in the first delivery are in the country.
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True? Defence kept that one quiet across the Network.
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whats different about the auscam camo pattern on the A2 SEP V.3 comparted to the A1 SA
is the new pattern based on the Pattern used on US A2 SEP V.3 painted in NATO 3 color?
There were two different schemes on the A1, The scheme on the A2 reflects experience where the large swatches of tan on the turret front increased detect ability.
As far as I know, the pattern is unique to Australian SEP v3.
I’m in the process of drawing up the new scheme using my references.
Black is represented by diagonal lines, green by horizontal dashes. HTH
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Another US/Australian SEP v3 comparison, this time the armoured patch panel on the roof of the turret, adjacent the wind sensor.
Copyright is mine courtesy of too much travel.
Not only is the whole assembly much smaller on the Australian tank, armoured cowl has a diagonal cut away and a rebate on the right side, presumably to clear the (yet to be fitted) fridge.
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