Kind words, thanks Barney!
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Thanks Top!
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Some really great books out there but you’ll learn quickest, at least I did, from following discussions in dedicated forums on Facebook. Look up the The T-54 & T-55 Research Group and T-62 & T-64 Research Group and you’ll find plenty to keep you busy! Also the Tankograd blog is simply amazing.
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Thank you. It was always one of my favorite builds. It didn’t get much attention when I built it about 5 years ago. The figures were the Iranian M38/106RR crew from the original Warriors line. They had several unique figures from periods other than WW2 German, then they disappeared for reasons unknown to me. They apparently came back into limited production, but seemed to have dropped many of the modern figures (Including this set.).
BTW, I have downloaded many of your files on Cults3D. Thank you. I will be using them in future builds.
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Well it certainly got mine, my friend. Very inspiring!
Excellent, I’m happy to hear that! I look forward to seeing my stuff on your builds - best possible compliment!
Let me know your next Iranian/Iraqi build and I’ll hook you up with some references, if needed.
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Matt R, elcome to the forum!
Outstanding work!
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Your expertise in the field is obvious, as are your modelling skills. I understand that many in the hobby have a primary focus or specialisation, but I also notice that for many a “palate cleanser” build, something quick, often small, and utterly unrelated to one’s primary interest is quite common. To get the best from KitMaker I would urge you dip into all sorts of topics and see if something surprises you. As the non-building resident village idiot for this and other boards I have noted most participants are remarkably tolerant of my inane inquiries and fatuous comments, so feel free look around and join in threads not related to your core interests, you will be made welcome.
Regards,
M
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Welcome Matt – well what the Collective’s already said, superb quality + great research = are you kidding me??! A true pleasure to behold, consider yourself fully assimilated!
So leaning towards my own interests, have you ever considered (a) wrecks (b) vignettes/dioramas?
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Matt, welcome to Armorama! Retired Tow Master Gunner here, I wound up 11M too. Your models are simply brilliant and stand with the best work on this site. Congratulations on some outstanding achievements and enjoy the forums! It’s a little crazy here sometimes but it’s all fun.
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Cajun is very similar to the Acadian language. I once heard my Mum say this over the phone when I was a kid “J’ai drivee´ mon car au store hier”.
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Do you remember if she bought anything?
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Awesome! Then you know all about Mud Bugs, Possum on the half-shell, cotton mouths, Cypress Knees and Nutra. My Loosiana (where is Looweeziana?) folks are up around Monterey, Ferriday, Acme. I actually grew up on the other side of the river a little farther north in the other Delta. Glad to have a brother from another mother on board, you do some splendid work my friend, I lean more to the SEA and USARV sector.
Cajun 
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Good question, I have no idea!
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Thank you my friend. I haven’t yet felt the need for a palette cleanser.. for me that would be Egyptian or Syrian or even Yemeni 
All of which I’ve done in 1/72, even some Lebanese and Libyan stuff.
Like most armor modelers, probably, I started with panzers. My first was a StuG-IIIB in 1/72. But part of my fixation with Middle Eastern stuff is that not that many people are doing it compared to panzers and Shermans.. for me, the more obscure, the better!
But your point is well taken and I appreciate it!
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Thank you my friend, I appreciate those kind words!
Well, it’s a hard no on wrecks. A big part of my research and modeling is showing that Iraqis were and still are proud of their armed forces and of their country, notwithstanding the evils of the regime. I knew a few of them from my time in Iraq, working alongside the Iraqi Army in Baghdad. They are immensely proud of what they consider their victory in the 1980s war, and the names of the old army’s divisions - Salah ad Din, Sa’ad ibn abi Waqqas, Al Abbis ibn al Walid, Nasar ibn Sayyar, for example, all Arab generals from early Islamic history who fought against the Persians and Christians - reflect that pride.
I am not excusing the brutality of the Ba’ath regime, and I fully understand that the army, air force, and RGFC were complicit in most of its crimes. But there were plenty of good Iraqi men who served their country with honor, and I’ve always respected that.
And besides.. there are lots of models of Iraqi wrecks already done 
re Dioramas, I would love to do some. There’s a fascinating bit of footage from the battles at Abadan in 1980 showing infantry fighting alongside T-55s at the dock areas, with a large freighter docked next to them. But the lack of figures is what’s really holding me back. I’ve tried learning figure modeling programs but it’s been a very slow and frustrating process.
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Thanks brother, great to see a fellow Bradley man here!
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Oh yes indeed my friend, all of the above! Bien merci encore for the warm welcome!
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Well, the Iraqi army did use oddball British Cruiser Tanks like the A13 Mk III Covenanter and A15 Mk VI Crusader, the remains of one of these (a Crusader I with Crusader II type upgrades) was photographed in 2003 although its location is not recorded; there is another photo of a Crusader III displayed on a plinth, a (Vickers) Tank, Light, Mk VI, and a couple of Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchills. Throw in some Italian tankettes and a 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf.) auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f) - you’re not going to get much weirder than that!
Cheers,
M
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Dear Matt. Can you tell me how to build that white background?
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Here ya go buddy!
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