M1A2 Abrams

This is another of the long running near perfect models produced by Tamiya. No matter what they cast, you can believe it will be an easy build because of fit. I enjoyed assembling this tank for my collection. All in all it was fun to build except one item I would bring to Tamiyas attention. Wheels that turn but dont because of the static tracks. Really ? Not only are they static but they were in pieces that just werent any fun to glue together. Why?? Are rubber tracks that expensive to put in the kit ? I would give a few more bucks to have functioning tracks. Like all the other tanks Ive assembled. Okay Ill quit. It was an easy and fun tank to build. I would recommend it to any degree of builder. Maybe someone can help the less experienced ones with the tracks. Hey they dont have to work. Check out my photos.

I decided to build this kit and try to get my dad to do so with me, but glue/paint fumes wouldn't allow that. I had an easy time with all, but the basket on the rear of the turret, and like mwzx225 said the tracks. The tracks are way too hard to put together, they have way to much clean up, and are very hard to get right, along with the basket just having too thing of parts, it made this kit hell for those parts. Other than that, it was a pretty basic kit. I don't recommend this kit to beginners, and only to highly experienced builders.

Worst Tamiya kit I have done. It was all prefect until I got to installing tracks. They are a pain to clean with so many attachments to the sprue and when put on the small roller, the ones with small peg to insert in the track piece the two sides are not exactly the same on both sides. Both sides were a real pain to glue together and no room for adjustment. Got them on where the gaps don’t show, but very disappointed with the model although it looks very good now, the track fit is a nightmare. Built a couple with Rubber tracks (one motorized) that went together with no problem. I wouldn’t buy another Tamiya with plastic tracks.