M1A1/A2 Tank (5 in 1) -- Plastic Model Military Vehicle Kit -- 1/35 Scale -- #01535

This kit offers a wide variety of Abrams tanks to be built. The kit also allows you to keep spare parts to add to a different Abrams tank that you might currently have in your stash. There wasn't too much flash to clean up on the parts, and most of the ejection pin marks will be hidden with the rest of the build. The kit came with both rubber band tracks as well as plastic tracks. The only problem that I had with the kit was the instruction sheet. The instructions would have you jump from from front to back depending on with variant you were building. You have to be careful to either add or not add the required pieces for the variant you want.

Wow where to start! first the .First the good, both band and multi part tracks. plenty of mesh wire and chain for detailing. moldings sharp and detailed with nice texturing in places. What with all the options you will have about 40 percent of another m1a1 left over including a whole turret if you build a panther 2 ! now the only negatives -minor flash and ejector pin issues but nothing horrific.Instruction book and i do mean book is a bit hard to follow at times. great for experienced modelers but might be daunting for a youngster or beginner .

This is a company from china so I thought there might be problems with the manual but none at all that I had with, the detail of the parts for the most part were pretty accurate for I do have Extensive experience on many variants of the M1A1 Abrams Tank from being in the Army(19kMOS) and working for General Dynamics, such as : M1(105mm) Basic Training - M1A1 and upgrade (HA with EPLRS) - M1A2 ( CITV and IVIS system) - M1A1 (AIM) - M1A1 (AIM SA) - M1A2 (SEP- System Enhancement Package) - M1A2 (SEPV2) and Both the M1A2 SEPv2 with Crow II and M1A1 AIM SA with New Enhanced CROW II, so as far as the M1A1 HA is concerned it is does have a couple of faults like there are two apu units one did get mounted on the right rear of the tank behind the battery box and the newer one was mounted in the bustle rack, the one in the bustle rack by the manual is called a tool bob an that is bot accurate, the overall build goes together quite well, they give you five designs to chose from I went with IFOR since I was the second BN 4-67Ar of 1st AR DIV to cross the Sava River behind 1-1 Cav out of Budagen Germany and we where from Friedberg any how it was med range in putting together no extra parts the plastic is durable and semi-pliable, the front glacias shows added armor being welded to it, so they did try to be accurate I think a beginner could have alot of fun if not trying to rush it! Enjoy! I did! Scott M.

If you're into armor this Abrams kit from Trumpeter might be for you. I've built it twice, and with a little bit of work you can build it into a nice representation of an Abrams or Panther II mine clearing vehicle. You can choose from A1 or A2, with and without mineroller or plow. If you build the Abrams be aware that the front of the turret on the left side has a flaw in that it is shaped incorrectly. It can be fixed with some styrene and putty, but if you want the turret accurately shaped, it takes a little work. This Trumpeter Abrams shows its age a little, but the value you get in the box is awesome. You can use all of the extra parts in the box on other Abrams builds.