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RyeField: New M1A1 & M1A1/M1A2!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 10:25 AM UTC

Ryw Field Model just announced two new 1/35 scale models of M1A1 and M1A1/M1A2 Abrams.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:00 AM UTC

damn full interior !!!!!! may have to pick this one up!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:09 AM UTC

Holy Sh...

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:34 AM UTC

will the engine sales separately?

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:44 AM UTC

I will be buying both of those.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 11:59 AM UTC

We knew they were coming! Good to see pictures, wether CAD drawing or not, now surface.

Can we get a bigger shot of the interior sprues?

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 12:01 PM UTC

Frankly, if RFM decides to market the interior as a separate set as well, I think they could have a winner in that alone.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 12:04 PM UTC

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will the engine sales separately?

RFM hasn't made the Tiger I interior available as a separate set as of yet; so, I wouldn't count on it. I've got two platoons' worth of Dragon M1A2s that could use'em.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 12:07 PM UTC

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Frankly, if RFM decides to market the interior as a separate set as well, I think they could have a winner in that alone.

Whether it fits the other Abrams kit available without too much work will be the question. But that sounds interesting.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 12:55 PM UTC

OMG

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 02:11 PM UTC

Okay, but will it come with the end connectors wedged in the fender braces as shown in the box art?

Man, I am so glad I waited before investing in any of the new Abrams kits.

Here's hoping they do a slick M1.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 02:29 PM UTC

Most excellent.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 02:36 PM UTC

The one with the interior is on preorder for $75... I sure hope they offer the interior and engine separately.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 02:57 PM UTC

Keep the b interior,I'm happy with the other one !!!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 04:14 PM UTC

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Ryw Field Model just announced two new 1/35 scale models of M1A1 and M1A1/M1A2 Abrams.

Read the Full News Story

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

I'll reserve comment until I read a comprehensive "in depth" review/build article. Otherwise, I DO think that the "FULL INTERIOR" feature will prove to be very popular with modellers!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 04:54 PM UTC

Great have just scratched one for the meng kit !!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 05:17 PM UTC

Outstanding news!!

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 09:44 PM UTC

Interesting release. Pity that the decal sheet for the M1A1/A2 seems to have a lot in common with one from Echelon:

http://www.echelonfd.com/firstfrontier/T35016.htm

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 10:10 PM UTC

Just noticed that two track options are included, working and link and length.

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Posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 10:57 PM UTC

Great news for Gulf War fans.

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Posted: Thursday, September 01, 2016 - 12:10 AM UTC

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Just noticed that two track options are included, working and link and length.

I don't think that is the case. It looks to me like the Gulf War M1A1 comes with length and link T156 (chevron block) tracks. The more modern M1A1/A2 kit looks like it comes with the same indi-link T158LL (square block, light-weight) tracks that are in their previous M1A2 SEP TUSK kit.