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M1A2 SEP TUSK from Rye Field Model
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 11:48 AM UTC
Seen on PMMS:
http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/newkitnews/ryefield-model.html
I wonder how the RFM Tiger 1 compares to the Tiger 1 kits? With another TUSK announced from Meng, I would rather stick with Meng..
MikeyBugs95
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 01:23 PM UTC
Well... This just got a whole lot more interesting... Now we have two o kits of the exact same subject. Now I would expect the Meng kit to be of extraordinary caliber. I guess we'll just have to see how good the RFM kit will be.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 01:46 PM UTC
Are RFM new? Never heard of them before....
HermannB
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 02:07 PM UTC
Relativly new yes. First release was a Tiger 1.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 02:14 PM UTC
can the Abrams be back dated to an earlier A1 version?
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 03:43 PM UTC
Every release seems to come in 2 and 3's now

https://www.facebook.com/ryefieldmodel/



Vodnik
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 04:24 PM UTC
To be honest the only interesting thing (for me personally of course) in this announcement is that RFM will probably release a full interior version too, as they did with Tiger.


By the way, I just noticed that their logo is "RMF", not "RFM"... huh?...
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 04:40 PM UTC
Now that is one ugly box art.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 05:06 PM UTC

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Now that is one ugly box art.


I personally couldn't care less about the "Box Art". My only concern is about what is actually contained within the box.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 05:26 PM UTC
Looking at Facebook page on it,it does look good.Probably in the same price range as Mengs kit.It says Feb.2016 release.So we will know more soon.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 05:46 PM UTC

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To be honest the only interesting thing (for me personally of course) in this announcement is that RFM will probably release a full interior version too, as they did with Tiger.


By the way, I just noticed that their logo is "RMF", not "RFM"... huh?...


So do the M1A1 torsion bars for the running gear show in the interior as well if the hatches are opened up? I see in their advertisement that the torsion bars are supplied as separate parts. I have seen the overhead factory photos without the turret where the torsion bars are very visible and painted white.
Cuny12
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 05:58 PM UTC
Interesting that this is slated as a 3 in 1 boxing, not bad at all we will have to see how it stacks up against the Meng kit.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:07 PM UTC
If the price of the first two releases are any indicator, this kit, and any succeeding versions, will retail for a lot less than Meng's and definitely less than Dragon's. Put me down for a couple. Ditto with the Gruppe Fehrmann Tiger I. RMF is quickly becoming one of my favorite manufacturers.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:08 PM UTC

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Now we have two o kits of the exact same subject.


Actually 3 kits of the same subject; Tamiya's M1A2 SEP TUSK II is also the same tank.

It will be interesting to see if it actually comes out and how it compares to Meng's forthcoming kit(s).
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:14 PM UTC

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To be honest the only interesting thing (for me personally of course) in this announcement is that RFM will probably release a full interior version too, as they did with Tiger.


By the way, I just noticed that their logo is "RMF", not "RFM"... huh?...


So do the M1A1 torsion bars for the running gear show in the interior as well if the hatches are opened up? I see in their advertisement that the torsion bars are supplied as separate parts. I have seen the overhead factory photos without the turret where the torsion bars are very visible and painted white.


There's not much to see inside an Abrams with the hatches open. The turret basket floor would prevent the torsion bars from being seen. An interior would be nice.
amoz02t
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:26 PM UTC
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To be honest the only interesting thing (for me personally of course) in this announcement is that RFM will probably release a full interior version too, as they did with Tiger.

So do the M1A1 torsion bars for the running gear show in the interior as well if the hatches are opened up? I see in their advertisement that the torsion bars are supplied as separate parts. I have seen the overhead factory photos without the turret where the torsion bars are very visible and painted white.


There's not much to see inside an Abrams with the hatches open. The turret basket floor would prevent the torsion bars from being seen. An interior would be nice.



Thank you for the quick reply Joseph. Yes. a full interior would be very exciting for an Abrams 1/35 scale kit!
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:28 PM UTC
It looks like RFM's may have an interior based on this turret base CAD.



We shall see.

The question I am more interested in is will it be able to be built w/out the TUSK ERA panels on the side skirts? TUSK was only used for a short period of time in Iraq. Any other tank not in Iraq did not use TUSK I or TUSK II. Also, the side skirts are different when using the TUSK, so they would need to be changed or modified to build it w/out the TUSK ERA panels.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:31 PM UTC

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It looks like RFM's may have an interior based on this turret base CAD.



We shall see.


Link not working. Perhaps a screen dump would serve?
HeavyArty
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:35 PM UTC
The pic is showing for me. It is also at the link to PMMS that Herman posted in his initial post.
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Vodnik
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:46 PM UTC

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It looks like RFM's may have an interior based on this turret base CAD.



We shall see.


Link not working. Perhaps a screen dump would serve?


Vodnik
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 06:50 PM UTC

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It will be interesting to see if it actually comes out and how it compares to Meng's forthcoming kit(s).

Being somewhat involved in Meng kit design (not to mention the Dragon one...) after studying the RFM images carefully I say: for accuracy go with Meng. But maybe RFM will improve the design further. We'll see.
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 07:01 PM UTC
Whoa !!! Another "CoD IV" Abrams I don't understand why we need another new tool Abrams, but all is better as ugly and obsolete TUSK II from Tamiya.... (No slip skid, old mould of turret etc.). But - i prefer Meng before RyeFields - maybe we been surprised ?
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Posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 07:21 PM UTC
Interesting that this is slated as a 3 in 1 boxing, not bad at all we will have to see how it stacks up against the Meng kit.
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