ColinEdm
Associate EditorAlberta, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 06:21 PM UTC
Pete Becerra builds and reviews Academy''s Academy 1/35 M1A2 Abrams SEP v2/TUSK I/TUSK II.
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Thanks!
The voices are back.....excellent....
Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 07:31 PM UTC
A great build and comprehensive review by Pete, as usual... Thank you.
Hisham
Texas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 07:54 PM UTC
Thanks for posting this up Colin.
Pete Becerra, Jr. SGT(RET)
HHC, 71st BfSB - TEXAS
HHB, 36th ID DIVARTY -TEXAS
B Co.(-), 949 FSB, 56th BCT, 36th ID - TEXAS
B Co., 324th FSB, 3rd Brigade, 24th INF DIV(MECH)
563rd ORD Co. - GERMANY
Oklahoma, United States
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Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 09:43 PM UTC
Thanks for this review. I've been thinking of which kit to buy because I need a TUSK I variant.
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ColinEdm
Associate EditorAlberta, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, October 29, 2016 - 11:13 PM UTC
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Thanks for posting this up Colin.
Cheers, Pete.
The voices are back.....excellent....
Florida, United States
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 01:41 AM UTC
Great job Pete. It came out great and shows how Academy has stepped up their game.
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 04:23 AM UTC

#503
Texas, United States
Joined: June 29, 2006
KitMaker: 147 posts
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 04:23 AM UTC
Hello Pete,
It is good to see more examples of your modeling expertise. I appreciate the time and effort that you have taken to share your this information with us.
Respectfully,
Allen
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 05:38 AM UTC
Looks great! Thank you for the details in the review. Did you have any issues with the kit tracks? Mine were a bit too long, even before adding the styrene link part.
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Ezr
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 08:26 AM UTC
Hey Russ,
I did have trouble with the tracks. They were/are a hair to long, hence the floating track around the sprocket and trying to glue them down to the sprocket
Pete Becerra, Jr. SGT(RET)
HHC, 71st BfSB - TEXAS
HHB, 36th ID DIVARTY -TEXAS
B Co.(-), 949 FSB, 56th BCT, 36th ID - TEXAS
B Co., 324th FSB, 3rd Brigade, 24th INF DIV(MECH)
563rd ORD Co. - GERMANY
Solothurn, Switzerland
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 12:53 PM UTC
that's a great review, thanks!!! high five for the written word!!!
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Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 04:58 PM UTC
now thats what i call a real review ! informative and straight to the point ... and no bias ! well done sir.. more like this please
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, October 31, 2016 - 01:42 AM UTC
MARK C.,
Man, that means a lot sir, thanks for the great comment I really appreciate that. To me, that means that my writing is getting better.
Next build review will be the RFM ODS 1991 M1A1 Abrams. That one will be dear to my heart since I was there and saw these beast first hand during that war.
Pete Becerra, Jr. SGT(RET)
HHC, 71st BfSB - TEXAS
HHB, 36th ID DIVARTY -TEXAS
B Co.(-), 949 FSB, 56th BCT, 36th ID - TEXAS
B Co., 324th FSB, 3rd Brigade, 24th INF DIV(MECH)
563rd ORD Co. - GERMANY

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Posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 - 06:45 AM UTC
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2018 - 12:43 AM UTC
I also had to remove 2 track links to get the proper tension. Otherwise great kit, will build mine with DEF Models MCR mount set.
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