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ABV In stock at Sprue Brothers
white4doc
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 01:47 AM UTC
FYI, for all those waiting for this kit just saw the post from Sprue Brothers on Facebook, the Grizzly has landed and is in stock for 63.99$. Good timing!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 02:10 AM UTC
Great news. I can't wait to get my hands on one.


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...the Grizzly has landed...



No, the M1 ABV (Assault Breacher Vehicle) has landed.

M1 ABV



The M1 Grizzly CEV (Combat Engineer Vehicle) was a proposed vehicle that was cancelled around 2001.

M1 Grizzly CEV
Thirian24
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 02:21 AM UTC
I can't wait to get my hands on this.
WilliamDeCicco
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 03:37 AM UTC
I just got one in resin, but this would be a nice kit to but together for plastic.

Happy modeling
JmeDubya
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 08:18 PM UTC
Thanks for the heads up. On the way!
CmdrCody
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Posted: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 - 09:14 PM UTC
Ordered mine this morning around 6:00 AM, already got the shipping notice. Should be here Saturday at the latest. I've been waiting for a kit of this for a couple of years, very much looking forward to it. It would be really nice to see a Grizzly in plastic.
Petition2God
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 12:48 AM UTC
Nice! Just ordered one. Damn, I'm going broke.
Bigred69
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 01:18 AM UTC
I wouldn't mind if RMF where to bring out the Grizzly as a Kit.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 01:51 AM UTC

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Ordered mine this morning around 6:00 AM, already got the shipping notice. Should be here Saturday at the latest. I've been waiting for a kit of this for a couple of years, very much looking forward to it. It would be really nice to see a Grizzly in plastic.



I picked one up too i cant wait now ill need to make space on my shelf
Would be nice if they did a M104 wolverine or the new sizzors bridge on the abrams i cant remember what they call it
JmeDubya
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 06:55 AM UTC
Joint assault bridge
tanknick22
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Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 - 07:19 AM UTC

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Joint assault bridge



Thanks
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Posted: Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 10:29 PM UTC
Nice thing about the rye fields abrams kits the parts and the pars breakdown look the same as dragons
CmdrCody
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017 - 05:54 AM UTC
Sprue Brothers does it again, ordered Wednesday morning, delivered Friday at lunch. Those guys are good. Gonna have a gander at the parts in the morning.
white4doc
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Posted: Friday, March 31, 2017 - 07:14 PM UTC

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Nice thing about the rye fields abrams kits the parts and the pars breakdown look the same as dragons



Carpet monster snagged a very small (but very necessary) part from my Rye Fields Abrams, since I had a Dragon Abrams I was parting out I figured I'd try the corresponding part as a replacement. It fit like a glove, detail level was almost identical, only real noticeable difference was the color of the plastic.
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2017 - 12:08 AM UTC

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Nice thing about the rye fields abrams kits the parts and the pars breakdown look the same as dragons



Carpet monster snagged a very small (but very necessary) part from my Rye Fields Abrams, since I had a Dragon Abrams I was parting out I figured I'd try the corresponding part as a replacement. It fit like a glove, detail level was almost identical, only real noticeable difference was the color of the plastic.



you think rye fields is another dragon company since all the abrams parts are near identical to the parts to Dragons M1A2 SEP and M1A1 AIM abrams kits?
white4doc
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Posted: Saturday, April 01, 2017 - 04:31 AM UTC
I don't know about that, I'm just thankful they were close enough to save me a bunch of hassle trying to scratch a replacement. I seem to remember talk about how similar the RFM and Dragon kits were.

Definitely looking forward to getting my hands on this one, should be here on Monday.
Petition2God
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 03:53 AM UTC
Got mine from Sprue Bs today. Wow, talking about filling the box to the brim. Once I took out the parts to look, it's hard to put them all back together and close the box.
Not only the ABV-unique parts look impressive, RFM decided to include many Abrams' parts that are not used by the ABV version, such as an entire 120 mm barrel. So if you don't feel like using Meng kit's 2 part barrel, here's an extra.
Thank you RFM!
The_musings_of_NBNoG
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 05:05 AM UTC
SprueBro sold all they had a few days ago..

HeavyArty
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 05:16 AM UTC
Lots of Models out of Wentzville, Missouri has a bunch of them available on eBay. They are at a good price w/free shipping too. I just ordered one a couple days ago and it will be here by Wed.

ABV at Lots of Models on eBay

The_musings_of_NBNoG
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 05:44 AM UTC
hehehe

Its SB price with ship added
.....and then offered ship for free

.....I'll wait and pay for honesty


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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 06:45 AM UTC

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hehehe

Its SB price with ship added
.....and then offered ship for free

.....I'll wait and pay for honesty





If you go to the Lots of Models website and enter the coupon code, advertised on their front page, "lots2buy" you get 10% off. Comes out to $66.56 shipped.

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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 07:34 AM UTC
Thanks for the tip Sherb. I just order mine. $66.56 shipped!
The_musings_of_NBNoG
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Posted: Monday, April 03, 2017 - 08:53 AM UTC
Thanks for the tip!

...I've enjoyed their customer service.
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