Another M1 Abrams? What gives here? Am I missing something?

They would want to step up their quality if they want to own the kit game. Yes, they do lovely subjects but they are not kits for the faint of heart

Hahaha! It's the early M1 (predecessor to M1A1) a lot of folks have been asking for (myself included). Hopefully, it's better than the ancient Tamiya kit.

Didn't another company also announce an early M1, or am I having another early "senior moment"?

They would want to step up their quality if they want to own the kit game. Yes, they do lovely subjects but they are not kits for the faint of heart [/quote] Far from owning the kit game, with contenders like Meng, Tiger Models or even Trumpeter... While Panda usually delivers interesting subjects, their plastic quality, kits' engineering, general detail and building instructions are from so-so to definitely awful.

Hahaha! It's the early M1 (predecessor to M1A1) a lot of folks have been asking for (myself included). Hopefully, it's better than the ancient Tamiya kit. [/quote] This can give us the basic hull for the XM1, but not the Allison built version. Gary

Gary, could you elaborate on this ? Sean

I am curious, too. Didn't Allison only build its transmission? We'll have to see what Panda comes out with but it looks like M1 to me rather than XM1 (and certainly not an M1IP). Regards,

They would want to step up their quality if they want to own the kit game. Yes, they do lovely subjects but they are not kits for the faint of heart [/quote] Actually the Panda Kurganets is actually pretty good. I didn't have any major issues with it yet. I need to finish my build for Armorama of it! LINK