Found this video on the assembly and painting of the Ryefield M1A2 SEP v2 (5029) and it gave me a ton of ideas. I hope it does to you all as well…
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You are correct sir I am a Track Mechanic and that is the standard response to a tank being down, but I have also done a lot of tear down from wine cups to the replacing the rings on the shaft inside the engine to replacing a short shaft in the transmission. The level we went usually was mission and time and parts dictated as well as what the maintenance chief wanted to take on.
I’m sure you did. Track mechs. worked their butts off to keep our beasts running! And are way too often forgotten or underappreciated!
Ken
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my dad spent the better part of his 21 yrs as a tracked vehicle mechanic before he retired hes was a motor SGT E-6
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Nikos, much appreciated. That helped when kicking around which of several different M1A2 kits to pick this week.
Settled on RFM 5029.
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All my abrams are the rye field kits
all werebuilt using thier M1A2 SEP V.3 kit
Egyptian M1A1
Ukrainian M1A1SA
Saudi M1A2S
Kuwaiti M1A2K
Iraqi M1A1SA
Moroccan M1A1SA
US M1A2 SEP V.2
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It’s not just them. It’s ALL of the manufacturers. None of them have the “lip.”
I find it amusing that after AFV Club’s M109A6, and Meng’s Bradleys, with additional parts to create the lip, suddenly all of the older kits were no longer up to par. Yet no one complains about the Abrams wheels lacking this noticeable detail. Without going the 3D printed route there’s only one other source of correct wheels.
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