When I find a vehicle or aircraft that I especially interesting, I like to build different versions and paint schemes in a series. M1 Abrams is my new series. Hmm I have not finished any Abrams yet, but I am building 3 from RFM. One of them is the M1150 Breacher.
First I wanted to make one depict a USMC Breacher from Helman, when they worked along Danish Army Leopard 2A5’s But I finally decided to build an US Army version that I saw with my own eyes here in Denmark.
RFM has a nice range of Abrams models. They kit looks great a first view, but when you start building the kit, you will find a lot of flash and unnecessary push holes. There are also a lot of missing weld seams.
All Breachers are rebuild older M1 Abrams tanks of different production lots, since the original production line stopped many years ago. So don’t trust blindly the RFM work drawings. Check your reference picture of the very vehicle that you want to build, since there are minor differences between the Breachers.
As I wrote above, all Breachers are rebuild older M1 Abrams tanks of different production lots, so there are many differences between the Breachers. If you choose to build a USMC Breacher, then you should be able to build according the RFM instructions but notice that there are some differences between USMC and US Army Breachers.
Check your reference before you use part F1-F2, Breachers are also seen with F3-F4 front fenders.
The big plate on the rear of the turret G10 are also seen in various designs, both the “soft” edge version from the kit and one with a plainer plate with hard edges’
