Have ordered the trumpeter track links… Should be here in a few days … Just joined the hulls together so will try and get that primed tomorrow…
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Tracks arrived.
Big old box …
2 sides, one set of tracks per side in sealed plastic bags.
Ten sprues per bag, look nicely detailed…
Will hopefully start one side tomorrow
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Potential new finish ???
Imagine tabling this at your next comp
Quite like this scheme … hardly see it … something a bit different
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I say go for it John. It’s very attractive scheme.
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Yeah, I have already made my mind up thats the scheme I’m going for but will paint the RWS green.
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Looking over browns, the AK NATO brown appears to be a decent match ?
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That’s a base coat of the AK CARC Tan… 079…used half a bottle, mixed 50/50 with cellulose thinners.
And I still need to paint the wheels…
I think the AK NATO brown may be a bit red for what I want … Will look at other browns …
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Ok, question for thre M1A2 wizards …
I was looking at Mel’s @Mel A3 build and noticed he had main engine deck screens fitted … I thought, thats odd, mine didnt have those … then looking on the PE sprue, lo and behold … there are the 4 screens there … now - the instructions make no mention of them …
So I thought … check scalemates for RFM M1A2 instructions … which I did.
The only ones that mention fitting the screens is the the 5007 kit with interior and the A3 kit …
I checked Oliviers @Bison126 site and his A2 walkaround, and that has them fitted.
Is this an oversight on RFM and they should in fact be fitted ? or not fitted ??
Any help appreciated.
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They should be fitted. All Abrams (M1 through M1A2 SEP v3) have the screens.
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Try SMS carc tan - really nice shade
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good observation, mine has the PE and in the instructions it indicates it, in fact I leave you the part of the instructions where it indicates it
P.S: I hate PE
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Yes, I understand that SMS paints are very good, are they acrylic? I’ll look where they sell them here in Europe, I think in Super Hobby (Poland)
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Cool … Fitting is an easy 2 minutes fix… Guess RFM just forgot to mention them in a few sets of instructions… 
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Acrylic lacquers. Quite good
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Can you post a photo of step 19 from your instruction sheet?
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Step 20 is the part that has the main decks…
As I mentioned above, the kit instructions from all the RFM A2 versions on scalemates only shows the screens being fitted on the A1/A2 full interior kit …
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Looks like they definitely left that step out.
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I also have a question for the more knowledgeable people on the Abrams regarding the screen on the left side of the engine deck. I have noticed that some vehicles have the two piece screen whilst some vehicles have a single piece screen. Does this have to do with the APU/Hawker battery setup or is it something different?
Dragon provides both configurations in their Sep V2 kit, does RFM offer a choice?
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I just noticed that, they only show the ones on the left but not the rest, great catch on that.
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