T72 Fenders? Trumpeter 1/16 T72B1

Been working on a 1/16 T72B1 from Trumpeter and noticed that the front fenders have braces on them, exactly as in this photo:


I am scratch building new fenders from brass sheet, but when looking at walk around references, there is a fuel strap in that spot, as in these photos:

Question is (because I am not a T-72 expert), is this brace correct for the B1 variant, or do we get rid of it?

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I can’t see a fuel line. Show better pictures of your problem.

Here’s some walk arounds- T-72B1 - RecoMonkey
Your desert colored pic is a M1, so I’m not its helpful here.

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Sorry, not asking about a fuel line. The brace that is present on the Trumpeter Kit, is not present on the walk arounds of B1 variants that I can find, but it is present on the B3 variant. Just looking for clarity before I remove it on the trumpeter kit, that is not supposed to be on B1.

B3 hull (from RecoMonkey) bracing in front of the fuelstrap


B1 hull (from RecoMonkey) - just the fuel strap

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