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cabasner
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 09:12 AM UTC
Does anyone know if any aftermarket photo etch sets exist for the M1 Abrams water canister racks that hang on the Abrams turret? I'm talking about duplicates for the ones that came with the Dragon M1A1 AIM kit. I know that you can do them yourself with plastic angle, and I've tried many times, but can't ever really get the size correct, and it's impossible (at least as far as I've found) to find appropriate screening for the back and sides. I'd love to find someone who makes these in the aftermarket world. Anyone? Or anyone have a really good method to create with plastic? Thanks.
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 03:35 PM UTC
Like this ones?

https://www.eduard.com/Eduard/Jerry-Can-Holders-US-1-35.html?listtype=search&searchparam=TP
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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 06:36 PM UTC
I guess Curt is rather talking about the larger one seen in step 17 of the instructions :



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Posted: Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 08:41 PM UTC
They're included in this Eduard set for the Bradley:

https://www.super-hobby.com/products/M-2-stowage-boxes-TAMIYA.html?partner_id=9

or in resin from Blast Models:

https://www.blast-models.eu/en/modern/1353-bl35235k-modern-jerrican-support-mbt-and-ifv-ex-ae.html
cabasner
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Posted: Monday, April 22, 2019 - 07:23 AM UTC
Hey guys...thanks for the replies!

The ‘Jerry can holder’ I’m talking about is in fact, the one in the Dragon instructions that puts parts MB3, MB4, MB5 and MB6 together. The Eduard set for the Bradley actually has one that is almost identical (save for one crosstie) and it turns out I have one of those Eduard sets! Too bad no one makes a photo tech set of a bunch of those holders, say 6-10 of just those holders. Seems I need a bunch of them. The Blast set works also, the smaller of the 2 holders in the set is what I need. Can’t tell if the Jerry cans are separate items in the holder or not, but the Eduard/Dragon items are the ideal, since the screens are actually ‘open’ and you can put 0 to 3 cans in the holder.
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