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RyeField: M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams
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Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 04:15 PM UTC


We announced Rye Field's new Abrams with interior in May. Now, along with some additional images of that particular release, we also have news on another Abrams version in the works by the same company.

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Posted: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 09:20 PM UTC
I welcome this although my wallet tells me not to even think about it.

I know that many may argue that there are too many Abrams kits on the market nowadays but the variety of options is just great.

- (relatively) reasonable with lesser parts and easy to build *check*
- kinda pricey with more parts, workable tracks, PE etc. *check*
- pricey with interiour and other gooddies *check*
- different variants of the real thing... *check* Okay, let's wait for the V3/A2D.

Just keep the effort and costs for scratch- or resin interiour in mind...
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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 01:56 AM UTC
Wow! An Abrams with an interior! Can A Leopard 2 be far off?
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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 06:29 AM UTC
I haven't done an RFM kit yet. I've got the M1 ABV on my To-Do list. Just haven't got around to it yet!

Working on my first Takom kit right now, the M9 ACE. I've only had one or two bouts with Tourette's Syndrome so far!





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Posted: Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 10:43 PM UTC

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Wow! An Abrams with an interior! Can A Leopard 2 be far off?


They already released "an Abrams" with an interior three years ago.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/rye-field-model-rm-5007-m1a1-m1a2--1004296
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 01:12 AM UTC
You can never have enough Abrams kits in your stash.
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 02:16 AM UTC

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You can never have enough Abrams kits in your stash.



...or enough Bradleys!



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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 02:18 AM UTC

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...or enough Bradleys!



Yup, I wish Meng would come out with a few more versions. Up to date models with full interiors would be great. M2, M2A1, M2A2, M2A2 ODS, M3, M3A1, M3A2, M3A2 ODS, M7 BFIST, M6 Linebacker, etc...
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 02:35 AM UTC

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Yup, I wish Meng would come out with a few more versions. Up to date models with full interiors would be great. M2, M2A1, M2A2, M2A2 ODS, M3, M3A1, M3A2, M3A2 ODS, M7 BFIST, M6 Linebacker, etc...



Preach on, Brother Gino!!

I'd LOVE to see an M6 Linebacker! I kit bashed one once replacing the TOW launcher with a Stinger 4-pack from an old M998 Avenger kit. It would be nice to see what a proper one would look like.

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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 10:36 AM UTC

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...or enough Bradleys!



Yup, I wish Meng would come out with a few more versions. Up to date models with full interiors would be great. M2, M2A1, M2A2, M2A2 ODS, M3, M3A1, M3A2, M3A2 ODS, M7 BFIST, M6 Linebacker, etc...



Lol, heck, I wish someone would do some modern Light Strike Vehicles and Fast Attack of Special Forces Vehicles like the Flyer 60 and 72, Polaris DAGOR, USMC M1161, Polaris MRZR, AGMV 1.1, modern Land Rover, Jackal, Coyote, etc. Forget the SEAL DPV...that's outdated and mothballed again.

It's like this entire LSV and FAV modern vehicle market has almost never been tackled before in plastic for some strange reason. The MENG Technicals stopped after a while (no Tacoma or F-350) and the most modern 1/35 plastic FAV is the Ranger Special Operations Land Rover which is outdated and no longer used now.

Modern LSVs and FAVs in plastic...I mean how hard can it really be to make one or them?
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 10:48 AM UTC
I remember when we use to think that the Dragon M1A1 AIM kit was expensive. I do wonder if they are just throwing some parts from their other kists in a box and calling it new. Anybody notice that the box says "workable torsion bars" but the kit comes with solid track sections?
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Posted: Friday, June 14, 2019 - 02:33 PM UTC
Finally someone minds us exercise vehicle builders and includes a CVTESS and MGSS.
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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 12:27 AM UTC
Hi, All!

So guys, has anyone gotten hold of the new VOIIO M1A2 SEP V2 to compare to this new RYE FIELD Abrams..? I'm curious as to how they stack up against each other, kit for kit...
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Posted: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 12:41 AM UTC

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I welcome this although my wallet tells me not to even think about it.

I know that many may argue that there are too many Abrams kits on the market nowadays but the variety of options is just great.

- (relatively) reasonable with lesser parts and easy to build *check*
- kinda pricey with more parts, workable tracks, PE etc. *check*
- pricey with interiour and other gooddies *check*
- different variants of the real thing... *check* Okay, let's wait for the V3/A2D.

Just keep the effort and costs for scratch- or resin interiour in mind...



Oh, wait! There are INNUMERABLE Panther and Tiger I & II kits on the market from virtually every manufacturer of 1/35 kits on the market, with and without interiors, and with only the most minor differences between them. And Pz.IIIs and -IVs..? Let's face it, Abrams kits are proving to be very popular on the market. Conversely, look at all of the post-war Soviet-era and Russian Armor & Soft-skins that are available, today. Merkavas, & Leos. We DO however, need some serious up-dated Challengers...

The advent of all of these different Abrams kits, I think, is entirely justified, however bewildering the choices may be for the novice. I agree that we can use the V3/A2D in addition to the growing pile. I would gladly get in line for one of those!!!

The various other US war-machines that were mentioned in the previous posts in this thread are perfectly viable subject matter for the modern 1/35 arena...
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 - 04:23 AM UTC

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So guys, has anyone gotten hold of the new VOIIO M1A2 SEP V2 to compare to this new RYE FIELD Abrams..? I'm curious as to how they stack up against each other, kit for kit...



A similar question from me. This kit has been out for a couple of months now but I have not seen any reviews yet. Anyone built this kit? How does it compare to Academy and Dragon SEP V2s?

Btw, we have yet to see the USMC M1A1 version with Stabilized Commander’s Weapon Station (SCWS).
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 - 06:33 AM UTC

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So guys, has anyone gotten hold of the new VOIIO M1A2 SEP V2 to compare to this new RYE FIELD Abrams..? I'm curious as to how they stack up against each other, kit for kit...



A similar question from me. This kit has been out for a couple of months now but I have not seen any reviews yet. Anyone built this kit? How does it compare to Academy and Dragon SEP V2s?

Btw, we have yet to see the USMC M1A1 version with Stabilized Commander’s Weapon Station (SCWS) yet.


Vodnik did a detailed comparison.
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 - 06:44 AM UTC
His article doesn't have any information on the VOIIO kit.

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His article doesn't have any information on the VOIIO kit.

Sean



Perhaps you can do your own homework combining Andy's review and Vodnik's assessments. Why did I even bother replying.
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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2019 - 03:26 PM UTC

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His article doesn't have any information on the VOIIO kit.

Sean



Perhaps you can do your own homework combining Andy's review and Vodnik's assessments. Why did I even bother replying.



Thanks for the link to Andy's review. VOIIO kit doesn't look good.
Anyway, I read Vonik's review 2 years ago, which is not completely relevant to my question. That was not exactly what I was asking - what I want to know is the quality/accuracy of "new parts" in RFM's SEP V2 version specifically as compared to SEP V2 parts in Academy and Dragon's - I am familiar with the latter two.
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...or enough Bradleys!



Yup, I wish Meng would come out with a few more versions. Up to date models with full interiors would be great. M2, M2A1, M2A2, M2A2 ODS, M3, M3A1, M3A2, M3A2 ODS, M7 BFIST, M6 Linebacker, etc...



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Posted: Wednesday, October 02, 2019 - 07:28 AM UTC

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Thanks for the link to Andy's review. VOIIO kit doesn't look good.
Anyway, I read Vonik's review 2 years ago, which is not completely relevant to my question. That was not exactly what I was asking - what I want to know is the quality/accuracy of "new parts" in RFM's SEP V2 version specifically as compared to SEP V2 parts in Academy and Dragon's - I am familiar with the latter two.



For my sins, I have all four. I don't have time to do a detailed comparison review, but here's a quick impression.

1. The Dragon kit is the worst. The base M1A2 is as nice as ever, but the V2-specific parts are 'Black Label' with many missing details. You can do better.

2. The Academy kit is beautifully engineered and very accurate, although no slide-molded lower hull and it does have a number of ejector pins to fill and (depending on the version you get) rubber band tracks. Great value overall though.

3. The Rye kit is very good and has the bonus that it comes with simulator/training material. Accuracy-wise a notch below Academy and the new parts have a lot of knock-out pins. Link and length tracks rather than indy-link. But still a very nice kit.

4. The Voiio kit is just beautiful. Highly accurate, beautiful engineering and surface detail. There's a minor goof with the sprocket hubs and not everybody will like the rubber band tracks, but overall it might be the best of the bunch.

Big disclaimer - all these are in my stash, so no comment on how they build.
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Posted: Thursday, October 03, 2019 - 04:53 AM UTC

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Thanks for the link to Andy's review. VOIIO kit doesn't look good.
Anyway, what I want to know is the quality/accuracy of "new parts" in RFM's SEP V2 version specifically as compared to SEP V2 parts in Academy and Dragon's - I am familiar with the latter two.



For my sins, I have all four. I don't have time to do a detailed comparison review, but here's a quick impression.

1. The Dragon kit is the worst. The base M1A2 is as nice as ever, but the V2-specific parts are 'Black Label' with many missing details. You can do better.

2. The Academy kit is beautifully engineered and very accurate, although no slide-molded lower hull and it does have a number of ejector pins to fill and (depending on the version you get) rubber band tracks. Great value overall though.

3. The Rye kit is very good and has the bonus that it comes with simulator/training material. Accuracy-wise a notch below Academy and the new parts have a lot of knock-out pins. Link and length tracks rather than indy-link. But still a very nice kit.

4. The Voiio kit is just beautiful. Highly accurate, beautiful engineering and surface detail. There's a minor goof with the sprocket hubs and not everybody will like the rubber band tracks, but overall it might be the best of the bunch.

Big disclaimer - all these are in my stash, so no comment on how they build.



Appreciate the quick review, Ed! Based on your comment, it seems Academy one is still the most accurate one. Their newer version (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/academy-13504-m1a2-abrams-sep-v2-tusk-ii--1117527) even includes superb DEF indi tracks.
As to the accuracy of VOIID kit, bad sprocket hub detail, inaccurate track horns, and hub caps (as wrongly pointed out in Andy's review) are deal killers for me.


How did RFM kit do for the clear hub caps?
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Posted: Thursday, October 03, 2019 - 05:36 AM UTC
Hi James - RFM includes the new style hubcaps in clear plastic as well as the older style used in their other Abrams kits.
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