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Best M1A1
Posted by kirk4010 on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:34 PM

A friend who has built models, but doesn't build on a regular basis is asking me who makes the best M1A1 (1/35th).  I told him I would ask the experts.

Seems to be Tamiya or Dragon?

Your thoughts, Thanks

 

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Posted by BaBill212 on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:45 PM

Considering your friend doesn't build on a regular basis,,,  Tamiya would be the best bet

Enjoy the ride!

 

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Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:46 PM

Dragons M1A1 AIM is a great kit,lots of brass,metal barrel ,nicely detailed,magic tracks,and very affordable lately

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Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, January 29, 2012 7:59 PM

Tojo72

Dragons M1A1 SEP is a great kit,lots of brass,metal barrel ,nicely detailed,magic tracks,and very affordable lately

Dragon's new Abrams kits are the best, but there are two of the.

The M1A1 AIM or the M1A2 SEP.  They are harder to build (and much better) than the Tamiya M1A1/A2 kit though.

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Posted by kirk4010 on Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:05 PM

Thanks everyone who replied.  I will let him know what you guys posted and let him decide.

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Posted by tigerman on Sunday, January 29, 2012 11:53 PM

The Dragon kits also come with the non-slip surface that is missing on the Tamiya kit.

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Posted by Phil_H on Monday, January 30, 2012 2:30 AM

tigerman
The Dragon kits also come with the non-slip surface that is missing on the Tamiya kit.

As far as I can recall, all other generally available M1A1/A2 kits (all generations of Dragon kits, Italeri, Trumpeter) include the non-slip texture that Tamiya lacks.  

*EDIT: The Academy kit also lacks the texturing.

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Posted by Rob Gronovius on Monday, January 30, 2012 3:01 PM

As stated, Best is the Dragon M1A1 AIM (and the Dragon M1A2 SEP).

Easiest to build that produces a decent looking Abrams, Tamiya's M1A2 (which builds into 3 different variants).

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