Amusing Hobby Abrams X

[Wolf Star]

I built this Amusing Hobby Abrams X last year. Loved the kit, hated the tracks.

 

[BarleyBop]

Nice! Love the weathering and the base too!

 

[49thStateRT]

I am about to start the T-90 from them. What about the tracks other than being the dreaded individual links with multiple pieces per link? And was that kit a "full interior" like the T-90. I am trying to figure out how much is actually visible. The instructions did not have any secret viewing hatch or cut-away options. The only thing I saw was the turrent can be removed, but that true of most tank models.

 

[Wolf Star]

I am about to start the T-90 from them. What about the tracks other than being the dreaded individual links with multiple pieces per link? And was that kit a "full interior" like the T-90. I am trying to figure out how much is actually visible. The instructions did not have any secret viewing hatch or cut-away options. The only thing I saw was the turrent can be removed, but that true of most tank models.

No interior on this one, the tracks were a multi-piece affair that were overly tedious, unnecessary to do in this fashion IMO and too fragile. I broke them multiple times trying to weather them.

I've noticed that with a lot of recent armor kits, the M-10 Booker kit comes to mind, the tracks are like their own kit unto themselves.

 

[Jakko]

I've not seen this kit, but with the instructions available on Scalemates, I decided to look at the track

That's not too bad, given the size these links are, but you would have to be careful not to get glue between the pins and the other parts. At least for the sections that go around the drive sprocket and idler, anyway These look like unique tracks, certainly not the type used on earlier Abrams versions, so you can't easily replace them. Though they do look like Leopard 2 tracks, so maybe those would be an option?

 

[Ron2]

No interior on this one, the tracks were a multi-piece affair that were overly tedious, unnecessary to do in this fashion IMO and too fragile. I broke them multiple times trying to weather them.

I've noticed that with a lot of recent armor kits, the M-10 Booker kit comes to mind, the tracks are like their own kit unto themselves.

I've got a Takom tiger I kit that is just sitting because I'm dreading doing the links.

 

[Wolf Star]

I've got a Takom tiger I kit that is just sitting because I'm dreading doing the links.

I've gotten lazy in my old age, I would rather pay extra for metal tracks or a link and length variety.

My Takom M60 which I haven't built yet has the nicest vinyl tracks that I have ever seen and they fix together with a steel pin.