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This summer I have concentrated on started/half-built kits. One that I found in its box was the mine clearing vehicle from Trumpeter.
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| It was built and only needed paint when I lost interest in it. That was about seven years ago. |
| I had built a M1 and M1IP using Esci kits, a Marine M1A1 and a M1A2 using Dragon kits and finally a M1A2SEP using parts from a Dragon on the Revell kit. I then planned to build a M1 Panther II of the remaining Dragon parts but let it go when Trumpeter announced that they were going to do the Panther II. |
| I bought the Trumpeter kit and started to explore what had to be altered on the kit. I knew that the Panther II was built on the IP hull, but the kit was made with an later type. Now I remembered that I had some parts left since the last time I built the Abrams, so I had a look at them. |
| As it turned out I had made almost all the back dating of the Dragon hull to a IP variant so now I decided to use it and add the rest from the Trumpeter kit. |
| It was built straight out of the box (not counting the hull top swap). The red squares on the Trumpeter hull is the parts I remember changing. I also noted that there is a "panel line" missing in the right-side skirts. It's funny. Revell messed up the right-side skirt on their kit too but worse. |
| After I finished it I looked at pictures and decided to add some details to the mine roller. |
| Stockholm September 21, 2018 |  |
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