Yea the pic is an M1A1 without the loader 7.62mm machine gun.
but the retail product is okay it is M1A2 The only faulty part is that the rubber tyres are not painted on any wheel roads that includes the one on the turret top.
It's not that I regret on having bought the M1A2 but it could have come with better finishing detail like painted black tyres. Dragon 1/72 scale M1A1 had the tyres painted okay so I don't see why a 1/35 manufacturer decided to leave this unpainted. It is obviously not 'faulty' model because it went through numerous quality inspection before going retail. In other words it was intentional to release the M1A2 without the tyres being painted. It's a fine model imo but It just came without the tyres painted black.
I prefer to have black tracks too as the M1 tracks are paddded with black rubber pads but this is not big deal and I don't mind the gun which is unable to depress as I assume it was such to avoid loose gun problem.
Does anyone here have the M1A2 or am I the only one who have bought it
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You know we should have a review sticky for every Minichamps tank release. The buyers could post his or her comments in each specific release thread accordingly or in each type release, whatever.