The Quickwheel 1:35 masking set for the road wheels of the M1A2 Abrams SEP in TUSK II fit is for the Academy kits from 2016 and later, numbers 13298 and 13504.
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A masking set for painting the road wheels of the American M1A2 Abrams SEP tank in the TUSK II urban combat fit, 1:35 scale. The set holds no building parts: the masks stick onto finished wheels and hold the edge between the rubber tire band and the rim while spraying. It is cut for the kits from Academy from 2016 and later, specifically the 13298 and the 13504.
The basis of the running gear stays as on the other Abrams tanks: seven road wheels on each side, return rollers, the drive sprocket at the rear. The TUSK II fit changes the essential thing, though — further protective tiles are added to the side armor plates, covering the running gear even more than on the base version. A narrow exposed strip above the ground is left, and that is where it is decided. Modelers of this version tend to skimp on painting the wheels on the grounds that they will not be seen anyway; except that in a case the model is examined from a lowered perspective, and then the exposed strip is exactly in the line of sight, bounded below by the track and above by the tiles, which cast a shadow on it. An uneven rubber edge will not hide in that narrow opening; if anything the opposite.
The key is the order of work. Paint and unmask the wheels before you start on weathering and dust on the underside of the hull, and certainly before you fit the TUSK II side tiles to the model — once they are installed you cannot reach the wheels with an airbrush at any sensible angle and the mask goes on blind. Spray the rubber in two thin coats and thin the paint so that it can be applied at a sharper angle too, because you will be spraying wheels in a deep recess from the side rather than square on. Choose a medium-dark gray shade and leave it matte; the dust and sand come last and will shift the tone around anyway. Shine has no business on the running gear of a tank in urban service.
This is a masking set, not a model. The kit, paints and glue are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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