Nice! I've heard a lot of people say the pads come off, but I'd be willing to risk it. The difference in all metal tracks and metal+ pads is night and day. After rubberizing my Bulldog I wished all the tanks had tracks with a place for rubber. But excited to hear about the Abrams. You can be sure when Taigen comes out with theirs I will be first in line to snatch one up! Put me on the list! And as far as the gf.... You can't ***** about the polish if you don't want her to complain bout your tanks. I guess I'm kinda lucky, my wife is a stay at home mom, so long as I keep a roof over our head and food in our babies bellies, she really doesn't have much to say about my hobbies. On top of having close to a dzn tanks, I have a half dzn trucks and truggies. Also gotta throw her a lil hush money every now and then to keep her happy. ;-) But believe me, I'll be anxiously awaiting the Taigen Abrams! Good work you guys do. Really enjoy all my armor.