Spent a rainey afternoon at the bench with road wheels and decals. What a great afternoon. [B)] I added some ID panels to it since the kit did not come with them and also some tow rings on the front from the spares box since it also did not come with those. Next up is some detail painting and final weathering. Since it is supposed to do nothing but rain for the next few days, might get more done on it than anything at work.
Wow, Chris. It is almost done. It looks great even at this point.
Looking very nice Chris, makes me want to rip my box open.
Looking like a good build. However, some points. The M2 (A nothing) version as you are building was in service before the use of Combat Identification Panels (CIPs). The M2 was replaced by the M2A2 in the middle of Operation Desert Shield. Most units had the new M2A2s before Operation Desert Storm began in Feb of 1991. The CIPs wer developed after ODS to help identify friendly vehicles from enemy since we had a high friendly fire incident rate in ODS. A few points to help on the detailing. On the below pic, the sots on the underside of the driver’s hatch are actually where the vision blocks go.
These can be replicated by cutting strips of thick plastic and beveling the bottom edge to represent the angled mirror portion of the periscope. Also, there is a latch that looks like a square handle on the inside, right, lower front of the hatch as well. You can see the latch and vision blocks on my BFIST from the same angle.
Lastly, your smoke grenade launchers are on upside down, they should point up, not toward the hull. With a few tweaks, your model will look great. Keep us posted on your progress.
So far ,so good Chris.Keep it up.Digger
Looking to be a very nice Bradley, however I do agree w/ Gino on the CIP panels I have been informed that they didnt start field testing the CIP’s until 95-96 long after the M2 was decomissioned( spelling?) But the overall build is very good keep it up.
Thanks guys. And thanks for the tips. I’ll try some of that out. I was not 100% sure about the panels and just figured what the hay and put them on it.
Real nice looking job Chris. If Gino hadn’t mentioned the gernade dispensers I would have missed them. That looks like an easy enough fix though. Thanks for sharing your work with us, and also Gino’s sharp technical insight. Semper Fi, mike
Looking very nice, as usual, Chris.
Thanks for the pics. I’m waiting for a rainy afternoon myself as a matter of fact. Seems like the ideal time to work on a model [:)]
Making good progress on this one Chris, thanks for sharing the pics. [:)]