This may have been covered earlier but here goes. I started another Tamiya Bradley today (the new M2A2 ODS). This my 3rd Bradley and what a pleasant surprise when I got to the tracks! New Mold! No more hot knife to melt the track pins to the outside anymore. The new tracks overlap 4 links and the stubby pins assemble to the inside of the track. I like it! I wonder if the M113ODS has new track mold too? The kit has been a gold mine for me as there is a new sprue has a load of packs, turret stowage and new crew commander and gunner. Nice work Tamiya.
Tamiya’s tooling on the new kits is impressive. I have a M26 Pershing and really love the detailed parts. Good luck on your M2A2. Please post some pictures.
mark956
I assembled most of the vehicle (except detail parts) yesterday and painted the base coat and road wheels yesterday. It’s ttaken about 8 hours so far. Since this is my third M2, who needs instructions? Personally I like the looks of the earlier versions of the Bradley but it “ain’t no beauty contest”. The wearthering and detailing starts tonight.
Dumb Questions:
can you post what colors you are using to paint it and how you are weathering it? I’m new to weathering armor.
[8]Thanks
Dave
The overall base paint I use is Model Master Acryl 4812 US Army/Marines Gulf AR 1/2. I have had good results with Windsor & Newton Burnt Umber and Black oil colors diluted with mineral spirits. This next trick may sound dumb, but for drybrushing with a desert scheme, I have been using old Mary Kay makeup donated by my wife. If you accidentally put it on a little too heavy, just wipe it off . You can rub it into the base paint coat and get nice smudges over a large area without damaging or permanently altering the base color beyond repair. The color I like to drybrush with is a bronze shade of brown. It works really well for streaks of dust around the bolts, etc. The burnt umber wash is oil based and a little too dark for drybrushing. If you can get your hands on the July 2003 FSM issue John Plzak put together a really helpful demo on weathering and painting.