Greetings all…
Does anyone here know where I can find Spartan Brigade decals for a 1/35, M2A2 Bradley? If you could tell me I would most appreciate it. [;)]
If you mean 2nd BDE, 3ID, Echelon does 2 sets for 1-64 Armor’s M1A1HCs. They are their US Army’s 3rd Infantry Division Operation Iraqi Freedom M1A1HA (Heavy Common) Abrams (part 2 and part 3) sets.
Here is a review of each.
Part 2: http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/echelon/ech_t35014.htm
Part 3: http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/echelon/ech_t35015.htm
Here is the Spartan BDE website: http://www.stewart.army.mil/Display.asp?Channel=Units&Center=06693B11-5C28-4132-8DD9-43CA8372A50B
You can see the other BDE units and could make your own decals for them.
Here are the BN ID # series that went on the sides of the vehicles in OIF 1:
02 - 2nd BDE
40 - 3-15 Infantry
50 - 1-64 Armor
60 - 4-64 Armor
Don’t know of any decals for 3-15 INF BN, but they shouldn’t be too hard to either make your own or piece some together from the Echelon sheets.
Good luck.
Gino, thank you very much for the detailed and helpful reply,
To be honest, I’m not very knowledgeable when it comes to present-day armor and armor markings. I’m really an aircraft modeller who became drawn into modern armor after reading the book “Thunder Run” by David Zucchino. I have Tamiya’s M1A2 Abrams and M2A2 Bradley. Personally I thought it would be really cool to have a model of an Abrams and Bradley that had participated in the thunder run into Baghdad.
Thanks again.
Glad to help. Good luck.
Just a note, be sure to build the Tamiya kit as an M1A1. All 3ID tanks in OIF 1 were M1A1s, 3ID did not have any M1A2s.