Yes, I fianlly finished these beasties. They are OOB and are comissions, so some of the eccentricites are from my buyer, not so much what i would like to do, ie light weathering etc...

The M2A2 ODS is a very nice build, better than I initially thought. They new pieces fit perfect, the old M2 kit is a good base and the new tracks are a nice touch.

The M113A2 is...not as good a buy. Old rubber band tracks are the worst culprit. Not sure this is worth the price tag. However, there are SOME updated parts, so it is not a total loss...just a dissapointment.

The figures come with the kits. They are fairly decent but they all have "pointy chins" because of the molded on microphones.

well I'm sure your buyer will be proud to have them in his collection. I know I would.

Very Nice!!! the Figures look pretty good too!

ODS and OIF is Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom

The Guy on the 50 could prolly be modded into a Delta Op from the Black hawk down movie Maybe.

Looks nice!
Great job I guess I like a little weathering also! (++)

they came out really nice,,,

They look great.

Hi. Super nice job all the way around. The vehicles and items on them all blend into each other very well. I'm sure your buyer will be more than satisifed, I know I would.

Take care, sgirty

Well done!! I'm in the process of doing both kits, but I'm strongly considering dumping the stock tracks on the 113 in favor of the AFV club tracks... It's good to see what I can anticpate in terms of final appearance. Again, well done! Awesome paint job, your client should be very pleased with you final result.

Very, very nice!

Looks great! I will be building the Bradley shortly, anything to watch out for?

I can see you brang out the fantastic detail on both machines thier is so much great detail and inspiration for me to go out and pick them both up. Your right the pastel weathering look would have helped alittle more I heard it adds such more realism to the over all model

You have made me decide to go with the two with interior detail on the m2a2 bradley for my first tank dio and my t-62a PE set.

Nice clean builds . I am building the Academy M113 also now and i see that OOB build is nice , so ill stick to my decision to make it also oob. Good work

Thanks for all the kind words.

Things to look out for...well, leave off the wade truck rods...they are still in the instructions and I caught it too late (Thanks to Sabot for helping mention that they should not be there! ) These are the three sets of rods, two small sets on each rear "flank" and the set of rods that go on the hull under the piece that has the shovel.

And again, I did not add pastels as the buyer sees no real need for it, and does not handle the kits well enough to keep from messing the unsecured pastels up. I know that there are other ways to deal with it (pigments for one) but I have not progressed that far AND why do more work if I don't have to?

But Overall, the M2A2 ODS is worth the $30 or so I paid...$47 MSRP seems a touch steep for an extra sprue, but at least the new tracks are nice!