This is my contribution to the Thunder Run project for the Ft. Stewart/3rd ID museum. It Started life as the Tamiya ODS M2A2 Bradley. The kit goes together like most Tamiya kits nice and easy, but for this project I wanted a bit more. I turned to Vodnik's website on upgrading the kit. I did most of the corrections to the hull and the turret leaving out the ones to the rear of the hull. The stowage baskets are Eduard photo etch along with photo etch for the rest of the kit. The barrel and grenade launchers are from Voyager Models with the tracks being from Fruil, road wheels and stowage from Legends. I would like to thank Don Haney for painting the figure for me, he did an incredible job on him. The build took me over a year to complete, a lot of research went into it and I hope it will live up to the high standards set by the other builders in this project. Enough rambling i'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. Thanks for stopping by and having a look.
Hosted by Darren Baker
ODS Bradley Task Force 1-64 Iraq 2003
jezones
Georgia, United States
Joined: February 05, 2012
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 11:00 PM UTC
jezones
Georgia, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2014 - 11:08 PM UTC
Sandbox
Connecticut, United States
Joined: October 29, 2002
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Joined: October 29, 2002
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2014 - 02:15 AM UTC
Very nice build and weathering. The pictures appear to have a pinkish tint to them. Maybe just the lighting/flash you used.
jezones
Georgia, United States
Joined: February 05, 2012
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2014 - 02:45 AM UTC
Thanks man. As far as the pink goes I think the orange filter did kinda pinkin it up a little from certain angles. There was a sand storm a few days before the Thunder Run that coated the vehicles with a orangeish sand. From pictures I've seen the whole sky was an orange color. The pictures where taken with my camera phone so they are not the best quality. Thanks again.
majjanelson
South Carolina, United States
Joined: December 14, 2006
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2014 - 04:47 AM UTC
Mark,
Your Brad looks quite good, but I noticed that you should have orange turn signal lights on the front, to the outside of the clear headlights:
The two images below are from Prime Portal:
HTH
Your Brad looks quite good, but I noticed that you should have orange turn signal lights on the front, to the outside of the clear headlights:
The two images below are from Prime Portal:
HTH
jezones
Georgia, United States
Joined: February 05, 2012
KitMaker: 80 posts
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Joined: February 05, 2012
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Posted: Monday, July 07, 2014 - 06:17 AM UTC
Thanks man, the marker lights are amber. It may be hard to tell in the pictures, one of them is covered in dust. They are actually some 3d decals I got off eBay.