Hi Gino,

I echo what the others have said, such a great build and all your effort has paid out!

I have one question regarding the base coat. Is the tamiya Desert Yellow appropriate or is too dark? I am thinking of grabbing the suggested colour, Vallejo 71.028 sand yellow, but since I've got a couple of pots of Tamiya's desert yellow, I thought I should ask.

Thanks

Christos

Thanks Christos. It is going along well and I hope to have an update/completed model soon. I added all the gear and started weathering last night.

As to the paint, I think the Tamiya Desert Yellow is too dark. I have heard of people mixing it w/Buff to lighten it, but that seems like a pain to me to try and get the right color, plus, I don't like Tamiya paints. I would just go with the correct Vallejo color.

Cool, thanks!

Excellent work. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Where can I find a picture of the Bradley you did for the Museum?

Cheers,
Dustin

Thanks Dustin. Here is the 3 ID Museum M7A2 BFIST.

Thanks for the link, Gino.

That's a beautiful Bradley. Probably very gratifying to have it on display at a museum.

Thanks again Dustin. The BFIST was fun to build too. Hopefully it will be available for all to see soon. The museum is still finishing up the display for over 30 models we have built from the 1st Thunder Run on 5 APR 03. I can't wait to see them all.

I have finally completed R65, C Co, 3-15 IN, 2 BDE, 3ID, an OIF 1 M2A2 ODS Bradley. I weathered it with acrylic craft paints using a burnt umber pin wash, a yellow-sandy color overall wash, then selective chipping with a graphite pencil.

Here is the finished product.









Interior details.

Killer job, sir!

If I may ask, how did you do the straps on the front?

Wow Gino! Great work and I learned a lot from your posts. Thank you for sharing. I like it!

Gah! Gino, you are a modelling Demi-God. This one really blows me away. Cheers bud.

Hey Gino- I don't reckon you could pack any more detail or stowage into this one!! I think you've got every rack and surface packed with something. Its also great to see all the hatches open and the fact you can open and close the tail-gate to show off the fully finished and stowed interior. This is a real show-stopper of a build.

Great job!
Dan

Thanks all. It was a fun and rewarding build. I really enjoyed this one.

Dustin - the straps are strips of masking tape, cut thin and painted OD green. The buckles are rectangles of sheet styrene, painted black. It is an effective way to make straps.

Just caught up on this build, amazing work Gino!

Outstanding work Gino. Lots of detail, very nice weathering and overall finish.

Thanks Bill and Dana. It was a really fun and rewarding build. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Gino buddy...just saw your Bradley and it looks awesome. You know this might be first armor build of yours I've seen. Very informative

So, what's next on the bench?

Thanks Mike. I actually do mostly armor. Next up should be a build review of the Dragon M48A1.

I've looked at several of your Brads, they look great.
Ken.

Great looking Bradley Gino, besides all scratch work you did I really like the way you placed all the stowage.

Cheers

Thanks Ken and Klaus. It was a fun build.

i enjoyed seeing this interesting project. thank you for sharing this with us.

Thanks Hyder. Glad you like it.

Fantastic work Gino,excellent details and shows what can be done with what's out there.Love all the little technical explanations as to what should be where on the ODS version and what changed along the way

One small nitpick though......now you've done all the hard work I don't see anyone bringing out an M2A2 ODS any time soon,us mere mortals can't be expected to do such involved building!

Good Work Fella!