...this is an "old" kit which was announced in 1985.

I have this same kit and pulled it out of the stash last night to look it over. After seeing yours, I think I'll give mine a go.

I wonder why Tamiya didn't include tow shackles in these kits?

It looks very nice. You did a great job on the camo and weathering. One correction though, you have painted a couple of the ammo cans on the turret basket in the camo color. They should be all green above the bracket that holds them. The ammo cans are removable and are not in place when the camo is painted.


Also, the spare tracks links should have rubber on the inner pads, the raised rectangles behind the center guide tooth. Also, the retainers on the spare track pads, rectangles at ends with a bolt head, should be the same color as the hull beneath them. You can see them well on a later M2A2 ODS below.

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...this is an "old" kit which was announced in 1985.

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Actually, this is the second generation of Bradley Tamiya released in the early '90s following Operation Desert Shield/Storm when the M2A2 was first fielded in '90-'91.

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I have this same kit and pulled it out of the stash last night to look it over. After seeing yours, I think I'll give mine a go.

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I recommend using Vodnik's excellent M2A2 Correction and Detail Article if you are going to be building any Bradley.

I painted those ammo cans with olive drab...

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I wonder why Tamiya didn't include tow shackles in these kits?

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I'm not sure they even realized there should be tow shackles as none of the towing points even have the holes in them for the shackles. All the towing points have to be drilled out to be accurate. Check out the linked article for a bunch more things Tamiya missed on their Bradleys.

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I painted those ammo cans with olive drab...

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No, I am talking about the ammo cans in the holders on the back of the turret, not the three on the left rear of the hull. The ammo cans on the turret should also be all green above the line of the holders.

In the below pic, you can see the empty ammo can holders are painted the camo of the hull.



Here you can see the green ammo cans sticking above the holders.

Tow shackles? How does it looks like? BTW, seems your link is failure...

The link works from here.