Eduard new products newsletter for June has appeared on their web site. It is not completely uploaded yet, and not all photos are working, but I found one true gem in their new products list:

TP038 M2A2 Bradley baggage ties 1/35 TAM $19.95

If this is what I think it is, then this is something we really needed for all our OIF Bradley models!

Eduard also sell four of their sets for older M2 Bradley as one "Big Ed" package. The set includes hull interior, exterior and turret interior sets, plus wheel masks and sells for ove $20 less then all those sets separately. Another thing I will definitely buy!

Whole list of their armor / afv related releases:
Big Ed - Armoured Fighting Vehicles - 1/35
BIG3509 M-2 BRADLEY 1/35 TAM $49.95
BIG3507 Pz.IV Ausf.H 1/35 TAM $59.95
BIG3508 Pz.IV Ausf.H - ZIMMERIT 1/35 TAM $74.95

Photo etched set - Armoured Fighting Vehicles - 1/72
22054 Elefant 1/72 TRU $19.95
22056 Ferdinand 1/72 TRU $19.95
22053 Zimmerit Elefant 1/72 TRU $22.95

Photo etched set - Armoured Fighting Vehicles - 1/35
35676 BS-3 100mm Field gun 1/35 ICM $22.95
35679 Firefly Vc 1/35 DRA $29.95
35677 Hummel (early) 1/35 DRA $29.95
35680 King Tiger Porsche 1/35 DRA $22.95
35684 King Tiger Porsche fenders 1/35 DRA $22.95
35616 Leaves Palm II. 1/35 $19.95
35689 VAB 6x6 exterior 1/35 HEL $24.95
35690 VAB 6x6 interior 1/35 HEL $24.95
35670 Zil 157 -6x6 Military truck 1/35 TRU $24.95
35683 Zimmerit King Tiger Porsche 1/35 DRA $14.95

Photo etched set - ZOOM - Armoured Fighting Vehicles - 1/35
TP046 Cromwell/ Centaur Storage boxes 1/35 TAM $14.95
TP048 Jagdpanther Late vers. 1/35 TAM $14.95
TP050 M-4 Sherman US Marines 1/35 ITA $12.95
TP038 M2A2 Bradley baggage ties 1/35 TAM $19.95
TP049 PZ.II L Luchs 1/35 TAS $12.95
TP047 Pz.IIIL 1/35 TAM $14.95

Express mask - Armoured Fighting Vehicles - 1/35
XT111 Pz.Kpfz. IV Wheel masks 1/35 ITA $5.95
XT108 Sd.Kfz. 10/4 with Flak 30 wheel mask 1/35 ITA $5.95


Rgds,
Pawel

Vodnik, when you have this information complete, can you post it up as a news story? Anything like that from you would be very welcome indeed...Thanks, Jim

Consider it done!

I also promise to re-edit some of my reviews this weekend and also submit them for Armorama publication.

Cheers,
Pawel

Whew! Good thing I haven't bought any PE for the M2 Brad yet! I'll save up for that Big Ed one. Oh I wish they make a metal barrel for the 105mm Sherman!

Oh yes! This is it! $20 is not cheap for just two small PE frets, but will have to buy it anyway...

Rgds,
Pawel

By the way, I wonder if my e-mail to Eduard's chairman, Karel Pádár, from April 6th in which I requested the release of such set as addition to their then-recently released M2A2ODS set, had anything to do with their current release of those tie-downs?... Maybe I should request the review sample from Karel?

Rgds,
Pawel

Come on, Pawel ! I'm sure you have a hot line to the Big Boss

Thank for the heads up !

Frenchy (waiting for Jadar Model to have them "in stock" )

I wish... He didn't even respond to that mail I mentioned

Rgds,
Pawel

As we say in French "Silence means consent"....

Frenchy

Vodnik, if you ever get in thouch with the dude, ask what the price will be for the 1/16 schwimmwagen.

:-)

Just joking, will surely be heavypriced...

To reiterate another post, Vodnik's excellent news item can be found:

HERE!

So, Pawel, did Tamiya fix the major issues per your article with their newest Bradley ODS? I read your article, including the supplemental. It seems the latest Bradley came out after you wrote that article.

By the way, I read the final parts of your M1 article. I am in the middle of building the OIF Tamiya kit and posted photos im my gallery and set up a folder in the Rivets? section of the Forum (the one where you ask for comments during your build).

No, unfortunately Tamiya didn't fix any major issues. And actually I had latest Tamiya M2A2ODS kit before I started writing my article. All photos in the article that show unpainted Tamiya kit parts are actually pictures of parts from the new ODS version kit. And if you read carefully I mentioned the new kit in a few places in the article.

Pawel

Pawel: Thanks for the response. I guess I was thinking the kit you had for the the article was the one before their OIF kit. Oh well, looks like a lot of work to make the Bradley good.