I'm looking for some pics of the M2A2 in OIF with the Rack Extentions on the sides for extra equipment storage with troops around it doing something like doing a patrol or something like that. Also what is the best Accuret 1/35 OIF Kit out their for a M2A2 Bradley?

The ONLY M2A2 Bradley kit in 1/35 scale is Tamiya one... Others are only very poor quality copies of it. Also only Tamiya makes M2A2ODS version as used in OIF. But all Tamiya M2A2 kits require a lot of TLC to make them trully accurate...

Pawel

What about this one ?
This Bradley belongs to the 3rd Infantry Division

HTH
Frenchy

Thanks Everyone

What about this one? I think this would be neat to model. This photo was taken at the airport after the first thunder run. RPG strike melted/caught fire some of the gear on the side.

Verlinden sells a detail set that includes one of these racks. However, there is only one, and as far as I know there were always two on the vehicle. You could copy the Verilnden one easy enough to make the second one.



This photo also gives a good idea of the gear the men wore that day. Also note the M9 gas detection tape on the antennas.

Im looking to build the Tamiya version as well. Would also appreciate it if you could share some reference photos with me too. I will place them up as i find them.

Just do image searches on Yahoo, Google, etc. for key words of M2A2 ODS, Bradley, OIF, Iraq, etc.

Did this in less than two minutes:
Google search: Bradley Iraq


M2/M3 from GlobalSecurity.org website

My M2A2 ODS

As far as the kit goes, its good. See the below link for a "forum review" of my M2A2 kit, and many pics of it are in my gallery. I highly recommend the Verlinden kit for, if nothing else, the gear, which is well done in my opinion. There should be a second rack (I have yet to see a Bradley with only one rack), but there are two "Gas can" racks provided as well. All three racks were a @$%^& to fold without a folding tool. Its just really hard to bend connected strips of metal without really disforming the racks (I actually ended up destroying one of the small racks and thus couldn't use it

Jeff

Thanks for the links guy. Lots of good photos coming out from them.

Here is a good one that i thought i might share.



If the image dont show, you can check it out here.
http://image32.webshots.com/32/1/48/69/342414869vjtneQ_ph.jpg

Here's another one that should fit the bill as well :



These racks can also be fitted to 3rd Infantry Division Abrams used during Thunder Run.....

Frenchy

Jeff,
What vehicle's that third back in your top pic? Looks like it's got a double dozer blade or something on the front.
Tom

I'm not Jeff but I can tell you it's a M9 Armored Combat Earthmover...(Hobby Fan has released a resin kit of this vehicle)

HTH
Frenchy