Hi all,
a small update as I'm working very slowly at the moment !
I tried to detail the rear interior of the TOW2 launcher. I redid the bustle rack, it still misses the tie-downs behind the ammo box racks. The new gunner uparmored hatch has been done too.




Two more pics in the campagin gallery.
Next step the gun mount area.

olivier

Slow is all good Olivier, especially with the quality of kits that you are churning out. I was thinking of doing my M2A2 as well but after seeing the length you are going to detail your M2A2, im almost ashamed to do it.

Make sure you save these photos that you are taking cause they would make excellent shots for a build article!

Launcher looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!! Good job! Don't forget to put the anti slip on the new gunners hatch.

Come on Jeremy, join us in the un-official Bradley build.

Olivier, excelent idea! Do you wnat to go halves on a Build article? I was planning on doing one of my Bradley with the Reactive Armor. It would be a honor to put my name next to yours on a combines article.

Olivier,

Check you email

Pawel

Thanks for the comments but you deserve half of them as your drawings were a must have. I was not aware of the antislip on the hatch. I still have to add the various boltheads too.

Writing an article with 4 hands ! Hard exercise but it could turn good. Will see how we may fix that. I guess I have to take some more in progress pics.

Last, yes Jeremy come on with your M2.

olivier

Coming along great. I have to get going on my M2A2 ODS for a customer. Got it painted and decaled, just need to weather it, gear it up, and finish it. I'll post some pics soon.

The article idea is great. Good luck.

Yes Gino, can't ait to see yours, It was a great help for mine.

Olivier,
Jot down some stuff on paper when you are finished and keep track of all the in progress photo's. Since we are doing two different ODS's, I see it possible, especially since we are bascialy using the same references.

Looks good Olivier. As you might know, I'm planning to build my own Bradley sometime this year so I follow yours and Petes builds closely. I got an idea of building a "Norwegian" model, since we did tests with the Bradley in the mid-90s, but it will probably be an OIF version... We will see :-)

Erik

Hi Erik,
come along ! The more we are, the more fun we get !

Hope to see your pictures before the campaign ends.
olivier

My gosh the 3 power house (Gino, EPI and Olivier) going at the M2A2. Tell you what, let me wait for you guys to come up with the article so that i may read and learn from it.

You know with the 3 of you doing the same kit and combining your knowledge and different perspectives on the build, you could potentially come up a definitive M2A2 build article.

Let me spend some nights thinking which kit to bring out for this campaign and recce the art stores to see if they sell styrene sheets here.

Remember, Pawel(Vodnik) helped out here too!!!!!!

Also, Rob Harvey(afv_rob) is doing one too with complete scratchbuilt interior.

Awsome looking progress Olivier! The TOW launcer is superb and looks perfect. Nice job on the bussle rack aswell-I need to have a go at that soon myself. I will be watching this build with great interest. Now to get some more of my interior done
Keep the Bradleys coming!

Come on Rob, keep on posting your stunning interior pics. Your work is great and deserves more as you're doing a full scratchbuild job.
(I saw with my LVTP7A1 what pain it was to start such a project.)
olivier

Olivier,
I forgot to ask you if you remembered to cut out the square on the bottom of the launcher. In the kit, it depicts the older style of launcher. It needs to be cut out and possibly add some tubing to simulate the newer launcher.

Hi Epi,
I saw that in Vodnik's article but I didn't cut the square as my launcher is definitely glued in the stowed position (due to the actuating rod). Lazy me :-)

olivier

Well then there you go, problem solved!!!!
That will work!