Ade's M3A3 Bradley w/Busk III

[Guest]

I think its safe to say, everyone wants to do this model/s
Rightfully so, its soooo cheap when you think a model without interior can easily be £40. Your basically getting the interior for free

Errr! Not everyone, but whatever floats your boat.


Good luck with this one Aide, there is a lot to do on it with all those sprus full of parts.

[grumpa]

Very nice kits, built one many moons ago but no interior was available back then, I'll keep an eye on[ATTACH]116422.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[Steve Brodie]

Going to be watching this one as i have the Meng M2A3 Bradley w/BUSK III (Full interior) next on the bench ( else my son will kill me, had it for over a year now).


Can only say Meng kits are superbly engineered, full of detail and a joy to build, still building my first Meng kit (Achzarit late with full interior - http://www.scale-models.co.uk/thread...chzirat.31663/)

[Steve Brodie]

I've added the sprue shots, I haven't taken them out of the bags as I have a habit of loosing parts
The tracks I heard take around 3 hours to assemble !!!!


Adrian

If the same as the Bradley M2A3 , about 15 minutes, they just clip together

[PaulTRose]

this looks interesting, ive neve done a Meng kit either

[Steve Brodie]

How's the build going ade?

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

How's the build going ade?

I got the paint from Johns shop, applied the interior colour and that's as far as I've got


I'm busy putting the finishing touches to my Da Nang Phantom build right now and hope to make more progress within the week


Adrian

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

So I've made a start, will take my time as I'm working from two boxes with the interior


First up the wheels and the active suspension, the suspension is a little fiddly to do but works great and should show the tracks better at the end.


I've put the PE part in shot as I think its a nice little extra Meng have put in the box, not only do you get the wheel mask but also the track pad mask as well.


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Now the wheels and suspension are painted and ready for attaching I'll work on the interior.


Thanks


Adrian

[Guest]

Nice update, very neat work matey

[Guest]

Looks very good so far!


And the kits seems to be really detailed

[Guest]

I wish all kits came with those wheel tools, because one size doesn't fit all and it would really help!


I wonder why they dont add one


Also its looking nice! Even tho the PE is shorter than it should be it looks more like a piston Gratz!

[geegad]

Looking good nice to see an update..


I think meng are the market leader when it comes to armour knocks spots of dragon for little things like the masks and the tracks...

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I wish all kits came with those wheel tools, because one size doesn't fit all and it would really help!
I wonder why they dont add one


Also its looking nice! Even tho the PE is shorter than it should be it looks more like a piston Gratz!

I think it will look a little less like pistons once I get some paint on them


Adrian

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Found this great site for reference photos, really helping with the interior build.


http://afvdb.50megs.com/usa/pics/m3bradley.html


Adrian

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Been working away on the interior, don't spend as much time at my bench now due to the new job but making steady progress


So here's what I've managed to complete ready to install


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Comments welcomed as always


Adrian