Meng 1/35 Bradley M2A3

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Polux, it certainly is a challenge.

[Snowman]

WOW! That detail is amazing!! That is a long way from the last Bradley I built some 20+ yrs ago!

[Mr Bowcat]

Did a little bit of weathering on the interior, this will have more added when other bits have been fitted. I also got the engine, transmission and air box painted up.

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[Mr Bowcat]

Got some more paint down today, these are the last parts for the lower hull interior.

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I also painted the inside edge of the rear panel in the exterior colour so I didn't have to try and hand brush it later.

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And I also built the upper hull interior and got it and it's parts primed.

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Best of all I found these old scissors in my workshop. They are for cutting lexan body shells (left over from my RC days) and are awesome for cutting sprues.

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Great looking work you have done, it really does build into a fantastic model.
I like the fact that all the hatches work so none of your hard work on the interior is lost. I built the same kit last year, there may still be a build log on here some place

Looking forward to seeing it progress.

Adrian

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Adrian, I'm enjoying it so far. First time for me having to build a bit, paint it, fit it,build another bit, etc.

[Guest]

You are nailing it...

[Mr Bowcat]

Haven't been at the bench for a couple of days, mainly because the pain killers I'm on make it hard to think, let alone employ fine motor skills.

I eased in to it today by dry fitting most of the interior, then taking it all out again for matte coating.

I'd already done some weathering, but will add to it when all the parts are glued in.

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[Guest]

This really is coming along a treat Bob, looking forward to the next update

[Mr Bowcat]

Actually, I did do a bit more today, but it was boring. Tracks!

I got 40 links done, so that's a quarter of them out the way.

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[Guest]

Great work,nice job of the tracks, I enjoy doing tracks.

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Steve.

It's my first time with individual track links. After 40 my hands started to cramp so I will have to do them in stages. My plan is to do 10 every time I sit at the bench, so should be done fairly quickly.

[Guest]

Looking reallyyyyyy good!!

[Mr Bowcat]

Cheers Polux.

More interior fitted and a bit more weathering.

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I also decided I needed more light so built a frankenlamp.

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[Guest]

Some people could pay a fortune for this lamp!!