M3 Bradley

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Seperated the upper and lower hull parts without any damage.
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Filled all strange holes
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Starting with the wheels (hate this part)
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Starting on the lower hull now.....
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Actually I will give a detailed description when the entire hull is complete later on.
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Added the vinyl tracks after all, and finished off the rear hull. I added the upper hull just for fitting purposes at this point.
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Upper hull in place and camo'ed. Very important to do this WITHOUT glossing first.
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Very important to get the right ink pen that does not flow and get absorbed once you spray top coats on.
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Now gloss can go on - notice the ink stays sharp and defined.
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Washing now with artists oils.
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Everything sealed in a matt coat now in prep for final wash
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And that is where I'm at....
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Final Matt coat and dusting will be done with turret in place.
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Comments

2 20 January 2017, 07:22

Bart Goesaert
that looks very good... I see it a few times that builders paint their hull assemblies before assembling... how does it go when there are gaps? or are these resolved by dryfitting before?

20 January 2017, 08:34

Lex Jassies
Did you cause the glitches yourself, ore.....? Anyway, looks good what you did sofar.

20 January 2017, 08:39

Geoff Pereira
Hi Bart and Lex and firstly thanks for taking the time to look and comment. No Lex I inherited the kit partially built. Bart dry fitting is paramount even if your preference is to build complete before painting but yes by doing sub assemblies first you have to be 110% certain of your fit before painting.

20 January 2017, 08:45

Holger Kranich
Hi Geoff!
At first i have to make you a compliment for the camo. This MERCD camo looks extremely convincing! The idea to chip the tank with a pencil is not new, but this is the first time i really think about, doing it too. hang in there, i would love to see this Bradley finished. And hey - once finished, you should submit it to Armorama!😢

20 January 2017, 09:32

gorby
I'm considering taking a break from my usual aircraft kits and delve into the world on AFV's, so your tutorial has been very interesting Geoff. Thanks for taking the time to document it.

20 January 2017, 16:32

Geoff Pereira
Thanks Guys and pleasure hope it helps gotbygould

20 January 2017, 17:06

Spanjaard
looking fantastic so far, i will keep this as reference for my M2 🙂

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Album info

This is a very detailed visual tour of my Bradley build. It was done for Armorama but I never submitted because of an issue I had with the turret which took me some years to resurrect.

M3 Bradley in European service

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Completed

M3 Bradley

US Army (1784-now)
HQ. Co., 3 BN., 63 Arm. Reg., 3 Inf. Div. HQ 58

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