I think it would be a hit. People still get excited when another Sherman or Tiger come out. I think every version of those has been done dozens of times.
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I think it would do well. Just as we need a updated M577 with an interior, I agree ColdWar stuff still has interest.
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If it honestly fixed everything that was wrong, Hell yeah I’d be interested. I could even live without the no slip texturing being missing.
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Er, just a quick down and dirty question if I may (and I’m too lazy to read all back through) but is the venerable, original Tamiya kit of the Bradley lacking that much? I ask as a keen Cold War modeller but am not much interested in the iterations that came after The Wall came down to be honest, besides, I have to have some cut-off criterion for my stash(!)
So, essentially, can I make a decent early, USAREUR version - even if it needs a little TLC? (my stash version is actually the Academy purported clone).
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Yes you can, but the Tamiya one is missing a lot of details and has many areas either not correct, or severely off due to Tamiya’s engineering. It will take some work, which I am sure you are up to.
I think mine came out pretty close, and I didn’t fix everything.
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I believe the Tamiya one is practically the Italeri one?
The Cold War rules in my case; I build nothing else (well, not strictly true) but when I started - or rather - resurrected the hobby, I hoped to build the equipments from just my time in the Army, but all too soon it strayed in to basically, 1945 onwards; I focus in the Central Region of NATO, and also hope to amass a collection of the opposition, the Warsaw Pact. I try and keep it to MBTs, APCs Artillery, Recce and with the odd soft-skin thrown in, which of course gives me a huge target range (and a commensurate stash), but a small part of me is driven by a comment years ago, when a modeller in a club enquired what I modelled, I replied briefly on the lines above, and he retorted something like: “Cold War? Huh; everything’s in green or Olive Drab!”. I mean, how wrong can one be? Even I hadn’t quite appreciated the variations in colours and finishes when I started. Over the years one can certainly ring the changes that’s for sure, and I’m not just referring to MASSTER/MERDC and NATO-flage here. I find it truly fascinating, and do my best to replicate what I can on the display tables.
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Thanks Gino - I’ll get around to reading that soon - very helpful I’m sure. Tied up with domestic admin at the moment, including a wretched hospital visit).
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Read the thread and decide for yourself. I take you step by step and show you exactly where it needs attention. Far more than other such Blogs. (repositioning suspension - 8th post, and incorrect seat placement in the rear compartment, for example) James’ might have come close had he done one, but you see his results in the thread. He also touched on a lot of things other people miss.
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Right; sounds to my advantage slightly that I do intend to build, or display rather with a full interior, but rather a model that reflects one in transit. Not closed down but on say, a street or on exercise (as so predictably are most of my built models!)
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That’s an excellent point, and one worth pointing out when deciding whether or not to pursue such an undertaking.
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Sorry jay, reference the first part of my support for Cold War modelling, (above) for some unfathomable reason I read “Takom” as “Tamiya”! Age? Gin? God knows.
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Thanks to those who responded to the question. It seems rather underwhelming at this point. There are other projects that seem more viable.
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No worries, it is good to bring up the Tamiya kit. Yes, it is a repackaged Italeri kit, but Tamiya throws in some good to have stuff, like the canvas mantlet cover, that required after market items or proper sculpting skills if you wanted to do the Italeri kit right. The Tamiya rebox made/makes for a pretty decent starting point for an M47.
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