6 Reasons to Build the Vintage Tamiya M2 Bradley
The Tamiya M2 Bradley (1/35, Kit No.35132) has been around for almost 40 years. Despite its age, I built one because it was such a versatile kit. It has good basic features and plenty of room for growth. Here are my six reasons to build this kit.
Scale Model
Tamiya M2 Bradley, Kit No. 35132, 1/35 scale
www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiy...
Tools
Badger Xtreme Patriot 105
Badger Sotar 20/20
Tamiya regular masking tape
Bandai Spirits Nipper
Voyager Model Stainless mini saw
Handle Bending RP-TOOLZ
Paints
X-5 Green + XF2 Flat White for Interior
X-19 Smoke
XF-19 Sky Grey
XF-52 Flat Eart
XF-57 Buff
XF-58 Olive Green
XF-62 Olive Drab
Mr Metal 214 Dark Iron
Humbrol 27004 Gunmetal Metacote
Alclad 101 Aluminum
A.MIG.3009 Gun Metal.
A.MIG.094 Crystal Glass
A.MIG.093 Crystal Red
A.MIG.097 Crystal Orange
A.MIG.1003 Interior Wash
A.MIG.1207 Streaking Grime
A.MIG.1200 Streaking Grime for Interior
A.MIG.1601 PLW Medium Grey
A.MIG.1602 PLW Deep Grey
A.MIG.3004 Europe Earth
A.MIG.3014 Russian Earth
Solutions
Mr. Surfacer Black 1500
Mr. Surfacer White 1500
Mr. Surfacer White 1500
Mr. Leveling Thinner
Mr. Rapid Thinner
Mr. Mark Softer
Mr. Cement S (extra thin)
Mr. White Putty R
Tamiya Cement (Regular)
Tamiya Panel Line Accent (Black, Brown, Grey)
Figures
Dragon U.S. Tank Crew (Kit No.3020)
www.scalemates.com/kits/drago...
Tamiya U.S. Modern Elite Infantry (Kit No. 89772) www.tamiya.com/english/produc...
Others Building Materials
Reflective colored paper
Tamiya 0.2 mm plastic sheet No.70126
Generic copper wire (0,2mm)
Music by Hotham
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This kit would be great for a burnt out tank/AFV diorama. There is so much information available as well as accurate pictures from the battlefield.
absolutely. Plenty of references by now. we can play with the interior and show with the hatches open.
OMG I am feeling old because I remember building this kit when it first came out 🤣. I think I need to pick it up and build it again. Great video
I feel ya! I made my first in 1988. This newer one brought great childhood memories.
Wow, thanks a lot. I was hesitant to get this kit. Your video cleared a lot of this hesitancy.
Go for it! Hope to see yours built soon.
A great review that cuts it's own path. It's nice to see someone extolling the virtues of past models without any of the snide commentary typical of more recent reviewers. Good for you.
Thank you, Larry.
There kits of obscure German and Allied versions of tanks in their early stages of development, such as the Pz IV ausf. A. The Bradley early versions were widely used and numbered in the hundreds. If a modeler wants recreate the early and mid 80's, then this kit is great.
agree with you. lots of images as references.
W O W ...... That took me back...... I remember when that kit came out ( and YES, it was 40 years ago ). 'Tamiya' makes GREAT Tanks and AFVs, I even bought a M1 'Abrams' with their T-62 and T-72 tanks!! Heck......... I might just re-invest in them again...thanks for the posting!!
You're welcome, mate! The M1s and T72s are also great.
I still have one of these kits in the stash as well as the Academy version of it. Thanks for sharing this.
you have two then. That's pretty nice, Joe!
I love the paint job at the opening of this video (the grey one with “56” on the side). It looks super realistic, and I’d love to know the process of the guy who completed it.
Thank you!
Nice video. Thanks. I am planning to buy one. I usually build straight off the box with little, or no add ons- especially those that I need to spend more money on. I am a simple modeller, and being so, I usually stick with Tamiya.
Thanks! Awesome that you're building one. I still have a dozen tamiya kits that also want to build soon, trying closely straight off the box.
Another great job. Thanks
It was worth the effort. Thanks, Chris!
Cool. I'm a new Sub on your channel. 👍
Thanks for the support!
To be fair: none of the Tamiya kits have the features of a modern ki, none of the bells and whistles. On the contrary! This is what really means "It's a Tamiya!". On barrels: Tamiya still can't figured them out. They give you the worst barrels of the whole industry. To a Tamiya kit you MUST buy an aftermarket barrel. Most of the time the kit part has nothing to do with reality. (For example the Matilda II and the Valentine used the same 2 pdr gun, only the counterweight (aka the muzzle flare) differed somewhat. But in the two Tamiya kits they are not even resemble each other. And even farther from the real one. And those are quite simple and small barrels. And these are among the newer kits of Tamiya Matilda II from 2009, Valentine from 2017. And the Valentine's barrel is the worse.) There is only one thing Tamiya matches with the modern kits: price. Practically all newer Tamiya kits overpriced, at least twice. You can buy a much better Sherman from Zvezda for half the price. You can buy a much better KV-1 from Trumpeter for half the price. End so on. The list is as long as the Tamiya armour catalog. Their older kits are better, because those are priced correctly. That means those are cheap. Or you can buy a far superior T-55 from RFM for a bit more money, a far superior Sherman from Asuka (or RFM again), etc. Well, Tamiya Shermans are in the joke category, even for half the price, even compared to the Italeri Shermans made from 1977.
Excellent analysis. thank you! You're right, their new prices are exhorbitant. While with just a bit more, I can get a much better kit of the same model from other brands.
I much more like to build their older kits. Those are much better/realistically priced. And as you mentioned, you can modify them easily.