Re: M2A2 Shelf Queen
Hey everybody,
I've been talking to a few buddies about the upcoming AMPS show in CT in September and realized I really needed to finish something to bring with me. I looked at my self and decided that the Bradley was the one. So, earlier this week I ordered some SKP lenses and some RB Models aerials. The aerials came from AK's website,
http://www.ak-interactive-usa.com/ I'll say this, the ship FAST. I had the aerials 2 days later. I also ordered a set of their brushes as well. All I've got to say about those,
, I've been using cheap brushes for ever and these are like going from a 78 Honda to a 2014 BMW!
Anyways, enough jibber jabber. The first thing I did was get to work on the track. The tracks are AFV clubs and the pads are molded separately. After cutting them from their sprues and painting, each pad was attached with white glue. Once that was done, I went about shaving off the molded on light detail and added the SKP lenses. I did check a few references and these are not 100% accurate size and shape wise, but they look wicked cool and I'm happy with them. After they were attached I painted the plastic molded tow cable. In retrospect I should have made my own out of real cable but I'm happy with the paint job. Lastly I added the RB aerials. Again, these aren't 100% true but they are a huge improvement over what Tamiya had molded in there. Lastly, I went back in and added a fuel stain. ;D
Okay, here are pictures to go with all that chatter:
Thanks for checking it out! Hope you like!
