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Thanks for the kind comments guys. I'm loving these armor kits, lol!!

Wow beautifully done Dave!!

LOL that's me!!! This was an easy fun build i must say!!

Can't you fill the crack, re-weather and reapply some Still Water as a repair because the base looks great!??

Well after a long day at the hospital for Beth's tests I needed some quite bench time to reflect!! Completed steps 10/11 which finishes the lower hull build. Once I complete step 12 I can begin the interior painting process!! I also mapped out a 9V LED lighting plan for the interior using two green LEDs, a 100 ohm 1/8th watt resistor, a micro on/off switch and a 9V battery connector. Should look pretty cool!! Driver and radio operators compartment. Crew Compartment. A view in the rear hatch. Well back to it, lol!!

Holy smokes!!!

Excellent work Chris!!

Finished step 9 this morning by building the side wall to the drivers compartment and the turret tub! The interior spaces will look so cool when complete. I'm considering wiring two LED lights in the interior to show it off!

Breathtaking Aaron!!! Your skill level is amazing!!

Looking forward to building the Bradley. This will be my first armor buiuld with an interior! Bought these few items for the build! Started building the lower hull and lift gate doors today, Actually had to sand injector pin marks and part number from parts 69 and 70 that would show when installed!!! Haven't run into that with Tamiya before!! Installed all the parts lined out in steps 1-2-3 however left the circled parts such as road wheels etc until the end of the build. Installed all the parts in steps 4-5 but again left the road wheels. The rear lift gate fit like a glove!!! Also installed the interior floor and the two large poly caps which hold the two hull halves together so you can separate to show off the interior. I'm going to wire the interior and make cushions for the seats! This is going to be such a detailed kit, lol!! Thanks to Arno I was able to print miniature maps and magazines for the interior of the Bradley!! Pretty cool!! Finished steps 7/8 today and continued on with the interior build. The parts circled I'll detail and install later. Once I install all the interior parts I can I'll prime the upper and lower inside hull parts with white primer pre-shading with Tamiya XF-9 Hull Red and then applying a base coat mixture of XF-71 Cockpit Green and XF-2 Flat While.

Looks so fantstic Arno!!!

All done!

Bottom paint! Wow the canopy fits!! Future coat! Decals set! Matt coat and weopons stores! Done!

Thanks Arno. I kinda like a masked hard line camouflage pattern better!

Looking fantastic Arno!!! Can't wait to see the water effects!

Excellent job. Looking really nice!

Pre-shading is done using Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black. Camouflage using Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drab, XF-52 Flat Earth and XF-70 Dark Green.

Absolutely breathtaking!!! This is truly a piece of art. Bravo Aaron!!!!

Pretty successful afternoon. Got all the seam work finished including buffing the fuselage and installed and aligned all the weapons racks! This has been a sweet little build so far. Had the paint shop prime the A-7A before they left for the weekend and I'll pre-shade it tomorrow!

Continued on with seam work today. Hoping to prime and per-shade tomorrow!

Looks so very cool!!! I love this scheme!!! It's going to look so sharp when completed!!

Cockpit detailing done! Pretty good fit after lots of prep work!! Almost forgot that modern jets have moveable tail surfaces and it's okay to have a small gap!! Again after lots of cleaning I've glued the wing halves!! Attached the wings to the fuselage at the correct angle I hope!! Seam work sucks, lol!!! Wait is that why I find armor so refreshing to build, lol!!?? Well at least my parts cleaning reduced most of the glaring gaps!

Wow looks fantastic Dave!! Look forward to seeing the finished base.

Now that the tank is done it's time to get serious with the A-7A. Started the cockpit build this evening!

Very pleased with the finished tank. I highly recommend this one. Really fun build with lots of possible schemes!