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

Good video!!! Have been working on this very same kit for about 2-years now (other projects seem to call me away from this kit). About 75% complete. Nice easy kit with a respectable interior. Yep - i remember when this kit first came out way back in those ancient days of the 1980s - came out roughly same time as their version of the M1 Abrams 105mm gun tank, Was not into modeling back then. Also, can remember when the Bradley's first arrived in West Germany. I was in the US Army and stationed in West Germany. Was at Vilseck with a few friends and we went to the movie theater. The rail head just happened to be across the road from the theater. There was a chain-link fence separating the theater area from the rail head with concertina wire/barb wire on top. However, for whatever reason the security personnel left the gate open to the rail head. My friends and I were waiting for the movie to start and noticed some activity over at the rail head. We wandered on over to the open gate and noticed these NEW types of vehicles being unloaded. Since back in those days the US Army still was using the M113 APC, we figured, " Hmmm...must be those newfangled vehicles everyone was talking about". The Bradley's were in that olive color as well. After about 10-15 minutes or so someone finally noticed that the gate to the rail head was open (and a good-sized crowd just happened to be gathering/watching the unloading). Security finally did their job and chased everyone away, closed/locked the gates. Did get some good photos!!! Noticed in some comments that people busting out Tamiya. Well, I'll take a Tamiya kit anytime!! Easy to build; do not have 15 parts to make 1 part; does not have a ga-zillion unnecessary teeny-tiny parts that are easily lost; blah, blah, blah. Sometimes I do not need to have every single microscopic handle, nut/bolt, whatever recreated and take 10-hours to place on the model. Best part about Tamiya kits: the INSTRUCTIONS!!!!! Easy to follow instructions and parts placement is almost always exact. Most these other manufacturers instructions leave a lot to be desired. Have been times when I had to look up on internet of an actual vehicle to see where a part is placed because the instructions were "confusing". Tamiya instructions??? The best!!! Have built plenty of kits from plenty of manufacturers and, well, choose what is best for you and you like.

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!!

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.

I’ve got this kit with the interior too so saved the video & subscribed, I like the early US armour as well as the modern up to date vehicles. Thanks for sharing the video

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.

Wow, thanks a lot. I was hesitant to get this kit. Your video cleared a lot of this hesitancy.

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.

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.

I still have one of these kits in the stash as well as the Academy version of it. Thanks for sharing this.

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.

Thanks for the video! For me, Tamiya = quick and cheerful!

Another great job. Thanks

Cool. I'm a new Sub on your channel. 👍

The kit definitely needs deck screens and a barrel. Also it's the only early Bradley around. The Academy is a copy.

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.