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Orochi 1/35 M3A3 "Bradley" CFV
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 02:12 PM UTC
A few more bits and pieces and touch-ups, throw the tracks on, dust it up a little bit, and I can call this one finished. 100% OOB.








































Thanks for watching,
Israel
Thirian24
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 04:12 PM UTC
Very nice!! I built this one too. I enjoyed it. I like the different color era blocks. I plan to build 3-4 more Bradley's.

Congrats on a nice build.
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 04:49 PM UTC
Thanks, Dustin. The fit could be better, but it's a quiet good kit, especially if you consider the price (I've payed around 25 Euros, including shipping from the far east)...

Thirian24
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 04:52 PM UTC
Here are a few pictures of mine if you'd like to see.

http://armorama.com/forums/250278#2116314
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Friday, October 07, 2016 - 10:24 PM UTC
Some trouble with the pictures, I'm posting them again...

















































youngtiger1
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Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 01:25 PM UTC
This is looking nice Israel. I have this kit as well but I've yet to find time to build it. Anything you want to share that can help regarding your in progress? I see you mentioned that fit could be better, so is that regarding whole kit or some parts of it? Any errors I should be concern with....in the kit or instruction? TIA

ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 03:31 PM UTC
Hi Mike,
Overall, fit is good, however some parts could be better. Particularly I had some trouble fitting the add-on armor on the sideskirts, especially those triangle things on the rear.

Here you can find a detailed build review. I second pretty much everything in it. Pay particular attention to what's written about attaching the roadwheels! I did not, and that had a price...

http://www.internetmodeler.com/scalemodels/armor/Orochi-1-35-M3A3-Bradley-CFV.php

Cheers,
Israel
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 05:17 PM UTC
I too have this kit and yet to start it also. Has Orochi done any other kits ? It would be a shame that they were one & done. Thanks for the link and sharing your build with us !
Tom
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Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 - 06:38 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I too have this kit and yet to start it also. Has Orochi done any other kits ? It would be a shame that they were one & done. Thanks for the link and sharing your build with us !
Tom



Orochi is gone. The molds for the M3A3 have been bought by Kinetic and are being reworked/improved. They hope to release the improved Kinetic version with corrections and some new features (such as T161 tracks) by the first of the year. It should be a vast improvement over the original Orochi kit. They also have other versions planned for the future.

Here is my build review of the Orochi kit on Armorama as well.
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 10:40 PM UTC
Thanks for the update Gino !
Thirian24
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Posted: Thursday, November 24, 2016 - 10:47 PM UTC
Gino tells us about the future versions!
HeavyArty
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Posted: Friday, November 25, 2016 - 05:03 AM UTC
I haven't seen any CAD or anything concrete for the future versions, but they have talked about an M7A3 BFIST and an M6A2 Linebacker as possibilities.
Thirian24
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 05:50 AM UTC
Thanks Gino.

On a side note, Hobby easy has the Standard Orochi kit for $15!! I may have to pick up another one.
ReluctantRenegade
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 12:49 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Thanks Gino.

On a side note, Hobby easy has the Standard Orochi kit for $15!! I may have to pick up another one.



Yepp, I've bought mine from HE as well for the same reason...
Modelrob
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Posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 03:09 PM UTC
Excellent Build on this Bradley. The Multi colored blocks brake up the monotone color scheme very nicely. The weathering looks very good.

Robert
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