Construction Bricks American M2/M3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV)

Some quick facts of the vehicle from Wikipedia to kick start this posting :
he Bradley is designed for reconnaissance and to transport a squad of infantry, providing them protection from small arms fire, while also providing firepower to both suppress and eliminate most threats to friendly infantry. It is designed to be highly maneuverable and to be fast enough to keep up with heavy armor during an advance. The M2 holds a crew of three: a commander, a gunner and a driver, as well as six fully equipped soldiers.
It was developed largely in response to the amphibious Soviet BMP family of infantry fighting vehicles, and to serve as both an Armored personnel carrier (APC), and a tank-killer. One specific design requirement was that it should be as fast as the new M1 Abrams main battle tank so that they could maintain formations while moving, something which the older M113 armored personnel carrier could not do, as it had been designed to complement the older M60 Patton.

This model was gotten from the same source as the M113. When it arrives, I wasn't too impress by it as the build was pretty basic and the roof hatch from the back are non-functional. But that was quite expected from the experience gotten from the M113. In fact I don't really mind since it gave me the opportunity to tweak it where the fun actually is.
Reference pictures of other MOCs were gotten from the web especially in the redesign/refitting of the driver's cupola, That is the most difficult part of the whole rework. Other reworks includes making the TOW launcher functional. It was originally fixed at stowed position. Now it can be swivel up into firing position. Launcher was also re-position to align correctly to the side of the turret.
Rear-roof hatch was also non-functional that was re-do to enable opening.Turret was slightly modified to better represent the shape of the actual vehicle. Driver's cupola, as mentioned, is the most difficult part to remodel and to at least have it look right. Flat piece in the front of the hull - I think functionally to flip out for wading through water - was added. It wasn't there on the original model. Finally bits here and there and everywhere else. The end result revealed a vehicle that is quite different from the original kit.

There is a small hatch/door that can be open, from the rear ramp in closed position, that allow troops from exiting the vehicle one at a time. I tried to fashion a functional hatch but failed. Will leave it as is for now.
It is great to have the Bradley in my collection. It only need some decals and maybe proper vehicle commander to complete it. Hope to see tank commander minifig in the market soon.