BMP-3 bar armour

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September 18, 2021
Test fit of the hull and turret. The hull wasn’t squared so needed rework to fit correctly
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September 18, 2021
Road wheels on
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September 18, 2021
Everything is sitting a lot better. Not prefect but much better than it was
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September 18, 2021
Start of the photo etch bar armour. Soldering section by section
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November 2, 2021
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November 2, 2021
Left side bar armour soldered up
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November 2, 2021
Trying to get the turret armour to fit
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November 2, 2021
Had to move both antenna mounts to get the bar armour to sit right
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November 2, 2021
Test fit of the turret bar armour
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November 2, 2021
Repositioned the antenna mounts, test fit of the bar armour
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January 23, 2022
Hull front bar armour
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January 23, 2022
Hull front armour
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January 23, 2022
The 3 sections of the hull front bar armour completed
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January 23, 2022
Starting the of the 8 sections for the hull side.
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January 23, 2022
3 of 8 sections completed. Dime shows the size of these sections
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May 29, 2022
7 of 8 sections for the hull side done.
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August 21, 2022
Section Y1 built. Only 5 more section to complete all the bar armour
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October 2, 2022
The kit gives you the option of plastic part or photo etch mud flaps. So of course I went with photo etch
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October 2, 2022
The metal sheets that the bar armour attaches too
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October 2, 2022
The mud scraper the the instructions don’t give a clear placement
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October 2, 2022
Modelcollect seems to have forgotten the part numbers on the instructions. Incase anyone needs here it is
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October 2, 2022
Tracks on. I had to trim 1 link to get it to fit
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October 2, 2022
Tracks on
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October 23, 2022
Electrical wiring for the spotlights
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October 23, 2022
Electrical wiring for the spotlight
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October 23, 2022
My attempt at making a 1PZ-10 high elevation sight compared to the real thing
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October 23, 2022
Added the armour cover
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October 23, 2022
I didn’t like modelcollects PE for the hull MG guard so I made my own. Soldered brass wire to get what I wanted
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October 23, 2022
Left scratch built MG guard
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October 23, 2022
Right side MG guard
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October 23, 2022
Front view. Pretty decent outcome for free handing these
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December 10, 2022
Head light guards made with wire
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December 10, 2022
Various handles made using plastic rod
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December 10, 2022
Plastic rod grab bars
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December 10, 2022
I chose plastic rod so I could replicate the flat sections that are welded to the hull
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December 10, 2022
Grab bars and light guard
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December 10, 2022
Hulls attached and start of paint. Used AK real colour RC098
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December 10, 2022
Tracks and lower hull start of weathering
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December 10, 2022
Trying out some washes
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December 10, 2022
Redid the tow cable mounting hooks with wire because I kept breaking them off
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January 22, 2023
Most of the left side panels mounted and weathered
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January 22, 2023
touched up some of the weathering
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January 22, 2023
Right side is a bit more beat up. I decided to make one panel a tricolour. To look like it came from another vehicle
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January 22, 2023
I used spare decals to put on the tricolour pane
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January 22, 2023
Start of the weathering
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January 22, 2023
Added some exhaust stains
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January 22, 2023
Periscopes painted
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January 22, 2023
I messed up the bracket placement so this is the result. It’ll still work
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January 22, 2023
Mantlet and the coaxial 30mm/MG painted
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January 22, 2023
Mounting the turret bar armour
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January 23, 2023
Diorama idea. Still toying with it so this layout may change
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January 25, 2023
Well the turret bar armour is on and unfortunately crooked. I feel trying to fix it will do more damage
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February 1, 2023
My first attempt at wood grain
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February 1, 2023
Minor details painted and scratches added
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February 1, 2023
Made a RPG motor and fins for a 3D printed RPG
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February 19, 2023
Well no going back now. Hull side bar armour attached to one side.
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February 20, 2023
Left side bar armour sections attached. Just a couple more sections to add at the front and rear