BTR-80A Hungarian ISAF

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June 11, 2022
Initial assembly of the hull has been completed. Some filling and sanding was required but nothing grounbreaking. I added various handles using copper wire
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June 11, 2022
Some further assembly has been done. I finished many of the hull details and started with the rather complex turret. I think making those copper-wire-handles might pay out in the form of some nice looking details later...
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June 14, 2022
Some further progress: I built an extra stowage bin I had seen on some reference pictures. Now, I am only missing the suspension parts and some final turret details
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June 15, 2022
Assembly is done. Now onto painting
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June 15, 2022
Building this was - apart from some suspension-fiddling - a rather pleasant experience
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June 17, 2022
Some basepaint has been applied with different green shades
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June 17, 2022
On the top I tried to bring in some distressed paint by irregulary spraying the highlight-colour on bigger panels
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June 18, 2022
Decals are on and some details have been basecoated.
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June 18, 2022
I also added some smaller highlights using a brush. Now, It will get a nice coat of varnish to proceed to some airbrush pre-dusting
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June 20, 2022
Sprayed some light earth Tamiya paints over chipping varnish as a sort of pre-dusting
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June 20, 2022
The lower hull was also heavily pre-weathered using the same method. This darker dust layers will serve as a foundation to be enhanced with some lighter dust weathering simulating more recent dust and debris
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June 20, 2022
Then, I wore it down using a soft brush moistenend in tap water to replicate some packed patches of older dirt worn into the surface
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June 21, 2022
Some oil paints have been applied to change colour on some elements and to enhance the pre-dusting
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June 21, 2022
Now, the next steps will be a pin-wash and some chipping. As I have a good foundation for the weathering effect I am after, I can then use some final enamel effects and/or pigments to tie everything together
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June 23, 2022
I added a brown wash to darken some shadows and panel-lines. I had to red-apply some oils after that to bring back some lighter colours...
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June 23, 2022
Also, I added a light dust enamel-paint to reproduce more intense and recent dust-accumulations.
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June 23, 2022
Chipping has also been done using dark brown acrylic paint. I tried to be smewhat restrained here, which apparently was a good decision 🙂
Now, it´s onto some final effects like painting periscopes, adding some rust and exhaust-stains etc.
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June 24, 2022
Had an issue with some wheel-alignment, which means I have to pose the vehicle on some terrain... Here you see some tinkering with a piece of styrofoam
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June 24, 2022
Used my new hot-wire cutter to make a chunk of foam with some more or less straight edges as a base
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June 24, 2022
The vehicle itself is practically finished. I have yet to do some work on the diorama terrain and decide wether to put a ditch in front of the vehicle and a small hill or a wall/ fence behind it
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June 26, 2022
Basic construction of the base: it is made from a foam base covered with air drying clay to match the vehicle´s wheels. Texture will be refined with acrylic pastes.
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June 29, 2022
Textures have been applied to the base
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June 29, 2022
I wanted to experiment and coated the sides with some concrete-texture instead of framing them with balsa... I´m curious how it will look in the end or if I´ll have to sand it down
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July 5, 2022
Some painting on the base: Tamiya paints for the basic earth tones and AK acrylics for details as such as individual stones etc.
I also smoothed out the texture on the sides as I was not entirely happy with it. It then got painted using some black craft-store paint
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July 6, 2022
The build is finished and I have a little base to go with it 👍
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July 6, 2022

Tom B.
The alignment of those multi-part hulls and turrets is indeed a challenge and I can easily see it going wrong to be honest. While I had only minor problems with this particular kit, I do remeber having issues with the hull of the Centauro I built some time ago. After all I think those kits are worth putting in that little extra-effort!

11 June 2022, 20:05

Michael Muschalik
Hope to see the BTR-82, but Alexey said he won't do "ruSSian" armor anymore...
Maybe as Ukrainian vehicle...

13 June 2022, 16:47

Tom B.
Can´t blame him for that decision at all... However, converting this kit to a BTR-82 seems to be plausible and I had once given it some thought. The hardest part of said rework would in my mind be resculpting the turret front. Engine deck-changes should be achievable by cutting out/sanding down the old details and scratchbuilding the new ones. As hinte however, this will be task for someone more confident in their scratchbuilding-ability than I have in mine at the moment 🙂

13 June 2022, 17:55

Zsolt Czegle
Great subject! Following!

14 June 2022, 06:17

Finn
Will follow

14 June 2022, 12:36

Maicon Werplotz
Nice built so far....

15 June 2022, 20:50

Simon Nagorsnik
Congratulations on the finished construction progress 👍

15 June 2022, 21:36

Simon Nagorsnik
Nice results so far👍
Like your dust base layer, nice effect
Still watching your progress...

21 June 2022, 20:08

Michael Kohl
looking good so far.

23 June 2022, 12:22

Rui S
I agree 👍

25 June 2022, 14:37

gorby
Nice work so far.

25 June 2022, 14:42

Simon Nagorsnik
It´s taking shape! Nice thing to watch your progress!
Good idea to cover the sides of the base with texture past, i think that's a good way.

30 June 2022, 11:52

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting 👍

30 June 2022, 13:43

Simon Nagorsnik
Spectacular finish👍👍
Vehicle, base and paint job fits very well together!
What do you use for the tail lights, or they are painted? And wich color have you used for the green?

6 July 2022, 17:20

Tom B.
For the green I went with a mix from Tamiya Dark Green and NATO Green. The mix was then lightened up with Deck Tan for highlights. The taillights are basecoated with an acrylic silver paint and then I applied Tamiya Clear Red onto it 👍

6 July 2022, 19:43

Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks for your answer Tom! The tail lights turns out very well on your pics 👍

6 July 2022, 19:53

Finn
Well done!

7 July 2022, 06:08

Tom B.
Thanks Finn 👍

7 July 2022, 16:21