BTR-70

Łukasz Gliński Great weathering, you must've spend a lot of time on it

Jan E Thanks for your kind words, really liked the kit and how it turned out!

Bart Goesaert Nice one...

these new ACE kits seems to be a lot better then the older ones, or are they the same in quality? Looks nice though, and I'm really tempted by their other variants they will release....

Rui Jorge Cool!

Jan E The new ACE kits are still short run but at a high quality level. Waiting for the BTR 80A to arrive..

Fabian D. Started this pretty nice kit a few days ago, full crew compartment and quite some PE included. On the downside there is some cutting and sanding to do, esp. if you want to use all of the PE.
The so called "Kovriki armor" isn´t that hard to do, it just takes some time to figure measurements and angles out (esp. the first plate is a nightmare). I´ve used 0,5mm sheet and sharpened the edges, all glued on small pices of plastic to create the gap.
The black dots indicate where all the nuts have to go... about 80 in total.

George Bacon Cool! I'm in.

Rui S Hi Fabian. Cutting and sanding are both joys of our hobby... I Look forward for the next photos...

Fabian D. Well, almost a year later I´ve picked things up again. Construction is completed and base paint on. Still wodering if I should go for some cammo, or just leave it like this...

Fabian D. Went for plain green, currently working on dust, dirt and the figures.

Jeffrey Riedesel Nice work! Weathering is fantastic!

George Bacon Thanks everybody! . I'd like to try the new Trumpeter kit someday, just to see the differences...

Kerry COX Don't forget where to post it mate. Lol

Fabian D. Well, I guess there is not much more what the Trumpeter kit can offer in terms of exterior detail, which you haven´t included in your build. Splendid work here.
But what amazes me most is your ability to turn a "boring" (meaning not modulated) paintjob into such a great looking model...

George Bacon Thanks Fabian! I tried modulation a couple of times but must not have done it right, because I didn't see much difference (maybe I was too heavy with the next layer of paint). It seemed like I got the results I wanted with just "washes" and "filters" (which is kind of like modulation, but on top of the basecoat). However, I do want to try "hairspray" chipping!

Gerald Willing Nice work! George Bacon

Aghis Barberopoulos I especially like your work on the wheel tyres!

George Bacon Thanks Gerald and Aghis! Aghis, the tires are a problem because they are vinyl and have several ejector pin holes on one side. Normally, you could just mount the tires with the holes facing in. But, if you want to align the tire-tread correctly, one side (the right) will have the holes showing. I filled the holes with a slurry of super-glue mixed with corn starch. Then had to file and sand them smooth (it was a hard job because the vinyl doesn't sand well). I was happily surprised to find the tires looked perfect after I covered the sanding scars with acrylic flat-black paint! I brushed on a sand colored enamel wash and finished with dust using an air-brush.

Thomas U. Building this kit is absolute fun. Fitting if the parts is perfect.

Fabian D. Following this one, Trumpeters BTRs seem to be absolute fun

Thomas U. Yes of course. It has a nice interior, but after adding the upper hull there will be not so much to see from it.

Thomas U. Today I finished the turret. Tomorrow the vehicle gets primer.

György Takács das hätte ich auch gern