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My last 4 "modern Russian" kits. All 4 are from ACE on a 1/72 scale

 

We start with BREM-2, a recovery vehicle based on the BMP family.

http://acemodel.com.ua/en/model/108

 

The box

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Content. As mentioned earlier, these are short run kits. Special but with some extra work...

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I've have this kit for years.

One of the reasons I never started it, a lot of cleaning up to do

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And the first pieces don't cooperate from the start. But, with time and patience, a model will eventually emerge

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Building the chassis

 

The base: the bottom and 2 sides was a challenge20231130_193755.thumb.jpg.29ff2eb6671db388bd4b1c852448a93d.jpg

The next parts even more. (That's why it stayed in the box on the shelf for so long....)

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With time and patience ;). There is a chassis.

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Thanks for following

  • 2 weeks later...
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Because applying the wheels and tracks is a delicate job, this is being done now.
Step by step and partially painted.
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Ready to continue painting and mounting the skirts

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  • 2 weeks later...
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The side skirts, all other parts and some extras are in place, so the model ready for painting

 

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Next, 3 armoured cars.  The idea is to build them in a series

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Unlike previous models, sharply cast parts

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  • 2 weeks later...
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Thanks 

The BTR'S are better cast than Ace's older models.But still sometimes a mess and a puzzle to assemble ...

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Making nice work of these kits Patrick.  That flash on the first kit, yikes!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Update,

 

BTR70  only needs decals and final wheatering

Nona mortar carrier : almost ready for painting

BTR R3K  : chassis ready (after some struggles... ;))

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As always ,

thanks for comments, likes and following

  • 4 weeks later...
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Update,

 

BTR70  only needs decals and final wheatering

Nona mortar carrier : painted (Strange camouflage scheme on a Russian vehicle. Never seen before)

BTR R3K  : The instructions to build the turret are the most unclear ever in 38 years of building at 1/72 :Whew:(at this moment the turret is 90% ready)

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  • 3 weeks later...
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Really   nice work  Patrick.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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57 minutes ago, pennytimeline said:

Great Job Again Patrick, your collection must be quite large by now!

Battalion sized, one for each nation.... Stunningly beautiful....

Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale

In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale

Completed: M8A1 HST  1930 Packard Boattail Speedster  M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer  F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C

Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433  F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale

Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter

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"Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"

Posted

Those came out great Patrick!

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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