Leighbo
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We're finally here, BSC time and its amazing to see everyone's ideas starting to come to life!
This is my first entry
The diorama will show a BA-3 armoured car in faded winter white wash meeting up with Russian soldiers on an M-72 motor bike and sidecar, carrying with them some crates of, hopefully, vodka to share with the BA-3 crew, hence the title! I say hopefully vodka bottles, because I haven't found them yet.
I knew going into this that the BA-3 kit had a lot of issues, but I fancied the challenge of taking a poor kit and detailing it up so I am using the Eduard etch set and Miniart replacement GAZ AAA wheel set. The motorbike comes courtesy of Zvezda which includes some figures the other figures are still to be decided.
One nice surprise in the Eduard set was a template for typical markings which make a change from decals
So I have made a start on the BA-3, the first problem to correct is the lack of rivet details. The real vehicle is basically held together by 100's of rivets and there are a few present, but probably only about 5% of the amount there should be.
This is the kit straight from the box (complete with tons of flash!)
The first job is to check the fit of all the hatches and doors, glad I did as they needed some fettling to fit, then using a twist drill and lots of 20 thou plastic rod I set about adding the rivets.
Also the kit was missing the hatch above the drivers compartment so I scored this in and added more rivets as well as cutting out the drivers view port so I can show it open
There have been quite a few issues to sort as I have gone but nothing major so far. I have also started adding some of the etch bits, the big decision has been which to use and which to leave off, a lot of the finer pieces will be added when the kit is together so they don't get knocked off
Apart from the amendments the kit is fairly simple so is going together quickly to the point where I have had to put together one of the Miniart wheels to check the suspension all aligns. Here is the difference between the kit wheels with vinyl tyres and the multi sliced Miniart set
To be fair the kit wheels are okay, but the tyres pail in comparison
Here's where I am so far
Glad we're finally under way with the comp, troubles is I'm away all week on a course so probably won't get chance until next weekend
Anyway thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to watch everyone's builds come together
This is my first entry
The diorama will show a BA-3 armoured car in faded winter white wash meeting up with Russian soldiers on an M-72 motor bike and sidecar, carrying with them some crates of, hopefully, vodka to share with the BA-3 crew, hence the title! I say hopefully vodka bottles, because I haven't found them yet.
I knew going into this that the BA-3 kit had a lot of issues, but I fancied the challenge of taking a poor kit and detailing it up so I am using the Eduard etch set and Miniart replacement GAZ AAA wheel set. The motorbike comes courtesy of Zvezda which includes some figures the other figures are still to be decided.
One nice surprise in the Eduard set was a template for typical markings which make a change from decals
So I have made a start on the BA-3, the first problem to correct is the lack of rivet details. The real vehicle is basically held together by 100's of rivets and there are a few present, but probably only about 5% of the amount there should be.
This is the kit straight from the box (complete with tons of flash!)
The first job is to check the fit of all the hatches and doors, glad I did as they needed some fettling to fit, then using a twist drill and lots of 20 thou plastic rod I set about adding the rivets.
Also the kit was missing the hatch above the drivers compartment so I scored this in and added more rivets as well as cutting out the drivers view port so I can show it open
There have been quite a few issues to sort as I have gone but nothing major so far. I have also started adding some of the etch bits, the big decision has been which to use and which to leave off, a lot of the finer pieces will be added when the kit is together so they don't get knocked off
Apart from the amendments the kit is fairly simple so is going together quickly to the point where I have had to put together one of the Miniart wheels to check the suspension all aligns. Here is the difference between the kit wheels with vinyl tyres and the multi sliced Miniart set
To be fair the kit wheels are okay, but the tyres pail in comparison
Here's where I am so far
Glad we're finally under way with the comp, troubles is I'm away all week on a course so probably won't get chance until next weekend
Anyway thanks for looking and I'm looking forward to watch everyone's builds come together
