KShtM R-142N Deymos/GAZ-66 radiotruck,5th Border Detachment,Bulgarian Border Troops,1996

Black Baron
Following

Angel Yovtshev
You're welcome, Black Baron!

Bart Goesaert
splendid detailing work as usual

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Bart!
That's work-in-progress😉

Zsolt Czegle
Following of course!

Ingo F
Nice! I will take a seat.
Got the same idea and prepared everything for it, but did not start the build yet. 😄

Angel Yovtshev
Glad to have you onboard Zsolt and Ingo!
This vehicle is very special to me because I served on it.

Ingo F
Cool, Angel. Its always interesting to see when pleople build models of vehicles that they have some kind of connection to.

Ben M
Beautiful. Taking a seat.

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Ben!
And welcome😉

Matthew Stec
Nice work

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Matthew! And a nice tiny bit of challenge too 🙂

Ben M
Love the radios as I am a former radio guy myself!

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Ben!

Bart Goesaert
Nice rack....

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Bart!
The rack is worth 2(and counting) evenings of measuring, cutting and gluing😉

Rafael Lang
nice one! following

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Rafael!

Rafael Lang
😢

Bart Goesaert
That I can imagine...

Angel Yovtshev
🙂
Speed of construction is 2 features(power units, antennae feeders etc.) per day--I am still among the blessed, that go to work in these uneasy times...
I might have all the equipment of the radio rack built by Sunday evening, so stay tuned.
And take care!

Olivier
What channel ?

Angel Yovtshev
R-142N, Olivier 🙂

Bogicevic Vladimir
Angel, masterful, as always. I will put you on my "Fellow" list. I mean, ""Follow" list.

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Bogi!
Nice to see your splendid modelling work here too, mate!

Rui S
Another unique model. Excellent scratch as always 👍
Looking forward to see the next steps😎

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Rui!
I served for a year on a R-142N Deymos in the mid-90's...thus the build revives a lot of memories 🙂

Peter Hardy
Angel, once again I am showing your build to everyone I can find. You should be so proud! Just at another level. I am in awe of you! Wonderful build! I have enjoyed it so much. Thank you for sharing with us.

Kerry COX
Peter just let me know that your from an other planet. !
I have to agree with him here, as this is some special sort of detailing. 👍 👍 👍

Angel Yovtshev
Peter,
Geeza,

Wow-I just don't know what to say...really!
Thanks for these warm words, mates!

Maxim Scale Soul
Oh my! Such a great job has been done. Amazing attention to little details.
Photoetched parts are nice, is it MicroDesign or it is from another manufacturer?

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Maxim!
To your question-the PE comes with the Trumpeter GAZ-66 kit, I used as base for this build.

Olivier
Just fantastic !

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Olly!
It is a nice challenge too 🙂

Dmitry Agafonov
Nice job! Looks like real one so far.

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Dmitry!
I really appreciate your feedback, mate!

Rui S
The teaser photo looks so real, very well done 👍

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Rui!
I was surprised to see that too 🙂

Andreas B.
Hi Angel,
hope you are doing well. As you are a specialist for Bulgarian Army equipment, I need your input. I recently started to update the German Wikipedia, with our knowledge as model builders for some articles an easy task 😉 In some cases for some equipment the use of weapons in the Bulgarian Army was mentioned, but the sources are old and not very detailed on this. Do you know a book, best would be in English language at least, that gives information on the use of German originating equipment in the Bulgarian Army?
Thanks in any case and stay healthy
Andreas
P.S. I hope to see much more from you all the time

Angel Yovtshev
Hi Andreas,
Please e-mail me(my mail is in my profile) and I'll send you some info I have.

Carlos Cisneros
I recognize this build from elsewhere. Very impressive work! Simply top notch!

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Carlos!
I'm here too...
AMOF I was first here, later I joined other modelbuilding sites too.

Thomas K.
Fantastic, the details are very impressive! 👍

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Thomas!
25 years ago I spent almost a year attached to this vehicle, so this is also a build of love.

Dmitry Zhdakhin
Класс! Обожаю шишиги! Этот просто шедевр!

Angel Yovtshev
Самый верный и неприхотливый грузовик!
Чтобь мы на нем зашли куда то в горах и он нас обратно не вернул- вот такое не случилось ни разу!

Спасибо Дмитрий!
Рад что тебе нравится мой Деймос!

Neuling
Wonderful work with unparalleled authenticity and detailing! Your efforts have more than paid off!👍👍👍

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks Neuling!

Olivier
The scale soldier does look like someone I know. Who could that be???

Angel Yovtshev
it's me 🙂
Quarter of century younger and on half of the current weight...

Spanjaard
how could i miss this beauty. amazing job

Peter Hardy
You are not alone Spanjaard! I missed it too! And I am a huge fan of Angel's! Another beautiful replication of a classic vehicle. And you get the prizes too! My hat is of Angel and I bow deeply. So beautiful!

Kyle DeHart
This is some stunning work. Glad it popped up in my feed!!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice. Inspirational.

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks for your kind words, mates!
I've served on this vehicle for a substantial part of my tour of duty 26 years ago, so that is a build full of memories(of an youth long gone) and love!
In a month time(Border Guards Annual Meeting 2022) I'll visit my barracks in Momchilgrad and will take some pictures-not only of the R-142N radiotruck(it is still there, on storage), but also of the UAZ-452 Ambulance van and the Operations UAZ-469 Allroad Vehicle, I have "golden" memories with.
I Intend to build these vehicles one day too.

Peter Hardy
Angel, I hope your mates appreciate the time you have put in on it. I certainly do. No1 fan Peter Hardy!

Kyle DeHart
That's a very cool backstory! I always enjoy the personal connections to the models!

Neuling
🙂