BMP-3 bar armour
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Test fit of the hull and turret. The hull wasn’t squared so needed rework to fit correctly
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Road wheels on
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Everything is sitting a lot better. Not prefect but much better than it was
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Start of the photo etch bar armour. Soldering section by section
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Left side bar armour soldered up
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Trying to get the turret armour to fit
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Had to move both antenna mounts to get the bar armour to sit right
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Test fit of the turret bar armour
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Repositioned the antenna mounts, test fit of the bar armour
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Hull front bar armour
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Hull front armour
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The 3 sections of the hull front bar armour completed
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Starting the of the 8 sections for the hull side.
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3 of 8 sections completed. Dime shows the size of these sections
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7 of 8 sections for the hull side done.
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Section Y1 built. Only 5 more section to complete all the bar armour
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The kit gives you the option of plastic part or photo etch mud flaps. So of course I went with photo etch
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The metal sheets that the bar armour attaches too
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The mud scraper the the instructions don’t give a clear placement
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Modelcollect seems to have forgotten the part numbers on the instructions. Incase anyone needs here it is
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Tracks on. I had to trim 1 link to get it to fit
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Tracks on
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Electrical wiring for the spotlights
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Electrical wiring for the spotlight
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My attempt at making a 1PZ-10 high elevation sight compared to the real thing
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Added the armour cover
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I didn’t like modelcollects PE for the hull MG guard so I made my own. Soldered brass wire to get what I wanted
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Left scratch built MG guard
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Right side MG guard
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Front view. Pretty decent outcome for free handing these
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Head light guards made with wire
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Various handles made using plastic rod
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Plastic rod grab bars
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I chose plastic rod so I could replicate the flat sections that are welded to the hull
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Grab bars and light guard
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Hulls attached and start of paint. Used AK real colour RC098
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Tracks and lower hull start of weathering
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Trying out some washes
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Redid the tow cable mounting hooks with wire because I kept breaking them off
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Most of the left side panels mounted and weathered
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touched up some of the weathering
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Right side is a bit more beat up. I decided to make one panel a tricolour. To look like it came from another vehicle
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I used spare decals to put on the tricolour pane
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Start of the weathering
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Added some exhaust stains
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Periscopes painted
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I messed up the bracket placement so this is the result. It’ll still work
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Mantlet and the coaxial 30mm/MG painted
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Mounting the turret bar armour
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Diorama idea. Still toying with it so this layout may change
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Well the turret bar armour is on and unfortunately crooked. I feel trying to fix it will do more damage
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My first attempt at wood grain
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Minor details painted and scratches added
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Made a RPG motor and fins for a 3D printed RPG
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Well no going back now. Hull side bar armour attached to one side.
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Left side bar armour sections attached. Just a couple more sections to add at the front and rear
Kommentit
21 18 September 2021, 23:09
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That looks like some challenging assembly-work 👍 I guess, soldering is really the best way to give those cage parts some integrity!
29 May 2022, 10:45