T-80BV N191 '94 Assault on Grozny - First Chechen
N191 '94 Assault on Grozny - First Chechen War

Another project completed, this time T-80BV from Trumpeter. Model quite good, details ok, unfortunately some bugs had to be corrected. Besides, I thought that with this model I would practice making metal parts myself. Therefore, the only accessory I bought were the Kontakt-1 boxes from Mikrodisign. And this is how the initially assumed fast model was built for 5 months. I must admit that I am satisfied with the effect, although at the end of the work I had to modify the version I chose at the beginning.

My initial idea was to build a BV with short side skirts and a commander's hatch counterweight. In addition, I thought to include it in the first Chechen campaign. This was the configuration of the tank in 9th group, side number 198, which took part in the first assault on Grozny on December 31, 1994. However, due to the fact that it was completely destroyed during the fighting at Ordzhonkidze Avenue. Thought I would prefer one that survived the fights though. Therefore, I chose a tank with side number 191 of the same unit. It was damaged, but eventually it was evacuated, repaired and put back into service.

In determining the correct version, I would like to thank Vladimir Konovalov

Changes:
- metal structure for reactive armor,
- metal basket on the tower
- Wading system details improved and added
- full wiring of electrical systems (Tucha, infrared, lights etc.)
- the lenses of the optical devices of the commander and gunner were revorked from scratch
- metal fixing of the boxes on the tower was made
- fixed details of 12.7mm ammo boxes
- fixed details of standard trumpeter tracks
- commander turret and 12.7mm NSVT details added
- added commander's turret counterweight
- fixed welds on the turret and tank hull
- standard gun barrel improved
- replaced part of the screws (Masterclub)

The rest of the details of what I did can be found at the link:

modelwork.pl/topic/39148-t-80bv-135/


paints & pigments:

- Tamiya XF61
- oil paints
- AK, Vallejo and Ammo pigments
- AK, AmmoMIG, Tamiya wash