David Lovell
SMF Supporter
Hopefully not so much the airbrush but paint woe's put to bed have cracked on with one of the builds done whilst staying away from the paint problems.
I'm sure this was a fleabay steal for six or seven pounds ,every one to their own mine was the bad ass exhaust and search light forcing the purchase sadly both of wich are absent in the kit. Did have a quick look at the blurb development was1933 only a few built troops in the rear were packed in knee to knee every bump meant someone got a clout from someone else's weapon plus having to put up with carbon monoxide poisoning causing it to be abandoned ,apparently thoes left over were used by the NKVD. The blurb touted it as the fore runner of the modern day personnel carrier.
Mirage hobby ok if you know what to expect not for the easily perturbed but cleanly moulded parts you just have to supply your own mass fettleing. The undercarriage was where most of the work was involved
So forty eight pieces just on the bogies and return wheels these I build on the sprue although thoes in the picture below weren't needed the set I wanted were on a diffrent sprue DOH!!
So from the instructions you can see all good fun
Found the simplest way was to stick two wheels then put it over a drill bit making it easy to drop and line up the other half
After that it was just a build with a fair amount of fettleing but nothing that was OTT ,only bummer was one of the tracks kept breaking other one was fine so I'll just pass on that one you can't tell so alls good.
After the airbrush/ paint drama started with all new got some one shot primer from the local model railway shop and dived in ,one shot was always my goto so no fears there put it down in three or four light coats straight out of the bottle result below of a mass priming session
All the green was done using Mig/ammo paints ,haven't quite finished blocking in and highlighting bits and pieces but nearly ready for a couple of coats of filter then on to some panel liner and weathering
Will report in when more progress has been made. Dave
I'm sure this was a fleabay steal for six or seven pounds ,every one to their own mine was the bad ass exhaust and search light forcing the purchase sadly both of wich are absent in the kit. Did have a quick look at the blurb development was1933 only a few built troops in the rear were packed in knee to knee every bump meant someone got a clout from someone else's weapon plus having to put up with carbon monoxide poisoning causing it to be abandoned ,apparently thoes left over were used by the NKVD. The blurb touted it as the fore runner of the modern day personnel carrier.
Mirage hobby ok if you know what to expect not for the easily perturbed but cleanly moulded parts you just have to supply your own mass fettleing. The undercarriage was where most of the work was involved
So forty eight pieces just on the bogies and return wheels these I build on the sprue although thoes in the picture below weren't needed the set I wanted were on a diffrent sprue DOH!!
So from the instructions you can see all good fun
Found the simplest way was to stick two wheels then put it over a drill bit making it easy to drop and line up the other half
After that it was just a build with a fair amount of fettleing but nothing that was OTT ,only bummer was one of the tracks kept breaking other one was fine so I'll just pass on that one you can't tell so alls good.
After the airbrush/ paint drama started with all new got some one shot primer from the local model railway shop and dived in ,one shot was always my goto so no fears there put it down in three or four light coats straight out of the bottle result below of a mass priming session
All the green was done using Mig/ammo paints ,haven't quite finished blocking in and highlighting bits and pieces but nearly ready for a couple of coats of filter then on to some panel liner and weathering
Will report in when more progress has been made. Dave
