Nice job so far Silantra. To get Eduard instructions sheet you just have to pay a visit to their website. The instructions are usually downloadable in pdf format.

Oliver,

i already printed them yesterday.......sorrry no update at this moment as i'm away from home for work.... thanks anyway for the thoughts!

Another great sound from China!! i'll be very please to put in the bins all my old Dragon kits ifor any modern kits of BTR80, BTR70, BMP1 and 2 , T80 BV or U , T72B ...

But still no news of T62 and BMP3...

Zaidi I would request replacements due to the poor quality of the moldings.

Darren,

Jacques has already send the replacements.... and that's I call an excellent service!

some small but time consuming update

the replacements wheels are here ...still got bubbles but minimal and forgiven..


the door hinges look too 'childish'



so i replaced and scratch build a simple one..plan to do something tech savvy but at last I decided to do a quick one...so armed with plastic strip and rod here are they..just using artistic license nothing fancy
this is simplified version from the reference photos..


and more PE were added and very time consuming and really tested my nerve working with them....

the KVPT MG are temporary installed to the turret onto the new MG mount panel... The MG also received eduard PE treatment on the top handle... visible also the smaller 7.62mm PKT MG on the right of the main gun....





more PE work ..so time consuming and so tired looking at these tiny parts... anyway some of the photos
headlight and the side mirror mount are glued. The search light is glued too.




Zvevda's didnt supplied jig saw and shovel... fortunately Mr. Eduard saves the day once again.



after this, more tiny PE parts most of them are brackets, handles, hinges etc...etc
i hope i will survived installing all of them....

cant wait to get into painting stage... gee...it's been years since i started this build....

thanks for looking........


Zaidi

nicely done! I really like that build and I'm curious how it turns out in the end

Nice build of the kit. Once I´ve built Dragon´s BTR-80 (out of the box), but its rubber-wheels broke.

It would be interesting, to see more modern soviet vehicles. My favourites are anti-aircraft and artillery.

greetings...
Soeren

finally, all assembly process are done...
but i'm quite dissapointed with my self coz during initial stage, this would be included in a dio which the idea were discussed with my armorama buddies... that's why i decided to scratchbuild the interior and i plan to posed the hatches open. A few bunch of russian special forces will be running out of the vehicle and providing fire support to a trapped comrade nearby while a Hind-D is coming to drop reinforcement... hmmmmmm..this maybe too ambitious for me and this is why i keep this build aside for years..

Anyway, just for the sake to finish this up, i close all hatches making the interior work a waste...up till now i still didnt figured why i closed them... grrrrrrr I skipped some of the PE and moved on.. the both side mirror brackets were then removed as many references shown they were removed...

after 2 years, i give the entire kit a hot detergent wash and brush with an old toothbrush...
when dried, i prime with Mr Surfacer 1000 to check for flaws and yiaksssss...there were so many of flaws especially dents (kit defect), gaps and holes.... and one included a melted surfaces over a glue spill sometime ago.... hmmmm..more work for me indeed

anyway, just to show the kit after priming....






meanwhile, i've ordered something to go with this... keep it as surprise later...
huhuh

y using Mr Dissolve Putty (DP), i fill all dents, gap and holes found after priming. It's good habit to prime kit with surfacer 1000 to check for any surface imperfections...

here are 2 shot of the process....
the white spots on the surface are the DP applied to the dents and holes..


i didn't understand why the top of the turret got 2 series of lines... i didn't noticed them before priming...anyway, DP is applied here too




have to wait for them to dry and sand them smooth...


i sanded and polished the affected area....

such a tiring job considering the hot weather here....





that's all for now....

thanks for looking and comments are welcome as usual

Nice build so far.
I know what you're writing about ... I've the same Beast on my Bench.

Keep on the good work.
Cheers
Walter

Thanks guys for your comments...

after 2 years, finally i managed to come to painting stage...

I preshade with Tamiya Semi Gloss Black and then painted the dark gull grey for the first cammo pattern.
Then i mask the grey area and then i painted the kit with Russian Green mix with 10% black...

After that i peel of the mask and spray this mixture along the cammo pattern and post-shaded some of the area like the edges, the engine grille etc.etc








Afterthat, i applied gloss coat (in this case is used H20 covercoat bought at a local art and craft store...) prior to decalling and also to protect the paint job from oil wash next.........






that's all for now and thanks for veiwing.............


Zaidi

Very nice paintjob ... looks great so far.

cheers
Walter

the oil washes havent dried completely so i cant proceed to do most of the weathering process...










comments are welcome

Outstanding! I like a lot the camo, and the weathering looks good. I'm saving the pics. Thanks for sharing. Best regards.

José.

You have done a fine job upgrading mediocre DML kit, congrats.
Just a friendly advice, don't cut the masks already on the kit's surface (I had to learn it the hard way too)

thanks for your kind words...

George,
the masking tape were cut on the cutting board and not on the kit... this is something i found very disturbing when i saw there is a cutting mark along the edges of the cammo... something really mistery here when the masking tape leave the adhesive residue when i peel them all... and they leave a long cutting line along the edges...
must be the kit of something.... anyway this is not dragon kit... this is Zvevda kit..........

thanks for looking and kind words

Zaidi