Avesome, really avesome!

I think you have enough reference pics but anyway some other few pics for you

http://dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=293

cheers

Damn! I can't believe I never noticed this thread before. I'm very interested in this vehicle and have wanted to build one for a long time.

You've done a great job on this kit.. I'll be following the rest of your build with great interest.

Very useful links in this thread, by the way

Hisham

Nice job !

Is it too late for some toasted Grad pics ?









Frenchy

thanks guys, Hisham, Mauro (thanks 4 the extra link)
and Frenchy, better late then never great set of pictures you added, the last one gave me courage for my tire issue, how to flatten them realisticly, guess cutting a part off wil do the trick just fine

greetz

Hey ThaPit- glad to see this build still going strong. Stellar job on the cab- what did you use for the seat springs?

Great pics Frenchy

Ural truck looks like a huge burnt pye

found some spools of fine (0.3-mm) copperwire, smooth and ribbed, i used the ribbed ones for the springs, just stuck some bend pieces inbetween layers,giving the impression of contorted springs ... I hope

frame was build using thicker copper wire, I guess 1mm .

greetz

some more thingies in the cabin,added some "wanne be " electronics and some molten rubbersils for the windows,made mirror handles with wire, and "broke " the mirrors

removed the samll boxes on the rear ,added a larger one, having some problems figuring out the layout of the wheel, and came to the conclusion the wheels need to be cast, the rubber is literaly melting the hubs!!


fun fun fun

...good, good good

I think at the end it will be awesome

cheers

The front bit is looking suitably wrecked now!

some painting started on the interior of the cab, so I can close this up and start finnishing the exterior and paint the thing

hope you guys like it, still got some more detailpainting to do, and pigmentation

started with a coat of dark brown sienna black mix,
then applied future, put hairspray on,
gave it a coat of green, and ripped most of the green back off
then a wash with burned sienna/lamp black oils
and some touches of brown, and grey for the alu parts,still lots to do

The inside of the cab roof and the seats are looking great. Fantastic work so far.

You've managed to convey the fire damage really well. The process you used works great.

thanks, being a firemen helps too

after comming to the conclusion that the rims where being eaten by the rubber tyres, i decided to try and make some in resin, that was a succes, and then i made some flat tires with putty, carfiller, magicsculpt, mr surfacer, and then made other molds for flat tires, here are the first results, and I'm pleased of the result so far, hope you guys like my resin skills






a little bit of fine tuning here and there and I can proceed with the build

still one question for the experts, on the right side of the cab there are 2 pipes coming from below with flexible, are they airvents for the diff ?

http://walkarounds.scalemodels.ru/v/walkarounds/afv/after_1950/bm-21/bm-21_0034.jpg.html


greetz

They don't seem connected with the diff



Here you are another huge WA

http://svsm.org/gallery/bm-21?page=1

Maybe URAL 4320 user manuals could help you

http://www.s.collyer.zen.co.uk/manuals/Ural4320_Katalog.pdf

http://www.s.collyer.zen.co.uk/manuals/Ural_Service_Manual_English.pdf

anyway, great job indeed.

I can't wait to see the paint job

Cheers

Those resin tyres look fantastic, great job on them.

thanks guys
after some reading I found them to be the intakes of the exhaustmuffler??

never heard of a mufller with an air intake when i went to school, you learn every day I say

greetz

Tha Pit,

Great job. Even the burned-out pictures look good! The model looks even better!

Man, I love that upholstery job! Gotta get that done for my car...

Bill B.

thank you William, like your avatar!

just make a jig with some small nails or needles, to make the weave patern and you're off, it doesn't have to "spot on ", burned out vehicles seldom are


greetz

I noticed the spare wheel rack on some are diff then kit part location also, I altered the kitpart, and added some new aprts, resembling the actual thing, and added some wire on the burned out rims







greetz

Those seats look like they were fun, not to mention all the wire scratch in the cab. Great job with the tires! Only the best from you, as usual.

Matt, you're making me blush

thanks for the positive comments, the only thing i had to do was fix the pressure attachment thingies, they hadn't been moulded properly, bigginers mistakes I guess, I casted them sepparate in some clay, the cut of most of the misformed parts and cleaned up with some putty, and MrS 500
Had to fill some minnor bubbles in the tread, but that's because i don't have vacuum to form my molds
in all a decent first, already tried a I beam, and it came out perfect,just had to straighten some ,it was still to soft when i took it out, impatient me
well gave the chassis a coat of black,the back parts a coat of Beige, and tomorrow, we'll start that chiipin the back thing

greetz

began painting, but putting the engine in, and fitting the exhaust after painting, is ,well, nerve wrecking ...

still , got the D&é@ thing in together with the gearbox, painted the lower parts matt black, (shiny because of protective coat ,floor cleaner )
the back parts got a beige colour,and a coat of sealer, and the cab and tire rack got a blackbrownish burned coat , filling the difficult to reach parts with a brush, luckily a burned wreck leaves some space for my "painting techniques",



oh, before I forget, just got the Meng Hilux, guess where it is going to end up next to ...

I'm thinking of painting it matt black with, green and red bands, and a purple hood, like the "rebels" from misurata, ..

I'm also going to skipp the gun for a 12.5 mm AA tank gun,
http://karakullake.blogspot.com/2011/03/that-libyan-rebel-toyota-hiluxmay-be.html

this one looks the part!

http://malglaive.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Misrata-the-Brave/G0000B57HenRsuOc/I0000TIByxPZcr0U





and guess where I found those,
http://www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?344516-Qadafi-may-have-fled-to-Venezuela-(unconfirmed-but-credible-British-sources)/page49

greetz

Many thanks for the pics Pit

I really can't wait to see your (amazing) "painting technique" on this, it looks stunning

Cheers