Well, the title says it all... should I take Military Wheels (MW) UAZ-469 kit? I believe it´s the only kit of this vehicle available.
In this build-up article ( http://www.mimory.com/models/uaz469_inpr.html ) it appears to be "fairly" basic , but looks OK when finished.
I even thought about using a Trumpeter BJ212 to accurize it, but it appears that these vehicles haven´t so much in common as I initially thought.

Thanks,
Mees76

You can take a look at the kit sprues HERE if need be...

HTH
Frenchy

I've built one, and have another half finished. If you can, find out if you have an early or later release. The later versions have two piece plastic tires which are better than the original issue. It's a not a bad little kit. For some reason, the body on mine is molded green and the doors are molded in black, and do not fit well at all without a little filing. Other than`that it goes together pretty well. The only addition is a bit of diamond PE mesh behind the grill.
Are you building any particular version? I can send you photos of them in use by my unit in Afghanistan, and also some of the Iraqi ones on our COP with PK's mounted in back. I've also got some engine shots if you want.

By the way, still waiting for you to PM me your address so I can`send you those NVA decal sets.

Thanks for the information!


P.S: @ 18Bravo: there´s a PM for you...

I guess it depends, the one I started months ago, and have worked on and off, mostly off, due to a lot of fit problems. As already pointed out the door fit sucks, but my hood left a wide gap along the sides bottom edge that needed to be built up. The guy on the link did some nice extra detailing. Maybe one of these days I'll un-box mine and finish it.

I've been using the Kagero top-shot book for reference, and a few added details. I'll try to post a few photos of my progress later tonight after work.

18Bravo, I would certainly appreciate a few photos also.... PM sent with email address.

Well, as promised, here are a few shots of one I started a while back,
The wheels are just place on.

Did a little on the door panels, per the Kagero book


Interior details so far

God only knows when I'll finish it, along with about 30 other projects.

Dave, looks like you're off to a good start. However, the diamond mesh behind the grill should run horizontally, not vertically. Here's a shot of the PK mount's base. The rest can be found on my Photobucket site: 18bravo_photos

Afghan pics will take a little longer as they're prints and need to be converted.

Just added a few more to Photobucket.

Marcio, your decals are on the way.

Thank you for the photos.

Mees!

i built the same few month ago, I changed the wheels to the used on our UAZ-452...as it was ready more than a year ago, but I was faulty enough to finish the minivan.
The shape of the wheels/tires dropped the result with 110% ...
sometimes a good wheels can repair a bad shape.

Cheers, Gabor

Dave,
I never forgot that I said I'd get you photos of the SF UAZ 469's. The problem is finding where I put them. Back then I had not yet fully joined the digital age, and most of my photos are print. I ran across this one earlier today whilst cleaning out one of my junk drawers. I know there are more someplace. At any rate, all of ours came to us in this battleship gray color, and were creatively cammoed with what we had on hand. The best ones were when we simply sprayed Krylon cammo colors through cammo netting. With the new netting available, that job just became a lot easier.
Anyway, I saw your work again in the "Worst kit ever" thread, and would like to see your progress.