Here is my next diorama, it is based on the tank graveyard in Afghanistan, I plan to use Revell's Ural truck and a Dragon Brdm-2. I will show you the base in a minute.

Ok, The Truck is a recycled kit it self. I started by removing the bonnet or "hood"



Inside the cab, I used foil to get a nice ripped affect on the seating. I wil lad some more stuff to improve the basic interior.



I then moved onto the Brdm-2 from Dragon.

looks promising, hope you intend to finish that one

Hi mate, yes I do, I finish most of my things just end up offline LOL. Thanks for looking in mate.

Interesting idea Martin. And I like the foil for ripped seats technique - great idea!

Did you finish Berlin and the trainyard? How about giving us a look at those.

- Steve

Hi Steve, Never got to to do the train yard, Lost insperation for it. I finished the Berlin one. Was not happy with it though.

Thanks for looking

Looks nice so far... Did you know that writing on the Brdm-2 says: "Merry Christmas and a Happy new year"? I´m not sure if it is written in Danish or Norwagian... The languages are very similular...
Good luck on your build!

Hi mate, thanks. I wondered what that said.

Now that's what I like to see. I'm looking forward to seeing this dio come to life, I hope you stick with it. You are definetely off to a great start Martyn, keep up thegood work and you know I will be following this dio build.

Rob

If you werent aware of this before. The text on the vehicle in the last picture is Danish, and means: -Merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Cheers

Hi Rob, glad to have you here dude. I will finish construction on the brdm-2 tonight and post.

Thanks Janne Thanks for saying.

Ok started on the brdm, no major fit issue, but a bit of filler will be needed.

I then moved onto the two small rubber wheels, I wanted to have these flat so I heated up the bottom and pressed them onto a flat surface, getting a flat tyre.


I started on a basic interior for the brdm, using reference and foil for the ripped seats.



Still a bit of cleaning up to do, anyone know what that circle thing is?



Cheers

Martyn

You ought to do this:



Shaun

/Cannot for the life of me remember who took the picture...

Ha! Thanks Shaun, Will do it on the side of the BRDM-2.

Hey Martyn,
Looking good so far, I think the "circle thing" is a commucation cable reel or something along those lines. Not really my area. Just a guess at this point.

Thanks Brian, I thought so but wasn't too sure.

Just started groundwork. Pics soon.

Hi Martyn,

Missed the start of this one! Looks like a great little project -- lots of interest for the viewer and opportunities for you to have fun! Looking forward to seeing how this goes. Good luck!

Cheers,
Ian

Looks good Martyn! One thing I might add though is that many of the usable parts are stripped of these vehicles, so its unlikely you will see items such as the search light still fitted, many pics i have of abandoned BRDM's show them missing many parts, and most of the engine access panels or various other hatches open...just a thought

Thanks Ian and Rob.

Rob, I know what you mean, there is not going to be any wheels, one axel. No lights and other bits missing.

hey Martyn, dont forget to drill out the appropriate missing holes and add a few missing bolts here and there

Thanks mate, I will do.

this is gonna be a good dio. you should definitly put a "kilroy was here" thingy on thre somewhre

Martin - you've got some big gaping gaps between the upper & lower hull of the BRDM. Time to break out the filler, especially at the back end. Looks like a "major fit issue" to me (unless that's just a dry fit of course).

Keep us updated. Interesting project.

- Steve

Thanks Eric, I might do, so far it is Armorama on the side of the BRDM-2.

Hi Steve, yes mate it is dry fit, got a bit of an interior I scratched with most of the items removed. So it is resting on the lower hull, I doubt there will be much filler needed. Hopefully paint today.

Later amigos