It's the old Italeri/Dml kit,didn't wanne wait till christmass for the possible Trumpeter release
I made some slight mods to the vehicle, some details , some small hooks as I found in various photo's, some added for my own pleasure( like the strapholders around the intake grilles, too many , but it looked good
)added some detail to the sides of the hull, hinges and some holes
filled the periscopes ,added wires to the searchlights, filled in the joints ad the front , where the hull meets the top, big gap
lost an anchorage point so I made 2 new ones, addded the spring thingy underneath it,
changed the gunmantled somewhat,it came close enough for me
added a layer of ballistic mat to the turret (as found in this walk around
http://dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=1864
and this one (the same vehicle?)
http://www.thetankmaster.com/ENGLISH/afv/bmp-1_01.asp
made a smoke launchre rack on the back, and I put some left over T72 smokegranades in them (guess not correct, but what the heck
)I also found a way to kind of put the tracks on, don't know if it hasn't been told before, but filling the links a little, so the become smaller in lenght makes them sit easier on the sprocket, I also had to cut back some on 2 theeth of the innerside of the sprockets, they hit the recoildamper,
except for the usual scraping and sanding the parts that's about it
some pics to illustrate
the boxart
closing the hull bottomsides
the gap!!
this needs some sanding!
put some car body filler on, and sand smooth
lost anchor, decide to make new
some details
front with "home made" anchors
turret, removed ventilatorhole and added new , slightly raised one myself
as seen on walkaround, added some ballistic mat on driver and commandershatch
added the "bolt and washers" to secure ballistic mat on turret and hatches
hope you like, I'll be painting soon, any suggestions, plain green like walk around, or green black, yellow?
or green black grey?
I want it to be in the caucasus regional war theater for dio purpose
Greetz Tha Pit
