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Armor/AFV: Braille Scale
1/72 and 1/76 Scale Armor and AFVs.
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MAZ 537+ BMP 2 project finished!~~~~
njtp80
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2012 - 07:33 PM UTC
Finally i finished this 1/72 small diorama. took me 2 month. figures are from ARMORY resin Russian truck driver, but i cut one of figure's head put on preiser US ground worker's body, because original figure's body is too small, maybe armory didn't pay attention to this detail.

Diorama base i use one door number plate bought from home depot $12 ,very nice shape, i paint with walnut color. ground works are very simple. did not do too much on it.

Share those pictures for everyone, hope you like it, will bring this to join APR 14 Canadian Guelph wellington county model show.







































































PanzerAlexander
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Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
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Posted: Friday, March 30, 2012 - 09:17 PM UTC
Hi Paul,

Your dio is stunning and very pleasent to the eye. There is just so much to see that you have to take your time and examine carefully. Models like these should be used as examples to make people understand that Braille dont always mean easier and less detailed models.

I have one comment about the fact that I'd like to see the tires of the carrier taking the weight of the BMP and appear a bit suppressed on the road. It's a detail that is almost always forgotten and my no means retracts anything from your excellent work.

Very well done, P.A.
njtp80
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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 05:44 AM UTC

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Hi Paul,

Your dio is stunning and very pleasent to the eye. There is just so much to see that you have to take your time and examine carefully. Models like these should be used as examples to make people understand that Braille dont always mean easier and less detailed models.

I have one comment about the fact that I'd like to see the tires of the carrier taking the weight of the BMP and appear a bit suppressed on the road. It's a detail that is almost always forgotten and my no means retracts anything from your excellent work.

Very well done, P.A.



Thanks Alexander.

This MAZ 537 is a resin kit from ARMADA hobby. the trailer's wheels are 4 rows, 3*4=12 wheels total, because it is a resin kit, so difficult to adjust balance of those wheel,(you have to drill the centre whole by yourselves). I tried to make it look like pressure on it but i failed.

anyway , it is a small regret of this works. thanks again for your comments.
Braille
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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 11:27 AM UTC
@njtp80 – Paul,

That’s a magnificent piece of modeling! This will surely keep those flashlight carrying geek judges at the show entertained and glued (pun intended) to your work for the duration of the contest. They’ll even notice that the driver’s seat in the BMP is painted in the wrong color – NOT!

There’s so much detail cramped into the models that it looks like a larger scale build. Thanks for posting and sharing your work here, hoping to see more.

Eddy
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Posted: Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 12:00 PM UTC
I like it very much...Well done Paul...
Panther64
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 07:44 AM UTC
Nice work paul! Did I see this one at the AMPS International Convention this year? I believe there was one there (among the 600+ models)! Saving my allowance(s) for that kit!!! And Balaton's M1070/M1000 too!
Beetlejuice
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 08:02 AM UTC
WOW!!! Excellent work. All that detail in one small package. Well done!
Peelou75
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Budapest, Hungary
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Posted: Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 08:25 AM UTC
Excellent! Those colours are soooo balanced!
DUKWsinarow
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 - 04:13 PM UTC
How did you produce that excellent ‘Soviet Green’?

I hope to produce a similar green on my Russian Armored Train and was wondering how you created this perfect ‘Soviet Green’???
njtp80
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2012 - 05:42 PM UTC

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How did you produce that excellent ‘Soviet Green’?

I hope to produce a similar green on my Russian Armored Train and was wondering how you created this perfect ‘Soviet Green’???


Thanks, MAZ 537 i used TESTOR OLIVE DRAB spray can, and BMP 2 i used tamiya olive drab 2 spray can, both of them did AV wash.
Beetlejuice
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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2012 - 08:20 AM UTC
Yep, nothin better than the old rattle cans, they work every time!
SovietBoy22
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Scotland, United Kingdom
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Posted: Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 03:38 AM UTC
That is excellent. What did you use for the grass and the foliage?
Thanks
Euan
njtp80
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Posted: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 - 06:09 AM UTC

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That is excellent. What did you use for the grass and the foliage?
Thanks
Euan


I used woodland scenery stuffs form local train hobby store.
72ndbrigade
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New York, United States
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Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 01:25 AM UTC
Very impressive piece of work!!!! The details are amazing-
Thank you for sharing!
PantherF
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Indiana, United States
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Posted: Thursday, October 04, 2012 - 02:12 AM UTC
I totally love it as I am about to embark on a similar build, but in 1/35th.

The only thing I would have done different with this was to choose the view from the grassy side as the front, as I believe it is really hidden behind the model... but hey, it still looks great!








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