Christopher, the BTR-50 in this markings look very very interesting.....

Thanks Jose, I wanted to do something dfferent from the russian and east german markings that come in the kit. Should look good once on a desert base with a white UN land rover.

Yeah! I like it too!

And you do figures as well?! Nice Chris!







~ Jeff

Well,
I´m in the final steps of my ISU-122 for another campaign, and I decided to start here with another kit, a Bradley from Trumpeter.



I will use as background the beautiful BTR-50 from Christopher, who posted here a little time ago.
The idea is to make the AFV closed, because I try to use the interiors in an LVTP-7 wich I start later

Nice work, everyone.
I'll be checking the vendors at Nationals to see if I can find an entry, other than the Bradley.

Looking good chris!!

Well i had a little progress of my own today

Jon, you call that little progress ?

This is little progress.. that's overtaking Gary and seeing Chris just ahead !

Well.....it might be more than a little couple more hours and it will be ready for paint

Hello Fellas,

Christopher - Man your rollin' right along. Looks fantastic so far Chris!

Jon - That thing is looking SWEET! Im ready to see it painted.

John - OH BOY! Here he comes!!! A little is better than none my friend! Keep on comin' John.

Jose - Looking forward to your build.

A little more progress from me.


More later.

Gary

How are you liking the Puma Gary? After I catch up on the StuG campaign, I will finally open my Puma kit up.

Jon, keep those updated pics coming !
Don't worry abou the noise, it's just Gary honking the horn after that overtaking

Great work Gary !
You just lost the Silver medal to Jon, but don't worry that Puma is getting to shape.
The details on the 234 Dragon series are great, the tires, jerrycans, suspension..
What paint scheme will you be using ?

I hope you get the 234 addiction and get set on the other versions...


I'm glad you are coming aboard Jose !

Hi Marc,

Im really enjoying the Puma. Once i got past the suspension, which was easier than expected, its been a smooth build. Only one very minor fit issue on the rear, on the upper and lower hull halves, but easily fixed.

Gary

LOL Im pluggin away at it John! I really like the Puma kit, ALOT!!! I want to do the 234/1 and the 234/4 eventualy. Ill do the 234/4 sooner than later as i really like it too.

Im very much considering the box art camo. very challenging i think. And rewarding...IF i can pull it off.

Thanks John!

Gary

Gary - some great progress you are making so far, keep em coming buddy.

John - nice to see that you got some more super glue, look pretty good so far. How are you liking the build with all the photo etch parts?

Hey guys, I’m seriously thinking about adding this one to the campaign build.
MMK Iveco LMV Panther



While I’m in between painting and other builds, I can work a little bit one. A friend of mine asked me to build it for him and thought I would share it with everyone. It’s a really nice kit with lots of details and parts. It’s also my first time of every seeing one of these kits from MMK. The only real let down for me is all the doors and hatches are molded shut and the pre-painted photo etch parts. They look to toy like to me and you can see the silk screening that eduard uses.

@Gary
Of course you can pull it off !!It's like the suspension, it's going to be easier than you think..

@Christopher

Never saw that kit or brand.

The pre-painted PE, do you think a matt varnish coat would work out ?

I'm doing 2 builds at the same time for this one, so yes, come along with that second build !!!

About the BMP-3, there isn't much PE, the real problem is the plastic thickness/texture, lack of detailing. Specially since there's an interior with it (seats, equipment,ammo... Oh well, I might get on or two Trumpeter's in the future, I'm gonna tackle this Skif beast in the meantime..

Thanks John, as far as the photo etch parts go, they just lack details on them. None the colors match any of the walkaround photo of the real thing I have seen. The other thing is stuff like the instrument dials lack the finesse of their older clear plastic parts with dial photo on to them.I'm just going to repaint them the way I want.

I've never built skif's bmmp-3 before, but have plenty of the t-55/64/80's in the past. Their not bad kits for their time, but no where near the quality of trumpy kits. If you want another bmp-3 kit, go for trumpy's, really great kit, minus their crappy painting guide for the interior.

John, the problem with the BMP-3 is Skif.......

Well here is what i have gotten done.



Done.... will get primed and preshaded tomorrow.....well i guess later today from what the clock is telling me

Looks good Jon....

Looks good Jon! Sometimes they look great without paint too.








~ Jeff

You are damn right !!!

As promised.....primed and preshaded



And paint tomorrow

Jon, great work !

Here's my progress on the 223

Transmission & engine

Jon - Great build and one sweet preshade! Paints gonna look awesome man!

John - Keep'er comin' buddy.

Im about to wrap up the hull and start the turret. The jerry cans are just placed on the fenders, they are not glued on.


More this evening.

Gary