Just a few snaps of a project I can finally get off the ground. Built up the Miniarm wheels and sprockets tonight. That was NO easy task as the sprockets were warped and extremely fragile not to mention each of the road wheel mounting points had to be enlarged.






I'll get into a little more detail as soon as I can

Great start there Sean. Can't wait to see more built up. I also have Evo's modern russian soldiers helping out a tanker looking to do something very simular.

Cheers

Great start! One Q. Who produced the figures?


Ed

Sean- you have the makings of a very dynamic scene there, I'm looking forward to this build- good luck with it.

I would suggest to replace the BMP-3, on the other machines, BMP-2 or BMP-1. BMP-3 was only the first company in very limited quantities, very little information on this topic. Not typical machine theme of the war in Chechnya.

After doing a lot of research on it, I know exactly where I will be placing this vehicle and I'm almost positive what unit markings will be applied to the vehicle. It was either this or a T-80 with my intentions being that new Russian equipment was still subject to being destroyed.

Hey Sean here are a few photos I have of the BMP-3 in Cechnya that have been damaged.





There is another picture I'm trying to find that shows a damaged turret being dragged behind a recovery vehicle. I say keep using the BMP-3, it would stand out more and be a great center peice for discussion.

Chris

Well, I like those figures and may change my mind on an upcoming Campaign by using them in it.








~ Jeff

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?46016-Request-BMP-3-video-photos for the pic with turret scroll down a bit.

I'll take some pictures tomorrow, but I am thoroughly upset with Miniarm's quality on this one. I assembled one length of tracks with most of the guide horns broken off, but more disappointing, the sprockets were so warped that they wont align in the least bit and are unusable. I'm considering contacting Igor but I had an issue with their T-55 wheels where I received 11 male wheels and 9 female wheels but got no response. Any suggestions?

Hey Sean I fill for you man, I had simular with masterclub's tracks. I tried to assemble some of them, a few broke were the pins would click into the next track.

Have you tried to reheat the drive sprocket in some hot water? Most resin will return back to their orignal shape once dunked into the hot water. I've had several parts from SP Design that I had do this too.

Chris

Nice work so far! Which boxing of the BMP-3 are you using?