shocked! great build

no words, amazed!

I am pretty much doen with the kit, I need to make lights for the front and rear and weather.





I still want to make a missle but that will be another build, and I am takeing a break for a couple of weeks.

So I will make one more post when I get the lights installed.
Jim

hi, wut a great job! btw could you tell me whats that APCs name in No.4 picture? the green one, is that 1/35? what brand is that ?

I don't konw which picture you are refering to ?

this

That is a SP designs 1/35 1RL243 Rubikon model 1985 radar intercept and direction finder.
Soviet

Jim

Ta-daaaammmm!!!!!





My parcel got into Russia at 10 of february but I didn't get any calls from our mail and this is the reason why I didn't go to the post to take it... I simply didn't know that the parcel is already arrived! So I was disturbed a lot and asked my seller at the 9 of march for the track number. It helped me to get the parcel!)))

The result of my building: I restored the parts, which were not made by comrades from Bohemia. These are caps for oil and other technical fluids and the fron jack.



There is wrote that this point is the dust at photo matrix.

Some new information about rocket. The fluid fuel was loaded at the factory and construction of it's tanks allowed to keep it for a long time. And it is good done! If our stationary rockets were destroyed by Minitmans we shouldn't waste time to load the fuel, the strike should be made as quick as possible!

And the rocket loaded inside the container only at factory. Our machine changed containers, not rockets! You could see it in the videos.

And some sorryes... Jim, I didn't look for my private messages< I did it only today... Soory, I didn't answer to you. As you see, I have this model alredy, thank you for suggestion of help)))

As I still have not started mine, I am watching this build with interest as well...

Working with some parts of suspension. They need in correct detalization:







Here is photo of prototype:

How did you do the weld beads?

They were made with this wounderful thing: http://www.henkel.ru/cps/rde/xchg/SID-41BAC161-B1F94578/henkel_rur/hs.xsl/1911_RUR_HTML.htm?countryCode=ru&BU=cons_crafts&parentredDotUID=000000002P&redDotUID=0000000035

Hope, you'll be able to translate it by translator. I use it now almost for everything: making new details, making parts of figures, correcting damages... When I put it near those parts, I removed some (it was too much of it) by modelling knife. And by this knife I made a texture of weld bead!

But you can use any similiar material, Tamia Epoxy Putty for example... This is the same thing but more expensive)))

First steps in interior building: driver's place:



Future seats:

The first step of interior works has been finished (driver and operator seats are empty for correct painting):





There is a lot of putty in the corner, but it will be closed by electric wires:



3 steps left: electric equipment, front wall with it's doors and elctric wires. Continue working!

Jim, how are you and your kit?

As for me, it is too hot now to make this work: 50C degrees above zero at my lodgia))) It is at sunny side)))

Results of last work in spring/ The interior is ready completely:

Nice interior. I am looking forward to seeing how you finish yours and will be "stealing" all of your and Jim's techniques for my own build.

I regret to inform you guys, but Jim passed away about a month ago.

No!
Well, Jim's last post was on July 7th. Can anyone else confirm this? (****** all...)

There was a thread about it on the main section...




Erik

Link to thread. Very sad. https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/209512&page=2#1767658

...
I have no any words to say...

I know he will be missed!

I've just picked up on this sad news
I'll miss Jim's posts
He really let us know how he felt, about his modelling, and about himself.
RIP

So, after a very long pause, I have returned to my building today.
I cut out the doors to make them opened. Chez thought that angry soviet scientists put human into this hell machine without any possibility to get out. And Panzershop didn't make doorknobs.



I had also added Tamiya's 0.5 mm plastic to make the doors more fatty:



And now they are about 4-5 cm thick (if they could have real size).

Today I have finished the front wall and made the windows:



I made the wall more fatty, it is the part of frame, which carryed the launch container with rocket. The thickness of the wall could be seen at the video...

Hi, guys! Today I finished interior works!!! You can see driver control panel, his periscope (used for the getting to the start position with help of markers at the ground) and interior lights.