hey folks, this is my BA-10 armoured car 1/100 by zvezda , currently awaiting weathering, built for Beyond braille campaign.






and for scale..

James,

While 1/72 is viewed to be crazy by many "Lego Scale" builders, this 1/100 stuff must be viewed as certifiably insane! This BA looks extremely good as it is and at this size I'd be careful to restrain any desire to take it too much further. It already looks a larger scale than it is and the kit appears to have fairly nice detail. Thanks for sharing and propagating this small scale build.

Cheers,
Jan

This build is too cool. At first I thought that it was 1/72 until I saw the thing in a hand. All I have to say is, WOW! I've seen these micro kits and might take them a bit more seriously in the future.

Regards,
AJ

Jan, thanks mate!, but, by the time I had seen your post I had already gone crazy on the weathering. rust streaks, mud, the works. but don't worry, its all very refined.!! I would love to get into some more braille, and quick projects like this ( one night start to finish) really get the juices flowing!!

AJ, cheers man! its a nice break from 35th dabbling, although they are meant for war gaming, they aren't bad, and a quick one night build sometimes does wonders for the ole motivation! there are a lot of these going on over at the beyond braille campaign. anyway. enough chatter, I present to you all,

Zvezda 1/100 Ba-10




















base coat was humbrol light olive spray.
followed by a coat of hairspray
then I painted over Vallejo pure white in a sloppy manner, ( 1:1 with water)
Next up came a little scrubbing with a toothbrush and some old stiff brushes.
Next up came some mapping with white to give it the hand painted whitewash look.
next up a light Drybrush with Vallejo Russian uniform
next up was some light spots of chipping with Tamiya Xf58 olive green.
next was painting the markings with Vallejo cavalry brown
tires were done with Vallejo black, dry brushed with neutral gray.
AK winter streaking grime was the main wash.
followed by rust streaking with AK rust streaks,
finished by Unison color chalk pastel be36 ground into powder, mixed with MIG acrylic resin, stippled on to the areas where mud would go.
I then glossed the mus on the tires with Vallejo gloss varnish.

I could never accomplish that. Of course, if I did, it is about bite size for my cat.

Hi James,

The wargames series by Zvesda is pretty awesome, the 1/100th tanks are really well done, as your little armoured car elegantly displays. Their 1/72 figures are really good and excellent value.

I think you should spend more time with us Braillers, you have done a really good job on your little vehicle and it definitely looks larger than 1/100th. Well done, look forward to your next foray into our little world.

All the best,

Paul

cheers guys! id love to do a 1/72 diorama, are there many figures "at rest" ?

A fine build.

The little Zvezda kits are fun to do. i have built a few of them now for a local model wholesaler for display and show purposes and the sales manager replaces like for like. So in the end I get the whole range to build for myself one day.

Your little BA-10 looks superb!

Hi,
Very good weathering for this scale. I like it
Erhan