Depiction of the Free Syrian Army captured BMP-1 as seen in Maarat Al-Numaan, Idlib October 9, 2012

massive thanks to my friends for what I call a international joint effort in making the project possible!

Source images and Arabic language translation and graphics - Chadi Rachid if you have any interest in Middle Eastern armour check his site "Military In the Middle East" and on face book.

Alexander Glass of Uschi fame for assistance and support.

and Mal Mayfield the master of masks ! Absolute godsend the miracle masks are the star of the show in my opinion - and I think we will be seeing mote of them soon. Find him on facebook and of course he is on Aeroscale.

Mark,

That's a real nice work of art fella, cheers for sharing.

BR

Dan

Hi;

Nice stuff !! The BMP is Kinda Nice Also



CHEERS; MIKE.

Good work Mark...

Super model realism, yeah those stencils, wow very fine!

Very cool! I suppose you did the white Arabic script with a mask?

I don't know how you did it, looks like one metal monster to me.

jay

Mark, your BMP is a pure gem! I second the others' comment about the stencils, they are simply superb.

Olivier

Mark- this is a damn fine piece of art- quite easily one of the best BMP models I have ever seen. The weathering is just amazing and you have really nailed the look of the real things in Syria and the masks, as everybody says, they are brilliant. You should be really proud of this piece mate, many congratulations!

Dan, Mike, Hakan, Sprue, JP, Jay, many thanks for support - its very much appreciated.

Olivier and Karl I am very flattered by your words gents. I wanted to try to get as close to the photo references as possible. The masks are I agree the star of the show.

best
Mark

Excellent work, masterpiece!!! When I saw first of your progress pictures I had to buy one.
I would like to build Syrian Republic Guard BMP-1 like this one on video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLOEGqypCOQ
That is BMP-1???

thanks Marko - thats a BMP-1 for sure ! I look forward to seeing your progress !

best
Mark

Lovely work Mark!

thanks Sven glad you like