Hi Guys ,

Just got the new Trumpeter BMP-1 (kit # 05555) a while back and would like to build it as one used in Chechnya ! Is this possible with this kit or do i need the later BMP-1P kit ?
Thanks for any help and info !

best regards
JOEY

Yep, BMP-1's where used in Chechnya. Just Google, 'BMP-1 Chechnya' and you'll get several pics, including some famous shots of some BMP's in the capital Grozny.

Here are two pics. Neither of them shows the turret-mounted smoke grenade launchers of the BMP-1P variant, but I've read that early "P"s did not have them so for mer it's hard to tell if the pictured BMP-1s are "P" or not .... :




H.P.

Another distinctive feature of the -P is the mounting bracket for the AT missile firing post.
Unlike the early BMP which has the missile on top of the gun mantlet, the -P has a kind of pedestal on which the AT-4 firing post is mounted.
Looking at the pictures shows there is no missile rail on top of the gun mantlet so my guess is the BMPs pictured are early -Ps.
This means that starting from the early Trumpeter kit, you'll have to modify the gun mantlet.

Olivier

Hi Guys ,

Thanks for the info & pics ! Also noticed that the pics tend to show only the launching rail and not the missile ! Any other changes needed to bring the kit up to BMP-1P standards ?

Thanks
JOEY

I don't have the Trumpeter kit to compare, but maybe a BMP-1P walkaround (150 pic) should help with the mods to add ?:

BMP-1P

H.P.

Hi Frenchy , Thanks for the link !


regards JOEY