Hello
Revell's BTR -70 . My last build in 2014... using AMMO's weathering stuff and DEF wheels.

Looks awesome, Richard! Really nothing to add here!

If I'd be to get nit-picking, the wheels might use some more dust. But it's a great build, as it is!

Congrats!
Cristian

Olivier, good start on this difficult kit.

Richard, very nice weathering on your model. I like the movement of the flag.

Multiple angles of my 1/35 Azimut kit of the AML 90 to be featured in UN markings...and probably painted in some sort of multiple shades of gray. Added features and/or corrections include numerous PE additions, steel and/or brass wire for grab handles and equipment attach points. Very little work so far on the chassis as the turret has taken quite sometime to modify.

This is going to be a real beauty, John! Keep us posted!

Well, finally I will use Meng model with HB tracks for my Au F1.
Interior will be partially seen through open doors or hatches, So I did a little painting.





Correct tracks for this version :


When closed :




Next step : all white!

Nice AML and Au-F1 ! Looks like the French armor gets its place in this campaign

Here is the last update for my build in 2014. The cabin is closed. I had to place the horizontal bar behind the front seats lower than designed by MMK, just because this is its right location.

And then, allo MMK we got a problem there !
There are two triangular blocks which are supposed to be installed at the back of the rear wheels. How can it be possible? Well, if you follow the instructions this is a dead-end. Two solutions are possible. First one : do not glue the brakes air tanks and the exhaust pipe when instructed by MMK or second one which I had to apply : cut the triangular blocks in their height, glue the halves in place and fill the gap with putty.














Happy New Year to all members and their families
Olivier

A small update







Still a long way to the paint job as the kit is not an easy one.
Fortunately I managed to get the four wheels sitting level.

Now I'm struggling with the front winch which is wrong as well in its shape as in the dimensions.

So I keep it out of the box except when the kit parts are unusable.

Hopefully Italeri will do a better job.

More pics of my job today.









After checking my reference pics I've noticed my winch is too low.
Hopefully I won't break it when trying to reposition it.

Olivier

Hi Olivier, very nice work. The resin block is not easy to remove from the bumper.
I have noticed that the jerrican holder on the rear is not replaced by crew in Lebanon while italian LMV in Afghanistan have often a new one for carry more fuel cans.

a small update, finished the chassis
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Alex,
on the original vehicle this is not a jerrycan rack but a stowage cage for the wheel shocks.
In Lebanon, I never saw a single VTLM with jerrycans on its back. I guess this was simply unnecessary as the UNIFIL zone is quite small thus the vehicles are used on short distances only.

What is a "wheel shocks" ?

Des cales pour les roues

Here is my entry. A Revell 1/72 scale Fennek.

Interesting choice Darrell. I didn't know the Fennek was used in UN operations.

Here are the latest pics of my VTLM. The bushguard, the side mirrors and the air intake extension will be glued after the painting. Meanwhile I have to figure out a solution to create the various lights.





Olivier

Big update.

Turret time. The kit's turret is pretty nice. It comes with the option for a metal barrel as well as parts for both the Sagger and Spigot missile systems. I'm not using the antitank missile system for this build so both missile types went in to the spares.


Assembly was straight-forward. Four in one assembly of the turret.


Two side views of the finished turret with PE added bits and the metal barrel.


Combined the upper and lower hulls. I had left off the more delicate bits until later. The fit was good except for the rear, which needed a bit of clamping.


Indie tracks. I'm not sure if Trumpy went for workable tracks. They do snap together but really do not stay together well. Assembled two runs and dry-fitted them to the running gear.






Track lengths to paint. I used a very dark gray spray paint for the base coat.


Lower hull off to paint as well. White of course. I'll paint the upper hull later.


Road wheels rubber painted. I used panzer grey for this.


Finished the upper hull wit the delicate parts like the headlight and light guard assemblies. Added the PE grills as well.


Tracks mounted. I did have to use cement to some sections as they kept coming apart.




Back to paint. White over upper hull. I used plastic wrap to mask off the tracks and running gear.


Dried and assembled. Ready for weathering and washes.


And markings. These came from an old Tamiya Modern AFV Set that I've had since the 90s.




Posed next to a UN marked VAB. I didn't take any usable pictures from the weathering and washes process.


Washed and weathered. The blued periscopes look a lot more blue than they do in person. Weathering is a lot harder than I intended. But I had to go a bit overboard so the details didn't get washed out by the white in the pictures.










And with that I declare the BMP-1 done.

Turned out great, Alex! I really like the way the weathering looks on the top-rear side of the hull!

Cheers,
Cristian

Olivier nice progress on your LMV. I like this vehicle. I hope the Italeri kit will comes this year.

Alex great job on your BMP1. Workable tracks don't look easy to build.

Here is my Lince with the basic coat of paint. The wheels have been aligned with the help of a hair-dryer.
I think this looks OK.
The front bushguard will be painted separately to facilitate the weathering of the hood.







Olivier

@Olivier ... very nice progress with your LMV, it looks great!

@Richard ... great work with the weathering on your BTR-70 .. I guess it is one from the PakBat.

@John ... great to see you joining with your AML 90 very interesting kit and thanks for your experienced input about your participation in UN missions.

@ Raphael ... good to see the nice progress on your Au F1 ... did the assembly of the HB Tracks any problems?

@ Alex ... great, you finisched your BTR-1, looks very nice mate.

cheers
Walter

Family-Xmas and New Year Celebrations is not the best time for scale modelling ;-) tough I made some small progress with my M60A3

I had to cut a lot of details (periscopes, sideskirt supports, hinges, bolts etc.) which will be replaced by PE or resin parts.



All wrong shaped Bumper-Stopper were cut and replaced with new ones made from sheet styrene. My trusty photo-trepod helps a lot while glueing the new ones ;-)



The academy hull has more holes than swiss Emmentaler ... I had to fill all these holes with sheet and putty.



Next was the Universal Combat Dozer Blade UDK-1 made by Pearson. I wrote some Emails to Pearson and asking questions about the mounting of the Blade on M60s ... but never got any response ... maybe because it is military material?
I only found one picture (on a chinese military site) which shows the dozer blade mounting an a taiwan M60A3. I suppose the jordanian M60A3 had a similar or same mount system.



I had ordered the Perfect Scale M1 Dozer Blade 35101 for my model. I was surprised when I found out it only seems to be a resin copy of the Dozer from Trumpeter KFOR Challenger 2 Kit. Advantage of the resin kit is ... you don't need to fill and sand it like the Trumpy dozer.
Unfortunately some parts of the Perfect Scale Dozer was damaged so I used the parts from the Trumpeter kit.



I drilled out all hinges and joints and replaced them with brass wire.



So far my progress.
cheers
Walter

Great job on the dozer blade and support Walter.
I just received my Tamiya Panel Line Accent color so I can try it this afternoon.
Will probably post pictures tomorrow.

Olivier

Be sure to apply on a very gloss surface...if you don't it would leave large dark marks (much more than with a classic oil paint wash!)

Hi folks,

Are you happy to include the Korean War in the campaign as this was I believe a UN action? I have a few ideas for Korea I'd like to do.

Cheers

Al