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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 08:39 AM UTC
CaesarSlava shares his BMP-1 with us, a recent DMoM entry.

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bobbyh
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 10:04 AM UTC
0looks great !! any description on the paint on weathering process ? good work !!
acebatau
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Colorado, United States
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 10:23 AM UTC
It's looking good, I like it
DerGeist
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Posted: Sunday, July 27, 2014 - 10:57 AM UTC
One of my favorite features you see in a lot of pictures of NVA armor is the shiny silver dummy missiles, it makes me happy you included one in your build. Great build.
Aussietanker
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Joined: July 22, 2014
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Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 12:45 PM UTC
looks pretty good!
mwells63
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Gauteng, South Africa
Joined: July 03, 2014
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 08:01 AM UTC
Nice build. Good weathering effects without overdoing it. Presume you used aftermarket tracks? Kit set just about unusable.
CaesarSlava
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 08:06 AM UTC
These pictures of poor quality. Here is a new











CaesarSlava
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 08:10 AM UTC

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One of my favorite features you see in a lot of pictures of NVA armor is the shiny silver dummy missiles, it makes me happy you included one in your build. Great build.


Thank you Eric. Rockets are real. Matt silver painted training missiles. Protective, green color combat missiles
CaesarSlava
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 08:14 AM UTC

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0looks great !! any description on the paint on weathering process ? good work !!


Base Colour Tamiya. 6 shares XF51, 4 share XF62, XF59 1 share and 1 share XF2.

Vezering oil paints, pigments Mig, AK
CaesarSlava
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2014 - 08:17 AM UTC

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Nice build. Good weathering effects without overdoing it. Presume you used aftermarket tracks? Kit set just about unusable.


Trucks are made of metal. Masterklub MTL-35041
bobbyh
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2014 - 04:21 PM UTC
it rocks. good application of paint/ weathering on both your bmp's !! thanks for the information on weathering / painting
CaesarSlava
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Posted: Thursday, August 07, 2014 - 07:12 AM UTC
This is one model. Just photographed them in different ways
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