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Now That I Found A Good BMD-1 Kit
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 12:47 PM UTC
I hope, anyway, it's Panda Models. Also I managed to get a book on the Soviet Afghanistan War (written in 1986) which has given me details on how the war went on in the early years. I wanted to show how the early soldiers travelled in-or on-the BMD-1 before they realized they weren't in 1968 Czechoslovakia.
kefffy
Joined: September 21, 2009
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 07:17 PM UTC
I will be keeping an eye on this build, thats for sure Tom
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 08:10 PM UTC
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I will be keeping an eye on this build, thats for sure Tom
I don't put up build pictures, so I'm afraid you will be disappointed.
panamadan
Joined: July 20, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 12:41 AM UTC
The Panda kit is awful.
Enjoy
Enjoy
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 - 09:36 AM UTC
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The Panda kit is awful.
Enjoy
Buildwise, or in accuracy as well? Those tracks look heart-stopping!
MLD
Joined: July 21, 2002
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 12:42 PM UTC
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The Panda kit is awful.
Enjoy
and yet, it is the best there is out there...
grunt136mike
Joined: November 24, 2012
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 07:02 PM UTC
Hi;
You Think the Panda kit is Awful; try building either the Eastern Express, Skiff, or Zvesda BMDs !!!!
Of all the Version's that I built the NONA turned out the best.
CHEERS; MIKE.
You Think the Panda kit is Awful; try building either the Eastern Express, Skiff, or Zvesda BMDs !!!!
Of all the Version's that I built the NONA turned out the best.CHEERS; MIKE.
LukasHaschke
Joined: August 06, 2018
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 08:52 PM UTC
Hi Tom, I'll be following this build as well. I recently wanted to build the BMD-1, too, and had to decide between Zvezda's and Panda Hobby's kit. In the end I bought Zvezda for the budget price and I can say that it turned out nice, apart from the awful two-part rubber band tracks and the fiddly and rather thin wheel arms. Panda Hobby's kit has lots of PE and the single-link tracks and overall has better details in my opinion, so I think yours will look better in the end.
Let me know how it goes!
Regards, Lukas
Let me know how it goes!
Regards, Lukas
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Friday, June 19, 2020 - 11:51 PM UTC
My quest isn't simply building a BMD-1. I wanted to show one that is part of the initial invasion of Afghanistan, crewed by Soviet soldiers who are not yet aware that Afghanistan will not turn out to be a pushover conflict like their interventions in Europe.
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Saturday, June 20, 2020 - 02:30 AM UTC
long_tom
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 04:47 PM UTC
OK, I confess I put this kit into the Goodwill giveaway. Reason: I saw the tracks. When a kit has such nightmare-to-assemble tracks, it doesn't matter how good the rest of the kit it. I'll have to find something else.
ijozic
Joined: May 23, 2007
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 11:32 PM UTC
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OK, I confess I put this kit into the Goodwill giveaway. Reason: I saw the tracks. When a kit has such nightmare-to-assemble tracks, it doesn't matter how good the rest of the kit it. I'll have to find something else.
Can't you get some aftermarket ones?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/masterclub-mtl35040-tracks-bmd-1-bmd-2--184891
What's the issue? I presume the teeth need to be glued? I went through that with Trumpeter's 2S1 kit and it wasn't as bad as I expected, but the tracks were at least of link and length type, not all individual links.
Having said that, I'll probably use some aftermarket ones on the SA-13 kit, though.
long_tom
Joined: March 18, 2006
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 11:58 PM UTC
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Quoted TextOK, I confess I put this kit into the Goodwill giveaway. Reason: I saw the tracks. When a kit has such nightmare-to-assemble tracks, it doesn't matter how good the rest of the kit it. I'll have to find something else.
Can't you get some aftermarket ones?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/masterclub-mtl35040-tracks-bmd-1-bmd-2--184891
What's the issue? I presume the teeth need to be glued? I went through that with Trumpeter's 2S1 kit and it wasn't as bad as I expected, but the tracks were at least of link and length type, not all individual links.
Having said that, I'll probably use some aftermarket ones on the SA-13 kit, though.
I did buy expensive aftermarket metal tracks for Tamiya's M26 Pershing, but it was worth it because I definitely wanted to build that exact model for a diorama.
I didn't have my heart set on the BMD-1 anyway; I could use Trumpeter's BMP-1 which I heard was good. Also, I couldn't find Spetznatz figures, but plenty of motor rifle troops figures are readily available.
pgb3476
Joined: March 11, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - 01:46 AM UTC
The Zvezda BMD-1 is not bad, I also used the SpaceAce metal tracks on it as I did not like the kits rubber tracks.
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