Those tracks look great! Definitely worth it. Keep up the good work bud. Nice tip with the wheels too. 

Good tips s_d and those tracks awesome I fighting with m4a3e8 tracks now !!!

Hey SD, those Friuls look fantastic.  Like the metal barrel too.  That is a very nice kit, and you are doing a great job on it.

I have really been slacking the last few weeks with my bench time. I am still pidling around withe the crew figures. Getting closer.......

dont you just like the little things. very good stuff I like the russian watch

Man, some great work here.  I have been slacking.  I finally got back to the T-34.  Using the hair spray technique I did the winter camo and chipping.  I have not done any other weathering yet but I think I may have gone a little to far with the chipping.  I would like some second opinions before shooting another mist coat of the white to fill it in a little.

Perhaps once all the other weathering is done, the chipping will blend in and not be dramatic as it seems to be now.  Click on pics to enlarge.

That T34 is looking good. I think your chipping job is working well. Realistic stuff.

Nick- That Ethiopian loader bought that watch off of a Soviet advisor back in the Derg government days 

I started my Tamiya GAZ 67B, but then decided to build an AER GAZ 67 before doing the Tamiya kit. AER is a company from Moldova and the kit is fairly poor, about on par with an ancient 1960s Lindberg car kit.

The only thing the AER kit has over the Tamiya kit is the decals. They are well done and there are quite a few options. Unfortunately, there are no marking placement guides beyond the box art.

Decent amount of parts, and it was quite tricky to align the body panels. There was a huge AER logo molded in the bed of the truck that I had to shave away.

It doesn't look too bad when the body is built.

There is plenty of detail on the underside, but what is there is very simple and looks like it was made with just styrene rod and blocks. Not very refined.

There are supposed to be three clear parts, but my kit must have been missing them. One is the windshield and the other two are the headlights. I cut a replacement winshield out of a thin piece of clear plastic. I will have to resource replacement headlights from the spare parts box.

The instructions are extremely simple, but were very helpful in cobbling together this little kit. Just a half page with the diagrams shown, no marking or painting guides. I want to do that shiny green paint job that looks like they bought the paint from Rustoleum.

That's a neat little car Bob. I hope you can find some headlight replacements.

Hey Rob, glad to have you join the GB.  Roster updated.  Looks like you are going to able to salvage that "vintage" kit, and looks like you are having fun doing it.  Looking forward to seeing what you do with that kit.

ManCityFan

Hey Rob, glad to have you join the GB.  Roster updated.  Looks like you are going to able to salvage that "vintage" kit, and looks like you are having fun doing it.  Looking forward to seeing what you do with that kit.

Not my photo, but this was the logo I had to remove from the bed.

I think the T-34 will look great once you do all the other weathering.

Nice work on that jeep Rob.

Cheers

Tony

Some great work going on guys!!! 

I need to get pass some of these distractions and back to mine...

Picture with some paint on it. I've seen photos of the GAZ with black frame and wheels, so I will probably change the color of the wheels to satin black.

Looks cool Rob, that's one brand I've never heard of before. 

Steve great build as always.

Nick T-62 looks really good.

the BTR is primed and i am looking at a Ukrainian 3 color camo; mdeium gray. NATOish brown and black.

the 1/35 BA-10 is still there. a good paint job but trying to decide if i want to repaint the hull with a lighter green or just say screw it. given it was suppose to be for January oh well.

both little BA-6s are painted but i have to get some 1/72 decals at least the red stars. BTR was supoosed to be done for contest next week but i have a family emergency so that is unlikely. fortunately i have a DRAGON ZSU-23/4 done and been working on an OTS 232 for next week too.

OTS SDKFZ-232 CAMO (3) 

Gaz is Looking good. Looks like a nice kit. They really went all out with the decal choices!

Lots of cool stuff going on here.

    My apologies for not checking in more frequently however fist of the year I had the crud that is, was, or soon will be going around. Then my job put us on 10hr days for a week, two days off now I am into my 8th 10hr day straight, I may get to go home for a day next weekend.

      I TOTALLY understand others here have or are working alot harder than me just kinda keepin in touch.

waynec

Steve great build as always.

Nick T-62 looks really good.

the BTR is primed and i am looking at a Ukrainian 3 color camo; mdeium gray. NATOish brown and black.

 

the 1/35 BA-10 is still there. a good paint job but trying to decide if i want to repaint the hull with a lighter green or just say screw it. given it was suppose to be for January oh well.

both little BA-6s are painted but i have to get some 1/72 decals at least the red stars. BTR was supoosed to be done for contest next week but i have a family emergency so that is unlikely. fortunately i have a DRAGON ZSU-23/4 done and been working on an OTS 232 for next week too.

OTS SDKFZ-232 CAMO (3) 

 

Those camo/paint jobs look really good. I didn't realize you were building 3 of them till now. I feel like a slacker! Great job. 

Rob, that car is coming together nicely.  

Wayne, the camo is looking great.

So I finally got my lazy butt down to the bench, and wouldn't you know it, the compressor started dying. 

Just ordered another one, so hopefully I will be back in busness next week. 

Griffin25

Those camo/paint jobs look really good. I didn't realize you were building 3 of them till now. I feel like a slacker! Great job. 

The 232 is a typical OTS. the Ba-6s are PEGASUS gaming vehicles 8 pieces plus 12 tires each. i lost 2 tires but fortunately i had spares, literally. took longer to paint the tires than build the vehicles.

definitely do NOT like Vallejo surface primer. does not feather ewell. The BTR was enamel primer and i could feather it when trying to get the holes smooth.

Here is the engine of the T-35. I just brush painted it. Still debating how whether to have hatches open or shut. Did just a little wash, chip, and Tamiya "powders". Did not want to over do it...subtle I think is the word.

...And the drivers compartment. I will be adding some "accessories" since it is rather bland.

Wayne: Nice work there, love the camo. 

DasBeav: The interior looks great. Mine didn't come with the seat or any details for the driver's compartment either. 

DasBeav, that engine looks really excellent.  I hope there is some way to see it when the kit is complete.

Gamera

Looks cool Rob, that's one brand I've never heard of before. 

 

I can't recommend it. Heck, if you buy the new Tamiya M4A3E8 at Hobby Lobby, it comes with the better 1970s Tamiya kit inside. I don't recall how much it was, but I don't think it was very much, maybe $5. Back in the early 2000s, I bought a number of Eastern European kits. The suffer from clunky details, thick, often brittle plastic, no locating pins, vague instructions, little to no marking instructions and parts are often mainly flat panels that require lots of fitting.

Thanks Rob, some Eastern Express models I bought years ago pretty much cured me of those types of kits...

Getting caught up - there's some great stuff going on here!

Dutch - the SU-85 is really coming along!  The Friuls are awesome looking!  That is one cool looking tank destroyer!  I've known about that method of sanding wheels, but I never took the effort to try it even though I have everything to do it....maybe on my next build!

Griffin25 - the figures are looking good!  I wish I could paint them as good!

route62 - that is a great looking winter T-34!  Personally I think the chipped effect is just right.  A little weathering and it should all blend in and look fantastic!

Rob - now that's an interesting kit!  Don't think I've seen it before.  Gotta luv the HUGE AER MOLDOVA logo molded on!  .  I like the paint job...is it supposed to look like one from a museum?

Wayne - I like how the braille scale armored cars each have a different paint job!  NICE!

DavBeav - I didn't know the ICM T-35 kit had any interior parts at all.  In any event you're doing a fine job with the inside workings! 

The JS-3 is moving along, albeit slowly.  The hull is done except for the parts I'll install after painting like the spare tracks and tow cables.  Turret is assembled, but needs all the details added.  I'm not looking forward to removing 10 grab handles from the sprues, cleaning them up and installing them...Just have to soldier through it!!

bufflehead

Rob - now that's an interesting kit!  Don't think I've seen it before.  Gotta luv the HUGE AER MOLDOVA logo molded on!  .  I like the paint job...is it supposed to look like one from a museum?

 

Some of the photos of the GAZ 67 are in a fairly bright green with a shiny finish, sometimes satin.

I see why you chose that color Rob, its nearly perfect!  Switching to the black frame and wheels would give it a really  authentic look!