YPR-765 PRI .50 APC Ukraine

HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:00 AM

Thanks Gamera. I too like how it turned out.

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Gamera

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November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:36 PM

You knocked her right outta the park Gino, great job!

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, January 29, 2024 5:26 PM

Thanks Drums01. I really like the end result as well.

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DRUMS01

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Posted by DRUMS01 on Monday, January 29, 2024 3:13 PM

Wonderful conversion and build string. I really like the final results!

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, January 29, 2024 8:02 AM

Thanks Gary. I am very pleased with how it turned out.

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Robert.1211

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Posted by Robert.1211 on Monday, January 29, 2024 4:02 AM

Thanks for sharing your insights.

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GAF

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June 2012
From: Anniston, AL

Posted by GAF on Sunday, January 28, 2024 10:11 PM

That looks great, Gino! A testament to your attention to detail.

Gary

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, January 28, 2024 7:53 PM

The Ukraine YPR-765 PRI .50 APC is done. I weathered it with a couple dirt-colored washes, and a bit of drybrushing to bring out some details.

Here it is overall.

Some details.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, January 28, 2024 7:51 AM

Thanks Rob. It means a lot coming from you.

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Rob Gronovius

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December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, January 27, 2024 9:56 PM

You've done a great job on this previously obscure APC.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Saturday, January 27, 2024 8:32 PM

Thanks Gamera. It is coming along well.

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Gamera

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November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Friday, January 26, 2024 11:20 PM

Yeah, she's coming along nicely Gino! Yes

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, January 25, 2024 1:14 PM

Thanks Gary; great compliment. I hope to have it done and some final pics soon.

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GAF

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From: Anniston, AL

Posted by GAF on Thursday, January 25, 2024 11:06 AM

The old saying, "If I didn't know it was a model..." certainly applies here! You've done a beautiful job on it.

Gary

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, January 25, 2024 7:40 AM

Thanks John. Its coming along.

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keavdog

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April 2003
From: USA

Posted by keavdog on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 8:18 PM

All right Gino! Looks great and you're on the home stretch.

Thanks,

John

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HeavyArty

Member since
December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Wednesday, January 24, 2024 8:05 PM

The decals took a couple more days than expected to arrive. I decided to use part of them and do my own version. I didn’t like the big “KPAKEN” on the side after all. I went with the numbers and a couple Ukrainian flags with the trident symbols on them and a couple tridents by themselves. I also added a couple bags, a bedroll, a jerry can, and a Brit ration box as stowage.

Here it is so far.

Next up is to finish it off with a layer of dullcoat and some weathering.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, January 18, 2024 7:20 AM

Thanks Gamera.

I should have the Star Decals sheet tomorrow.

I’m still not sure which striped one I will do. It may be similar to those on the sheet, not an exact copy version. We shall see. Should have some more progress this weekend.

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Gamera

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November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 9:07 PM

Looks good to me. After the weathering as you say the stripes should tone down nicely.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:18 PM

Thanks Pawel. The white will be toned down with weathering.

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Pawel

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May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 3:41 PM

Hello!

Your stripes are lookin' good! Although If I was to paint something like that, I would start with off-white (I don't know if pure white wouldn't be too "in your face" here), mask the stripes and then put green on top of it. This way masking neat stripes would be much easier (constant width tape portions) but most of all you would use a lot less paint to cover and then the problem of bleeding under would be much smaller.

Good luck with the rest of the paint job and have a nice day!

Paweł

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 12:17 PM

Thanks Gary. I thought that afterwards too.

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GAF

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From: Anniston, AL

Posted by GAF on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 11:57 AM

Looks good! I would have hand-painted the stripes from the get-go. Probably more realistic. Smile

Gary

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, January 15, 2024 7:10 PM

I decided to paint the stripes today and was ruminating on how I wanted to do it. I decided to start with masking them off with tape and airbrushing them. I did this on the front half and the lower side stripes. It came out OK, but I did have some bleeding under the tape and I had to clean it up with green paint and a brush.

Then I was trying to tape the rear half and was breaking stuff off. I decided to hand paint the rest of the stripes. So the top stripe behind the cupola and down the rear ramp and the upper side stripes inside the screens are all hand painted. They also came out OK, but also needed some green touchup to get them looking good.

Here they are. I am pretty happy with them.

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, January 14, 2024 7:17 PM

Hi Pawel. I like "Kraken" as well. I think that is the one I will go with. I just ordered the Star Decal sheet for it.

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Pawel

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May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Sunday, January 14, 2024 5:49 PM

Hello Gino!

I would like to vote for Kraken or the one in digital camo (and this one would probably fit your painting style better). Any way you tackle it I believe it's going to be all right! Good luck with that paint job and have a nice day

Paweł

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