Hi all,
Gallery shots: here's the Zvezda (ex-Dragon) 1:35 BTR-70, built out of the box, in Afghan War markings. I left off the grenade launcher on top of the turret as the small parts broke on the sprue. She's painted with Tamiya acrylics, weathered with oil washes and Mig pigments. The spare tire and water cans are simply resting in place, I have no idea if they were bolted down to fittings underneath or were lashed in place. If the latter, and I come across references, I'll add some lashings at a later date. The periscopes are still to be painted, that'll be a separate session. Many of the lenses were added by me from strip plastic.
The decals in this kit have been called attrocious, but i found the decals themselves were fine, it was the backing paper that was attrocious, it wouldn't release them to slide. Once I coaxed them away from the backing, they behaved very well.
The kit is not as friendly as it might have been, but I'm overall pretty happy with the result.
Enjoy the pictures, I'm off to grab my badge.
Cheers, Mike/TB379
