AMPS East Theme WIP; Zvezda BA3 Armored Car /update 7/21 Tracks on

Very Very Nice scratch work. Love the work....love the look.....love the scratch especially....the lost art in the era of super kits.

Rounds Complete!!

SMJmodeler wrote:

What's your tentative start/finish date?

  Steve the earliest would be next summer even though I already have the kit.

terry35 wrote:

Stve this is going from strenght to strenght, simply astounding work. I really hope all this work pays off, which I'm sure it will. Terry.

  Terry, thank you. And it already has paid off with all the complements that I have received from my fellow modelers.

glorbes wrote:

That method of track making is brilliant.  I am totally going to swipe this idea, and adapt it for my own evil purposes.  You, sir, are a genius.

   Glorbes swipe away sir!

redleg12 wrote:

Very Very Nice scratch work. Love the work....love the look.....love the scratch especially....the lost art in the era of super kits. Rounds Complete!!

  Thanks Mike, even though I like to use am stuff here and there its always fun to go ‘old school' once in awhile.  

  Finally had some free time at the bench and managed to finish up the tracks and get them on. Also added some chipping to the turret and hull. Not too much just enough to give it that been there and back a couple of times.

   Still have to add the stowage, tools and give it a coat of matt. Once it's on the base it'll be weathered some more to blend with the terrain. Hopefully I'll have some time to work on that this weekend.

    I have to say this has been a pretty enjoyable build, except for the butter fingers incident and if you're into Russian armor a very unique vehicle to add to the collection.

    My next project will be to finish up a dio I started a few months back hopefully to be completed in time for amps. Stay tuned.

            Steve

That has turned into a very nicely detailed build Steve. The work on the rivets and tracks pays off big time and turns the basic kit into something special. A very big on this one.

Julian

It looks great even without all the baggage on it yet.

The tracks look great

Rounds Complete!!

  Julian, Mike, Bill thanks for the comps it's much appreciated as always

 I actually had some free time after work last night and started on the stowage. This weekend looks completely free (very rare for this time of year) so I plan on starting the base Friday night. It's going to be fairly simple, just a road and fence. I have the old Tamiya Russian soldier figure pulling the Maxim mg. Think I might add that also.

  I'll post some pics when all is done.

      Steve

That is beautiful, and the fact that the tracks are scratched, makes it more so, also a very nice finish and subtle weathering, unusual subject, yeah, I give it 5 stars.

Bill 

Steve, Steve, Steve... What Am I going to do about you?  Constantly making me feel like a rookie.

Great stuff mon ami.

  What a wonderful and innovative job Steve. A very good example of creativity and attention to detail. The sprue melting trick is an oldie but a goody and can add greatly to a build as you have displayed here very sucessfully.

 Those tracks are a scream too. You really captured the metal "Look". Everything has come together nicely for a very interesting build.

 Ah yes, that BT turret really brings back memories..........