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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's

« Last post by Ramba on Yesterday at 09:36:48 PM »

I got eight kits primed over the weekend between the humidity and thunderstorms.

Here are the first two.

Trumpeter BMP-1 converted to BMP-1 Basurmanin using the Trumpeter BTR-80A turret. I had the BTR-80A turret as left over.





Second one is another Trumpeter BMP-1 variant. I am using the SP Designs Shkval conversion set. The resin gun barrel was badly warped but some hot water cured it.

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Land / Re: Canadian Leopard C2 MEXAS

« Last post by Ramba on Yesterday at 09:00:03 PM »

Great job on them all. They all look terrific.

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Aero-space / Re: BI-1 Missile

« Last post by Old Wombat on Yesterday at 06:51:47 PM »

Tady je vše dobré!

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Aer Ab-11 'L-BUCD'

« Last post by Old Wombat on Yesterday at 06:46:30 PM »

 

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Events / Re: May 25th/26th, 2024 at Pioneer Battalion 1, Holzminden, Germany

« Last post by Old Wombat on Yesterday at 06:40:54 PM »

Loving "Airforce 1"!

Who left all that ordnance lying around on the grass?

Excellent set of photo's, Marderman!

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Events / Re: May 25th/26th, 2024 at Pioneer Battalion 1, Holzminden, Germany

« Last post by Marderman on Yesterday at 06:09:24 PM »

Hello,
Itr was a great show. And the Million Euros have been reached. Over 16.000 visitors. 580 model makers.

Here some photos. If interested, look in my flickr Album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/142700047@N02/albums/72177720316702530

IMG_7217 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7215 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7192 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7222 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7224 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7178 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7161 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7148 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7143 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7133 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7261 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7278 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7259 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_20240525_101548 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7173 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7186 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7177 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

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Land / Re: Canadian Leopard C2 MEXAS

« Last post by Marderman on Yesterday at 05:34:27 PM »

And last weekend "in action".

IMG_7248 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_20240525_101548 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

IMG_7249 by Diethelm Berlage, auf Flickr

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Events / Fleet Week 2024

« Last post by Frank3k on Yesterday at 01:01:09 PM »

This took place today in San Pedro, Los Angeles, next to the USS Iowa. There were vehicles from the US Navy, Marines, Army and  Space Force (space debris).
My wife was working the Space Force tent (which got quite a few visitors - there were still people dropping by when I was helping tear down the tent). It was extremely crowded, but it was a sunny and cool day, so I got some pictures (mostly reference pictures - tire wear, scratches on the paint, etc.) when I could get a view past the heads and asses. I didn't go on board the USS Iowa, in part because it was a 4 hour wait.

The Iowa is very, very big:



MRZR D4 Ultra-light Tactical All-terrain Vehicle. Magic Factory did a good job on their kit. I remember all of the small parts:









M151 without weapons:



Must be a British made M1 - note the oil pans:



The Marines were letting people play with stingers and M4A1 carbines (I didn't get any pics of those)





The Army had some drones:



The official bird of Los Angeles was showing off its plumage. Noisy little bastards:

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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Swords to Plowshares Inspiration Thread

« Last post by Story on Yesterday at 07:29:34 AM »

Yeah, I posted drawings of a ATS-59 ' [Soviet medium artillery tractor of the 1960s] with suggested components suitable for this group build.

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Land / Re: A few 1/35 IFV's and AFV's

« Last post by Ramba on Yesterday at 06:36:13 AM »

Good modelling   Are the tracks of your MTLB too short ?  Have heard many complaints about that but mine are ok unless they shrink with time.

Thanks! Yes, the Skif tracks were way too short. They were probably short by 12-15 links if they were individual links. I also have the Skif 2S1 kit and those were also too short. They both use the same tracks. What I am going to do is take the longer set of tracks from the 2S1 kit and combine them with the longer set of tracks from the MT-LB kit but then they are too long so will need to be cut to the correct size. I will use the shorter tracks on the 2S1 but will show the tracks as thrown off so the length won't matter.

Trumpeter makes a set of 2S1 tracks I was thinking of getting but the Skif kits are cheap and not worth spending the money on. My MT-LB is a what if project anyway so the kit tracks are good enough.