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Modelling => Group and Themed Builds => Swords to Plowshares GB => Topic started by: Buzzbomb on April 14, 2024, 12:54:04 PM

Title: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 14, 2024, 12:54:04 PM: If I get the okey dokey from the Moderator, that I can use this as a basis for a build... then maybe I will be in for this GB
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cnrve3cpzjmew1ybafbw4/CivBTR_0.JPG?rlkey=sj8aoo7fupxt5kmiff9rwcwih&raw=1)

It used to be this, previous Whiffer build, but did not survive my last move, plus I have used the radar array elsewhere
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0oijn612jda71cz5h3vip/btr4.JPG?rlkey=f2buga7eu7qw3l8q8v3vvlo0x&raw=1)

A few ideas, Fire Tender, Arctic Tourist transport, Snow Clearing (which might be wheels to tracks ;) ).. who knows once I get it on the bench and start.
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: Story on April 15, 2024, 12:15:35 AM: I'm getting an ICM Chernobyl vibe from this baseline vehicle.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Solar-tracker-mounted-surface-radiation-sensors-in-Tiksi-Russia-Shortwave-3_fig2_236514169 (https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Solar-tracker-mounted-surface-radiation-sensors-in-Tiksi-Russia-Shortwave-3_fig2_236514169)
(https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert-Albee-2/publication/236514169/figure/fig2/AS:668913402671116@1536492791852/Solar-tracker-mounted-surface-radiation-sensors-in-Tiksi-Russia-Shortwave-3.png)

Something to accompany this or the like
(https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-hylvh/images/stencil/1280x1280/products/326478/203097/1259980-18345-13-720__99651.1580836353.jpg?c=2)
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: LemonJello on April 15, 2024, 02:00:53 AM: You are cleared to join the Group Build!

(https://media.tenor.com/1GU43WVKKSQAAAAM/awkward-im.gif)
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: raafif on April 15, 2024, 09:22:47 AM: Quote from: Buzzbomb on April 14, 2024, 12:54:04 PM
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0oijn612jda71cz5h3vip/btr4.JPG?rlkey=f2buga7eu7qw3l8q8v3vvlo0x&raw=1)

Simple modification to a fly swatter ... but how big is the fly ?
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: GTX_Admin on April 16, 2024, 02:00:51 AM: ;D
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: Jeffry Fontaine on April 16, 2024, 07:17:38 AM: BTR Pick-Up truck/Ute? Instead of a tailgate you have two side-gates.

***Edit to correct spelling error. TWO, not TO--jjf
Title: Re: Yet to be Decided BTR Build
Post by: Kerick on April 16, 2024, 09:07:27 AM: This will be interesting!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 16, 2024, 09:52:53 AM: So, we are off.
Decided on an Arctic Circle Expedition Vehicle for tourists.
Possibly not the best vehicle for this, but maybe the operators came across some cheap BT-70/80 hulls that offered some decent off road capability, with some vestige of amphibious capability still intact.
To create a more comfortable passenger space, the hull was modified with an larger space with windows and better environmental systems.

I think I will try this build using 3D printed bits and pieces to see how that compares to my normal uber scratchbuilding methods

So to start, some chunkier wheels, based on tractor tyres and roughed out passenger space.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xm2ngunxox8lboia6nnv7/BTRCiv_1.JPG?rlkey=94t8afihpqhhbz9wqzryhwx5f&st=wjncfm3e&raw=1)

Of course this could all change if the mojo changes ;)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 16, 2024, 11:47:59 AM: Looking great!
A replacement for the tourist DUKWs?
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: raafif on April 16, 2024, 01:33:41 PM: Yes !, Soviet Arctic vehicles are generally red, orange or yellow.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 18, 2024, 12:45:52 PM: Those vehicles look totally different from the military versions. I like how they cut windows into the drivers area. Looking forward to more of this build.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 23, 2024, 01:27:17 PM: Quote from: raafif on April 16, 2024, 01:33:41 PM
Yes !, Soviet Arctic vehicles are generally red, orange or yellow.

Pretty much on the same page, I am doing Orange

So, some construction work and really pretty much, this is about it. Some more greeblies perhaps
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/694suso0zlw7h7xoiy03g/BTRCiv_2.JPG?rlkey=hy68umyam0u95x8c9ft9a3bp9&st=3lix9aon&raw=1)

(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b0twtvs6lr7ct802ad1vf/BTRCiv_3.JPG?rlkey=vm15ttmxmjiaxoq5e268uxozf&st=hw028u06&raw=1)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: finsrin on April 23, 2024, 02:37:38 PM: Good concept and build :smiley:
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Old Wombat on April 23, 2024, 03:40:56 PM: "Less is more", more or less. ;)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Frank3k on April 23, 2024, 10:47:51 PM: Looks great! Where did you get those wheels?
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: perttime on April 24, 2024, 12:30:34 AM: I was thinking that paying tourists might appreciate a good sized door and some stairs or a ladder for getting on and off.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: LemonJello on April 24, 2024, 01:29:35 AM: Progress! This is coming together quite nicely.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 24, 2024, 07:33:39 AM: Quote from: perttime on April 24, 2024, 12:30:34 AM
I was thinking that paying tourists might appreciate a good sized door and some stairs or a ladder for getting on and off.

As do I after seeing the examples provided by ~~Kerick~~ Raafif. That and looking at the model some more... this will be rectified

Quote from: Frank3k on April 23, 2024, 10:47:51 PM
Looks great! Where did you get those wheels?
Designed them up using a Tractor Tyre base and adding the rest, happy to send you the STL if you want.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 24, 2024, 10:04:07 AM: Our good man raafif provided the red and orange photos and I agree about the ladders and railings.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: apophenia on April 25, 2024, 04:24:06 AM: This is looking very serious - A Tundra Bus for when armour protection is really needed :smiley:

Quote from: Kerick on April 24, 2024, 10:04:07 AM
... and I agree about the ladders and railings.

Maybe semi-retractable ladders ... with mechanisms just complicated enough to befuddle a hungry polar bear ;)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Frank3k on April 25, 2024, 09:16:31 AM: Quote from: Buzzbomb on April 24, 2024, 07:33:39 AM
Designed them up using a Tractor Tyre base and adding the rest, happy to send you the STL if you want.

Yes please!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 26, 2024, 09:05:15 AM: Quote from: Frank3k on April 25, 2024, 09:16:31 AM
Quote from: Buzzbomb on April 24, 2024, 07:33:39 AM
Designed them up using a Tractor Tyre base and adding the rest, happy to send you the STL if you want.

Yes please!
PM Inbound

First cut at the painting
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/unccr8efvtojfybunx4bn/BTRCiv_4.JPG?rlkey=mr0v2uelzaoax94dliuqyjjs2&st=t1hikl8x&raw=1)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 26, 2024, 10:23:52 AM: That looks great!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Frank3k on April 26, 2024, 10:31:42 AM: That's going to be hard to miss against the snow and ice!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: LemonJello on April 26, 2024, 08:56:22 PM: I don't like the colors...I love them!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 27, 2024, 07:42:09 AM: Thanks gang.

Almost there, coming together surprising quickly, although I have not too far down the ultra smooth finish for the 3D print parts path.
Added in a ramp of sorts, looking for a couple of decals for that in my decal rummage box today.
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n33v2c8p61jxsgojxnmjd/BTRCiv_5.JPG?rlkey=woy13iv4f2qqraj80gzodjgpl&st=qxepiih9&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/oqesy6j9r6vajepv6b4vw/BTRCiv_6.JPG?rlkey=mnacbedd94e958qvsrtjm7jgv&st=c7y668up&raw=1)

Bit of a base to set the scene and some light ice build up on the vehicle to suit.
More pix (and better lit) when finished
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Old Wombat on April 27, 2024, 03:16:45 PM: Ah, yes! Now it's coming together! 8) :smiley:
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Claymore on April 27, 2024, 05:47:59 PM: Loving it! Great idea and, as always, great work! 8) :-*
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 28, 2024, 08:31:15 PM: Thanks team,

gone together reasonably well
So here it pretty much is
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2r510r77k3nfst1uzk54d/BTRCiv_7.JPG?rlkey=2melcl834lvks2lxdrt7lt3la&st=ninvlkw8&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c2x4qpv0f4xfognyy3h9s/BTRCiv_8.JPG?rlkey=h165ly846fg6n7limp8mz255p&st=nfthcpr6&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jmiqoaivqesy768chg49y/BTRCiv_9.JPG?rlkey=lgveuwyuurx2uyhq42tlx15n8&st=jtqnw4s9&raw=1)
(https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wozobs7vyii76tq5t8dyg/BTRCiv_10.JPG?rlkey=vpvx24ltjr7nqs4sz7w8aeqvu&st=9d68s9p6&raw=1)

Not a custom base for this model, it was borrowed from a Finnish T-72 build, which is kind of appropriate.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 28, 2024, 10:13:01 PM: This would be a great ride for Captain Scarlet!

Awesome work.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: perttime on April 29, 2024, 01:06:48 AM: Hmmm.... has the URL on it existed at some point, or did you make it up?
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: LemonJello on April 29, 2024, 02:49:00 AM: Too cool!
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Robomog on April 29, 2024, 08:24:12 AM: Definitely a Thunderbirds vibe, nice work :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

Mog
>^-.-^<
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 29, 2024, 10:58:07 AM: Quote from: perttime on April 29, 2024, 01:06:48 AM
Hmmm.... has the URL on it existed at some point, or did you make it up?

Could be real, I just put Arctic Tours into a translator English to Finnish and used that.
What it really says in Finnish or if the url is even correct, no idea ;)
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 29, 2024, 11:31:01 AM: This really came out well.
What did you use for the snow?
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: finsrin on April 29, 2024, 11:37:01 AM: Quote from: Kerick on April 29, 2024, 11:31:01 AM
This really came out well.
What did you use for the snow?

Same as what Kerick said.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: perttime on April 29, 2024, 12:55:30 PM: Quote from: Buzzbomb on April 29, 2024, 10:58:07 AM
Quote from: perttime on April 29, 2024, 01:06:48 AM
Hmmm.... has the URL on it existed at some point, or did you make it up?

Could be real, I just put Arctic Tours into a translator English to Finnish and used that.
What it really says in Finnish or if the url is even correct, no idea ;)
The URL makes perfect sense in Finnish: arctictours or arctictravels. Currently, it doesn't open any real life page.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 29, 2024, 08:14:26 PM: Quote from: finsrin on April 29, 2024, 11:37:01 AM
Quote from: Kerick on April 29, 2024, 11:31:01 AM
This really came out well.
What did you use for the snow?

Same as what Kerick said.

Thanks for the kind words.

For snow I use salt. Ordinary table salt is a bit coarse for 1/35 so I grind down using a mortar and pestle as best as possible.
Salt I find, being a crystal shape will sometimes give that glint real snow does, given my very limited exposure to Snow in Australia, which is not much
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: apophenia on April 30, 2024, 02:57:22 AM: Ooo ... that is nice! With that bubble dome on top (and maybe without the Finnish url), that could easily pass for an off-world transporter :smiley:
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Kerick on April 30, 2024, 08:36:59 AM: Quote from: Buzzbomb on April 29, 2024, 08:14:26 PM
Quote from: finsrin on April 29, 2024, 11:37:01 AM
Quote from: Kerick on April 29, 2024, 11:31:01 AM
This really came out well.
What did you use for the snow?

Same as what Kerick said.

Thanks for the kind words.

For snow I use salt. Ordinary table salt is a bit coarse for 1/35 so I grind down using a mortar and pestle as best as possible.
Salt I find, being a crystal shape will sometimes give that glint real snow does, given my very limited exposure to Snow in Australia, which is not much

Salt sounds like great idea. I’ve heard of using baking soda. Anything as long as ants won’t eat it.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Frank3k on April 30, 2024, 09:33:09 AM: That came out great, and the snow looks realistic (from a Los Angeles perspective). This vehicle might also work on Mars with some mods.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: perttime on April 30, 2024, 12:57:03 PM: All snow isn't the same. There's two or three dozen Finnish words for specific kinds of snow. I'm sure that this fits one or another... 8) ;) ;D
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Buzzbomb on April 30, 2024, 07:29:18 PM: Quote from: Frank3k on April 30, 2024, 09:33:09 AM
That came out great, and the snow looks realistic (from a Los Angeles perspective). This vehicle might also work on Mars with some mods.
Quote from: apophenia on April 30, 2024, 02:57:22 AM
Ooo ... that is nice! With that bubble dome on top (and maybe without the Finnish url), that could easily pass for an off-world transporter :smiley:

Fully agree, some more de BTR ing around the engine deck and it could really be a Sci Fi Traveller style ATV.
Title: Re: BTR Arctic Explorer
Post by: Claymore on May 02, 2024, 05:16:11 PM: Stunning! I concur with the Captain Scarlet/Thunderbirds-esque look and what a beautiful result. Could easily be a RW vehicle - awesome! :-* 8) :smiley: