Trumpeter BTR-80 APC

[Philipp Gross]

Nice progress, but the Comrades don't like German beer. Sorry. They have a long memory.....

They probably only drank German beer in Berlin, which is, together with Kölsch from Cologne, the absolute worst brew imaginable

Philipp

[Rob Matthews]

@ Philipp - you're right about the Greyhound similarities - (kind of)

@ Olivier et al - the Heineken crate was a conceit - due to having nothing else - I reckon that friendly Dutch forces swapped rations - I've got another MRE box that might appear

Assembly is complete and IMHO - a very fine kit it is too. Well done Trumpeter





I have no idea what purpose the rear metal guards serve (? RPG protection akin to slat armour??). It's tempting to place the bottom against the rear hull but original pics show that it "floats"





Greg - Thanks for the tip about the RB barrel. Here it is .......



I elected to use the kit part as that had bracket and carry handle moulded on and in truth is very nicely moulded.





Speedy progress by my standards - Paint next and it will be the "brown" scheme (Thank you once again Mr Smith )

Thanks for looking

Rob

[Vincent Power]

Nice clean build Rob. The PE is very well done too.

Cheers,
Vincent

[Chris Smith]

Nice job Rob, really looking forward to seeing some paint on it now.

Chris

[Greg Beckman]

Looks very nice.....

[Raoul Kunz]

*echo,echo* Very, very nice build! *echo,echo*

Seriously, I really like the concentrated battery of smoke launchers in the turret's back !


Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz

[Olivier Carneau]

In fact the rear "bumpers" can be in contact with the hull.


What do you mean by brown scheme?

[Rob Matthews]

Thanks for the comments Fellas

Olivier - by Brown - I meant this paint job (vs the Sand Grey that I had originally thought of)



Primer with Mig Ammo





And free hand camo over a base of Mig Ammo Green Khaki Mig Ammo 056













My ONLY single criticism of Mig Ammo paints is that the label printing smudges and comes off

About 4 hrs spraying with multiple airbrush cleans to get to this, but I'm pleased with the result

Rob

[Raoul Kunz]

but I'm pleased with the result

And right you are, looks very nice and just slightly unusual .



Best regards

Raoul G. Kunz

[Roy Charnock]

i like the camo ..you done well there rob.always a challenge freehand and the more bits sticking out and facets the harder it is....
this is a tip and not a criticism..hope you dont mind
when i do free hand i paint as you have and then when im were you are now i go back in with the main colour which is green on this model and tighten up the over spray on the camo colours pointing the air brush into the green and pretty close up at a low pressure to tighten up the colours and make the edges more pronounced and the green uniformal..
tghis way you can keep the soft edge and loose all the overspray from the rest of the colours ..just takes a bit of patience and time,,,