Thursday, 27 November 2014

BTR-70 with SA-9 - part 1

They say some people never learn.  So it was that despite the chastening experience of the Kitech Marder kit I threw caution to the wind and bought the same firm's 1/48 scale BTR-70.  I was drawn to this by the fact that it has the SA-9 turret - a variant of the BTR of which I hadn't previously been aware.
As it happens, with both the SA-9 and 'normal' 14.5mm MG turrets mounted, it looks to my eyes at least, rather too 'busy'.  Which is why the smaller turret now languishes in the spares box and will no doubt appear on a future dodgy bodge.
The good news - most of the major parts fit together fairly well.
The bad news - apart from the sodding wheels.  All eight of them.

The kit includes loads of fiddly detail parts which you will no be surprised to hear that I've discarded most of them.  This has been hanging about of the modelling table for several weeks now, having been sidelined by another acquisition - of which more news later.  I'll take more photos wen I get it finished.
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10 comments:

  1. Russell Phillips27 November 2014 at 12:41

    That looks like a very interesting vehicle. What have you fitted in place of the machine gun turret?

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  2. Tim Gow27 November 2014 at 12:42

    Russell Phillips
    A fake hatch -I've just plated over the hole.

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  3. Russell Phillips27 November 2014 at 12:44

    Tim, what I meant was, is it from another kit, or something you've made from bits of plasticard?

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  4. Tim Gow27 November 2014 at 14:06

    Russell Phillips
    Got you. Just bits of scrap.

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  5. Geordie an Exiled FoG27 November 2014 at 20:26

    The scale creep is frightening me, you must have a shed full of this stuff at the bottom of your garden ;)

    Needless to say I am still very impressed ;)

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  6. Paul Foster28 November 2014 at 06:39

    Its looking okay to me.

    Are you a agent for Kitec now Tim?

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  7. Tim Gow28 November 2014 at 08:49

    Geordie
    It rather frightens me too. But I can assure readers that the garden shed contains no toys.

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  8. Tim Gow28 November 2014 at 08:50

    Paul Foster
    My enthusiasm for Kitech products remains at a fairly low level!

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  9. Sean4 December 2014 at 12:16

    Nice progress on the LCW project. I really like how your forces come together.

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  10. Tim Gow5 December 2014 at 08:23

    Sean
    I think 'slowly and from many random and ill matched elements' about sums it up.

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