Zvezda 1:35 Russian BMP-2D

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:17 am

Coen wrote:It will also make you want to smash your face with a slipper.

There is that too lol

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:36 am

Paul wrote:
Coen wrote:It will also make you want to smash your face with a slipper.
There is that too lol

Post by **Lee** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:21 pm

Loving the PE work dude

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:23 am

Lee wrote:Loving the PE work dude

Thanks Lee!

Struggling with the tracks tho, they are hard to drill to make them workable.
Ruined 5 links allready.

Thinking of replace them, but they are kinda hard to get. Didn't find them yet

good2us1 · Post by **good2us1** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 8:20 am

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
bullgill67 wrote:fantastic attention to detail

michael
Thank you!

I agree really nice work on the detailing!!!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:13 am

good2us1 wrote:
fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
bullgill67 wrote:fantastic attention to detail

michael
Thank you!

I agree really nice work on the detailing!!!

Thank you very much!

These comments are keep me going!

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:38 am

Another excellent build in progress FD and you're skills with photo etch is mind boggling. Spent a couple of hours struggling with some fairly basic PE on a panzer III last night and felt quite discouraged when my wife said, "is that all you've done!" What does she know!

I'm also trying to send some good positive vibes out to you for those tracks. Immense task, but it'll look fantastic once you've nailed it!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:27 am

alextheblue wrote:Another excellent build in progress FD and you're skills with photo etch is mind boggling. Spent a couple of hours struggling with some fairly basic PE on a panzer III last night and felt quite discouraged when my wife said, "is that all you've done!" What does she know!

I'm also trying to send some good positive vibes out to you for those tracks. Immense task, but it'll look fantastic once you've nailed it!

Thank you! lol... my wife is used to it now. She first said the same thing!

Now she's says things like "awesome" and "cool".

Thanks for the positive vibes mate! Going to need them

Give it one more try before buying AM one's.
Cheers!

schweinhund227 · Post by **schweinhund227** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:31 pm

how much was the $ you invested in the P.E. set ???
and you are right... this kit needs it badly !

Nice job putting it on... it really boost the overall look of the Model big time !

thanks for sharing your build !

Looking forward to more updates...

See ya !

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:56 pm

schweinhund227 wrote:how much was the $ you invested in the P.E. set ???
and you are right... this kit needs it badly !

Nice job putting it on... it really boost the overall look of the Model big time !

thanks for sharing your build !

Looking forward to more updates...

See ya !

Thank you!

The upgrate set I used was one from Aber.
Eduard 1/35 BMP-2 (designed to be used with Zvezda kits) # 35560
Bought it by eModels for £11.76 that's approximately 19.49 CAD.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:24 am

After trying to make the Zvedza tracks workable by drilling holes in them and putting a pin trough, I have made my decision. Broke 4 micro drills (0.3mm) and ruined 6 track links. It is allmost imposible to get the track links drilled all the way trough 100% straight.

I have done this job before without troubles, but these Zvedza just will not be drilled...
I got a lot of pacience, but there is a limit.

So... Time to visit the after market!
Found these workable tracks from MasterClub on Ebay. They are resin, and have great details. Every link got its own casting nr like the real ones have, so thats a plus!

These will work fine, and saves time, drills and frustration..

I think I have made the right decision...

Concentrating on my PE work now while waiting for these tracks to arrive from the UK!

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:23 am

Nice one dude.

Those track look nice hope they work out better for you.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:09 am

T3hGuppy wrote:Nice one dude.

Those track look nice hope they work out better for you.

Thanks Guppy!
I'm sure they will do

Those Zveda's make me

alextheblue · Post by **alextheblue** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:23 am

Well, if you couldn't make the Zvedza ones work, I doubt anyone could. By the sounds of it you've done exactly the right thing getting AM tracks; I read once that only a foolish man continues in the same direction once he realises he is going the wrong way.

Hope those new tracks do the job for you.

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:16 am

Those tracks are really nice Frans, the detail alone would have convinced me to get them.
They'll be perfect.
Now go bend some metal!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:19 am

Coen wrote:Now go bend some metal!:lol:

No pressure....

lol

UKscalemodeller · Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:50 pm

All looking great. Interesting about the tracks though, was thinking of getting some zvezda armour myself. May not now

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 8:07 pm

UKscalemodeller wrote:All looking great. Interesting about the tracks though, was thinking of getting some zvezda armour myself. May not now

Thank you. The Zvedza kit is not all that bad tho... But this one is a older kit, and low on details.
The track links had to be glued like the Dragon magic tracks. But I wanted to make them workable, and that is almost imposible. I think the newer zvedza kits are better, but I never done those before, so I would not know that...

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:29 pm

Those tracks look great, good luck with them when they arrive

longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 10:57 pm

lovely etch work mate, really makes all the world of difference

great work

Shane.

good2us1 · Post by **good2us1** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:32 am

Looking good!!!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:56 pm

Update #7

Friday night, and weekend

Time to show a little update!

Time to replace these thingies what should be periscopes...

One periscope is made from two PE parts. Hard to bend them, but it is possible.

And here is the real thing...

I must say.. This is a realy good PE set from Aber

'What more did you do Dutchman?" I can hear you say.... "it can't be all you did this Friday night?"
Nope... I did some more

Especially for Coen "now bend some more metal!"

First I glued to upper hull to the lower hull. It needs some filling and sanding, but that's for later.

Finished the back doors.

Detailed the trime vane that is on the nose of the vehicle. It's to prevent the vehicle going under water when it's going fast in the water.
Here's a picture of a Finish BMP 2 with raised trim vane.

And this one is flat on the nose like I'm doing on my model:

Time to start.
I have heard of molding pins/marks, but this is ridiculous...

So after the usual filling and sanding, this is the front of the vane.
The side hinges are going to replaced and a part of the front hinges too.

This is the reworked one:

Side hinges:

And here is a 360 view of my progress so far..

That's it for now, this weekend more building and a update.
Happy building and Cheers fellas!

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:13 pm

Oh I do love your PE work Frans......

It certainly details up the poorly moulded hull a treat..
Fantastic stuff dude, keep it up......

munch...... chew....gulp......slurp............Burp!!.. Pardon me....

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:17 pm

wappynutter wrote:Oh I do love your PE work Frans......
It certainly details up the poorly moulded hull a treat..
Fantastic stuff dude, keep it up......
munch...... chew....gulp......slurp............Burp!!.. Pardon me....

Thanks Wappy!
Take it easy on that popcorn mate, there is more to come and I do not want you to get nauseous!

longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:50 pm

all those lovely details

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:45 am

Holy moly Frans. You really bent metal buddy!
hahaha.
I guess that's like saying you burnt some rubber when you drive too fast.

Frans that looks amazing! The full meal deal as some say.
You keep this up and it's going to look like Paul's C3P0 King Tiger.

More more!!!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:45 am

Update #8

After a short and loud trip to Lee's library

I did some work to the 30 mm automatic cannon 2A42.

Again some parts needed to be removed and replaced by PE.

When I looked at a picture of the Original gun, I noticed a canvas cover over the gun.
The Original part has a molded one as seen here:

But I wanted to upgrade this too, so I used the tissue and wood glue technique to create a new cover.
It's not very clear to see on this photo (it looks a bit like paper pulp) but It's still wet and my camera does not pick up the detais very well.

Here is the Original cover that I used as reference.

That's it for now, tomorrow I got some more time to build.
See you then!

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:43 am

That cover will look cool when it dries.
It should still have some of the texture of the tissue paper.
I always fine that it looks a lot like canvass.
Nice work Frans.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:49 am

That's cover looks awesome

great job Fran's

bullgill67 · Post by **bullgill67** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:59 am

superb attention to detail

michael

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:49 pm

Did I ever told you guys that you have to have a license to drive one of these things?

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Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:17 pm

Ooops! Hahaha

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:20 pm

Hi guys!
I didn't do much this weekend, for I'm tired and don't want to ruin any PE work.
So, Instead I glued on of the figures together, and I'm trying out some positions where to put him.
It's actually a gunner, but his body is way to big to place him there.
So Iv'e made him a driver instead.
What do you guys think about this position for the driver?

He looks a bit grumpy, but that's probably because he had a lot of filling in his crack(s)

Getting some rest now guys. hope to get some work done next week!

UKscalemodeller · Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:25 pm

Epic PE work. How much more is there left to put on?

longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:10 pm

coming along nicely mate,

the crew member looks very nice and adds a nice sense of scale,

great work, this build is a proper labour of love and its certainly worth all the work you've put into it

great stuff

Shane

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:57 pm

UKscalemodeller wrote:Epic PE work. How much more is there left to put on?

Thank you

There is a lot more PE to do, but no big things.
Just things like the smoke granates, periscopes, some clamps and clasp, belts, hinges, bolts, handles, ....., ....., ......,

So not much at all...

longlance67 wrote:coming along nicely mate,

the crew member looks very nice and adds a nice sense of scale,

great work, this build is a proper labour of love and its certainly worth all the work you've put into it

great stuff

Shane

Thank you Shane,
I thought the figure lookt a bit too big, but it's not, it's the correct size.

I'm having fun building this poorly molded model. It's a real challenge to make a low detailed model pefect.
I'm way out of my comfort zone with this "modern" build, for I am a German ww2 builder, but I like the build of this thing.
There is still a lot of work to do, but I'm getting there!

Can't wait to slap some camo on it tho...

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:22 pm

I like the look of that figure there Frans.

The placement of his hands if perfect for the location of the periscopes.
Very natural looking.

Possibly talking to someone standing next to the vehicle.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:21 am

Coen wrote:I like the look of that figure there Frans.
The placement of his hands if perfect for the location of the periscopes.
Very natural looking.
Possibly talking to someone standing next to the vehicle.

Like this figure myself

Got two other figures planned standing next to the BMP.
Had to warm this figures arms to place them in the position I wanted.
Poor guy...putty in his butt and melted arms...

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:46 am

fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
Coen wrote:I like the look of that figure there Frans.
The placement of his hands if perfect for the location of the periscopes.
Very natural looking.
Possibly talking to someone standing next to the vehicle.
Like this figure myself
Got two other figures planned standing next to the BMP.
Had to warm this figures arms to place them in the position I wanted.
Poor guy...putty in his butt and melted arms...

Melted arms are not good,mouth in the butt though

Lol great work with the figure

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:46 pm

Paul wrote:
fly1ngdutchm4n wrote:
Coen wrote:I like the look of that figure there Frans.
The placement of his hands if perfect for the location of the periscopes.
Very natural looking.
Possibly talking to someone standing next to the vehicle.
Like this figure myself
Got two other figures planned standing next to the BMP.
Had to warm this figures arms to place them in the position I wanted.
Poor guy...putty in his butt and melted arms...
Melted arms are not good,mouth in the butt though

Lol great work with the figure

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:55 pm

Bloody spell checker that should have read putty in the butt lol

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:33 pm

Paul wrote:Bloody spell checker that should have read putty in the butt lol

I though i was reading it wrong, for I'm Dutch... lol!
But maybe some people do have there head up there butt?

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 3:42 pm

Mine is... the world looks some much better that way.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:10 pm

Had some time left tonight, Did not wanted to build much or sticking my head in my butt like Coen, so I started crafting a crate instead...

This kit is provided with a plastic one, but I don't like it.

Time to replace it...

Manual

Parts

These are the materials I'm going to use:
1.5mm Balsa wood, scalpel, balsa cutter, cardboard and woodglue.

This is my balsa wood cutter. Awesome thing! Turn the wheel for the desired thickness, and cut the piece you want!

After some happy cutting, these are the pieces I'm going to use...

For a more wood like look, I make woodgrain with a micro saw.

And you'll get this:

After cutting the pieces into planks, this is what needs to be assembled:

Time to glue the parts on some cardboard.
After drying, you can cut them loose.

When everything is assembled and a PE beld is placed, (no build without PE for me

) this is the result of a flying dutchman's crate...

Painted it wood brown

Time for some weathering.
I used MIG wood ageing solution and a drybrush with Andrea wood and valejo white.

Final result:

Left: my crate Right: kit crate
What do you like better?

I don't like crates that look new like the one in the kit. Crate's should have holes and cracks in them, but that my opinion...

This crate is planed here:

I think it looks awesome...

Cheers guys!

longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:01 pm

nice work mate

adds a lot

shane

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 11:10 pm

Awesome work on the crate, love it

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 3:17 am

I pulled my head out just long enough to see this wonderful crate appear.
It's wonderful haha.
Actually it's bloody fantastic!!!!
I make mine out of fruit basket wood or Popsicle sticks, depending on the thickness.
I've never thought to use PE though. That's pretty cool!!!

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:12 pm

Wow mate that is great work

ModelingMatt · Post by **ModelingMatt** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 7:42 pm

Terriffic stuff so far, I'm really enjoying the build log.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:58 pm

longlance67 wrote:nice work mate
adds a lot
shane

ModelingMatt wrote:Terriffic stuff so far, I'm really enjoying the build log.

Nige201980 wrote:Wow mate that is great work

Coen wrote:I pulled my head out just long enough to see this wonderful crate appear.
It's wonderful haha.
Actually it's bloody fantastic!!!!
I make mine out of fruit basket wood or Popsicle sticks, depending on the thickness.
I've never thought to use PE though. That's pretty cool!!!

Paul wrote:Awesome work on the crate, love it

Thank you all for the nice comments guys, appreciate it