Thursday, March 31, 2011

BA-3

Another early one this. Though pretty much obsolete by the start of the war many of these were still in service up until about 1942, when they began to be replaced by T60 & T70 tanks
This one is by Unimodel. I like the range of their kits but on a few that I've done it is sometimes difficult to tell where the part stops and the sprue starts, which for me inevitably leads to construction problems; this one was no exception


Velleyo Russian Green as a base, about three lots of highlightings, followed by a couple of washes of Citadel's Thrukka Green. It's okay, but I would try a different brand of kit if I was going to do another one. A good addition but not a great one.

8 comments:

  1. Looks good after you made and paint it, nice model.

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  2. Nice work Al. I know what you mean about the Unimodel kits - I have their ZIS lorry mounting a 76mm gun - it's nice now it's finished but wasn't a total joy to build.

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  3. Agree - I also have put together some Unimodel stuff and have some more of theirs waiting and must agree - it is hard to know where the bit ends and sprue begins! I overcompensate so cut into the sprue, but still, all that later recutting and filing to then get it to the right size...why not just mold it better from the start?

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  4. Thanks boys, seems we've all had some trying times with these kits. EF, totally agree mate, you'd think they're well established enough now to pay a little more attention to detail

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  5. Хорощий бронивечок получился у тебя поздравляю.

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  6. Super work! I agree with all comments on the parts.

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