BA-64 1/35 scale Russian Armoured Car .

[JR]

All the fun of painting soon :smiling2:.

Already started Ralph, feel your getting there when the painting starts .Did a black primer for the shadows of the figures and a round the car .

Hi John
That is great. Just like the photo. Well done with the figures.
Jim

Thanks Jim, those Hornet head are certainly a game changer.

No flag huh? I suppose that means the "Dancing girls are out also"? Dang you make it hard on a fellow. Lovely work so far mate keep the
mojo moving. Rick H.

Sorry Rick :smiling2: but here is one with Lucille Ball from the 1940s.


Moving swiftly on :hungry:

John, thats one hell of gun, i surpose if it jammed you could beat a panzer to death with it! Lovely work John!

No doubt you could but I can see him lying in the road if he fired it from the position. !:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

Hi John, I love this. Good work on the figures, I 'm glad the talc & CA is working for you. I've never used it before, does the talc make the CA less brittle and therefore easier to sand?
May I make a small suggestion about the figures?
If you could just lift the front guy's head so he's not looking at the floor, and twist the head of guy with the AT rifle more to his left( towards the front), I think you'll have a more natural feel to the piece.
cheers
Neil

Hi Neil, slightly easier than pure CA, but I still find it hard to sand, plenty of firm pressure, but as a filler it's perfect .
Yes of course , I can see what you mean, the guy on the front I must have drilled at a slightly out of vertical angle,he was on this back when I drilled and I must have been pointing down, hence the looking down, the guy with the AT I put his head on before I had checked with the photo ,DUH . All is not lost even as they are glued with CA as I have a bottle of debonda, well worth having in my case .:smiling2: Tomorrow a change will be made :thumb2:
Thanks guys .
John .

[JR]

By eck , youre really turning this pig of a kit into a beauty john , full marks for perseverance and resisting the urge to get the matches out. I say , that blokes got an awfully long shooter!! :flushed: , cheers tony

Just crossed then , thanks Tony, the car and crew will go to the Ball ! :smiling: As for his shooter :surprised: indeed .
John

[Guest]

thats one hell of gun, i surpose if it jammed you could beat a panzer to death with it!

Jam? It’s a single-shot, manually-loaded weapon Here’s some people not doing it quite right, though:

(What are they not doing quite right? Watch this one for the answer:

j

[BattleshipBob]

Not a clue about the gun??

[BigGreg]

wow reproduction of an historical picture... LOVE it... well don TOVARISCH ZHON

[JR]

wow reproduction of an historical picture... LOVE it... well don TOVARISCH ZHON

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Dzhon

[Si Benson]

Evening John,

Blimey this is going together very quickly. And a fine job your making of things too sir:smiling4:

Hope you’ve been enjoying the garden over the weekend, I know I have
Keep it coming :thumb2:

[JR]

Evening John,

Blimey this is going together very quickly. And a fine job your making of things too sir:smiling4:

Hope you’ve been enjoying the garden over the weekend, I know I have
Keep it coming :thumb2:

Thanks Si.
Spent more time out side most of the week in fact , spent one afternoon sifting the remains of the front lawn I took up last year. Been bagged up since then and had some decent soil . Every thing is growing , seeds in the house at the moment vin case we have a sudden frost !
John .

[Lee Drennen]

Looking good JR can’t wait for paint

[JR]

Looking good JR can’t wait for paint

Thank Lee, if it comes out half as good as your trailer I shall be glad !
John .

[Lee Drennen]

I’m sure it will probably better

[JR]

I’m sure it will probably better

Quite honestly Lee it's been a battle, yours is looking really good, looking fwd to the cab .
John .

[RM6239]

John, love the work mate, hanging in for the finish.

cheers
Ross

[rtfoe]

John, good to see you perserveering and kicking this kit into submission. I agree with Neil on the figure heads. If all four were facing to the front would be most natural not unless you have a fifth figure on the ground making eye contact with one on the vehical.

Try using a 30 degree sharp blade to carve the CA and then final clean up with needle files. If you have Tamiya aircraft fillers you can use that to fill smaller gaps and then clean up with Gunze thinner which will dissolve the putty and not the plastic to smoothen it down.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

John, love the work mate, hanging in for the finish.

cheers
Ross

Cheers mate, will do.
John .

John, good to see you persevering and kicking this kit into submission. I agree with Neil on the figure heads. If all four were facing to the front would be most natural not unless you have a fifth figure on the ground making eye contact with one on the vehicle.

Try using a 30 degree sharp blade to carve the CA and then final clean up with needle files. If you have Tamiya aircraft fillers you can use that to fill smaller gaps and then clean up with Gunze thinner which will dissolve the putty and not the plastic to smoothen it down.

Cheers,
Richard

Point taken, i've just sprayed the primmer and had the debonda ready when I came in to check on the photo.
I'm assuming I can get some of those blades for a S&M scalpel retractable knife ?
Off to have a look.
John.