BA -20 1/35 Scale Russian Armoured Car by Hobby Boss

[JR]

Looking good John :smiling3:.

Cheers Ralph.

John,
You should be pleased with that out come looks very nice.

Thanks Paul, just one thing I'd bothering me, there are some very strange thing pieces of plastic to cut off the sprue to go to the steering and rear brakes, not looking fwd to that section .

JR, hope the wheels show up soon. This looks like it will be a good one.
Cheers, Rick H.

Thanks, hope so Rick .

Forget the wheels John, get some tracks on it:smiling5:

Oil washes are looking good to me.
I think washes/filters etc help to enhance the paintwork and add a realistic look:thumb2:

Si, no don't say that :tired::smiling3::smiling3: Pity that the majority of it will be covered , but I'm going to leave the front covers open, one engine hatch and the cab door .

Hi John
That chassis and engine look excellent.
Jim

Thanks Jim.

Nice work on the fiddly bits John.

Cheers Peter, hope you got your glasses sorted .

John .
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One thing that made me smile, I painted the center console black, as no doubt it would have been, painstakingly did the decals and then looked again, quite honestly you can't see any difference. The markings on the dials are so small they hardly show .:smiling2:.
Another thing is the drivers two hatches, made up from 3 parts, 2 have numbers, the 3 rd nothing ! . Also at the rear of the car body is a spare wheel, in a small drawing on one of the later instructions pages . This drawing shows some rear brkts with a rail running across the rear of the car, but these aren't part of the kit , so why even show then ?


John .

[Lee Drennen]

Rolling chassis looking smart John.

[JR]

Rolling chassis looking smart John.

Thanks Lee.
Did a bit more in the body work, cut the bonett open replaced with plastic card, managed some rivets. !


Makes all that effort on the engine worth it.
Thanks for following, comments welcome .
John .

[Lee Drennen]

Great work John. Yes all the work on the engine would be in vain if you can’t see it.

[JR]

Get work John. Yes all the work on the engine would be in vain if you can’t see it.

Thanks Lee, when I was thinking of what to do before the wheels turn up in a mad moment I thought open up the front part of the bonnet, hood in your case , the hinges were there so just cut with the saw and blade up to that line. Certainly gives more interest . Don't know if they had a stay to keep the thing open, but will make one out of some wire .
John .

[minitnkr]

Look'in mighty fine. PaulE

[Neil Merryweather]

Ooh, John, rivets.....! :hungry: :flushed:
How many....?

[JR]

Look'in mighty fine. PaulE

Thanks Paul .

Ooh, John, rivets.....! :hungry: :flushed:
How many....?

4 Neil ! and take my word for it enough , I had some Master Club, from Russia ( where else ) , what fun you can have trying to see where they have gone, even when covered by a finger they disappeared only to reappear stuck to the said finger. Above the drivers armoured screens there were two more to be cut from block of five on two sprues. I managed to loose 6 , and tried to fix the 4 in place, 3 look ok the 4th looks like a mass of rust has appeared, :smiling::smiling: all good fun.

John.

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Spent some time today washing very carefully before the primer coat. This time i've used Vallejo green 4BO , With all these hatches open I don't see a camo pattern on the horizon, sorry Steve. :disappointed:



Not on the chassis yet.



Did the turret on its own, I can see that smg getting knocked off.



Leaving overnight to fully dry, then will have a final think about that camo, don't want to let Steve down. At least a winter wash will hide any hard edges.

John.

[Steve Jones]

I wouldn't bother with the camo mate its looking just fine as it is. Wonderful work. Glad to see it's coming together so well

[Jim R]

Hi John
Looks great under paint. I do like having the doors etc open - just means more work :tongue-out3: As for rivets - I seem to remember putting dozens on mine - when I lost them or glued them to the bench or my fingers I kept saying to myself "If Simon T can do it so can I". I'm very good at lying to myself!!!
Jim

[Guest]

Smart work that man!

[Mickc1440]

Very nice work JR

[JR]

I wouldn't bother with the camo mate its looking just fine as it is. Wonderful work. Glad to see it's coming together so well

Thanks Steve, glad you approve, I still don't like rivets .:tongue-out3::upside:.

Hi John
Looks great under paint. I do like having the doors etc open - just means more work :tongue-out3: As for rivets - I seem to remember putting dozens on mine - when I lost them or glued them to the bench or my fingers I kept saying to myself "If Simon T can do it so can I". I'm very good at lying to myself!!!
Jim

Cheers Jim, think If i'm going to attempt all that interior then it might as well be seen. Ah there are some many things the Simon does that are well out of my comfort zone, he and the Spawn of Simon , ie Steve " Rivet " Jones are a rare breed indeed.:smiling2:

Smart work that man!

Thank you Peter. got to search for some suitable figures now.

Very nice work JR

Thanks Mick:thumb2:

John.


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Might have a chance this afternoon of getting some black on for shadows, plenty of nice curves to ponder, before I start on the top coats.
Noticed yesterday that my needle has slight tip damage, a sort of hook at the end. Suppose a gentle removal with a fine diamond file might do the trick, I shall wait until someone with more experience has some suggestions.

Nice wet day so what better place to be, off to the cave. Bye .

John.

[Si Benson]

Hi John,

Paint looks good from here, are you doing oils on this too?
Was just reading about slight tip damage, I take it you mean airbrush needle?
I’m probably asking for both barrels, but I personally wouldn’t take a file to it.

I had the same issue last week with my airbrush needle, so gently rollled it back and forth on a piece of stainless steel at a slight angle to get it back in shape. I’d imagine a sheet of glass etc would do the same as long as it’s flat and solid?

[Jim R]

Hi John
Loads of videos on mending damaged AB needles HERE
Jim