Post by adampolo13 on Jun 3, 2013 20:15:44 GMT -5
Hello everybody, First off I need to apologize for not being as active here on MSC as I'd like to be. I've been wicked busy with the new house, pregnant wife, busy job. You get the idea. Well I have had a chance to sneak some work in here and there.
Since reviewing this Kit for inscale.org I've been having difficulty not cracking open the box and getting started. You can check out the review here inscale.org/public/?p=5223.
The good news is I was able to get a good start on the kit today. Since the hull is the same as prior releases, the instructions start by having you remove and fill in two area's of raised detail. You will see the result of my removal, filling, and sanding here.
The instructions go on to have you install a number of different parts to the suspension. There are 5 pieces of photo etc to add and 45 pieces of plastic to add in the first two pages of instruction. As is standard with Trumpeter's newer releases there are almost to ejector pin marks and where they are present they are hidden.
One thing to make note of, The instructions do call to attach the main doors on the side of the hull. I have left them off for now because I'd like to display this with the doors open.
The next two pages of instructions complete the suspension.
What I would suggest to anybody building this, don't glue any of these assemblies in place until you have a chance to make sure all the wheels line up strait.
Here is what the suspense looks like after you complete the two first suspension sub assemblies.
Here is what it looks like when you've got the next page of instructions done.
One thing I've found so far that will need attention is the area just inside the main doors. These are the location holes for the suspension parts below. I'll get in here with some CA and sanding sticks.
Again, once you get to this point you can go ahead and glue everything. It's a good idea to have the wheels and tires put together so you can verify that everything lines up the way it's supposed to.
Here are a couple of profile pictures, I couldn't resist getting a feel for this vehicle.
I cannot say anything bad about this kit, that's for sure. I was able to do some more work on the BTR-70. I completed building the interior.
Here are pictures of the instructions.
Here is how it looks all built up.
Here it is all primed in flat black.
As a note, one thing I would suggest is leaving the sub assemblies unglued to aid in painting.
I haven't done a very good job at documenting all the paint stages and weathering etc but I did take a few pictures of where it is at now. Basically, for the green I used AK Interactive's RAL 6011 RESEDAGRĂśN (715) which came out of their late German war set. I didn't have the suggested Tamiya color and this looked close enough for me. In terms of weathering I gave everything a nice dry brush with steel and then I used AK's enamel weathering products, basically a filter and a few different types of washes.
I still have to weather the bench and paint the rear tanks but other than that I'm getting close to attaching the top and bottom together. In preparation for that I'm going to skip around a little bit in the instructions and glue down all the hatches I plan on leaving closed.
If I had to rate this kit on a scale of 1-10 just on how much fun it is, well I'd give this thing an 11. So far no fit issues, no flash, no visible ejector marks. This thing really is a blast. One small note on the instructions though, when it references part "D-14" they really mean "C-14" there is no D sprue, but again that was not a tough issue to solve.
I added some dry brushing to the bench and some washes, then I gave it a light dusting of AK's dark earth pigment. I'm happy with it.
Next I went on to the upper hull. I jumped around a lot on the next few pages of instructions. You will see from the pictures I closed in all the small ports etc. I also added the fans and vision blocks which I masked off.
After that was dry I applied the same weathering to the upper hull as the lower. I have to apologize because I forgot to take a picture and have since glued the upper and lower together. In fact it is curing as I type...
I did manage to take a few pictures of everything with the top and bottom just dry fit.
I meant to show you a picture of the instructions where the part was labeled incorrectly.
Here is where I was at after this page, the only thing I haven't done is put the glass and the larger hatches on. You will also notice that this is where the kit starts to utilize the PE.
Next up, page 11 pictures.
Thanks for checking out my build!
Since reviewing this Kit for inscale.org I've been having difficulty not cracking open the box and getting started. You can check out the review here inscale.org/public/?p=5223.
The good news is I was able to get a good start on the kit today. Since the hull is the same as prior releases, the instructions start by having you remove and fill in two area's of raised detail. You will see the result of my removal, filling, and sanding here.
The instructions go on to have you install a number of different parts to the suspension. There are 5 pieces of photo etc to add and 45 pieces of plastic to add in the first two pages of instruction. As is standard with Trumpeter's newer releases there are almost to ejector pin marks and where they are present they are hidden.
One thing to make note of, The instructions do call to attach the main doors on the side of the hull. I have left them off for now because I'd like to display this with the doors open.
The next two pages of instructions complete the suspension.
What I would suggest to anybody building this, don't glue any of these assemblies in place until you have a chance to make sure all the wheels line up strait.
Here is what the suspense looks like after you complete the two first suspension sub assemblies.
Here is what it looks like when you've got the next page of instructions done.
One thing I've found so far that will need attention is the area just inside the main doors. These are the location holes for the suspension parts below. I'll get in here with some CA and sanding sticks.
Again, once you get to this point you can go ahead and glue everything. It's a good idea to have the wheels and tires put together so you can verify that everything lines up the way it's supposed to.
Here are a couple of profile pictures, I couldn't resist getting a feel for this vehicle.
I cannot say anything bad about this kit, that's for sure. I was able to do some more work on the BTR-70. I completed building the interior.
Here are pictures of the instructions.
Here is how it looks all built up.
Here it is all primed in flat black.
As a note, one thing I would suggest is leaving the sub assemblies unglued to aid in painting.
I haven't done a very good job at documenting all the paint stages and weathering etc but I did take a few pictures of where it is at now. Basically, for the green I used AK Interactive's RAL 6011 RESEDAGRĂśN (715) which came out of their late German war set. I didn't have the suggested Tamiya color and this looked close enough for me. In terms of weathering I gave everything a nice dry brush with steel and then I used AK's enamel weathering products, basically a filter and a few different types of washes.
I still have to weather the bench and paint the rear tanks but other than that I'm getting close to attaching the top and bottom together. In preparation for that I'm going to skip around a little bit in the instructions and glue down all the hatches I plan on leaving closed.
If I had to rate this kit on a scale of 1-10 just on how much fun it is, well I'd give this thing an 11. So far no fit issues, no flash, no visible ejector marks. This thing really is a blast. One small note on the instructions though, when it references part "D-14" they really mean "C-14" there is no D sprue, but again that was not a tough issue to solve.
I added some dry brushing to the bench and some washes, then I gave it a light dusting of AK's dark earth pigment. I'm happy with it.
Next I went on to the upper hull. I jumped around a lot on the next few pages of instructions. You will see from the pictures I closed in all the small ports etc. I also added the fans and vision blocks which I masked off.
After that was dry I applied the same weathering to the upper hull as the lower. I have to apologize because I forgot to take a picture and have since glued the upper and lower together. In fact it is curing as I type...
I did manage to take a few pictures of everything with the top and bottom just dry fit.
I meant to show you a picture of the instructions where the part was labeled incorrectly.
Here is where I was at after this page, the only thing I haven't done is put the glass and the larger hatches on. You will also notice that this is where the kit starts to utilize the PE.
Next up, page 11 pictures.
Thanks for checking out my build!
5 hour blocks of time are precious regardless and with everything you've got going on I'm sure they are even more prized! 
