WymanV Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) Here's another one that's been languishing in the stash: My LHS had this on the closeout shelf last winter and since I was re-reading Antony Beevor's Stalingrad at the time, I snapped it up. I grabbed a few bottles of green I had laying around that were old mixes and nearly dried out and took them to work. I mixed them all together and/or reconstituted them with lacquer thinner, strained out the globs and sprayed the parts. Then I started looking up the history. As it turned out, the BM-13 is mounted on a post war ZiL-151 truck chassis. Italeri's instructions has a great write up about the Katyusha's war service but fail to tell us that they were carried on the ZiS-6 or the more favored Studebaker truck chassis during the war. The kit earned the trip to The Naughty Closet for that while I mulled over finding a 1/35 Studebaker or ZiS-6 truck to mount it to. It was forgotten until I was wrapping up the Sherman build and wondering if I had anything else like that in the stash. I saw this one and it clicked. Anyway, as mentioned the only thing done so far is a preliminary painting of the parts on the sprue, with this odd dark green mix that probably would've worked better for a WWII build. I thinlk it'll be alright tho: I still have an AFV M-10 build that I'm doing some final assembly on so it may be the weekend before I start working on this one. Ken Edited November 1, 2009 by WymanV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graemeb Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Hi Ken Fear not, are you up for a challenge. Here we go FOLLOW THIS LINK Later Graeme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 (edited) Ahhh....no :) Nice work happening over there. This one's post-war tho, so it won't be quite so dirty Ken Edited October 15, 2009 by WymanV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I just finished a post war "Stalin's Organ" made originally by ICM (ex Omega-K Models) in my usual 1:72. Tricky build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 3, 2009 Author Share Posted October 3, 2009 Alright-finally a start. Here's the chassis, painted: Cleaning up the cab parts too: Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 (edited) Ken You might want to check out the colour as Soviet soft skin lower chassis framing/running gear were painted black. I finished this kit subject in 1:72 not so long ago (Shocking kit by ICM, as nothing fit, hence no spare tyre rack) and the images make the model look like it is floating, which it is not! ;) MikeJ Edited October 3, 2009 by madmike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 Bummer. And I'm too far along to change it. The instructions and some web reference that I didn't save pointed out that the only ones that carried markings and colors other than green were the parade ones. Better luck next time, I guess. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted October 4, 2009 Share Posted October 4, 2009 (edited) Ken, just paint the front fender and tyre hubs black :) Prime Portal walkaround (similar vehicle) Edited October 4, 2009 by madmike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 15, 2009 Author Share Posted October 15, 2009 This is one of those builds that'll cruise right along until all of a sudden-it's done. Better update while I can. Components: And sitting together. The cab snapped into place. It won't have to come off again, or be glued on for that matter. The doors are a press fit too-maybe one day down the road I'll display it with one open: A couple of irritations: The outer rear wheels have 6 exposed ejector pin marks per wheel. They'll stay that way-it's too fiddly to mess with. And I saved myself a world of trouble in assembly by just glueing the wheels on. The way it's set up, if the glue would've held the retainer on it wouldn't have turned anyway. Besides, it's not a toy. Also, some nice gaps around the windscreens. The openings aren't the same shape as the clear inserts. I still have to paint the rocket rails, assemble the framework to the back and glue the back down to the chassis. Then fiddly bits and it's done Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Ken Looking great so far, nice work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 17, 2009 Author Share Posted October 17, 2009 Thanks Mike. Almost there...: Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graemeb Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Taking shape nicely, see you managed to fix the chassis paint up as well, will you be mounting her on a base as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
indydog Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Nicely done Ken. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WymanV Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks guys, and no base yet. I have a bunch of assembled armor waiting for me to get good at doing figures so I can do dioramas. One day... Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Baker Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Man yea, thats cruising right along, and looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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