HWR MKII Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Skif may not be the best company out there in terms of detail or fit but unfortunately they are the only ones out there with a 1/35 range of MTLB based vehicles. The Strela 10 is one of them. Overall the fit is decent and the kit comes with an interior. However the interior is wrong for the A/A variant pictured here. So it has been left out. Most of the work you see here is creation of details that are present on the actual vehicle but completely left out of the kit. The kit does have one advantage that its overall shape is correct. I know there is an Eduard photoetch set for it but when i looked at it the set didnt seem to have the shape and fidelity seen in the reference pictures i have. So i set about recreating alot of it with sheet plastic. The roadwheels were replaced with the ones from a trumpeter SA-6 SAM kit and the track will be the resin link and length set from Accurate Armour. Enjoy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hagar Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Thats awesome. Could youtell where you found ref photos of it to get that detail?Have you done any other air defence vehicles and if please share. Thanks . James Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dahut Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 That, folks, is what you call modeling. Top rate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 (edited) Thanks guys. Its been a rewarding project too. Not near finishing but getting there. My 2 main reference pages are here http://www.1rota.com/strela10.html http://tanksinmoscow.ru/MAKS/Strela10_02.htm youll see in the second link that theres floats mounted to the side of the hull. Its common to see Gophers with and without them. I like the lines of the hull without so i just represented the mounting points for them. When its done i plan on having the model firing a missile similar to this picture http://warfare.ru/thumb.aspx?img=0702ey70/...005/3/str01.jpg The kit comes with 4 decent Strela missiles that just need some dressing up with .010 sheet. Edited September 20, 2008 by HWR MKII Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Great start! I'm just building SA-6... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gambler Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 Superb work!! Excellent scratch details. Cheers, Jeff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 thanks. I wont be able to continue on it for a couple weeks. I need some narrow C channel from evergreen and my local supplier is remodeling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Antoine Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Magnifique! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Boxster Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Looking very good there! B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dahut Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 Now you need to make another set of those details and cast them in resin for the aftermarket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted September 26, 2008 Author Share Posted September 26, 2008 it would be easier to just detail ad cast another upper hull. But there is already a resin MTLB out there that is pretty decent. Alot of the details are relatively uncastable as well the way i made them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted November 18, 2008 Author Share Posted November 18, 2008 I shot the hull with some primer and the details all tie together really well. Hope to get back to this one soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Very neat seeing the crew member's head in there. Interesting subject. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Sweet SAM! excellent work!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper50 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I have to agree with everyone else, excellent work. Nice to see someone take on a subject and scratch build the heck out of it. Very good attention to detail. I look forward to seeing the finished product. Thanks for the links too, great reference for the future. Don M. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Thanks. The last part that needs details is the missile box gantry, and the missile boxes themselves. I have shots of the necessary areas but it is visually confusing in some spots. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 (edited) For some reason Photobucket is being slower than dirt today and my stuff isnt uploading right. I did get one shot in. I got the track on last night and one of the missile boxes detailed up. I have to do the other 3 boxes next. In the mean time im going to shoot all the recesses with nato black. Im going to be doing a vehicle with a rather muddy lower hull. Not chunky mud but more like it splashed through alot of puddles of runny mud. The kind that make the hull look like it was painted in dirt color. Here is the one shot i managed to upload. Still some small details on the gantry like the radar dish and other small boxes. OK Got the rest uploaded. Edited December 3, 2008 by HWR MKII Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 The tracks are the Accurate Armour link and length track. They supplied more than enough lengths that i just used them. I used my space heater to warm the lengths and wrap them around the sprocket and idler. I just trimmed and filed the final length in the series on each side to fit the remaining gap. Much easier than fiddling with the tiny individual links they supplied for the idler and sprocket. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yardbird78 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Beautiful work. Your attention to detail is amazing. Darwin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Been a while. Good to see you're still with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Juhász Gábor Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 No Bad! :-)Strela-1/SA-9 Gaskin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted February 18, 2009 Author Share Posted February 18, 2009 Thanks. Its slow going but getting there. I have it basecoated in nato green now but that overall color will change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HWR MKII Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Done and dusted. See it here http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....p;#entry1796923 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Excellent work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graemeb Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Stunning work there, Skif are not to bad got a T54 here , full interior as well, Great platform to start building from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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