BA3 Model 1934 Armoured Car: Finished Pics Page 5

zenrat · July 28, 2018, 02:26:47 AM

Enough with the flying things already. What this GB needs is some more armour...

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BA3 Model 1934 Armoured Car 1/35 by Zvezda.

Armoured Car BA3 Model 1934 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
To have a Rolls Royce style turret.

BA-3 Rolls Royce Turret 02 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
Paint job will be based on this.

BA3 Scheme 01 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

I started today. The body has gone together well. Some flash but fit is very good. Turret will be cut down.

BA3 WIP 28-07-18 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

*and some floaty things.

NARSES2 · July 28, 2018, 02:33:45 AM

PR19_Kit · July 28, 2018, 02:55:04 AM

The original turret looks pretty beefy, how come the car didn't turn over when they fired the gun?

zenrat · July 28, 2018, 03:05:48 AM

Original turret was from a T26 light tank - 45mm gun.

zenrat · July 31, 2018, 02:56:11 AM

Turret now correct size.
Needs filler and rivets. In fact the whole thing is short on rivets.

Anyone got a 1/35 Vickers Gun barrel they don't want? I'm planning to scratch one up but being bone idle...

BA3 WIP 31-07-18 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

NARSES2 · July 31, 2018, 07:08:40 AM

Now that looks the part

Vickers and Boy's AT rifle ?

Old Wombat · July 31, 2018, 08:26:14 AM

Quote from: zenrat on July 31, 2018, 02:56:11 AM
Anyone got a 1/35 Vickers Gun barrel they don't want? I'm planning to scratch one up but being bone idle...

I've got a few Vickers guns. No, you can't have any, I need them.

zenrat · August 01, 2018, 04:39:49 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on July 31, 2018, 07:08:40 AM
Now that looks the part

Vickers and Boy's AT rifle ?

Just the Vickers. I have the Roden Royce Armoured Car with the Boys and the Vickers and a Lewis so this will have a Vickers and some Brens.

Quote from: Old Wombat on July 31, 2018, 08:26:14 AM
Quote from: zenrat on July 31, 2018, 02:56:11 AM
Anyone got a 1/35 Vickers Gun barrel they don't want? I'm planning to scratch one up but being bone idle...

I've got a few Vickers guns. No, you can't have any, I need them.

Fairy nuff. I would hang on to them too. I just need the barrel which I think I can cobble together from tube and rod.
A visit to the LHS is also in order to examine their 1/35 figure/accessory sets to see if they happen to have one containing a Vickers.

Hmmmm, I can get 1/32 Vickers Machine Guns from shapeways. Do we think these will be obviously too large?
I'm not sure.

https://www.shapeways.com/product/KVS8JDNSF/six-1-32-scale-vickers-machine-guns?optionId=66752717&li=marketplace

PR19_Kit · August 01, 2018, 04:53:45 AM

Quote from: zenrat on August 01, 2018, 04:39:49 AM

Hmmmm, I can get 1/32 Vickers Machine Guns from shapeways.

Yes, but can you afford the mortgage instalments?

nighthunter · August 01, 2018, 06:48:21 AM

I have 2 Vickers you can have. PM me.

NARSES2 · August 01, 2018, 06:52:36 AM

Quote from: zenrat on August 01, 2018, 04:39:49 AM

Hmmmm, I can get 1/32 Vickers Machine Guns from shapeways. Do we think these will be obviously too large?
I'm not sure.

Say it's the 0.5" version

zenrat · August 02, 2018, 03:33:36 AM

I smeared some filler on the turret today.

Quote from: nighthunter on August 01, 2018, 06:48:21 AM
I have 2 Vickers you can have. PM me.

PM sent.

zenrat · August 05, 2018, 02:16:45 AM

A bit more progress today.
I attached the last part of the body (the front mudguards and rear panel), painted the chassis and engine black and started work on the suspension.

zenrat · August 06, 2018, 05:00:23 AM

Today was wheel prep day. Eleven wheels (each consisting of a solid half and a rim) removed from the sprue, cleaned up, stuck onto a strip of tape and then primed.

Not my favourite task. But now out of the way.

zenrat · August 12, 2018, 05:18:13 AM

Wheels airbrushed. Badly. I need to go over them with a brush. Somedays I just can't seem to get the settings right on the airbrush. This weekend contained two of those days.