Deon Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) With workspace ever decreasing, I thought I'd find a small project I can build in bed for 20 minutes or so each night, so here's my ACE BRDM. It fits where it touches and will need a bit of wire to amke somes handles, otherwise, just some files to sharpen up the soggy looking kit parts. I put the four hull parts together last night, next - the unnecessarily complicated running gear . The kit comes with Soviet and DDR markings, but I fancy something African or Middle Eastern. options would be Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Congo, Cuba, Guinea, Mozambique, Sudan and Zambia, time to google Edited June 28, 2011 by Deon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicus Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 any progress? Been waiting....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 Back decks on, filling tomorrow then prime and sand over the weekend, will add pic Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikkel Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Whic country will it be from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcooljules Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 looking forward to this. if you dont use the DDR decals, could you send em my way please :-) looks ok for the price, ok a bit soft around the edges but ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 This will be the first BRDM model I've seen so looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 looking forward to this. if you dont use the DDR decals, could you send em my way please :-)looks ok for the price, ok a bit soft around the edges but ok Will do , just drop me a pm with your address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 4, 2011 Author Share Posted June 4, 2011 at last a bit of progress, strangely I only get anything done when im off ill, thank the modelling gods for 'manflu'. All the bit are together apart from the headlights which Ill add when i find something appropriate. I found most of the smaller items almost unuseable and the major items fitted only where they touched. Still here she is.. and... I'll probably do this as an Indonesian license built machine in grey or a speculative green and dusty FAPLA machine from Angola. The Indonesian one appears to have no markings, so Ill be doing a medium gloss grey undercoat. If I like it, it stays, if not, on goes the green, just need to find some suitable numerals for an ex cuban FAPLA vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicus Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Looks good Deon!! All the little extra look good as well!! cheers Brenden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
about:blank Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hi Deon, what references do you have for the Angolan version? I believe only the BRDM-2 was used (in the bush war at least)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 The BRDM one was also used and for this I have touchable, fotographable,inclimbable, unfortunately no longer driveable etc etcable proof the angolan Machines was a kind of lush satinish green and some were captured by the SADF during the bush war one is currently on display at the School of Armour museum along with a whole bunch of russian made armour including a wide range of the T series tanks personell carriers 2 different types of PT76's one a command car and also some GAZ trucks and a BMP2 that was used in a rambo movie if memory serves. Regards: Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 mmm seems my post didnt take Well simply stunning build Deon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Fab TSA! I can't find any pics, but lush satin green it is. Im guessing that FAPLa kept the Cuban callsigns C-XXX or something like that? I dont suppose you have any links to a piccy? I've done the usual trawl include some vet's blog. Winding up the airbrush tomorrow with a new batch of greens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Unfortunately no links deon but:The callsigns were deleted from the vehicles after capture as any and all so called revolutionary thingys was taboo in the years of the bushwar.But then again if I were to take a not so very educated gues and according to the DVD set called "Bosoorlog" (translated as Bushwar) the callsigns would have been unique to FAPLA.The reason for above mentioned is that the cubans arrived towards the end period of the war and actually tried to keep a low que.The cubans were "up there" only as "advisors" and not as soldiers.I work with some exAPLA and MK members and even according to those that were doing their so called training up in Angola the Cubans was not always a welcome addition, they tended to be very inhumane Think camp quatro etc. and they never went out in the frontlines rather choosing to act as section commanders and also accepted no retreat Shooting the blokes that tried to retreat onthe spot for desertion.The FAPLA commanders were also very proud of their own heratage and would rather have used callsigns unique to their organisation(almost always copied from the russians and converted to english e.g I used to have a commander with the "battle name" of wet fish and another with the name Lion of Zion.But that said let me see what I can dig up and then get back to you.BTW if you are planning on using humbroll enamels the closest to spot on colour will be army green.Will get the number from the paintrack and let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hi guys 1st off Blank sorry you were right.BRUISED EGO!I went back to my own photos from the armour museum and guess what the BRDM is a BRDM 2 and not a one .The rest of the above post still ring true though According to the net Angola still has a 120 BRDM1's in service but I cant as yet find pics I will stay on it though and let you know if anything pops up.I also still have to go through my anti tank text books and see if there is something in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
about:blank Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 (edited) Yup, also got pics from the armour museum collection . Finding a photo of an Angolan BRDM-1 would be a good one though. Sorry for the slight thread hijack Deon. Edited June 21, 2011 by about:blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hi guys, Thanks for all this, I did see a pic of a wrecked Brdm 2(?) after one of the ops, not so clear, but looked like C-5xx in white on the side. I figured something like this would be ok for the Brdm 1, just need to try and match the font. Obviously it would be great to get a real number for a BRDM1 or a colour pic but, if not Ill get as close as I can. I can always redo it in the future if more evidence turns up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the South African Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Hi Deon I searched all of the nether regions but nada!I did stumble across some links re the BRDM 2 though and will be glad to PM them to you If you want.I am however very sure that the BRDM 1 was in service with Angola and may still be as all of the sites Ive visited states that they are on Angolan inventory.As for the serial you can use pretty much any number as the FAPLAS couldnt be bothered less about the markings as long as it started and ran they were happy.A safe bet would be to use a vehicle number taken from a cuban one for the time being as according to some cuban sources they sent a fair amount of hardware to angola in the run up to Cuito.(wich they lost BTW)The articles that they write on the subject makes no sense and the propaganda pics has the wrong equipment in a lot of the cases and in the rest the "shot out" vehicles can be clearly seen to have been C4'ed.But then again that is only my and all ofthe guys that was actually there including my Father and uncles' oppinions.Good luck with the rest of the build and I am looking forward to the end result.BTW is there any african nation that you guys know of that uses the T80 besides for Libya and egypt?(Both of wich I am BTW also not sure of) Regards.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Thanks TSA for the info. One of my stepfathers was a merc in Angola in the nasty business with Col. Callan but I was too young to pick his brains on anything other than infantry tactics . Not something he wanted to talk about mostly, so I guess his memories died with him. BRDm now undercoated with scratched headlights , probably get the main colour on tomorrow, kleared and decalled for the weekend. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 (edited) 20 minutes left and still the tools, lights and mg to paint !! Edited June 26, 2011 by Deon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 20 minutes left and still the tools, lights and mg to paint !! you can do it, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
about:blank Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Good looking model Deon. What paint/ colour did you use for the green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 sorry for the long absence - I think I used life colour olive drab, closest i could get to the Soviet colour Ive seen on 70s russian stuff. Im hoping to redo it once i can get some better pics of Angolan stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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