Organization

I've been working on organizing a workshop for myself for a few years now. I think there is an older post under the same tag of "workshop" if you want to see some additional pictures. Today I was organizing the chaos corner, it was rapidly getting worse. All the new kits I was buying where just being jammed in the chaos corner. I've been using Scalemates.com to track what I have in my stash and what projects are ongoing. I am now pleased to say the corner looks much better and I can even see all my kits now!

BRDM 3 Complete

After a few long evenings and some heavy weathering this is the result! She has a Soviet Navy livery and has seen a lot of use, mostly in training excercises. 

You learn a lot researching for model projects. The Soviets used a small number of there vehicle stockpile for training exclusively. The idea being that brand new vehicles would be delivered to units should a war break out. With that in my mind I wanted to really beat in this amphibious tank hunter. Heavy chipping and lots of mud build up seemed in order. 

Brdm 3 chipping and base paint

I finished up the base color and chipping effects. I used the hairspray technique. I'm pretty happy with the results. Next I'll add some more weathering, mud, and dust.

Brdm Update

Finally got the assembly finished and gaps filled. After a quick primer I gave it a coat of Chipping Brown. I want to get some chipping techniques on this old army vehicle. The tires had a light airbrushing of migs rubber and tires color.

Brdm 3

This kit is one of the oldest kits that I have ever built. It has some extremely difficult assembly sections. Particularly the bow trim plate. I broke most of the arms after it was assembled just by handling it. I am going to attempt to replace them with some brass wire. I have some pictures of both hull sections below and will update with new photos right before paint.

Models

I'm patiently waiting the arrival of paints to complete the car kits I've been working on. In the meantime I'm going to be building this older dragon kit. According to Scalemates it's from the early 90's. I guess that classifies it as a vintage kit.

I bought this on ebay brand new, sealed about a month ago. It's in great shape. I have included pics of all the components except a tiny piece of clear plastic intended for use in the windshields.

Sorry the decals are a bit dark. I can take some better ones if people are interested. And finally the instructions are just a fold out sheet. And lastly the included paint schemes.

Mostly likely I will be doing this up as a USSR vehicle to go along with some tanks I also have in my stash.  Below you can see the sprues getting a nice clean. It's important for these older kits since they are more likely to have mold release agents still sitting on them.

Backlog work

I am working hard to clear my backlog of started and half completed projects. This is a big slew of things. Warhammer, 1/35 scale tanks, 1/24 scale model cars, Necromunda, SPQR, and micro armor. I'm going to be using this blog to hold myself accountable so expect to see some things you wouldn't normally see. So far I have cleared A Lord of Contagion off my desk and have get my Flames of war Italian tanks and guns ready for primer. The Lord of Contagion will be put up for sale so check back and I'll through up the link. Heres a pic: