1/87 Scale Ukraine Ambush Dio

[colin m]

Nice injury Paul...we modelers just love spewing blood all over the place...there ought to be a blood donation drive posting here. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Wabble

I’m reading this thinking I’ve done really well as regards blood loss recently.
There I said it, that’s my night at the bench scuppered. I better find the plasters now.

[Airborne01]

For Dave.
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Progressing. Have I mentioned how I hate 1/87 resin?
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He's a sick boy ...

[Mini Me]

I hear you five by five on the RESIN!! especially those blocks of debris they attach the tiniest of parts to.......what are they thinking???
Nice flesh wound Bro, keep the Mojo riding, this looks like it's gonna be an interesting dio. :thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Noodling about w/donated German armor. Have found some white cross decals to cover iron crosses. May have to change camo if Netherlands sends the Leopards. I don't think they do NATO camo., any thoughts? Roland & Gepard could be from German mothball stocks. Gepards are already in Ukraine service from Germany & are very effective against drones & slow cruise missles.




Don't think anyone will send the latest version of Leopard or any Abrams due to training considerations.

[rtfoe]

I hear you five by five on the RESIN!! especially those blocks of debris they attach the tiniest of parts to.......what are they thinking???
Nice flesh wound Bro, keep the Mojo riding, this looks like it's gonna be an interesting dio. :thumb2:

The tabs are basically the reservoirs that the resin is poured in. The larger the reservoir the easier to pour and bubbles to escape and you don't need to top up to fill in the spaces where the bubbles have escaped or when the resin shrinks.

Cheers,
Wabble

[Mr Bowcat]

I find CA glue very good for small incisions. Oh, and in for the build.

[Mini Me]

Or put a zipper on it.....BTW, if you hold off on this dio a little longer, you will be able to include Bradleys and M1 Abrams as well....just thinking out loud.

[minitnkr]

On it Rick. I guess they figured out the fuel situation for the Abrams. Would expect them to be deployed together like Leopards & Marders.

[minitnkr]

Here are some from the standby stash. This is just for show, not part of ambush dio.
Artfully compressed.



.....or could be an attack through a defensive position.

[minitnkr]

Berm for more trees/cover for AT teams.

[Mini Me]

Nice little build up.....should make all the difference.

[minitnkr]

Getting ready for trees & undergrowth.

View from A1 eyeball.

[adt70hk]

Sorry got behind on this. That's coming on very nicely!!

ATB.

Andrew

[minitnkr]

Selected armatures for trees to thicken up hedgerows for additional air cover.

Another view of selected armatures for the north hedgerow.

[Jim R]

You really do have a flair for these dios. Your photos show just how realistic this is.