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    Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

    As mentioned, I have discarded the original building and will be constructing a new one . It will as with the old one feature a restaurant in the ground floor and two residental stories each with a corner balcony
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    Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

    corner section mounted, bulletholes and damaged ends of wall sections made more realistic, vines added to wall trial placement of small bush
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    Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

    further construction i various stages of completion: Sidewalk corner section (column is from an old Verlinden set) Blue -tacked at this point
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    Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

    Construction well underway on the second dio based on the idea outlined: BMP crew believing to be a "secure area" are discussing further route outside the vehicle. Unbeknownst to them ambush plans are afoot: a recon team is observing the BMP behind a broken wall directing troops moving...
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    Testfitting remaining RPG- guy after re-painting (don't ask...) - plying around with positioning g Topshot:
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    Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

    So, guys with the first of two Syrian civil war dios wrapping up time for the next As you might know originally planned as a one piece the dio had to be split up and one developed into "a ZU-23 Technical...." The second will be following the story line from the original which can be found Here I...
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    Hello all Progress on the RPG team- member fresh from the paintbrush - paint is still wet, pants will be done in Acryllics in woodland camo. T- shirt need more highlights and shadow , hairline will be blended better next come the gear and the AK, strap and ...the flip flops....
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    So, second RPG- team member primed and ready for the first stage of painting. Running, he is landing heel - toe (as you do,,,) mounting him realistically will not be easy.... Generally pleased with the quality of Paracel's figures but the way they split up the molding process does not make it...
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    Thanks a bunch for the warming comments - So, onwards and upwards, RPG- guy is fixed.(well, he did get a strap in the end...) His mate as of yet unpainted but the pics show the likely position as he is shouting over his right shoulder at the trailing RPG - gunner as they both are running, both...
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    So, our spraying and praying guy is mounted! - pretty chuffed with that and the result overall, as he is blasting away, aside from som rubble on the sidewalk he will have a lot of spent 7,62 casings at his feet
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    :smiling:thanks Gents the GF and our two- year old are out for the day som I got down to issuing our RPG guy with an additional personal weapon and managed to not complexly budge the mounting the carrying strap.. Come to think of it the RPG need one a swell but I am not sure i can be bothered...
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    BMP-2 in Aleppo Dio - figures

    - working on one of the figs that still have a puls... using Abteilung's oils - "flesh set"
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    Syrian SAA zu 23- 2 Technical- a sideproject....

    Thanks Paul :-) Some further progress on filling the empty area near the edge - idea being that the Jersey barrier and oildrums along with some barbed wire are part of a check-point - it might also tie in with the storyline as part of the explanation why the crew has been caught out in...
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    Syrian SAA zu 23- 2 Technical- a sideproject....

    Cheers mates :-) You will have to without the chaps running a shooting but here are some super current pics from today: I have been adding rubble , the mortar is fixed, as is the sniper casualty some gear and details around the mortar position is fixed - need more spent shell casings ammo boxes...
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    Syrian SAA zu 23- 2 Technical- a sideproject....

    No longer a "sideproject" Hello all as described Here the BMP diorama has been split into two and this one will receive primarily attention until end of September as I will be entering it into two competitions. After that it's back to the BMP and the larger building. Removing the larger...
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    BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

    Finally done reabring the sections pew, Some shots of the larger building trial placed on the plate. Still some things to do i.e battle damage to the front corner of the facade and, oh yeah, the REALLY interesting part: Anchoring this top- heavy 4- pounder (yes despite all efforts, to keep...
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    BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

    progress so far: do pardon the oor llighting - the bloody thing is too tall to fit under my workbench lights
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    BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

    working on the surface of the broken concrete, thereafter comes rebaring and adding the semi- detached parts of the floor - here the marble of the first floor (MG nest): Thanks for watching - c&C welcome
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    BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

    Thanks Gents Control of access to drinking water became a Weapon of War during the Battle For Aleppo 2012-16. and today access to clean dringking water is not a given fact for the øcivilians returning to the devasted city. Unlike most of Syria which gets its driknking water from underground...
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    Under one roof...

    Hello all I finally got almost all of my Great War dios in one display case and got some new lighting with better kelvin ratings. Only one missing is the Whippet - dio but there is just not room as both the shadowbox/360 - dio and the German Mortar dio are quite tall and the case does not...
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