A War in The East

[Rich H]

Cool, told you that barrel was easy

[Wyrmalla]

I just accepted that it'd look like a piece of crap, but nobody would notice.

Now, what possible use could I have for just the top half of a BTR-80?



It should actually be a 70, spoilers.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Wreckage?

[Wyrmalla]

I'm not going to spend all morning scratch building half an APC just for wreckage.

[Rich H]

TAB-79?

[Wyrmalla]

OK, clearly I'm being too obtuse.

[Rich H]

  cool

[commissarmoody]

Nice! 

[cuprum]

[commissarmoody]

Battle Trailers!

[cuprum]

This thing, sort of like, is designed to quickly strengthen the block-post on the roads...   

[Wyrmalla]

Yeah, that's what I assumed they'd be for. Obsolete, or more likely salvaged from a junk yard, vehicles plunked on whatever carriage is available. I doubt they'd be used for convoy actions (though the Yugo wars/ other ones in the region had all sorts show up). The BMP-2 turret one's been perplexing me, as to whether its the whole upper hull of the donor vehicle, or everything's fabricated barring the turret.

Heh, and I'm waiting on that BTR-80 showing up from you Cuprum as its where I'm taking the turret from for this. Shouldn't be too difficult to scratchbuild one, but I'll have a spare turret leftover from making a BTR-3 out of those Chinese toys.

[cuprum]

Yes, this is the case with defective or damaged military vehicles. Both sides in the period of active hostilities have experienced a significant shortage of combat vehicles (rebels and government volunteer battalions). And all these monsters were really used in battle:

[Wyrmalla]

Well the consideration's that anything's better than nothing I suppose. An armoured truck which is capable of protecting its passengers against rifle rounds is enough to bring men to a battle, though not actively participate in it (i.e. the battle bus concept ...which is kind of flawed). Call those things what you want, I'd just rather be in a truck with some armour plates on it than without, and just hope that the enemy don't want to waste some of their heavier ammunition.

...Though say that to the guys with ZU-23-2s and Anti-Material rifles. The later is something I should make at some point.

If I was covering wars in the Middle East I'd have thrown out of this "modern" kit which I've been building and just found a load of lorries and pickup trucks for both sides. That and as many T-54s as I could get a hold of.

[Wyrmalla]

That top image reminds me that I have a Great Patriotic War memorial I was going to put together years ago. If I'm making a Soviet style village then its not really one without a monument.

Whether or not its defaced is another question. :/