Dragon United Nations BTR-70

[Schoof]

Hey Guys,

This is my entry into the 6 WHeels or more sig so lets start with some Wiki wisdom:

BTR-70
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (Russian: бронетранспортер, BTR stands for Bronetransportyor literally "armoured transporter"), originally developed during the late 1960s under the industrial designator GAZ-4905. On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into service and would later be exported to the Warsaw Pact and other allies. Introduced as a successor to the earlier BTR-60, it most closely resembles a BTR-60PB. Improvements include heavier armor plating and tires less prone to puncture. In other respects, the vehicle is very similar to the BTR-60PB, both vehicles having a roof mounted turret equipped with a heavy machine gun and a secondary co-axial PKT machine gun, but with a more powerful petrol engine configuration.

Another difference was in the location of the side doors, which on the vehicle's predecessor were located above the beltline between the second and third pairs of wheels on both sides of the vehicle. However, the designers of the BTR-70, moved the doors below the beltline. As Soviet tactics calls for unloading troops from the vehicle while it is in motion, this change increased the risk of a soldier being pulled under a wheel and injured or killed, although it also meant that the troops could get out quicker and expose themselves less to the enemy.

Like the vehicle's predecessor, it is fully amphibious with minimal preparation. A licensed Romanian copy was designated the TAB-77 and had various improvements and changes to make local production easier, including a better turret and different engines.

The BTR-70 is powered by two gasoline engines. Early production vehicles used 115 hp GAZ-69B 6-cylinder engines, but most vehicles have the more powerful ZMZ-49-05 V-8 engines. The vehicle is fully amphibious, propelled when afloat by a single water jet mounted at the rear of the hull. To prepare the vehicle for water, the driver erects a trim vane and switches on the bilge pumps from within the vehicle.

The standard equipment includes a central tire-pressure regulation system that allows the driver to adjust the tire-pressure to suit the terrain being crossed. Also fitted is an R-123M radio set and an R-124 intercom. The driver's optical equipment consists of three TNPO-115 vision blocks and a TNP-B day vision device, which can be replaced by a TVNO-2B night vision device. The commander also has three TNPO-115s and either a TPKU-2B day sight or a TKN-1S night sight accompanied by an OU-3GA-2 infra-red search light. The turret is fitted with a PP-61AM (or 1PZ-2) periscopic sight for the gunner and the infantry group in the troop compartment is provided with TNP-B devices. The BTR-70 also has an FVU NBC filter system and a DK-3B detection device.

The armaments consist of a KPVT heavy machine gun with 500 rounds and a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun PKTmachine gun with 2,000 rounds. Also on board are two "Igla" or "Strela-3" MANPADS, and optionally two AGS-17 grenade launchers at the expense of two infantry men.

Combat history

The BTR-70 was widely used during the Soviet war in Afghanistan and many smaller conflicts in Eastern Europe. After the Cold War, these AFVs saw service with the UN in the Balkans with high success.

And then here are the picuters from the unstarted kit:

[HamilkarBarkas]

A very interesting kit, especially with those figures. Rare topic!

[Tiger131]

that looks a very early dragon kit..look forward to seeing this come along

[Schoof]

that looks a very early dragon kit..look forward to seeing this come along

The original BTR-70 kit is a 1990 kit and the UN additions are from 1997

[Schoof]

So the build begins......

this being an older kit the build wont be very complicated and it went as expected very fast:





As you can see went the upper hull together very easily but it will require a lot of filler to close all the gaps and fill all the holes

Next i went ahead and started the lower hull and suspension





the two front steering axles are actually movable



The the wheel went on and it was as good as done ( well the building stage that is )

[MarkVerploeg]

Are you in a hurry ? or is the kit that easy
it looks pretty good for an older kit but the real fun begins when the white paint goes on s
i found there is no worse color to paint
but when you work in thin layers and give each layer some time to dry it works out fine
except when you touch the wet paint like i did
good luck with what is left of the build

[Schoof]

Are you in a hurry ? or is the kit that easy
it looks pretty good for an older kit but the real fun begins when the white paint goes on s
i found there is no worse color to paint
but when you work in thin layers and give each layer some time to dry it works out fine
except when you touch the wet paint like i did
good luck with what is left of the build

Lol not in a hurry but catching up on my build treads. .... Be in this build since the start of the gb but never fund the time to write stuff up

[gustavlekstal]

Never seen a un modell done before. Great stuff.

[MarkVerploeg]

Are you in a hurry ? or is the kit that easy
it looks pretty good for an older kit but the real fun begins when the white paint goes on s
i found there is no worse color to paint
but when you work in thin layers and give each layer some time to dry it works out fine
except when you touch the wet paint like i did
good luck with what is left of the build

Lol not in a hurry but catching up on my build treads. .... Be in this build since the start of the gb but never fund the time to write stuff up

Aha
I know how that goes
I don't have time or motivation to make updates sometimes too
So they get delayed

[Deacon]

Looks nice mate. Looking forward to the paint job.

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

That looks like a nice kit Sebastian
A very clean build too!
Great work, hope to see more soon

[Schoof]

Now that the main construction is done I went ahead and stayed filling all the canyons







After that I made the figures. ...

[Tiger131]

nice figures will add to your build very nicely