Zvezda BRDM-2

[RangerNeil]

For those with an interested in Soviet armour Zvezda are launching a new BRDM-2 kit and Armata Models in Moscow, Russia have put together quite a nice package - if you don't mind working through the order screens (I use Google Chrome set to auto translate) its worth it. Ordered mine today!

https://arma-models.ru/catalog/bronetek ... 38_brdm_2/

[digger303]

For those with an interested in Soviet armour Zvezda are launching a new BRDM-2 kit and Armata Models in Moscow, Russia have put together quite a nice package - if you don't mind working through the order screens (I use Google Chrome set to auto translate) its worth it. Ordered mine today!

https://arma-models.ru/catalog/bronetek ... 38_brdm_2/

My only experience with google chrome was a nasty one. It reordered all my bookmarks and I couldn't find a damn thing. I went back to Firefox.
I do like the Russian gear though...not so keen on a lot of their model companies though.

[RangerNeil]

For those with an interested in Soviet armour Zvezda are launching a new BRDM-2 kit and Armata Models in Moscow, Russia have put together quite a nice package - if you don't mind working through the order screens (I use Google Chrome set to auto translate) its worth it. Ordered mine today!

https://arma-models.ru/catalog/bronetek ... 38_brdm_2/

My only experience with google chrome was a nasty one. It reordered all my bookmarks and I couldn't find a damn thing. I went back to Firefox.
I do like the Russian gear though...not so keen on a lot of their model companies though.

I "think" there is a translator plug-in for FireFox now Digger. Oddly I had a kind of reverse experience. When trying to upload images to Postimg or Flikr etc via Firefox it would not post the image. I could select images and click on upload and then nothing happened.... I tend to use FireFox for most things not involving image handling or translation as Chrome doesn't need a plug-in and my system is so old (I built it in 2007) that some of the FireFox plugins cause system crashes. Win-10 doesn't help matters much either I guess.

As far as the companies go - Zvezda are pretty good - their own kits normally are not far short of Tamiya quality - the T-34 went together beautifully. The ZSU-23/4 considerably less so but I think you said you thought it might be a re-box of the Dragon offering? Their helicopters certainly fall together with minimal effort. AModel on the other hand try the patience of a saint.......
I use Armata models in Moscow a fair bit as they are often cheaper than UK firms even with the postage - and UK Borderfarce NEVER touch anything coming from the Russian Federation... Oh gawd - I hope I haven't jinxed that now....
And - for me - they have stuff its hard to get anywhere else like the Akan paint range, lots of oddball Russian kit throughout the era's plus these one-off offers. Unusually for the Eastern Bloc they have grasped customer service as defined in the West. Having waited over a year for a company to send me a set of 4 doors for a UAZ-469 only to get the wrong ones I was leery the first time I ordered - but needlessly. You place the order and as soon as its ready for shipment they send you an invoice. (in Russian - hello Google Translate) You click on the link to pay via card and 7 to 14 days later depending on what the latest pandemic is a nice well packaged parcel arrives on your doorstep. Contrast that to if I get stuff from the USA - I guarantee that as soon as the tracking number shows i in the UK 2 days later I will get a letter from UK Borderfarce telling me I owe X amount of ££'s in VAT and Y amount of ££'s for handling and if I don't pay the total within- I think - 14 days the package will be returned to sender. Having paid it on-line it then takes anything up to 21 days for the package to actually arrive on my doorstep.

[digger303]

For those with an interested in Soviet armour Zvezda are launching a new BRDM-2 kit and Armata Models in Moscow, Russia have put together quite a nice package - if you don't mind working through the order screens (I use Google Chrome set to auto translate) its worth it. Ordered mine today!

https://arma-models.ru/catalog/bronetek ... 38_brdm_2/

My only experience with google chrome was a nasty one. It reordered all my bookmarks and I couldn't find a damn thing. I went back to Firefox.
I do like the Russian gear though...not so keen on a lot of their model companies though.

I "think" there is a translator plug-in for FireFox now Digger. Oddly I had a kind of reverse experience. When trying to upload images to Postimg or Flikr etc via Firefox it would not post the image. I could select images and click on upload and then nothing happened.... I tend to use FireFox for most things not involving image handling or translation as Chrome doesn't need a plug-in and my system is so old (I built it in 2007) that some of the FireFox plugins cause system crashes. Win-10 doesn't help matters much either I guess.

As far as the companies go - Zvezda are pretty good - their own kits normally are not far short of Tamiya quality - the T-34 went together beautifully. The ZSU-23/4 considerably less so but I think you said you thought it might be a re-box of the Dragon offering? Their helicopters certainly fall together with minimal effort. AModel on the other hand try the patience of a saint.......
I use Armata models in Moscow a fair bit as they are often cheaper than UK firms even with the postage - and UK Borderfarce NEVER touch anything coming from the Russian Federation... Oh gawd - I hope I haven't jinxed that now....
And - for me - they have stuff its hard to get anywhere else like the Akan paint range, lots of oddball Russian kit throughout the era's plus these one-off offers. Unusually for the Eastern Bloc they have grasped customer service as defined in the West. Having waited over a year for a company to send me a set of 4 doors for a UAZ-469 only to get the wrong ones I was leery the first time I ordered - but needlessly. You place the order and as soon as its ready for shipment they send you an invoice. (in Russian - hello Google Translate) You click on the link to pay via card and 7 to 14 days later depending on what the latest pandemic is a nice well packaged parcel arrives on your doorstep. Contrast that to if I get stuff from the USA - I guarantee that as soon as the tracking number shows i in the UK 2 days later I will get a letter from UK Borderfarce telling me I owe X amount of ££'s in VAT and Y amount of ££'s for handling and if I don't pay the total within- I think - 14 days the package will be returned to sender. Having paid it on-line it then takes anything up to 21 days for the package to actually arrive on my doorstep.

Your talk of the the organized mob with government connections reminds me that I got a message saying your package has arrived in the UK.
Zvezda isn't too bad, I built their tiger and came out ok mostly. and I'm still using Win 7

[RangerNeil]

Your talk of the the organized mob with government connections reminds me that I got a message saying your package has arrived in the UK.
Zvezda isn't too bad, I built their tiger and came out ok mostly. and I'm still using Win 7

Ooohhh - goodie!!! Should be here in a week or so then - looking forwards to that.

This BRDM is supposed to be a new kit - keep an eye on the forum for a review once it arrives. Arma reckon to start shipping around mid-April.

[digger303]

Your talk of the the organized mob with government connections reminds me that I got a message saying your package has arrived in the UK.
Zvezda isn't too bad, I built their tiger and came out ok mostly. and I'm still using Win 7

Ooohhh - goodie!!! Should be here in a week or so then - looking forwards to that.

This BRDM is supposed to be a new kit - keep an eye on the forum for a review once it arrives. Arma reckon to start shipping around mid-April.

Ok....ordering the new Churchill Mk 7 myself being a Churchill fan
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