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I will be building the 1:35 Trumpeter SPW 70 kit.
I will probably paint it as a Ukrainian BTR 70 captured by the Pro-Russian rebels in 2014.
Here are some reference pictures and some camo schemes I am considering









And here's a video of a Pro-Russian Convoy including 2 BTR 70s

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Some sprue shots will follow shortly

Here are some sprue shots





















Stay tuned for more updates

Cool looking kit complete with PE and color instructions

Oooooooooooohhh nice. Good amount of PE. Nice looking camo scheme as well.

kit looks great hope you use the paint scheme from your pictures I think they look better than the ones listed in the instructions.

AlkaSeltzer wrote:kit looks great hope you use the paint scheme from your pictures I think they look better than the ones listed in the instructions.

I sure will, the kit scheme is pretty boring

ROBOPAUL wrote:Oooooooooooohhh nice. Good amount of PE. Nice looking camo scheme as well.

thanks Robopaul

UKguyInUSA wrote:Cool looking kit complete with PE and color instructions

Thanks, the pe and instructions were some of the main reasons I bought the kit

Great with such a relevant build, to think that this might be in action right now as we speak, puts things into perspective for all of us

LudvigN wrote:Great with such a relevant build, to think that this might be in action right now as we speak, puts things into perspective for all of us

Yeah, I was watching the news and saw some of the pictures and thought that it would make a great diorama

Cool kit, sad reality.
My mothers side of family is from the Ukraine, been there many times as a kid visiting family. Terrible that its ended up like this.

Will be following this build with interest:)

one classic piece of armour lots of options on the paint job with this

Update 2

Thanks for all the comments guys

I managed to get 3 days to work on it so her is where I am

Here's the lower hull









And here is the nicely detailed interior











And here it is all painted and weathered

















So that's it for this update
I'm going to add a driver figure so that's why the seat isn't painted

Stay tuned!

That is very fast Good progress

good god man you work fast nice going

Yevgeny wrote:That is very fast Good progress

Tiger131 wrote:good god man you work fast nice going

Thanks guys, I'v got to keep up the pace because I'm planning to build a diorama for this

can't wait to see more... I have this kit and I look forward to put it together...

Update 3
back!
So I managed to get 80% of the upper hull done plus the turret.
I'll start on the Diorama next update





























Thanks for looking!

That is exceptionally cool work. Love that interior too. That turned out excellent.

superb love the look of these afvs

Tiger131 wrote:superb love the look of these afvs

Coen wrote:That is exceptionally cool work. Love that interior too. That turned out excellent.

Thanks guys

Great work so far...she came together fast

Nice work so far
I like the interior a lot
The weathering in there looks great and i think that white is a harder color to work on then most so and keep up the good work

Superb work at the interior
Great build so far, can't wait to see this into a diorama!

Update 4

Thanks for all the comments guys

This is a Big update so grab the

I finished the building with all the PE








And here is the Priming and Painting













This is the Camo I chose















And here is it with chipping

Wow that is looking wonderful.

Can I just ask what green you used for the base colour? I am looking to get into
building Russian AFV's and use Vallejo paints (brush painted) so any tips you could give would be appreciated.

Al

top work on the camo..

Very nice work!


some of the pictures you shared with us are from a BTR-90 the rear deck is horizontal !
the more recent they are.... the less angular they are.... at the rear... one way to diserne the
BTR-60 form the 70's and 80's

Love your work and envy to see yours completed....

I better crack on mine... as I can't hardly wait to get them done ...
the interior is spot on buddy !

Keep up the good work !

Wow, that chipping changed it instantly from a painted plastic model into a very realistic looking model

Deacon wrote:Wow that is looking wonderful.

Can I just ask what green you used for the base colour? I am looking to get into
building Russian AFV's and use Vallejo paints (brush painted) so any tips you could give would be appreciated.

Al

Thanks!
The color is Vallejo model color Russian green

schweinhund227 wrote:

Very nice work!


some of the pictures you shared with us are from a BTR-90 the rear deck is horizontal !
the more recent they are.... the less angular they are.... at the rear... one way to diserne the
BTR-60 form the 70's and 80's

Love your work and envy to see yours completed....

I better crack on mine... as I can't hardly wait to get them done ...
the interior is spot on buddy !

Keep up the good work !

Thanks for the tip, I didn't really know how to tell the difference, thanks

Tiger131 wrote:top work on the camo..

Thanks mate

peppie wrote:Wow, that chipping changed it instantly from a painted plastic model into a very realistic looking model

Thanks, chipping is my favorite part of weathering

Very nice job in deed ! I just hope mine comes out as good when I get
a chance at building them...

Great work mate love everything about it buddy.

This looks like an interesting build, I wasn't up to date with the news reports, but I dolike the look of this
Tom

Update #3

Sorry for the delay guys, work got in the way and so on

This is a big update so grab the

First I added sandbags which I will paint later





And then I started the building





Here it is with paint









And the white boarder and chipping





And... the wash







That's it for this update

Looks great mate

Looks great
Very nice idea
I'm off to the reveal now
Cheers Mark

Looks great, and I love how you done the building.

I hope you don't mind me saying, but the Russian graffiti is incorrect. The last letter should be "Ю" not "И".
So it should be "За Россию"
Looks like it should be easy to correct.

Altogether great diorama thought

Nev wrote:Looks great mate

Thanks

MarkVerploeg wrote:Looks great
Very nice idea
I'm off to the reveal now
Cheers Mark

Thanks for following the build

Yevgeny wrote:Looks great, and I love how you done the building.

I hope you don't mind me saying, but the Russian graffiti is incorrect. The last letter should be "Ю" not "И".
So it should be "За Россию"
Looks like it should be easy to correct.

Altogether great diorama thought

Thank you so much
I didn't know that the graffiti was like that
I changed it just now

Glad to help