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Inspired by the work of many members here, i ve desided to start my own cold war collection in 1/285 for CWC.
The first unit will be a M.R. Battalion in BMP, using the 1/5 scale ORBAT sugested by Andy Rix (ColdWarGamer) for the Late 80s, so i ve started with the BMPs.
Unfortunately - for my troubled mind - GHQ (my company of choise) doesnt make BMP-1Ps so i had to convert them, i allso dislike bendy barrels so i replased them with brash ones...

BMP-1P

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This one with additional turret armour

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BMP-2

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Added Storage

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Ready For Painting

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Finished (minus basing)
Following the advise of some of you painted in cammo (so i can allso use them for Afghanistan).

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Cheers
George

Very nice! Both conversion and paintjob



Hint: I use to "paint away" massive supports like that below the ATGW with black. Maybe it works for you too.

great job

Wow, great work, amazing, these look like 15mm rather than 6mm.
Cheers
Steve

Excellent, really nice (both conversions and paint jobs).

Cheers, Andy

good stuff

Blimey, they're cracking - as others have said I'd be dead proud of those in 15mm let alone 6mm!

excellent models

An insane amount of work in 6mm

I now feel ashamed that I was thinking about BMP-1P the other day and decided it was too much trouble in 6mm

Great work and no bendy barrels

Richard P

Very smart work done and very worth it to do them individually and no more bendy barrels too

Thank you

HobbitMiles, it was not an easy thing to do, even with some compromizes the smoke granades launchers where about 20 pieses of plastic. I have 2 more BMP-1Ps to do (for the next battalion) so i will try to post some WIP photos if you like.

Cheers
George

I could look at work of that quality all day long - I doubt I could reproduce it though

My solution was to ask H&R to make one

Oh, I meant to ask, did you make the gun barrels or buy them?

No i made them with brass tubes

Brass tubes and good eyesight

And a good vissor

Vissor visor? Optician?

Bad spelling. Visor magnifying glass