GAZ-39371 "Vodnik" Voca-Gran 1/72

[TankRed070]

Hi,

T-34/85 soon will be updated but in the meantime I was finished one horrible project that stays in the box since one year. I bought this crap with a huge discount and planned to do this out of the box. Unfortutatey I can't do such things 

Voca-Gran "Vodnik" is a bad-quallity short-run with many mistakes however, the patrs fits quite well.
I did a lot of scratch-built on it including: new mudguard-steps, bumpers, top hatches and rear part hatches and many smaller things as well.  There is nothing in photo-etched and resin add-ons so everything was built based on available photos. The turret and wheels (re-worked) were taken from Trumpeter's BTR-80.








I decided to paint the vehicle with two-color russian camo. According to my findings, similar to those used by few vehicles tested in Chechnya in 2002-2003.
The decals were designed also by me based on photos. Printed by Black Lion.
Finally, how the model looks like:













The base is just temporary since finally Vodnik will be placed on small diorama in future.

Cheers

[zamorano]

Great stuff! But the size of it... Your notion of the 1/72 scale is definitely not the same as mine

Heh, I'm sure you don't actually need a real model kit to start your projects, a lump of plastic vaguely resembling the subject seems good enough for you

[Kerber]

Uh, very strange vehicle  (for me). But, very nice at the end.
I like very much all armour on the wheels.

Bravo !

[MBT - Slovakia]

Yes, good work. I interested in russian fighting vehicle. I know this armoured vehicle from Chehenya war. I think it is only ptototype, hm?

[TankRed070]

Hi,

Thanks for comments!

Yes, good work. I interested in russian fighting vehicle. I know this armoured vehicle from Chehenya war. I think it is only ptototype, hm?

Well, this vehicle is not a prototype. It is used by SPEC-NAZ, gendarmery and rocket-artilllery. Since all of them are "special" there is not much pictures. A number of vehicles were succesfully tested in Chchcenya in 2002-2003.

Cheers!

[Suhoj]

Pretty awesome!