After introducing the T-55TK armored personnel carrier, I’ll move on to another vehicle in the ARV category. It’s the BREM-1 vehicle, which was introduced with the T-80 tanks into the GSSD in the early 1980s. The ARVs used up to that point couldn’t keep up with the high cruising speed of the T-80 tanks. This vehicle is based on the T-72 main battle tank, for which Trumpeter has released a very good kit. You can build the model out of the box without making any changes. Here are some pictures.
Following along Joachim as I recently added this kit to my stash, got a few more in the queue before I get to it but hopefully around the end of the year.
I hope you enjoy building the model; it’s truly a very good kit. It’s well worth the money. I’m looking forward to seeing your model here in the forum and hearing your opinion on the kit.
You can’t go wrong with this kit. Order a track from Friul or Masterclub to go with it. Then you’ll be able to build a perfect model. The fit of the parts and the plastic are very good. I glue the parts with acetone. Acetone is like water and bonds instantly, leaving no traces of glue. You can see this clearly in the pictures.
Actual real acetone or the stuff called Nail Polish Remover (Nagellackentferner).
Acetone, (CH 3) 2CO, has a slight effect on styrene.
Ethyl Acetate CH3CO2CH2CH3, dissolves styrene almost
instantly and glues (actually a chemical weld) it “instantly”.
With acetone, you can achieve excellent bonds on your models without any visible joints at the bonding surfaces. It works very well for large and long parts. You take a brush, hold the parts together, and brush over them with acetone. It bonds immediately and neatly. I also highly recommend it for aircraft modelers, where clean bonds are important. You have to be careful not to let your fingers come into contact with the acetone, otherwise you’ll end up with a perfect fingerprint on the model. What doesn’t work is plastic with resin parts. I’m very happy with it. I haven’t used filler for a long time. The bonding joints have to fit perfectly. Not every acetone is suitable for model making, so I’m posting a few pictures of my acetone here.
Nice build so far. I have the BREM-1M in the stash. The differences are not that big in fact. I found that the instructions to run the cable in the boom to the crane hook are not clear. I’ll be happy if you share your experience when you tackle this.
Keep on the good work!
It used to be a complete kit, PanzerShop PS35C111HT,
now it is a conversion, PS35267, based on the Tamiya lower hull.
PanzerShop writes: 'only for Tamiya T-72 plastic kit".
