Modelling armour in Ukraine crisis

Stikpusher · 26 February 2022 19:51

Have any of these beasts shown up in images from Ukraine yet?

18bravo · 26 February 2022 20:03

Many. One column in a night video kept accelerating and decelerating so much I thought one of them was going to plant the barrel in the road. Also seen loaded on trains with old 2S1’s.
At 1:35.

Stikpusher · 26 February 2022 20:11

I know that this is about armor, but I’d love to see somebody kit a 1/48 Mi-8/Mi-17, as well as that Ka-52 side by side. Choppers are natural companions to modern armor builds.

Klaus-Adler · 26 February 2022 20:59

@Stikpusher well I’d like to see that as well, maybe someone will pick up the baton on the KA-52

Stikpusher · 26 February 2022 21:04

I do hope so. I have the Italeri 1/48 Ka-50, so that might be a project for the not too distant future.

Klaus-Adler · 26 February 2022 21:06

@Stikpusher ive been trying ro find one of rhose but no one has stock of thrm anywhere.

Stikpusher · 26 February 2022 21:14

Perhaps Italeri will see fit to re issue the kit since the newer version is now in the news. Model companies are known to cash in on current events now and again.

deerstalker36 · 27 February 2022 08:46

Saw a Pantsir rolling past in a Russian convoy plus…

and the locals getting in on the action…

Johnnych01 · 27 February 2022 08:50

You have to love that smart car lol

HermannB · 27 February 2022 10:28

FYI Ka-50 is only in use in limited numbers in the Russian Army. Only 16 have been build. More than 150 Ka-52 Alligator are the main combat helicopter next to Mi-24. I saw one Ka-52 made an emergency landing at Kiev Airport.

HermannB · 27 February 2022 13:16

@ Klaus-Adler, here is my try on a T-64 BV. It´s not related to the current conflict. I picked the kit at Trumpeter booth in Nuremberg a few years ago. It layed dormant in it´s box for some years.

Klaus-Adler · 27 February 2022 13:23

@HermannB i was about to buy one of those, i’m glad you have told me they aren’t in the current conflict, that saved me a few bucks

Johnnych01 · 27 February 2022 13:25

David, according to the wiki link Frenchy sent they are one of the 2 main types of 64 that are in use still ??

Klaus-Adler · 27 February 2022 13:28

@Johnnych01 see now you are just confusing me, i guess i’m just gonna have to go to Kyiv and see for myself lol

ok i think i will pull the trigger on this one and buy it.

HermannB · 27 February 2022 13:31

@Klaus-Adler I didn´t said that the tank is not used in the conflict. I meant that the build was not related to it. But with so many similar looking tanks, it´s hard to tell which versions are used. We will know more when this BS is over.

18bravo · 27 February 2022 13:31

I don’t like to speak for others, but I’m going to take a stab at it and say H-H meant his build was not related to the current conflict, not the tank itself.

Edit: Wow. We both pulled the trigger at almost the same instant…

But H-H, now all you need is a giant Z on it…
Great build by the way.

Johnnych01 · 27 February 2022 13:32

he beat you to it by about 15 seconds lol

HermannB · 27 February 2022 13:32

Thanks Robert!

Tank_1812 · 27 February 2022 13:57

O and N are options in general I believe, not sure about for this tank type.

Frenchy · 27 February 2022 14:13

Destroyed column of Russian Tigr in Kharkiv :

H.P.