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Mike: if you send me a drawing of the RR wheels for this puppy, I may be able to noodle them up for you. PM me with the drawings, scale, etc. Jim

Lluis: De nada! Sus obrejos son muy buenos! I look forward to seeing more of your work! Your Canadian friend, Jim Dragos: I look forward to seeing your IAR as it takes shape! Jim

Hi Johnny! Thanks for the kind words! It is always a plus to hear positive words from one of the true masters of card modelling. This you certainly are, and a friend as well!! I just checked out your new website! It is great!! I'm going to drop you a personal note shortly. The little...

"Tractor Plant Boyz" Dragos: The Colonel-General in charge of the Tractor Plant will make all the money. Comrade Col-Gen then pays off Sergei and the Senior Sergeant, under the watchful eye of the Zampolit. Meanwhile, our fraternal socialist ally ("Ostie Fried") watches in envy..... Jim

The Usual Suspects Hi Lluis! Mucho gusto conocerte! Thanks for the kind words. You are doing a great job with your model as well! You have just met the "Tractor Plant Boyz" , a small group of even smaller Warsaw Pact vehicle enthusiasts that show up in my builds from time to time. They...

The Roll-Outski ! This model is basically finished now. Here are some preliminary pix of the result of the build. I'll update them shortly. My overall impressions of this ORLIK kit : a) The model is a VERY nice representation of an uncommon subject in an unusual scale...

Dragos: If I do this again, I'll make Parts 42 out of wood or plastic, and make sure that there are mounting points for them drilled into the body. The final step will be to go over the entire model and touch it up where necessary. Then, some final pictures!!

Rear Tire Carrier Fortunately for all of you, I somehow managed to lose the series of pictures that depicted the fabrication and installation of a host of small detail parts such as mufflers, exhaust pipes, lights, mirrors, tow hooks, etc. When working with such parts, the trick is knowing...

Front Trim Vane The front trim vane consists of part number 26 (inner and outer) and four 1-mm wire parts "Wz VII" The mounting points for these wire parts are indicated on both the hull and part #26. I had drilled the mounting holes in the lower hull ( parts #6) before assembling the lower...

That is really looking good, and I am enjoying the way you are detailing your model! Regards, Jim

Suspension, Wheels and Tires..... Nothing too wacky here, just lots and lots of parts to cut out and assemble-over and over again. Build the axle housings and springs and install these parts to the hull. The offset differential (parts series 30 a, b. c and d) goes to the front. I used...

BRDM 2 Turret Assembly Again, prepare all parts before assembly. I backed all single-thickness card parts with plain paper. Prepare the wire parts for the heavy Machine Gun and the 7.62 coaxial MG. I used 1/16 inch aluminum tubing. I used brass eye pins for the turret lift rings, following...

Upper Hull Assembly Part 2 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT that you PLAN AHEAD, prepare all of the parts first, (drill, score, etc AND DRY FIT EVERYTHING before assembling the upper hull skins to the frame. (the top picture in this set shows the wire grab handles being installed before assembling the...

Wow! Airbob, you are definitely Da Man! Very nice piece of work!! Jim

Dragos and Josve: Thanks for the kind words! Much of what is happening here is the result of my CardModels buddies! At present, I am one week (15 hours) of modeling ahead of my photos. Jim

BRDM2 Upper Hull Step 1 This step involves preparation of the frame parts 8 and 8(a),8(b) and 8(c). I added an extra former (clone of part 8(a) just in front of the turret location. All parts numbered 8 should have been laminated to 1.0 (**) card. The other parts needed are parts 9...

BRDM 2 Lower Hull Skins Identify and prepare parts 3 (P&L), 4, 5, 6 (both P (Prawda = right) & L (Lewa=left) , and part 7. Parts 4 and 6 should be glued to ordinary paper before cutting out. Spot all holes on parts 5 and 6 with a pin for later drilling. Dry-fit everything, then...

A view of the lower hull top (part 1d) being installed. The clamps are to ensure that part 1d is firmly in contact with the glue placed on the inside frames. Square and Solid are the watchwords here.

Once this assembly is all squared up and dried, I would recommend installing the lower hull top (part 1d) to keep everything solidly together. If necessary, you can "weld" the top to the frames with glue from the inside. Finally, attach the hull bottom skin (part #2). This is a fiddly job. I...

Know this going in: this is a small-scale model which will require patience, planning and precise workmanship!! After laminating the main structural parts to 1 mm (**) and 0.5mm (*) card, construction begins with the hull inside frames. After cutting out the hull parts (1 a through f)...