WWII German BMW R-12 (1/35)

[diymirage]

Picked up this little zvezda (what is that, russian?) kit the other day 

 

 

It's a BMW with side cart 

I'd never heard of this brand before but it looked like a cool kit, and if it is new, it may be good 

 

Turns out there is some nice detail on the kit, but also quite a bit of flashing 

 

This was especially hard to deal with on the cooling fins on the cylinders 

 

 

So far, I've pretty much got the engine put together 

[diymirage]

well, i decided on a lighter color, vallejo blue grey pale 70-905
in part because i wanted something lighter, and mostly, because i have that paint and it allows me to paint parts in stages and not have to worry about mixing it right each time

because of the way the engine sits in the frame, i decided to brush that
(this is just a first coat, but at least the engine is home)

so far, i am not impressed with the quality of this kit
the amount of flash is quite large, and i have broken two parts allready
in my opinion, because of the way they were cast on the spruce

so many parts have the little nubs on them, i would really have liked to have seen a few of those nubs on these little pieces to protect them

(The fenders and front fork are just mocked up for a visual...kinda looks like a orange county chopper like this...don't worry, we'll fix that)

 

[David G.]

Cool little bike.

David G.

Edited January 23, 2023 by David G.
typo

[diymirage]

it is 1/35 scale 

 

 

it is a pretty cool kit, what really sold me on it was the crew 

you can build it with two soldiers in full battle array, or one slightly more laid back soldier, bringing home the bacon 

 

the odd thing is that one of the drivers has his hands molded to the handle bars, and one does not 

 

so im going to have to leave the handle bars loose if i want to be able to switch out between the two 

 

[diymirage]

Got a little bit of work done to her (crazy how bad my paint looks in the pictures) 

 

Most of this is mocked up 

[David G.]

Nice progress.

18 hours ago, diymirage said:

Got a little bit of work done to her (crazy how bad my paint looks in the pictures) 

That's why many of us use photos to "proof" our work. I can't tell you how many times I've caught painting and building errors while reviewing my build progress photos.

I think our brains process the visual information from images differently than they do from objects. Whatever the reason, photos can be a powerful tool in that regard.

David G.

[diymirage]

I need to put a second coat of paint on the driver, and I think I will add the machine gun to the sidecar