Finished - Dragon 1/35 ZSU-23-4V1 Shilka

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Thanks again, everyone [H]

Stik, I had no reference for the interior, so it was just a guess. I’ll gladly go back and repaint it, once I get the correct color. And I completely meant to gloss the IR windows, it just keeps slipping my mind.

-Fred

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looks good [:)]

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No worries Fred[;)] Since you are primarily by admission an aircraft guy here is an armor tip- on nearly every AFV ever built, the inner faces of hatches that can be seen when opened will be the camouflage base color that the vehicle was built in: OD, Panzer Gray, Dark Green, etc. If the vehicle has a camo pattern or was repainted in lets say a desert tan over the original color, in nearly all cases the original base color will remain on the inner face of the hatch.

Check out this site for lots and lots of reference materials online[:P]

http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm

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I happen to have the same kit as yours but also decided to go for the ModelKasten tracks RB Model Barrels and Eduard Photo etch. Guess I want to go whole hog on it.[:$] But as for the kit tracks those will probably go to replace the Trumpeter link and length tracks on my SA-6 kit .

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Thanks again, guys [H].

Thanks for that tidbit, Stik. I refernce the primeportal site quite often, but I never really made any correlation between the inside hatch cover and the body color. Learn something new every day [H].

Mikey, I’d love to see what the shilka looks like, loaded out with AM goodies. But, if you’re getting new tracks for the shilka, just keep the originals for spares. Leave the link and lengths on the SA-6. They look the same and it saves you a butt-load of work.

I built this one a few months ago:

-Fred

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Very nice work there. Just the right amount of weathering.[Y]

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Wow! Between the SA-6 and the Shilka, you have the nemesis of the Israeli Air Force in 1973 in one beautiful set![Y]

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LOL I’ve had the ModelKasten set a while it is the repop that works for both the SA-6 and the Shilka. The original production run only said ZSU-23/4. BTW the Nato codename for the ZSU-23/4 was actually ZEUS and the saw on the SA-6 you need to “beat it up” a little bit mostly a little bit of chipped paint on the face of the saw and a strip of bare metal showing above the saw guard to simulate wear from use on wooden logs.