Soviet BA Heavy Armoured Cars - BA-10 TS1 Painted 190322

[ripley]

YES ! While the BA -6 is very cool , the BA -10 is the ultimate Russian armored car . Getting closer to building my favorite eastern froint picture as a diorama

[EarlyWarGamer]

Love that you already have a BA-10 in the works!  The next step in the evolution of the BA double-rear axle series, and basically the final one. The BA-11 was an improvement over the BA-10, but other than a pre-production series of 18 built, mass production was cancelled due to the start of the war with Germany. So the BA-10 was their most produced (3,300+ built) double-rear axle armored car.

I certainly want one!

[Jaeger]

I would be happy with a BA-10 or five. 
Looks great!

[Rubicon Models]

The Soviet BA armoured cars (BA-3/6/10) 3D drawings are finalised! Will send them to the mould making queue. Two products (1) BA-3/6 and (2) BA-10 - both single sprue with a multi-slide mould chassis with optional snow tracks for those cold Russian winters!



Enjoy!

[Pinky]

Very nice indeed.  And the snow tracks are a good option.

[ripley]

Very nice , and those snow tracks will work on their GAZ AAA truck as well 

[Tracks]

The Soviet BA armoured cars (BA-3/6/10) 3D drawings are finalised! Will send them to the mould making queue.

They look great, and what a great addition to the Soviet line of models.

[EarlyWarGamer]

I cannot see the back of the final BA3/6 drawings ... are you using the same hull?  There were essentially three differences between the BA3 and the BA6. The BA3 had a door at the back, the BA6 did not, it had a solid panel. The BA3 had a two-part hatch on the sides by the engine, the BA6 had a single-part hatch (but in the same place, same size). And the driver's visor was slightly different between the two.

The visor differences could probably be ignored. But I am wondering if the other two differences have been accounted for?

[Pinky]

The driver's visors look different. 

[ripley]

If you blow the picture up , the driver's visors on the 3 and 6 do look different , not much , but they are different . The hatch on the side of the engine should be two piece , split in the middle , either one piece folds up , one down , or a double fold to the top . Pictures I looked at aren't that clear . The model renders do'nt show a two part hatch , BUT , there are BA-3 & 6 pictures on the net with a one piece side hatch .  Was it a retro fit , different  part  manufacturer , or was it a GAZ truck part ?  If needs be we can always scribe a line ( if Rubicon is wrong ) or ignore it all together . I'm  more interested in an accurate looking turret / crew compartment than a side engine hatch . Any thoughts , guys ?

[Rubicon Models]

Here is a comparison between our version of the BA-3 and BA-6... we did not update some differences because they were minor and were shown in some photos as valid.









Enjoy!

[EarlyWarGamer]

Fantastic! I am glad the main difference between the BA-3 and the BA-6 has been accounted for (the back of the hull). Having the slightly different driver visor is also a nice touch.

As Ripley mentioned, if a person really wants to they can scribe their own line and make the side engine access hatches double rather than single. It is a very minor thing, and some BA-3s had the single panel anyway. I suspect they were ones built at the tail end of the BA-3 production cycle, as the specs (and parts) to build the BA-6 were becoming available.

I will probably scribe the line myself, just to give it one more difference between the two. But this is fantastic news, seeing that there is indeed a separate BA-3 to go with the BA-6! My early Soviet forces will be very happy to welcome these new kits!

[tyroflyer]

I think the BA-3 will make a nice accurate model. Although the version with double hatches would probably require more than a scribed line to make me happy and therefore I probably wouldn't attempt it, Rubicon have done well and we are lucky to have the BA-3 as an option.

[ripley]

 What you would need to do is scribe a line ( RED ) . Add a handle ( GREEN )  , and a couple of small pieces of plastic to represent the lower hinges ( BLUE ) .Probably could  place  a tarp on the fender and hide the missing hinges if you wanted to . I think the most difficult part would be the rivets holding the hinges on if you were that crazy , I probably woldn't bother , either place tiny dots of plastic , scale rivets from various AM companies , or just dot them on in dark paint

Or just leave it as BA-3 cars are seen with the one piece hatch

[Pinky]

It looks as though Rubicon have done their homework on this one (I don't have detailed enough references to verify everything).  I'm really pleased that they're doing this unusual and early vehicle, and that its a 'full option' kit.