Next build is the BA 10 armored car . I've decided to base it on a picture that caught my eye , probably early 70s when I started to purchase Ballentine's WW2 books . The picture IRC was in the Kursk book , showing a German soldier running past what I thought was a weird 2 turreted Russian tank ( 4th picture down ) . Upon more reading and research , I discovered he was passing a knocked out BA 10 with it's turret to the rear , parked beside a KO'd KV II . What with all sorts of pictures being available via the internet , I've managed to find at least 8 of these vehicles from various angles , there's a KO'd T-26 on the other side of the KV ( picture taken days later ? )
Here's 3 of the BA 10 , I assume its propaganda photos as it looks to be knocked out before the soldier looks inside it
I was thinking of copying the 3rd picture with the open door and the soldier sprinting way , but I'm not having much luck getting a crisp resin copy of the door , plus the sides of the kit are very thick and will look wrong . Maybe a rethink and do the 2nd picture of the soldier at the door . So while I stew on that I've started to work on the track sections on the BA rear .
The actual track came apart into three 8 pad pieces for each side ( 24 pads ) , the Rubicon kit part has 22 pads , I think I can stagger them enough to hide the fact pads are missing. Just got to straighten out the kit parts , and maybe replicate those track teeth . Or maybe not....24 teeth per side , 2 sides = 48 teeth , and the Rubicon plastic is a bitch to fool around with when kit bashing ….maybe just leave them off , no one will know but me ….
The BA series had a set of brackets on each side to hold the track , I found a close up picture on a BA 3 car , I assume the track hanging across the rear on the BA 10 would act like extra armor ? Of course with the rear door on the BA 3 they would have to use the racks
