A closer look at the Soviet BTR-80 armoured personell carrier model kit. This 1:100 kit is produced by the Russian manufacturer Zvezda for their game "Hot War - Battle for Oil". But as all 1:00 Zvezda model kits, this model could be used for any game with a matching setting.
As also the Bradley, I got this one for a discounted price. So let us see, what Zvezda has to offer with this modelkit:
The kit comes in 2 sprues. The cast is good, without any issues. A minimal amount of mouldlines has to be removed, but there are no sinkholes.
This BTR-80 is made up from only 8 parts plus the 8 roadwheels, the turret is casted as a single piece.
Also included is a set of generic numeric decals. These decals are printed in good quality, there where no issues when they were applied.
Note that this is a different decal sheet than the sheet included in the 122mm "Gvozdika" howitzer.
After a look at the parts, it was time to get this model built:
Building this tank took me about half an hour. See the finished model
on the pictures above, also you can see all tools which I used to
complete this kit.
This is another nice kit by Zvezda. It could be built without the use of glue, the fit of the parts without glue is excellent. There are 2 things I do not like about this kit, first, the wheelhubs have almost no detail. Second, you will have to careful with the turret, the main gun is very fragile, but this is a matter of scale.
Overall, this is another nice kit from this range.
But be aware, some of the "Hot War - Battle for Oil" kits are not as nice as the kits I already showed in previous closer looks at.
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