Armada Hobby 1/72 LYNX APC - Hungarian version (by Zsolt Czegle)

Hello dear modeller,

Today's page was prepared by dear Zsolt Czegle.. Thank you my friend...

Erhan...

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Hi,

The Lynx is an armoured infantry fighting vehicle developed by the German company Rheinmetall . Landsysteme GmbH. The Lynx combat vehicle family represents the latest generation of combat vehicles: it has strong active and passive protection, armament and a number of advanced sensor and reconnaissance systems that enable rapid situational awareness in combat. The Lynx is a versatile combat vehicle with a modular design. This means that the roof armor and the various gun turrets and equipment that fit it can be removed and replaced at the same time . The Lynx can be transformed from an armored personnel carrier (IFV) to a casualty transporter in just a few hours of assembly work.

The Lynx infantry fighting vehicle was first presented in KF31 configuration on June 14, 2016, and the KF41 version on June 12, 2018, at the Eurosatory defense exhibition. The first operator of the Lynx KF41 is the Hungarian Defense Forces, the first serially produced copy of which was officially handed over on October 25, 2022.
(source Wikipedia )

To my knowledge, the Hungarian LYNX has only been released in model form by the Hungarian company Armada Hobby. I received a copy from the manufacturer to build and present.

The kit was made with 3D printing, in keeping with the era. The surfaces are very beautiful and detailed. The assembly is quick, as it does not consist of many parts. I made only one improvement to the model: I replaced the rearview mirrors with Hauler's photo-etched mirror kit, and I bent the holder and the protective frame from wire.

Before the construction, I drew the 4-color camouflage patch map based on photos found on the internet, which is almost the same for all vehicles. After the priming, I sprayed the entire vehicle with brown (I did not note the exact color mixing ratio). After the color modulation, I masked out the brown spots. After this, the yellow color followed using the same method (I lightened it from 2nd VH Hungarian yellow) and then the dark gray shade (RAL 7016). After all three colors and their masking were applied, I sprayed the entire vehicle with NATO Green.

After removing the masks, I determined that the paint job met my expectations, since the manufacturer does not include stickers with the kit, so I masked off and sprayed the Hungarian wedges on the tower, and a yellow diamond on the left side of the body, as well as the license plates. I cut out the numbers and letters for the license plate and the yellow diamond from the remaining stickers.

Before the varnishing, the surface was still nice and matte, so I used Ammo Shader to create the shading. Then the vehicle received a coat of varnish and I used enamel to do the needle wash. I softened the colors on the surface with oil paint and highlighted the higher parts with light.

I painted the tracks gray and washed them with Trackwash enamel. After drying, I painted the rubber pads with tire color and gave them a minimal lightening by dry brushing.

The prisms and optics with chrome and after drying, painted them with transparent green and blue colors.

I didn't want to show any wear and rust on my vehicle at all, so I just sprayed dirt and mud imitation on the lower parts with liquid pigment , and "drew" dirt stripes on it with AK watercolor pencils.

The base is the Polish White Stork Miniatures product, on which I scratched the traces of multiple potholes in accordance with Hungarian roads . The plants are a few tufts of grass and the Model Scene's photo-etched thistles

Thank you for your attention!

Zsolt Czegle ....

Armada Hobby 1/72 Gidran Hungarian MRAP (by Zsolt Czegle)

 

Hello dear modeler,

Today I am sharing a Hungarian vehicle model of our friend Zsolt Czegle. Dear Zsolt is also the Hungarian branch of the "miniafv" team 😊

I like the model very much. Congratulations my friend..

Erhan..

First, a brief introduction of the vehicle...

The Gidrán is a family of Hungarian armoured tactical vehicles, based on the Turkish Ejder Yalçın vehicles by Nurol Makina. 



The development of the Gidrán platform by a new Hungarian joint venture was announced on December 21, 2020 in Budapest. According to the press release, the new company was founded by the Hungarian firm HT Division Zrt., a licensee of  Turkish Company Nurol Makina, and Rheinmetall Hungary Zrt., itself a joint venture between Germany's Rheinmetall Defenceand the Government of Hungary. The primary user of the Gidrán will be the Hungarian Defence Forces.

The first 50 vehicles are being built in Turkey as standard Ejder Yalçın 4×4, with the initial batch of 10 vehicles having been delivered and entered Hungarian service in December 2020.

Later vehicles will be developed in co-operation with Rheinmetall, design taking place in Rheinmetall Hungary's new development and manufacturing center in Zalaegerszeg, the same plant where the Lynx KF41HU tracked infantry fighting vehicles are also being developed. The first locally developed prototypes are expected to enter testing in 2021 and manufacturing will start at a new plant near Kaposvár.

Extensive information about Ejder Yalçın 4x4 and Nurol Makina:https://www.nurolmakina.com.tr/en/ejder-yalcin-en

Zsolt and Gidrán..

I saw the original MRAP in person last year in Airshow in Kecskemét (Hungary).

So when the Gidrán was released by Armada Hobby I decided to build it, so I contact ed him and  I received one  from the manufacturer.

I made some upgrades and scratchbuilt parts: handles are replaced with coper wire, and the PE mirrors are from the Czech company  Hauler.  The tools are scratchbuilt and from spare box. The net is made of metal foils.

It gave me a headache how to paint the "blind windows" but I think the problem is solved. 😉 

Thank you for your attention!

Zsolt Czegle...

Armada Hobby kit is a resin kit.. Box contents...

construction process and additions..

completed model.

Armada Hobby 1/72 Zil-157 with SA-2 Missile and Trailer **completed** by Burak Özdil

 

Hello dear friends,

I shared the construction stages of this model last month. Please click to remember.:https://miniafv..../armada-hobby-172-zil-157-with-sa-2.html

Today, I'm posting the completed model as a vignette with a base.

Well done Burak, I liked it very much,

Enjoy..,

Erhan..

Armada Hobby 1/72 Zil-157 with SA-2 Missile and Trailer **first page** by Burak Özdil

 

Hello friends,

Sam-2 Missile and Zil-157 truck... These two met only in the 1/76 scale Airfix kit in the miniafv plastic kit category.

On the 1/72 scale, you can combine kits of different brands as kitbash. But it needs a lot of scratch-build production..

This Armory kit is ideal for those who prefer to work with resin. Very high quality models can be produced with resin + PE parts. For master modelers, of course.

Burak Ozdil is one of them. You can follow the production processes on this page.  It will be a masterful model.

Erhan..

Kit contents, resin and PE parts..

Burak has compared some parts with the Trumpeter Zil-157 kit. The resin parts below are molded from this kit. But the wheels are different. Better quality :)

some additions..

exhaust..

a little surgery..

headlight lenses..

click please for the completed model :http://miniafv....zil-157-with-sa-2.html