armament is a 14.5 mm KPVT machine gun and secondary is a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun on a small turret. It has a crew of 3 and can carry 7 infantrymen.
- 1/16 RC BTR-80 Russian 8x8 wheeled APC - build
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After completing the BRDM-2 armored car that was done very fast, i decided to continue with the BTR-80 kit i had in inventory, but this is a completely different vehicle, and represents a much more complicated build.
The BTR-80 kit purchased from an individual from Russia a few years ago is a hollow resin hull, with the same turret as the BRDM-2, and a few other parts. I also have the 8 rubber wheels sold by the same vendor, especially made for these vehicles.
- 1/16 RC BTR-80 Russian 8x8 wheeled APC - build
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The inside is totally hollow. It is left to the builder to ponder on his situation. It actually led to some prolonged inconclusive thinking about the matter and it took some educated guesses to figure out a potential option for motorization, and everything else. Forget about WPL chassis or suspension parts, these axles are way too short in length to fit the much larger BTR-80. The resin hull is also quite heavy and needs some large motor to move around. There are now some Hooben vehicles on the market (BTR-4, Striker...) that could likely be a perfect fit but are too expensive for such build, and availability of parts is an issue.
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The tires are meant to fit WPL rims, but which type to use will depend on the integration with the chassis.
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After much analysis and reviewing my own build of the 8x8 Boxer GTK, i have decided to do something similar. Instead of purchasing complete dune buggies to strip the mechanical parts, i have decided to buy individual sets of metal upgrade parts for the WLTOYS A979 4x4 buggy and build on these. So, i lot of the build time for this vehicle is to find, select and purchase parts that can be put together in a huge DIY chassis.
Base plate, in order to reuse part of it.
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Suspension elements
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Shocks
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Differential housing
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