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Count Belisarius
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 18:20:26 GMT
Having ID'd the BTR-70 I now need to add a few models to the other BTR units I have. You can see them in the recent scenery post:

http://blog.belisarius.org.uk/2011/08/1300-terr...

I'm pretty sure they are BTR-80s. The are not GHQ/CinC and looking at the pictures Andy from H&R sent they are not from him. And I can't see a BTR-80 on the Skytrex site so I'm betting it is Scotia?

Would anyone be able to confirm, please?

Andy
cueball
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 19:55:00 GMT
More BTR-70's. My Regiment is made from H&R models, same as your last query.

I'd say these were Scotia.
Count Belisarius
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 20:36:07 GMT
I was pretty sure these were 80s?
cueball
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 21:31:50 GMT
The BTR80 has 6 of the those rectangular cells on its rear back deck; the -70 has 4, like your models.

The -80 also has a bank of smoke grenade launchers on the back of its turret and less prominent exhausts.

I reckon they are Scotia because they do not look 'inflated' like a lot of Skytrex models, nor do they look a little squashed like most of the H&R range.

Its a damn shame that 'Fort Wargame' went down; a real treasure trove of 6mm photos and invaluable for this sort of query.
pete
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 21:39:08 GMT
As far as I know, the Soviet Union made lots of them GimmeGrin
Count Belisarius
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Posted on 24 August 2011 at 22:03:25 GMT
It was the positioning of the cells that made me think 80s
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