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I built my third version of the BTR-90 again with the Berezhok tower from the BMP 2M, later I will add photos and a description of the changes. For now, I am giving here at least this short demonstration of the driving characteristics.

thank you too, I'm really satisfied with the radar mechanism, it works reliably, it's worse with the blinds, unfortunately one of the pneumatic pistons that open the blinds has a leak, so the system basically doesn't work and I have nothing to replace it.

thank you very much, buwizzys can move it as a whole, but that's enough for them, they run out of oil very quickly in this, I would like one more so that one Buwizz only has two drive motors and not three. You said it beautifully, Milan, thank you

I present to you my next creation, the model of the Soviet special wheeled chassis MAZ 543 M. Of all the Soviet automotive technology, the MAZ 543 M is my favorite, and I have built it many times, but only now did I have enough parts to complete the body, the is, by the way, the central command post of the coastal artillery complex A222 Bereg. Just a very brief history, the MAZ 543 was developed at the Minsk Automobile Plant in 1962, initially as a carrier of the 9K72 strategic missile complex. In 1976, the M version came, it was already widely used by various branches of the armed forces of the Soviet Union, and served as a carrier for dozens of types of superstructures (it can be easily recognized by the fact that it has only one cabin on the left side). The A222 Bereg complex was developed at the SKB-2 plant of the Barikady company in 1987. Due to the political instability after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the complex was adopted into service only in 2003. The A222 bereg artillery complex is intended for coastal defense, destruction of naval and landing forces on approaches to the coast, consists of three main parts: 6-8 artillery vehicles (SDZ), one central command post (CVS), 1-2 support vehicles (MOBD ), all parts are on MAZ 543 M chassis The MAZ 543 M chassis has an 8x8 axle configuration, the first two axles are steered, all four are driven, all 8 wheels are equipped with a central inflation system. The D12-525A engine with a volume of 38.9 liters and an output of 525 horsepower is based on the V2 tank engine family. It can be started with compressed air or an electric starter. The engine is connected to a three-stage hydro-converter automatic transmission with a two-stage reduction gearbox, the wheel hubs have embedded planetary reducers. The weight of the chassis is 19 tons, the load capacity is 22.2 tons. My model weighs 5.1 kg, measures 91 holes in length, 27 holes in height (up to the superstructure ceiling) and 23 holes in width (without rear-view mirrors). It is powered by 6 PF L motors, the steering is controlled by one PF servo, one PF M motor in the engine compartment of the chassis drives a pneumatic pump with an autoswitch that controls the superstructure supports. a similar mechanism located in the front part of the superstructure box controls the blinds of the superstructure's engine compartment. One PF M Motor lifts the platform with antenna and observation equipment through the ridge mechanism, one opens the roof and one rotates with the parabola. As for the interior, unfortunately it is empty, one thing is that I probably wouldn't have enough parts to complete the interior in the form I would imagine, but the weight of the model is already quite large and I wanted to keep a bit of driving characteristics .

So thank you again l, and I fully agree with you, I especially like the design of the cabin and engine compartment on the MAZ 543M, it is brutalist and purposeful and really unique.

Thank you both, gentlemen. Milan, if you're talking about the cabin, I'm glad you noticed, I took care of the cabin and I'm satisfied with it.

This is my latest creation, it is a model of the Soviet off-road truck ZIL 131, specifically in the AMU version. ZIL 131 AMU is a P19 radar antenna vehicle (1RL134 Danube), the vehicle consists of a ZIL 131 chassis with a platform superstructure on which the antenna itself with a rotating mechanism, a folding mast and two gasoline power plants located in the hoods are located. This ZIL is driven by 4 PF L motors, the steering is provided by one PF servo, the supports are controlled pneumatically via a pump with autoswitch which is driven by one PF M motor, this pneumatic system is located in the rear hood, partially under the front hood and partially below the body level, there are others four PF M motors, one rotates the antenna, two drive the raising and unfolding of the antenna and these two functions are decoupled by gear clutches which are controlled by the last PF M motor, this clutch is there to allow the antenna to freely rotate 360 degrees for an unlimited number of times of revolutions. The upper part of the front hood is used as a storage space for the antenna radiators (since they cannot stay in place when the antenna is folded) and the support legs. All functions of the superstructure are controlled purely manually on the real vehicle, but I wanted to improve it a bit, so I motorized them as much as possible.

Thank you both, and Icekusbe, good observation, it is not possible to build a double fishbone axle in that width from original lego parts, I modified a 3L universal joint so that the axle could be narrower.

Thank you very much

Thank you very much to you too, I paid attention to those details and I manage to gradually improve in this regard, but I definitely still have a lot to improve. As I was looking at the photos that I added here today, I noticed things that I had missed before and I will go to solve them.

Thank you very much.

I decided to build the BTR-90 again, the main difference compared to the previous version is that this version is two holes wider than the previous one, besides that, I only improved the details, the propeller drive and the landing doors on the sides of the hull are better solved. The turret is now in the Berezhok versions, which comes from the BMP-2M. And I tried to better document the capabilities of my BTR-90 in videos, since I neglected it in the first version.

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As you can see in the first of these videos, I have completed my Tatra 813 in the trailer tractor version with a double cabin (this is the basic model of the Tatra 813 and all other versions are based on this one, and I tend to assemble my 813s accordingly, whenever I improve something first I will build this version, or better said at least a four-door cab and then derive a two-door cab version from it). I subsequently converted it again into an ISO 1C container carrier from the PMP-79 set (field mechanized laundry model 1979).

As for the clearance between the tires and the rest of the model, that is a problem that can be solved, even with certain compromises, the design side of things is worse, from the profile view the 81mm tires from LEGO looked good, but for example when viewed from the front it was evident that the tires are too wide, and it just looked bad.