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Kubuś- Warsaw Uprising 1944
The Kubuś is a Polish improvised combat vehicle used by the Polish Resistance during the Warsaw Uprising in Warsaw in 1944.
Idea and built of the Kubuś began in secret on August 8, 1944, a week after the start of the uprising, in a car repair shop and was a improvised construction.
The steel plates were screwed and welded to a frame mounted on a commercial Chevrolet truck chassis.

The Kubuś was damaged but survived the war and is now on display in the Polish Army Museum.

The kit itself (Mirage Hobby 724001) needed some attention and patience because the fit of the parts was a bit problematic.

The fit of the parts was a bit problematic.
A lot of misalignment needs to be fixed, so there was a lot of filling and sanding.
That's why I had to rebuild all the welds and the hinges.

My experience with the Mirage decals is that they are very fragile.
In any case, caution should be exercised when processing them, as they tear very easily.

To mask the camo I used (a lot) of Vallejo's liquid mask.
Started with a pre- shading, followed by a rust base to create some chipping effects using AK´s chipping fluid.
First i applied the medium grey tone and chipped it, masked the lighter areas with liquid mask, applied again some chipping fluid, sprayed the darker grey shade and chipped this too.

The figures are resin cast from Scibor Monstrous Miniatures (72HM0003).
For the pavement I used old left over material from MiniArt.

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