1:100 MZKT-7930 Astrolog BAL-E Coastal Missile Defense System

The Bal-E coastal missile defence system uses an surface-launched adaptation of the Zvezda KH-35 (AS-20 Kayak) known as the Bal (Ball) (SSC-6 Sennight) anti-ship missile system. The system is designed to guard coastal waters, straits and naval bases. The missile itself is fitted with a rocked booster for the launch phase and is designed to engage small vessels up to 5000 tonnes. The system has been fitted to different launch/control vehicles. In this case, the system uses the four-axle MZKT-7930 Astrolog chassis, which is also used for the Iskander ballistic missile system and the Pantsir-S1 air-defence system. As of October 2016, Russia is believed to have deployed 4 Bal-E units, each comprising 16 launch vehicles.



Printing Destructions:

IMPORTANT: DO NOT ALLOW PROGRAMS LIKE WINDOWS NATIVE 3D BUILDER TO REPAIR THE MODEL OR YOU WILL GET ERRORS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ALLOW THE MODEL TO PRINT CORRECTLY

In the first promo picture for these, you will see that the crane has a cable. I opted to not include that as I was unable to get it to print right and it became more of a headache than it was worth, a short piece of jewelers wire or thread will work just as well and even give a little “freedom” on the model.

I have broken these models up some and they will fit on the old school Elegoo Mars printers just fine if you print it vertically. I prefer to print these on my Peopoly so not only can I print them in 1 piece I can print 12 at a time. It does come with both a stowed and deployed version. The stowed version is 1 piece while the deployed version is in several pieces to help avoid super tiny or thin bits. That being said, there is also an OBJ file with the assembled vehicle included for reference when you go to glue it together.

Aside from that, on printers like Elegoo Mars and Anycubic Photon, if you rotate the model 90 degrees with the end down, just add your supports and print away. The weapons are modeled onto the aircraft and once I get my camera situation sorted out I’ll post pics, prints just fine

For resin I prefer to use Siraya Tech Simple Clear mixed with Tenacious. I use 75-80 Simple to 20-25% Tenacious. This has not given me any problems since I started this mix and the only time I get failures now is when I am experimenting with things or forget to do my supports right.