ISU-152 Zvezda 1/72 snap fit kit

[adt70hk]

EXCUSE ME Dave.

Yes your quite right Andrew, for your information ..
Whilst not designed for this role, it inherited the name “Zveroboy” (Beast killer) from the SU-152, because it could knock out the Panther, Tiger, and King Tiger tanks, as well as the Jagdtiger, and Ferdinand/Elefant. It is actually well known for this role because the Soviets were able to make this into a very effective propaganda tool in the late war. Whilst the weight of the shells (and therefore slow loading) resulted in 1-3 rounds per minute, the sheer mechanical shock was enough to kill the crew of an enemy tank, or disable an enemy tank even without an armor penetration, which is useful because generally, these shells did not penetrate. It has even been reported that the shell could totally blow the turret off of a Tiger tank!
At Kursk, AP shells were given to the ISU-152, but these rounds were expensive, hard to make, and were in very short supply, as well as only being a little more effective than the HE round. Finally, when fired upon, the ISU-152’s 90mm, 90 degree sloped armor fared well against 75 mm German guns at long ranges, but the Tiger’s 88mm gun was always a killer. However, despite stories and amazing photos of the ISU-152’s exploits as a tank destroyer, at close ranges, it was vulnerable to German high caliber guns, and it had a low rate of fire. Not only this, but it was inaccurate, and not intended for the role. ISU-152s tended to be used for direct fire as an assault gun, which saw it fighting against enemy positions, not necessarily enemy tanks.


Thanks Dave.

John

Sorry missed this as I was in the middle of my other reply.

Thanks for the info. Much appreciated as always. As Dave said it's these little tit bits of info that make a build so interesting and take it to the next level.

ATB.

Andrew

[David Lovell]

Hi all sorry seem to have been in mañana? mode still got some primer on it this morning hopefully now will keep it rolling


Sorry thought I had some pics of it pre primer never mind please stay safe all Dave

[adt70hk]

Great work Dave.

Well done.

Andrew

[Guest]

Very nice Dave , doesn't it look the part. Can see why the Germans respected this and got out of the way .

[David Lovell]

Very nice Dave , doesn't it look the part. Can see why the Germans respected this and got out of the way .

Great work Dave.

Well done.

Andrew

Thanks chaps dont know how far I'll go with the 4B0 if its having the old winter white wash but as usual I'll jump in blind and make it up as I go along(chancer)not that I want to muck it up but at under nine pounds pressures off ,its not cost much to learn by your mistakes. Dave

[David Lovell]

Been left on my own boxing day to new years day looking after kitten and the rabbit other half and daughter gone up t North to stay with mum in law so reclaimed the dining room table ,time to throw some green about


Have blocked in the tracks,exhausts and few other bits, at this point I tried out one of the new ammo acrylic filters(nothing ventured nothing gained)had bright green and a olive drab opting with the olive just slapped it on


Bit of a dilemma now beginning to look a bit to good for a white wash should have just given it a single coat of green and had done ,will give it a coat of varnish in a bit then decals tomorrow and decide from there. D

[Mark1]

Looking good so far.

[David Lovell]

OK have decided to roll with it ,said I'd give winter camo a bash and as previously stated at under a tenner not losing that much only my time ,so here we go.
First up the before pics



At this point I was very undecided even the horrible decals had gone down a treat (decals being my own personal nemesis)but sprayed on a coat of chipping fluid and left it to dry. This was followed up with a coat of mr hobby aqueous matt white .


Airbrush cleaned out panic began to set in soaked it with clean water started to try and chip F all happened but after a couple more brush coats of water it began to happen ,great learning curve realise now should have gone with a much lighter coat of white ,and repeated the prosses still fore armed for the next time.




Still a long way to go yet will get a coat of matt varnish on it later today then can begin to weather and sort it out to my liking ,talking of liking do i like it notthat much (at the moment)but have learnt a lot and will be much better armed next time ,as I said still a long way to go will up date as it progresses. Dave.

[yak face]

That looks excellent to me david , these Zvezda snap fits are superb , im a big fan . Cheers tony

[adt70hk]

Dave coming on nicely. Keep up the great work.

ATB.

Andrew

[outrunner]

A splendiferous bit of work there Dave!

Andy.

[RonGlass]

Bodacious piece of work there David !

[David Lovell]

That looks excellent to me david , these Zvezda snap fits are superb , im a big fan . Cheers tony

Dave coming on nicely. Keep up the great work.

ATB.

Andrew

A splendiferous bit of work there Dave!

Andy.

Bodacious piece of work there David !

Thanks lads for looking in ,have got a good coat of varnish over it so will begin to tone it all down and pick out the details ,not my fave thing to do but I suppose some mud on the running gear is the order of the day. Thanks again for your kind words and encouragement. Dave.

[David Lovell]

So have begun to tone and try to bring it together ,working on the engine deck and rear panel bit thingy hoping you can see where I've been and what I'm trying for



As always c+c is appreciated Dave.

[Steve Jones]

Coming together really well David. Great work my friend