Zvezda 1/35 ISU-152
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:26 am
Hi guys,
I wanted to bring you up to speed with my work on this model. I've been working on and off this thing for about 4 months (1 month waiting for AM tracks, lol). So I decided to finish it finally after my tracks arrived last week. This Zveza kit is not bad at all, ofcourse there is a lot of cleaning up the parts, but I actually like doing this. The tracks are a downfall of this kit, they're awfull. So, let's take a look what have we done so far.
First, after assembly, I covered all the panels with Mr. Surfacer 1200 to give it texture, because it had none. Gun mantlet was covered with Mr. Dissolved Putty for much harder cast steel apearance.
After that, priming with Revell Acryll Matt Black.
Mig's Russian 4BO.
The tracks. I ordered Trumpeters Russian 650mm steel track for Russian KV/JS tank. They are workable. A lot of work was put in this tracks assembly. I managed to finish it in two days, around 8 hours of work. You get a jig and after cleaning up the tracks from sprue attachments, you insert the pins in tracks to make it workable. I secured the bond with Tamiya Extra Thin. I had to expand the sprocket width for about 2 mm to make it fit with the tracks.
Comparison with kit tracks.
Now on the weathering. This was my first real try with pigments, and honestly, I was scared of them. After seeing a lot of Youtube tutorials, I wanted to try it. So here are the results. First I mixed AK Kursk Soil Nature effect with AK Dark Earth pigment and applied it with stippling motion onto the undercarriage. Then I stippled mix of AK Dark Earth and AK Sienna Soil pigments onto the top of undercarriage for "dried mud". Last I stippled some AK European Earth pigment here and there, just for some variety. Wheels were treated in a similar fashion. Oh, and also, I used Mig's Rust effects and Streaking grime for the first time on this model. I like how it turned out.
Tracks were first primed in Black, then covered in Mig's Dust, and then I applied Mig's Tracks Wash. First diluted, then straight from the bottle for a stronger effect on random spots.
I still have to cover them with some pigments.
Finally, I used Valleyo Natural Iron Oxide for exhaust grime.
Chipping was done with Mig's 4BO + White, and applied with a sponge. Then I added Mig's Chipping on larger chips, really like the look of it. Also my first try with this technique haha
From all that, I think you can conclude that this is my first real try at armor in 1/35th scale and I think I'm in love with it. Allready sold my 1/72 stash and starded on building up the 1/35th one. That is it for now, I'm hoping to finish it by the end of the week. University exams could prove to be a slight problem to finnish it this week thou haha
Feel free to comment, like or whatever you want. Have a good one.
I wanted to bring you up to speed with my work on this model. I've been working on and off this thing for about 4 months (1 month waiting for AM tracks, lol). So I decided to finish it finally after my tracks arrived last week. This Zveza kit is not bad at all, ofcourse there is a lot of cleaning up the parts, but I actually like doing this. The tracks are a downfall of this kit, they're awfull. So, let's take a look what have we done so far.
First, after assembly, I covered all the panels with Mr. Surfacer 1200 to give it texture, because it had none. Gun mantlet was covered with Mr. Dissolved Putty for much harder cast steel apearance.
After that, priming with Revell Acryll Matt Black.
Mig's Russian 4BO.
The tracks. I ordered Trumpeters Russian 650mm steel track for Russian KV/JS tank. They are workable. A lot of work was put in this tracks assembly. I managed to finish it in two days, around 8 hours of work. You get a jig and after cleaning up the tracks from sprue attachments, you insert the pins in tracks to make it workable. I secured the bond with Tamiya Extra Thin. I had to expand the sprocket width for about 2 mm to make it fit with the tracks.
Comparison with kit tracks.
Now on the weathering. This was my first real try with pigments, and honestly, I was scared of them. After seeing a lot of Youtube tutorials, I wanted to try it. So here are the results. First I mixed AK Kursk Soil Nature effect with AK Dark Earth pigment and applied it with stippling motion onto the undercarriage. Then I stippled mix of AK Dark Earth and AK Sienna Soil pigments onto the top of undercarriage for "dried mud". Last I stippled some AK European Earth pigment here and there, just for some variety. Wheels were treated in a similar fashion. Oh, and also, I used Mig's Rust effects and Streaking grime for the first time on this model. I like how it turned out.
Tracks were first primed in Black, then covered in Mig's Dust, and then I applied Mig's Tracks Wash. First diluted, then straight from the bottle for a stronger effect on random spots.
I still have to cover them with some pigments.
Finally, I used Valleyo Natural Iron Oxide for exhaust grime.
Chipping was done with Mig's 4BO + White, and applied with a sponge. Then I added Mig's Chipping on larger chips, really like the look of it. Also my first try with this technique haha
From all that, I think you can conclude that this is my first real try at armor in 1/35th scale and I think I'm in love with it. Allready sold my 1/72 stash and starded on building up the 1/35th one. That is it for now, I'm hoping to finish it by the end of the week. University exams could prove to be a slight problem to finnish it this week thou haha
Feel free to comment, like or whatever you want. Have a good one.
Over and out...
