BeeKay

I have seen some shots of the SU-100 and it looks very nice with full interior and I beleive a Panzer IV is also on the way. Shame they waited to do the SU-100 until I had finished my '85, but they'll nice together! A lovely pair

Fruilmodel do them, I some some at SMW Telford last month - too late for my Whippet though and the did look great.

Very nice Cliff. I love to see the "small stuff" especially when it's as well finished as this little beaut!

Thanks for the kind words guys. I'll try and get some completed shots posted soon.

Hi people, I hope this is okay to post as the model is now actually complete but I have some shots to share of the odds and sods I used to complete my piece. I was gifted a beat-up WSN T34 R/c model with lots of pieces missing, including the turret, but the armament was there. I had a vision in my mind of a large scale Russian beastie to sit along side my Trumpeter T34/76 and had the Tamiya 1/35 SU-85 in my stash that I decided to up-scale. Instead of measuring everything totally accurately I decided to just try and double up the measurements on the Tamiya kit, draw it out on cardboard and see how it fit the WSN chassis I had chopped the fore-deck out of. To my surprise it fit very well and so transferred my cardboard drawings onto 2mm plasticard and it started to take shape. Everything was measured from the 1/35 kit and doubled and the "turret" flew together. Next came my nemesis - how was I going to re-produce the Mantlet for the barrel to site into and replicate the smaller version. I needed somthing that would swivel on a large ball shape, or at least give that effect. I was searching for inspiration in my garage when a ping pong ball came to hand. It looked roughly the correct size for the inner and so I sketched the outer taking the shape from the kit onto the surface of the ball and cut it out with a scalpel. Now all I had to do was cover it with milliput, let it harden, then hope the ball could be extracted. Two days later, the inner plastic skin fell out and the outer fit perfectly over a new ball, which I could use to mount the barrel through. My next big task would be the fenders running down each side. These I measured up and made from aluminium flashing that I had residing in my garage afer I had my roof re-tiled. The top hatch detail and hinges were made from paperclips and the same aluminium sheet I used for the fenders. As was the rear hatch. The tool box and horn were made from plasticard and the headlight I got from Littlecars, they have a fantastic range of lights of all shapes and sizes. I was a external fuel tank short and so I shaped some aluminium sheet around three pennies, one at each end and one in the middle for support, perfect size and strong to shape metal around. The mesh of the rear engine deck was cracked on the donor tank so I shaped some mesh from a frying pan spatter guard (Poundshop). A couple of vision covers for the drivers hatch made from plasticard and my scratchbuild was complete. I used a Pyro tool borrowed from Tony (Oz!) to mimic weld seams hear and there and covered the main structure with a textured coat of Mr Surfacer. This peice took over my modelling life for a good few months and got shelved at one stage. When I did dig it out again I was determined to complete it. I hope you like it, it's not perfect by any stretch and I'm sure it won't stand up to the new Trumpeter SU-100 due out next year, but until that arrives it will do for me. I'll get some shots of the painted vehicle and post it in the correct section. Cheers Brian

Wow Tony, another one! You must be after the title Mr Prolific Williams had. Great to see you back in the groove mate, long may it continue!

All has been said above Ivo, a stunning job! I was really impressed with the Emhar kits that look quite rough at first glance. I have recently finished the Whippet out of the box and was very pleased with the result. Some pics. coming soon. Thanks for posting Brian

It's good to have you back in the pack Mr Inspiration!