Silenoz Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Another one in the series of modern Russian vehicles in 1/72 is the MSTA-S also known as 2S19... Don’t you like those Russian nomenclature? It still doesn’t say anything. The MSTA is a selfpropelled 152mm howitser, comparable to the American M-109, French AUF-1 and German Pzh-2000 and is the successor of the 2S3 Akatsiya (and no, you don’t have to sneeze to pronounce it, dangerous times by the way). This gun also has a towed version with a lot of common components STA-S: The base is a T-80 chassis with a T-72 Diesel-Engine and a complete new suspension. Development started in 1980 with the Ferma project, as object 316. This gun has an automatic loader, a semi-automatic loading-systeem for the munition, NBC protection, passive nightvision for the driver, wading kit, dozerblade, smokegenerator, 81mm launchtubes for countermeasures and was recently upgrades with An automatic firecontrolsystem. All types ammunition can be fire like HE, chemical, tactic nuclear, lighting etc... Max firing range is 36km, dependant on the munitiontype. Also laserguided ammo can be used... Other facts: Crew of 5 Range of 500km, max speed 60km/h 6-8 rounds/minute Weight: 42t Length: 7.15m Width: 3.38m Height: 2.99m The kit: And the parts: A lot of handles molded shut on this one : So the first steps are to replace these by wire : And how I do it: I start with removing the part to replace with a knife. Be gentle not to cut away other molded on detail. The white line after cutting is ideal as a reference so trace a hole for centering with a needle or the like. The markings: Next up is drilling the holes using the center holes. Here Is use a wire 0.3mm, so I drill slightly larger with 0.4mm. After this the part can be cleaned: Next cut two lengths of wire (1 for each handle) they can be too large you need some length for glueing. Bend them 90° to make the first leg. And fit it through one of the openings: The easiest way to determine the length for me personally: I use some flat pliers (no teeth) and slide it over the free arm. Then I aim for the furthest border of the correspondent hole, hold the pliers there, remove the handle from the hole and make the second bend: Remount the handle: And push it to the end, apply a drop of CA on the non visible side: And slide it to the right depth… by this the hole gets slightly filled with CA. Also a gauge (small plate) can be used to obtain a universal distance. And finally some more details on the cupolla like the ammo loading system, Mg, cable throughs, etc... MG is still dryfit, so if it doesn't sit straight, no real pain yet… Also made a choise for the camo: And first layer (buff): This pic replicates the color the best, the rest seems darker So far the easy work… taping will take a lot of time I suppose... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Great looking model, and excellent tutorial. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Great work, very intricate. The tutorial is a nice touch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Great work! Always good to see some braille models coming along. The handles made of wire really add to the realism of the model! Thanks a lot for the tutorial, very nice! I am very interested in how you tackle the three tone splinter camo. Have a nice day Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted May 5, 2020 Author Share Posted May 5, 2020 Thank you guys... How I tackle the camo? With patience... 2 evenings of taping later: still a lot of work to do on this cupolla. Found a guide with 4 views, allas top and bottom are missing... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Hi Silenoz, a subject that attracts me a lot, although on a larger scale. Very good about the handles, it is logical, but it has to happen ... I always complicate myself with the correct measurements, but with this method, there is no error, thank you. It must have been a headache to mask the model ... lol Good progress ... Cheers Francis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) A whole lot of masking tape later: And then paint... The mix proposed didn't even come close to what it should have been... not even by a longshot Playing with the ratio: darn... Finally I reached out to the clubmembers which could be a better mix, and then after an hour of mixing, testing (on a bottle) instead of the model...: Me happy, some corrections and then restart for the third color... Edited May 8, 2020 by Silenoz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 27 minutes ago, Silenoz said: some corrections and then restart for the third color... Good luck with that. The first bit looks good. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Great camo scheme. I wonder if we will be able to spot it after the 3rd coat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 I hope it will still be visible after all... so packed it completely in again... and then painting time.... got me some shivers because the paint was thinner then expected and had less coverage for such a dark color... it will only be visible after unpacking, so here it go's Me happy... just came to the conclusion that I'm missing a part... hope I can still find it, but... some lines are a bit blurry at some points, but the tape has it's thicknes, and I did my best to press it around the details.... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Very nice S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancisGL Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Great job with great result...very nice done. Cheers and TC Francis 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashlight Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Hi Silenoz, the camo looks great, congratulations! Very good job! Have a nice day Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Great work with the masking tape and the airbrush. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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