1/35 Trumpeter HQ-2 Missile on Transport trailer (SAM Missile System)

[Lee Chambers]

Hi Comrades, I am calling this build done. My OCD was telling me that showing the engine would look a bit out of place without a good excuse for it, so a split radiator hose looked like as good an excuse as any!

 

This meant getting hold of a couple of resin figures, at 1/35 scale they were a challenge for me to paint, my late 50's eye sight and patience is not what it used to be. I also added some metal chain links to bring a bit more real world life to the model.

 

Overall, I found this 2003 Trumpeter kit went together quite well, and I hope you agree it builds into a nice representation of a Surface to Air missile and vehicle of the Soviet era. Happy modelling.

 

Finally, if you want to see the work in progress of this build, click the link below.

 

Built mostly out of the box, with some Eduard photo etch for the Zil 157 truck.
Tamiya, Mr Color paints, AK/Flory models pigments and washes.
Abteilung oils.
Alclad matt clearcoat.

 

[Stef N.]

Really high quality Lee. Great modelling and that unfussy vignette is a perfect setting for the monster. Top work.👏👏👏

[Nenad Ilijic]

Not my cup of tea, but this looks fantastic! It is so realistic! 

 

Nenad

[Lee Chambers]

2 hours ago, Nenad Ilijic said:

Not my cup of tea, but this looks fantastic! It is so realistic! 

 

Nenad

Not really my cup of tea either to be honest, but I like a challenge, and it's nice to build something a bit different.

[StuartH]

Excellent result and the weathering is superb (especially on the missile) 👍

[Bertie McBoatface]

That's really good. the truck launcher and the missile especially. They approach realism in the photos. I like to see the missile a little dirty. They would have weathered as they might have been trucked around for months before being overhauled and repainted.

 

I have a couple of suggestions for you. The figures are great, I love the faces but their uniforms might be a little too glossy. A quick spritz with some dullcote would make the cloth look more natural. And if the wheels of the vehicle were a little more sunken into the mud, I think we'd get a more consistent impression of the great weight go the machine which you have done so much to suggest with the weathering.

[Lee Chambers]

11 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said:

That's really good. the truck launcher and the missile especially. They approach realism in the photos. I like to see the missile a little dirty. They would have weathered as they might have been trucked around for months before being overhauled and repainted.

 

I have a couple of suggestions for you. The figures are great, I love the faces but their uniforms might be a little too glossy. A quick spritz with some dullcote would make the cloth look more natural. And if the wheels of the vehicle were a little more sunken into the mud, I think we'd get a more consistent impression of the great weight go the machine which you have done so much to suggest with the weathering.

Thanks for your keen observations, I photographed the model just after I had dull coated the figures, they had not dried back enough to show the full effect.

In person they look about right, I had the same issue with my Bride of Frankenstein build.

As for the tyres, well to be honest I had imagined a penetrating frost had turn the ground solid, hence the reason for the shallow depth to them sitting in the tracks.

[Bertie McBoatface]

33 minutes ago, Lee Chambers said:

penetrating frost

Ahh. I like that idea. Perhaps a drybrushing of frost to put the idea over?

 

I keep going back to the guy in the forage cap. His face reminds me of someone I knew, that would be equally as puzzled in that situation. We said he was 'As sharp as a billiard ball!'

[Lazy Modeller]

What a superb building you have there! Like it very much!

Do you have some studio photos? Maybe not because that's an huge thing, but I think  it would result better than daylight...it will be gorgeous! .. but just a thought.

Cheers

LM

[Lee Chambers]

8 hours ago, Lazy Modeller said:

What a superb building you have there! Like it very much!

Do you have some studio photos? Maybe not because that's an huge thing, but I think  it would result better than daylight...it will be gorgeous! .. but just a thought.

Cheers

LM

It's always a guessing came trying to photograph a scale model in its best light, I usually try and do a 50/50 split of indoors and outdoors photos, but lighting conditions can vary massively in the UK, and it is almost 500mm in length, which forced me to stick to outside photos this time, but thanks for your comments.

[Lazy Modeller]

16 minutes ago, Lee Chambers said:

It's always a guessing came trying to photograph a scale model in its best light, I usually try and do a 50/50 split of indoors and outdoors photos, but lighting conditions can vary massively in the UK, and it is almost 500mm in length, which forced me to stick to outside photos this time, but thanks for your comments.

I fully understand that, as I suggested, I have equal problems, but you can control much better the light, and that way the detail will really pop-up!

Cheers!

LM.

 

[Lee Chambers]

2 hours ago, Lazy Modeller said:

I fully understand that, as I suggested, I have equal problems, but you can control much better the light, and that way the detail will really pop-up!

Cheers!

LM. Thanks , I will take that on board for my next build, using an old I phone limits my photos.

 

 

[Lazy Modeller]

9 hours ago, Lee Chambers said:

 

I also use an Samsung phone to do the job. Cant be bothered to get the cameras and lenses from the case. Its easier this way and the results are the same if not better with more focus zones. No need for top stuff, just  a good light setup.

 

Cheers

LM