SoftScience Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Here is my next 1/48 armor build. This is Bronco's KV-14 or Su-152 (edit: thanks @echen for setting me straight on that). This tank destroyer was the forerunner of the much better know ISU-122. The difference being that the ISU was based on the JS-2, while this was on the KV-1 suspension. Bronco's kit is very nice, and this model is built from the box. I wanted to represent a tank with a lot of dust from tank-rider foot traffic on the rear deck. Originally, this was to have some tank riders on it, but I gave up after several failed attempts at painting the figures. Maybe another time. Weathering was done with dark green washes fallowed by dusting with several different layers of sienna and light tan colored pigments suspended in washes made of buff oil in white spirits. And also applied dry. Not my best work, but I kind of grew bored with the project and rushed it. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 It looks very good to me with the dusty weathering being highly effective. Top work.👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 That's an excellent model. The paint work and the weathering are first class. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Great build. The weathering, wear and tear are very well executed. Just one thing - is it, perhaps, an SU 152 rather than a SU 122? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchmirth Posted May 29, 2023 Share Posted May 29, 2023 Looks pretty good to me, I like the base and dusty look. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted May 29, 2023 Author Share Posted May 29, 2023 51 minutes ago, echen said: Great build. The weathering, wear and tear are very well executed. Just one thing - is it, perhaps, an SU 152 rather than a SU 122? D'oh! Yes. i'll make the edit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 Not sure if you've seen this? Ignore the title pic, first half is dragging a T34/76 out of a lake in (IIRC) Hungary followed at about 7:45 by an SU152 being started and driven after (what appears to be) several decades in a field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sardaukar Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Ive not seen bronco's 1/48 kits, interesting. Great job it looks nice and chunky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Very nice! I've always liked the SU-152 (and ISU-152) assault guns. Very brutal and powerful-looking. That 152-mm gun-howitzer wasn't the highest velocity weapon around, but it could shoot a huge shell, more than 100 lbs. in the ISU-152, I believe. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Learstang said: Very nice! I've always liked the SU-152 (and ISU-152) assault guns. Very brutal and powerful-looking. That 152-mm gun-howitzer wasn't the highest velocity weapon around, but it could shoot a huge shell, more than 100 lbs. in the ISU-152, I believe. Regards, Jason Wow! Was it mostly a bunker buster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 hours ago, sardaukar said: Ive not seen bronco's 1/48 kits, interesting. Great job it looks nice and chunky. Thanks. They only released a handful. This, and a few versions of the Staghound. Both are very nice kits. I wish they had stayed in the 48 armor arena. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/31/2023 at 6:11 AM, Rumblestripe said: Not sure if you've seen this? Ignore the title pic, first half is dragging a T34/76 out of a lake in (IIRC) Hungary followed at about 7:45 by an SU152 being started and driven after (what appears to be) several decades in a field. Those Soviet designs were nothing if not robust and long lasting (provided they weren't thrown into the meat grinder with wanton disregard for the lives of crew, which they usually were). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 1 hour ago, SoftScience said: Wow! Was it mostly a bunker buster? I do know that the ISU-152 saw a lot of use in reducing concrete fortifications, so certainly the 152-mm saw use as a 'bunker buster'. Interestingly, the high-explosive shells the 152-mm fired were effective against the heavily armoured German AFVs like the Panther, the Tiger, and the Elefant. The kinetic effect was so strong that it didn't even need to penetrate the armour, the explosion of the shell causing spalling on the interior and severe blast concussion which sometimes killed the crew. Because of this, both the SU-152 and ISU-152 saw use as tank destroyers, even though it was the SU-100, with its long barrel gun, that was specifically designed for this. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 I can't even imagine what the concussion from a blast like that would be inside. Crew would probably be liquified on the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
providence Posted June 3, 2023 Share Posted June 3, 2023 Huge beast but lovely model ! Regards Providence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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