Gran 1/72 C-75 (SA-2 Guideline)

[-Neu-]

*A new Challenger appears*

(image courtesy of the wakaround forum)

 

Last night I was considering doing something for the GB (its not a bank holiday here but its the one relatively quiet weekend for me). I couldn't find anything that I could  do relatively easily - lots of 1/72 hasegawa planes, but I discounted anything with a camo. so I worked on some of my existing stuff. But going through my stash looking for some parts I found the C-75, and I got inspired. 

 

 

Looking at the parts breakdown - its a pretty straightforward build. I was worried about flash and misalignment on the cylinder but it looks workable

 

 

Biggest issue will be to get the glue to harden quick enough so I can prime it. I'll have to use CA instead of regular putty for gap filler, but that's alright. 

 

Originally I was unsure whether I'd use the 2x 12h or the 24h format, but I've realized that the former is realistic given the time I'm writing this. 

On that note - this is the start time 

 

So, took it out of the wrap and its not as bad as I feared - its definitely short run, but the plastic has that non-oily flat sorta feel to it that makes it easier to work with. Its sorta like evergreen polystyrene, which I is good. 

 

 

Using lots of glue to give the seams overflow that are easier to remove and prevent gaps from flowing. I've also got an old bottle of CA that doesn't have much adhesive qualities but works just fine as quick gap filler. 

 

The missile is a bit of work. I also realized that the raised panel lines are indeed accurate based on the walkaround photos in the forum - I actually scribed them, then readded them 

 

 

 

During the Vietnam War US pilots described them as flying telephone poles - now I understand why they said that. 

 

 

 

Alright, next I'm going to do the preliminary painting, and assembly.  Wish me luck. 

 

Edited August 25, 2024 by -Neu-

[Tim Taylor]

Interesting subject!

[81-er]

You're already off to a good start

 

James

[-Neu-]

2 hours ago, Tim Taylor said:

Interesting subject!

 

It is! I don't think its the first "effective" SAM - Nike, or Hawk may have word about that, but thats neither here nor there - but it certainly had an massive impact on air warfare. It basically changed everything. Prior to Dvinia, high altitude was seen as the safe domain as just had to avoid fighters 

So there became an arms race of sorts for faster and higher flying bombers and aircraft. The shootdown of Francis Gary Powers's U-2 in May 1960 dispelled the safety of high altitude, followed by Anderson's death two years later. Then there was the vietnam - where over a 1000  American aircraft were shot down. It pushed many aircraft to go lower, which was an error - AAA was actually more lethal than the SA-2 and accounted for even more kills. It wasn't until the late 1970s and the development of the rollback strategy that the scourge of surface to air missiles was finally effectively dealt with. 

 

 

Sooo, continuing on, I could have possibly finished tonight if I pushed it, but I'm started to get bagged and I should wait for the black undercoat on the SA-2 to cure fully. 

 

Here's the launcher on the tree - I added some greebles, like hand rails to give it some more detail. ,                                                                                                                              

 

 

After its done - I picked the simplest, boring scheme - I think a 1960s Soviet one. 

 

 

Got her all assembled, there's an ugly seam line down the centre, but I can get it in the morning. I gave it a bit of weathering using the walkaround photos and tamiya panel liner to give it a bit of weathering.

 

 

 

and this is after. It didn't go great, which might be my fatigue, so I'll try again tomorrow. 

 

 

That's that for tonight. We'll see- I might get this done in 24h 

Edited August 25, 2024 by -Neu-

[JOCKNEY]

That's coming along really well 

 

Cheers Pat 

[psdavidson]

looking good

[-Neu-]

Hey Y'all

 

Nice to see others builds' progress. 

 

Took a quick break during lunch and thought I'd address some of the issues with the missile. To save on time I used Gunze' Mr Surfacer 2000 black rattle can, and did a quick coat. It doesn't come out too glossy, but in this case is fine because I plan to use dull aluminum alclad for the missile and the semi-gloss undercoat works well. I sanded down the places where I the previous sanding was too rough and showed through the primer coat. 

 

 

Then just hit it with the gunze.

 

 

And thats that for now. It now needs the alclad for the missile, and a flat coat for the launcher, final assembly.  I don't think I'll make it under the 24h timeframe - I wouldn't get to start until 7pm tonight - but I'll have it done at like 30h, so NBD either way. 

Edited August 25, 2024 by -Neu-

[-Neu-]

Well, finished it up. I threw duraluminum onto the missile, which was darker than I'd like, and painted a few details. Then flat coated the launcher, which I didn't shake the alclad well enough, so its closer to its semi-flat. ah well. 

 

Then I attached the missile and voila - a SA-2

 

 

So... not my best model by any stretch of the imagination, but its done and gets it out of my stash. Kinda happy I did this actually. The kit itself was alright, another day of prep on the missile would have made it that much better, but its all good. 

 

Thanks to Enzo for hosting this, back onto my regularly scheduled GBs tomorrow. 

 

Edited August 26, 2024 by -Neu-

[AdrianMF]

I think that's a terrific result, and very like the picture at the top of the thread too.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[psdavidson]

nicely finished

[81-er]

That's a nice result

 

James