Trumpeter 1/35 SU-152 (early)

[geegad]

one of my favorite russian tanks and your doing it proud the tracks and wheels look spot on

[The Migrant]

Those tracks look superb, Patrick. What did you use as the base colour?

[Guest]

Thanks guys!

Mike, I put a basecoat of matt black on & then washes of burnt umber & burnt sienna oils over that, followed with a sludge wash of ground up pastels ( white, yellow & brown) .

Then I rubbed off the excess with an old stiff brush. Just remains to drybrush with a little gunmetal to give them a slight metallic sheen.

Cheers

Patrick

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Patrick and what great work and a great tip with the tracks

[Guest]

Thanks Ian! Separate link tracks often seem to put people off, but they're not so hard really! Personally, I hate wrestling with vinyl tracks.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

Now she's looking better with the fenders on! I didn't think much of the extra fuel tanks in the kit, so I scratchbuilt empty holders from spare brass - they're not brilliant, but better than nothing! I also wanted to leave off the front track guards & added little bits of brass to allow for this :

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Next is to get the casement on & prime it up ready for painting.

Thanks for looking in

Patrick

[geegad]

nice looking pe..can't wait to see the painting off this

[Guest]

Thanks John! Those tank holders were a pig to make!

The casement & gun are on, so painting should commence tomorrow.

Cheers

Patrick

[tr1ckey66]

Hey Patrick

You're certainly powering through this build. Lower hull looks great, nice running gear and fuel tank bands. It's just missing a dirty great big gun now!

Sounds as though you've already sorted this so I'll wait for the big unveil!

Great progress Patrick

Paul

[flyjoe180]

Nice clean work Patrick

[Guest]

Really nice start Patrick, looking forward to seeing more of this build buddy.

[Guest]

Thanks guys! The primer is down now, how I hate throwing paint from rattle cans!

I'll update this with some pics when the lights better.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

Well I've got some paint on it - having to spray from a can isn't what I like & no matter how careful I was the paint looks too thick to me.

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By the way, what's masking the tracks are a used pair of latex gloves!

In the next pics you can see how I'm using oils to vary the shades & tones of the paintwork :

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The colours are looking slightly harsh in the pics, but they're much better blended to the naked eye.

Thanks for looking!

Patrick

[Guest]

Nice work Patrick, looks really good buddy.

[monica]

very nice work on her Patrick i missed a couple off the updates some how ,

the tracks are just fabulous , and thank you for the tips on making them and the painting weathering

looking good with the upper hull as well nice paint work, look forward to seeing the weathering off that

keep up the good work

i know what you mean about use a phone as a camera , im doing the same my one died