SU76i

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:56 pm

Next up build number 2, the su76i.

So I started by completely ignoring the instructions and going at it the same way I did my su85.

I then realised that I had gotten a little chopping happy and cut away a section the gun needed to be mounted on.

So I improvised

by **tankme** » Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:10 pm

This is on my list to build. Is it one of the kits or are you doing a custom build?

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:17 pm

It was a kit from forgebear. He’s out of stock at the moment but vandra has started making them again so I think you can get them there

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:03 pm

A few more bits done and a test fit of the gun which will later be replaced with a metal one from mkmodelbau

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:54 pm

A little more done

by **RobW** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:46 am

How did you find the casemate fit as mine's a bit warped. The gun barrel went a bit odd too, looks like it's blistered somehow: possibly since I got it as it's been stood a while....

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:24 am

The fit wasn’t great the whole thing seemed to be off but I improvised and managed to get if looking half decent. It’s only now when you look at the bottom of the gun mantlet you see how bad the fit it. The gun barrel on the other hand has a large dent in the resin, but it wasn’t going to be used anyway.

by **Jofaur86** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 2:53 pm

Hello

found on the Net during my personal realization

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by **Exhibitedbrute** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:39 pm

Yes I have seen these. The version I am creating is the top one, however the bottom shouldn’t be to difficult to achieve

by **tankme** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:37 am

Bottom one kinda looks like it was a post war "fix" IE: reconstruction, but I could be wrong. Some of these museum tanks are not necessarily correct due to after war modifications and/or changes.

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:58 pm

Looks to me like a restoration using parts from a t34 for the gun

by **RobW** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:14 pm

They did modify a couple of Stugs & looked at the P4 too so it's possible there are a few designs out there. It'd be an odd museum re-design as opposed to (say) a different turret of the same-ish version.

by **tankme** » Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:46 pm

I say it looks odd due to the thickness of the material used on the sides of the gun mount. You can see in the pic the material is very thin where the material is riveted to the upper hull. Those rounded cheeks are not rough enough to be cast IMO as most of them were on Soviet tanks of the era. The casemate itself looks genuine, it's the entire gun mounting system that looks off.

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:19 am

I have no doubt in my mind that the lower photo is of a panzer iii based version it is also in my mind likely it was battle damaged (notice the missing central return roller) the gun I also have little doubt that it is a t34 gun mount. I run the risk here of coming to the conclusion that a unit being built up from what ever was available is quite likely in this case the possibility of fitting a gun from damaged a t34. They have after all converted a panzer iii

However it is also plausible that the lower photo is of a prototype/try it and see what happens as my research suggest that almost all converted units were destroyed or re-captured

by **LordPanzer** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 4:44 am

I have been eyeing this kit as well for a alittle while myself. Seems like a basic less expensive kit to get into. Thank you for your thoughts on the quality of the casting. I'm curious if barrel traverse elevation and recoil mounts came with the kit or your plans to add them ? Any plans on electronics or sound set for this build?

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by **tankme** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 5:01 pm

It does look like one of the simpler conversion kits. Since most of my armor is Russian I've also been looking at building one although I'm not sure I want the Vandra kit after the SU-100 arrived. I'm also not a fan of the rough 3D printed versions I've seen. After dealing with the SU-152 3D printed stuff I'm not sure I want to deal with that again also. If there were a resin 3D printed version, that would ideal at this point.

by **Exhibitedbrute** » Wed Jan 13, 2021 8:11 pm

Lord panzer there are mounts with the kit. A recoil unit could be attached with some mods. I will show those when my recoil and elevation unit is printed.

As for the kit itself and other kits I have worked with Ludwig usually has the better resin cast kits. Mk modellbau also does some very good castings

Deans Sherman turrets and stowage parts are also good quality.

Vandra on the other hand can be hit and miss. But the parts that are usually dodgy you can buy metal parts of but he does do a lot that no one else does.

My su100 and su85 came from annibrimodelbau and were quite good. However he seems to have stopped trading about 2 years ago

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