Juckenburg/taigen SU-152

[tomhugill]

Hey folks, it's been a while since I posted a build up on here. Here's my latest, an su-152. The conversion kits from juckenburg and the rest is asiatam/taigen. Electronics are courtesy of Ian tank bear at rctankelectronics and comprise an ibu2 pro and vampire hidden battle unit.

First job was to get rid of the henglong guts and replace with servo recoil and elevation

Removing the barrel and recoil unit



Recoil and elevation from styrene and a cut up henglong recoil



Next up was the battle system.

Emitter hidden in the barrel



Sensors and LEDs from the inside


Externally





Next up adding detail,

Scratch built hooks for the tow cables





Engine vents




I had several crew members from heikkes modeulbau gasse, so one was used as a commander



Originally brass gearboxes were installed however I replaced these with black steel ones



Next up paint. I use a base layer of Tamiya gunship grey as a steel colour for the chiping





Then hairspray and the mig ammo Russian green set modulated

Dark green and green base





With light base and highlight





Then chipping and pin washes







Next up was the markings. I've gone for big numbers and a slogan in this case, "for the homeland". It's the first time I've tried to hand write script like this and I'm quite pleased.







Next up the streaking and grime







Rusting the exhausts



And the commander







Last will be the mud, for which I'm waiting for materials to arrive

[MichaelC]

Looks fantastic tom........ I didn't see it in the pictures, but did you also replaced the resin barrel with the metal one from Frank's Modellbau ?

[tomhugill]

Looks fantastic tom........ I didn't see it in the pictures, but did you also replaced the resin barrel with the metal one from Frank's Modellbau ?

Hey, no it's the resin barrel bored out with a Sherman 105 barrel stuck in the end to mate to the recoil unit

[KTRob]

Great work Tom, the weathering looks perfect

[HERMAN BIX]

You go alright you do Mr Hugill !!
Also a good mini tutorial on how to paint a Russian AFV .
I already have the MIG 4BO paint set, now I just have to apply it to the same effect.

[tomhugill]

You go alright you do Mr Hugill !!
Also a good mini tutorial on how to paint a Russian AFV .
I already have the MIG 4BO paint set, now I just have to apply it to the same effect.

Cheers Herman, glad you found it useful. You'll be impressed with the mig set, colours are great and it sprays nicely.

[PainlessWolf]

Good morning,
Tom, you have made it 'real' in my eyes. That's the highest praise that I can give out. ;o)
regards,
Painless

[Markocaster]

Fantastic work Tom!
Love the paint job

[jackalope]

That's bad ass! Absolutely fantastic work!

[Moni]

Hi Tom,
I really like ur paint work, wow it almost looks real:)
The 1/16 figure looks amazing, that detail! Such clever work.