Eastern Express 1/35 B-4 203mm Howitzer, Stalin’s Sledgehammer

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I built this for a So.Cal. AMPS 12 Hour Build Challenge, and just completed this, right at the 12 hour mark. There is a bit more I would like to have done, but with all the clean up needing to be done on this beast during construction, this was as good as I could do within the time allotted. To put it nicely, this kit is not for the faint of heart, modeling skills required. I built it OOB, painted it with Tamiya lacquers, and weathered with Tamiya acrylics. It looks fair enough from 2-3 feet away, but up close the time constraints show…

Thanks for looking

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I think that it looks great! I’ve got the same kit in my stash and have plans for it in a diorama eventually.

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Oh wow, SP that looks fantastic!!!

And knowing how rough Eastern Express kits are I’m twice as impressed!!!

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I posted the Trumpeter kit of the B-4 I did years ago but I expect it was simple to build compared to this beast.

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Thanks Tom. All I can say is take your time and be ready for lots of clean up on the beast. It’s not a bad kit, but it’s not an easy kit either.

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great job Stik - wrestled it into a good place and in 12 hours. Imagine the world of hurt a battery of those things could rain down!

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Nice work Stik.

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Gamera, John, Tiger, thanks for looking in and your kind words on this build.

Gamera, I’ve never seen the Trumpeter kit, but I can imagine based on the others of theirs that I’ve built that it is light years ahead of this beast in quality. I don’t think that there was a single part without excessive flash, a heavy mold seam line, or an ejector pin mark. Yikes!

John, I can only image what a whole battery of these could do… especially in volley fire direct fire mode… like a heavy cruiser broadside!

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That’s very nice,belongs in a Berlin Street diorams.

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Thanks Tony. Thats kind of what I have been thinking… [;)]

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Trumpeter makes a really nice set of crew for this gun- look for it under ‘Soviet B-4 Howitzer Artillery Crew’.

I used it for mine and was really happy how it turned out. Sadly I looked for photos but couldn’t find them, it must have been back when I was still on Photobucket.

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Thanks for the heads up on the figures Gamera. I do have some resin gun crew figures that I picked up for this off ebay right after I bought the gun. Now to build and paint them.

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Those sound cool SP, please keep us posted!

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Gamera, I will get the figures posted on here once I get them under construction and eventually completed.

12 Hour Build Challenge results… 8 started, three completed, this one took first place.

Victory is mine!

and a gift certificate to Brookhurst Hobbies