Alright, here is my ISU152. Painting and markings are done. I’m going to let the red star decals set overnight and then its on to weathering. I’n not entirely sure what I’m going to do yet. I think that I may give it a dusting and some signs of use in the city so that means no mud.
All the markings were hand painted except for the stars. The stripes are intentionally messy since I’ve seen some bad Soviet painting. The stars are from a Dragon T34 decal sheet that I’m not planning on using. I’m getting better at free handing, but if you think my paint writing is bad you should see my hand writing [B)][:P].
Thanks for the comment Tigerman. The fruil tracks are hard to set in one place. Everytime I move it I’m constantly resetting the tracks to their proper posisition. They shouldn’t be that saggy once I stop moving it.
These are some pics I used as inspiration for the painting and the tracks.
Based on your reference photos, it looks like there was a fair amount of sag in the tracks. That’s a really nice build. The hand-painted markings give it a nice look.
Now that is looking great! Though the tracks are very saggy! I often wonder how the Soviets actually advanced with tracks like that, surely they threw them every other kilometer?
Mike I was wondering the same thing, there seems to be a lot of photos of Russian armour showing lots of sag in the tracks. Is there a reason for the excessive sag?
Guys: Thanks for the comments. I have made more progress and continue to take pic’s from the same angle…it’s kinda cool to look back and see how’s it’s progressed, I’ll get those posted soon. She’s really looking beat-up…definately a “weatherhead” type build!
Well, after a hard few months I have completed my ISU 152. I just finished weathering and other finishing touches. I have taken pics as well. But here is the catch, I drained my camera’s battery taking pics. So you guys get a rain check on the fininshed pictures. I’ll post them as soon as the battery is charged. Check back in a hour or so.
