Suchka! Dragon 1/35 SU-76M

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I built this kit for a “build what you bought at auction” challenge for our AMPS Chapter here. I also added it as a build entry into Bish’s 1945 GB on here. I bought it at the AMPS fundraising auction last year and I think that I paid $5 for the kit. It is the old Alan kit of the SU-76M reboxed by Dragon in the 90s… I built it up OOB, painted it based off of some photos from the Battle of Berlin, added some Miniart crew figures, and made up a rubble filled street base, for a proper Berlin setting in April 1945.

Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are welcome…

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Those figures are what make this build Stik. Really well executed OOB build. But compared to your usual work this one looks too “new” lol.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m NOT complaining. This is just another one of your excellent builds that showcase just how talented you are. I love those figures!

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Thanks again Mike! I went with “light” weathering for this one, with just airbrushed on dust, plus the usual pin wash and dry brushing. I kinda of rushed this build along to get it done, so that is another reason that it looks “newer” than more of my recent works… LOL! These are the Miniart Russian SP crew figures and they really are sweet. I think that I am finally starting to hit a stride with figures.

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Lovely job on a difficult kit from everything I hear. The figures are well done and add character to your dio.

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Thank you Eric. I actually thought that it was a kit without many difficulties. Maybe I got lucky?

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I think you are! They make this one more alive. If you’d not included them this would’ve been a rather plain build.

Whatever you build next, go for it with the figures! Go all out and really have some fun!

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Thank you for the vote of confidence. The guys at AMPS must agree, because they voted this 2nd place in our little Chapter contest earlier tonite. You will be seeing more figures from me in the future…

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Nice work Stik,I like the dusty undercarriage.

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Thank you sir!

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Really nice work on the SU-76 and the base SP. The figures really give life to anything open top like this. And I love the concrete dust, I’m still trying figure how to do this to make it look as convincing as yours.

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The rubble was simple… Hammered gravel :wink: I glued the bigger stuff in place and sprinkled on the smaller stuff in random batches… Plus some airbrushed on “dust” on the vehicle and base with very thinned Tamiya Deck Tan.

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Well, my final entry for this project…

IPMS Monthly Chapter Meet and Contest

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Nice one Carlos, well deserved.

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Big congrats!!!

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I missed this first time around. Any tank built, whether clean or dirty looks good to me, but your figures are really nice. You did a great job on them and they do look good.

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Very nice. And congrats on the award.

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Congratulations on the recognition!

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Thank you gentlemen! I do appreciate your kind words.

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Really nice, Carlos, and I agree that those figures are the bomb.

My only critique would be that you could manipulate that dust coat a bit; put some light scratches in it as if the vehicle brushed against branches, objects, and maybe some streaks or splashes in it would break the monotone color of it. [:)]

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Those are some good suggestions for me to try out on the next one Karl. Some scuffs would certainly liven things up… Thanks for the feedback!