JSU -152; Tamiya 35303

H K
Great model 👍
I like the weathering. Are the two figures included with the kit?

james johnson
thanks HK, yes they are...I'm starting to really like the Tamiya weathering pastels........scalehobbyist.com/ca..mp;type=alternatives
They have a two or three other sets as well. They add a bit more control and subtlety over powdered pigments, IMHO

Jan Hazes
Very nice build and a great job on tbe weathering!

Martyn Fox
Love the finish. Who says single colour schemes are boring🙂

Hunter Cummins
Very well done

Kim Branders
Stunning James

George Bacon
Great job! I really like the weathering around the hatches 👍👍👍

james johnson
Thanks guys, you know, I'm not a real big fan of hairspray weathering, but around the hatches might be a good place to use this method....here, I think I more or less dappled Panzer Aces "Dark Rust".....so the challenge would be using selective application of the hairspray (or whatever)

Gerald
Nice 👍

Barry Lloyd
Superb finish, will have to add this to my wish list!

james johnson
Pretty straight forward build Barry, I did have a problem with the fit of the rear deck and the lower hull......and thanks Gerald! And the AA machine gun, that thing is huge! I wonder if this was kept attached during travel? It would seem to me that it could be easily damaged if it were not detached. But where would you store it?

Barry Lloyd
I don't think it would be removable, even Rambo would struggle with that thing!

james johnson
They must have disassembled the thing.....but that would sort of negate its usefulness as an AA weapon, one would think. I've added two images to this album. One is a photo of the JSU 152 with the AA gun mounted, and the other is a photograph showing an apparently traveling JSU 152 without the AA gun......

Frank Krause
Nice beast, James!

Christian Meyerhoff
Nice one! Very well done! Had the same problem with the upper Hull and fixed it with some wood:
modellversium.de/gal..-isu-152-tamiya.html

Kevin Foureman
Nice one! Great job on the modulation!

james johnson
Nice solution Christian, I got sort of a warning from one of the reviews I found for the build, but I always wait until the vehicle is pretty much completely assembled before I paint the upper hull. Thanks Kevin, sometimes after I shoot the base modulation, I'm tempted to leave it alone! As in this KV-1[img1]

Clifford Keesler
Looks great.

Jan Hazes
James how did you create the brownish dust effects? Did you use pastels for this?

james johnson
Jan, on the vertical surfaces the brown is from oil drops, on horizontal surfaces the brown is from the weathering set (pastels similar to a woman's make up) that came with Tamiya's SU-122, #25111. I know nothing of womens' make up but this might be a good source for similar weathering products!

Mike Kryza
Great build - 👍

Jan Hazes
@ James. Thanks, I'm having a go at 1:35 armor. Lots of skills to try out and practise🙂

Andres Wright
Looks nice !!!

Ulf Petersen
Very convincing finish - congrats!👍

Acki
Top job, James.