Su-100 construction

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August 21, 2021
This went quick! Got here in one short evening. To slow down, ordered some PE from Microdesign, but now, after ordering, I'm not sure what I have actually ordered. Will it include fenders? Or just fuel tanks? Who knows!
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September 3, 2021
Preparation for recently arrived Microdesign PE.
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September 4, 2021
Probe fitting grilles, looks decent, might put a small bar from evergreen sprue underneath, just in case.
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September 18, 2021
Cutting out more parts and grilles are installed.
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September 20, 2021
Adding PE, some of these were a pain, my fingers are just not up to that task.
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November 13, 2021
First time using the large PE bender from dspiae. The PE from Microdesign in is a bit thicker, so the thin edge took a while to get into a decent enough shape.
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November 13, 2021
Dry-fitting one of the mud guards. Okay, much nicer than the plastic, though a lot of detail is missing - will be fun rebuilding it.
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November 14, 2021
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November 27, 2021
Installed the fuel tanks and pipes, attached the engine cover hinges. Hope I can move to painting soon, this one is taking so much longer than I expected.
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December 17, 2021
Construction complete, ready to start painting. Tracks are still on sprues.
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December 17, 2021
Primer applied, looks nice in black.
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December 17, 2021
After pre-shading, applied a layer of base shade from a Mr Hobby Russian green set.
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December 18, 2021
Whitewash is on, oils should unify the surface.
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December 31, 2021
Tracks installed on one side, the other still to be done. Hopefully to be completed soon.
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July 11, 2023
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July 11, 2023
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July 11, 2023
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July 11, 2023

Comments

40 21 August 2021, 10:31

Palo M
After spending way too much time on T-35 and F-104J, decided to go for something simple and quick. It went well enough that I made the mistake of ordering some PE and a metal gun barrel.

21 August 2021, 10:36

Palo M
I'm quite happy with how opening the grilles went - razor saw and hobby knife were all that was needed and the cut looks clean enough.

4 September 2021, 12:05

Slavo Hazucha
Grilles look good, could use some additional soviet boot treatment 😉

5 September 2021, 20:16

Olivier
So far quite good.

5 September 2021, 20:20

Palo M
Thanks Slavo and Oliver. The Microdesign PE is not bad at all! I like how it improves the model and now wish I went with one more extension set.

18 September 2021, 21:41

Palo M
After the last comment, I ordered a second set for the mudguards. They are a bit tricky to bend into the right shape, but I think it looks quite ok. There was some additional details on the plastic that is now missing, let's see how it can get recreated.

13 November 2021, 20:03

Palo M
Construction complete! Some PE parts were very fiddly, so I ignored some of the smaller pieces. Moving on to painting.

17 December 2021, 18:35

Rui S
Very nice whitewash 👍 Looking good

24 December 2021, 15:29

Palo M
Thank you, Rui. Need to fix it with oils in a few places and on to weathering.

24 December 2021, 20:35

Villiers de Vos
Very nice camouflage and weathering

31 December 2021, 16:14

Palo M
Adding final images, realized they were missing. Didn't realize I finished it in 2021!

11 July 2023, 20:51

Mr James
Lovely winter wash. A great build

11 July 2023, 21:11

Palo M
Thank you Mr James! A lot more to learn before it gets anywhere close your Tiger!

11 July 2023, 21:12

Mr James
Ha.. you're too kind Palo. You've done a great job

12 July 2023, 07:06

Davide Vitali
Very nice! What have you used to make the snow on the tracks?

12 July 2023, 07:17

Neuling
Top work. Very considerate application of snow (none on the warm upper side of the engine). 👍

12 July 2023, 08:20

Palo M
Thank you, Neuling!

12 July 2023, 13:26

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful construction and white wash!

12 July 2023, 17:04

Slavo Hazucha
You made the Comrades from Soviet Uzbekistan proud!

seriously this looks pretty cool - the dark muddy wheels, snow in generally plausible areas and very winterly "wear & tear" - good job 👍

18 July 2023, 13:09

Simon Nagorsnik
Great job on camo and weathering, very convincing!

18 July 2023, 13:36

Palo M
Thank you! My first whitewash, so a learning experience; e.g. didn't expect it to so quickly become grey with later layers of weathering, that took effort to fix. Overall, I'm quite happy and glad I went for a metal barrel - makes quite a difference and has now a proud place in my collection.

18 July 2023, 15:55

Olivier
A well deserved place indeed.

19 July 2023, 12:20

Project info

SU-100

18 images

1:35

Completed

1:35 100mm Russian Barrel for SU-100 (Aber 35L39)

1:35 SU-100 PE-detail set (Microdesign MD 035311)

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