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BryanKrueger

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  1. I was just teasing! But it would get the rest of the country exposed to the glory of South Texas smoked sausage links. 🤣 I'm looking forward to the show. It will be my first one in years.
  2. Can you arrange a shuttle to go from San Marcos to Luling so people can eat at City Market BBQ? Heck, a loop from Luling, Lockhart, Austin and Driftwood should keep you full for the rest of the stay.
  3. Finished the Saturn Knight. Additional images can be found here: MK44 SaturnKnight And I got the family together for the weekend.
  4. One was built. Immobilized by a mine during trials against Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMK_tank
  5. Detail painting and first filters and wash. There is still a lot to do.
  6. BryanKrueger

    Takom SMK

    Well SMK my ass! Built mostly OOB. I didn't like the fender stowage wooden boxes and tools so I added boxes from the spares. Easy build. I worked on and off for about 5 weeks in between other projects. Wads of blue tack mask the wheel mounts. I always have better luck with gluing tracks to wheels at the start. When I leave rigid plastic tracks off and try to install last, I always run into fit issues because of paint layer build up.
  7. Looking forward to your build. It is a very interesting and rather large piece of equipment.
  8. The Takom instructions call out a MIG 909 Light Grey Base. Looking at images of the paint bottle, it appears very dark so I don't have a good answer for you but these guys might. You will need to register but worth the effort. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/missinglynx/world-war-i-1920s-and-1930s-f282066/
  9. Thank you Rodolfo and Bill!
  10. Final details and ready for primer. The busted wheel and spare track stowage are based on ref photos. The damaged headlight is the kit part carefully thinned with a motor tool cutter, softened with liquid cement and dented with a finger nail.
  11. The Tamiya JSU was partially started when I acquired it so assembly was pretty straight forward. Fortunately the road wheel arms were not attached so I was able to pose the tank nose heavy. I had Shapeways print the barrel. The part arrived with more build lines than what I am use to from a Form2 print so a couple of rounds of Tamiya primer and wet sanding were needed to toke care of the build lines. The muzzle brake has a light cast texture added with Mr Surfacer 500. The Tamiya kit came with an old Eduard set for the Dragon JSU. I should have sprung for a proper set as most of the Eduard PE was just wrong or too simplified. I spent two days soldering up the fuel drum holders only to find out they were wrong. Maybe some stowage and damage can hide the errors. I used Voyager set for the fenders and MasterClub tracks. The model is also detailed with Eureka tow cable and an ET Models bucket. I al;so added brass wire for the grab handles and brass tube for the cleaning rods. Still lots to do.
  12. There is a little explanation about the 203 here: http://tankarchives.blogspot.com/2013/09/soviet-heavy-assault-guns.html
  13. BryanKrueger

    JSU-203

    This is a what-if build but based on actual documents and plans. The idea comes from a drawing I found in the WOT book on the development of the SU-152. Apparently 152mm wasn't enough and they wanted to jam a 203mm howitzer into the fighting compartment. Crew comfort and ammo stowage with the 152 was bad enough so yeah, cram something bigger in there. This is all well and good but I don't have a Su-152 in the stash but I do have a Tamiya JSU-152. It's partially started kit I received as a gift. I used the drawings found in the WOT book and created the 203mm barrel in SolidWorks. The part is designed to fit the Tamiya JSU-152 kit. This is the layout I sent to Shapeways.
  14. Looking forward to your progress. Great kit.
  15. He looks great! Nice finish.
  16. Nice work. More history on the SU-122i. You can run this link through Google Translate to get more info - https://warspot.ru/7265-shturmovoe-orudie-na-trofeynoy-baze
  17. I'm no expert, but which particular rebuild you represent will affect the color scheme. http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/Sweden/strv-104.php
  18. Thanks Bill. I've added a few small items like light, horn, and grab rails for infantry. The figure is from MasterClub. it's a nice natural pose that fits well with the tank.
  19. And here is my current progress. I added MasterClub Tracks and lots of MC rivets. I used the Royal Model fender set but it was a bit simplified. I had to add the missing angle iron sections from Albion Metals extrusion. Nothing like buying aftermarket for your aftermarket set. The tow shackles are from Aber. Eduard PE was used for the basics like vents screens and hatch details. Other bits are scratch built. I still need to add some additional details but getting close.
  20. Progress with the casemate assembled and some welds applied. Tracks are just place holders. Model has been detailed with an Eduard PE set. Welds are Miliput epoxy putty.
  21. There was mention that there was some confusion at the factory over which KV hull they were suppose to use. Production of the KV-1S hulls were just starting but this design bureau didn't get the memo. I decided to base this ZIK-20 on a KV-1 with flat rear hull - it was what I had in the stash. The KV went together quickly even with all the clean up required.The roof was also 3D printed but had a slight bow from the build. Hot water did not straighten the part out so I glued it to a piece of 1/8" acrylic.
  22. I sent some of the parts to be 3D printed These are printed on the Form2 3D printer using a "dental" resin which can print finer details. The downside is it's more brittle and more prone to warp from UV. I'm kept them stored in a box in the closet until I got primer applied. I was super excited the barrel rifling printed. There is suppose to be a small gap around the recoil mechanism cover but it filled in on the print. I will need to carefully scribe this detail.
  23. I have been working on this for the past few months. This is my attempt at the KV ZIK-20 SPG. A concept that only got as far as a wooden model. The design came out of the same program that ultimately lead to the KV-14/SU-152. The development history can be found here:ZIK-20: Assault Alternative The goal was to mount a 152mm gun into the hull of a KV-7 since that design path was a failure. It's a questionable design. Most of the ammo was stored in the floor which made it uncomfortable for the crew and the fuel tanks were mounted in the in the front corners of the casemate which would make things unfortunate for the crew. It has a crew of 6 with four crammed into the slab sided fighting compartment. I created the 3D CAD drawings in SolidWorks based on the few drawings of the ZIK-20 that are available. Most of them don't match up to one another so I had to adjust some of the features to line up. As far as I know, there is no top down drawing of the roof plate. The locations for the top hatch, vent, and rotating periscope, and fuel caps are interpreted from cross-sections. I added the periscope sketches where possible, added a second crew hatch and rear loading hatch to make life easier for the crew.
  24. Thanks Mark! It could be a while before painting. I'm still adding a few greeblies here and there.
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