tomhugill

Hey folks, it's been a while since I posted a build up on here. Here's my latest, an su-152. The conversion kits from juckenburg and the rest is asiatam/taigen. Electronics are courtesy of Ian tank bear at rctankelectronics and comprise an ibu2 pro and vampire hidden battle unit.


First job was to get rid of the henglong guts and replace with servo recoil and elevation


Removing the barrel and recoil unit





Recoil and elevation from styrene and a cut up henglong recoil





Next up was the battle system.


Emitter hidden in the barrel





Sensors and LEDs from the inside



Externally








Next up adding detail,


Scratch built hooks for the tow cables








Engine vents






I had several crew members from heikkes modeulbau gasse, so one was used as a commander





Originally brass gearboxes were installed however I replaced these with black steel ones

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Next up paint. I use a base layer of Tamiya gunship grey as a steel colour for the chiping








Then hairspray and the mig ammo Russian green set modulated


Dark green and green base








With light base and highlight








Then chipping and pin washes











Next up was the markings. I've gone for big numbers and a slogan in this case, "for the homeland"











Next up the streaking and grime











Rusting the exhausts





And the commander











Last will be the mud, for which I'm waiting for materials to arrive

Shorty54

looks great! You make it look so easy. Great job on the commander. I have a couple commanders that are unpainted, I would like to learn how to paint them like that. Im working on a barrel recoil elevation similar to yours, you gave me a couple more ideas.

sollie

what a cool looking tank. Great Job Tom

Rex Ross

All of it looks great ..... the hooks for the tow cables really got my attention ..... I'm gonna steal that idea frum ya !!!
rex

tankman

Here you go an article on figure painting from the RCTankregiment forum. Hope it's of some use to you.
http://www.rctankregiment.com/rctank...nting&start=10

Got to admit the SU 152 is a nice peice of modeling all round, well up to Mr Hugills usual standard.

yellowshaker

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That's a breath of fresh air, brother. very nice work! Feel free to send it here for safe keeping...ummm, you know, just in case you need someone to look after it for you.

philipat

Nice work! Looks great!

Airbrushler

Beautiful Machine

tomhugill

Glad it could be of help to you, I've been meaning to do a figure painting tutorial for a while, I'll try and put something together as I've a ruck of verlinden figures need painting

tomhugill

Cheers for the kind words gents, I've tried to strike a balance between detail and function. She's equipped to ir battle and experience has taught me photo etch doesn't always last so well in the heat of battle. It's been quite a challenge to make the green look interesting , I think the modulation helps, but I've some mud and stowage planned to add a bit more interest. Watch this space!

Imex-Erik

Amazing! We need more Russian tanks as I always say!

Dusty Steppes

Looks sweet! I'm watching this with extreme interest.

Dusty Steppes

Well you do have the chassis and late roadwheels. All you have to do is come up with an upper hull. We need this beast to take on all those Tigers that you sell. Wink,wink, nudge, nudge...

Imex-Erik

Noted and already spoke of I want this one though!

tomhugill

Well we now have the chassis to make most of the wwii Russian armour and between trumpeter and juckenburg there are the conversion kits out there! A 76mm t-34 would be nice though

YHR

Very nice tank with some great detailing.

Imex-Erik

I may have some dirt on another Russian tank too soon.... we shall see.

Rustytrax

Nice work on the commander

Imex-Erik

I gotta say I really like those weld lines too

TheBennyB

Have been interested in the vampire system for a bit but never wanted to get into it until I heard some after action reports. Let us know how it fares against tamiya apples and if their are any concerns or advantages with regard to the receivers being "hooded" or defense's such as the 45 or hull up/down. I'd imaginein a hull defense your invulerable since the receivers are completely covered on top/bottom? Great looking tank!!

tomhugill

Hey, the vampire doesn't give advantage over the TBU in any way, in fact you lose 45 degree defence and slope defence. The fins on the TBU and the fact the prism is quite right in the centre of the TBU means that even from a 45 degree angle you can still be hit. I love the hidden battle unit for an aesthetic point of view and for friendly battles they're great. However if battlings at the highly competitive end then the TBU does give some advantage.

TheBennyB

That makes sense. Same with the Elmod "mushroom" unless you make your own encasement to get the 45 defense. Does look awesome. If you get a chance would love to see a small vid of it taking a hit or two to see what the "hit" led's look like.

MAUS45

Wow it looks fantastic. You know how to make the simple look interesting. Thanks for Sharing Tom!!!

tomhugill

Hey benny, I'll try and get a video but for now here's some
Pictures.