well now that i'm done with my Ugandan M4A1(76)W / M1 Sherman on to the next build this will be mostly oob except for the track i'm going to uses Spade Ace this is the first time that i will be using them her are some pis























dave

Great start so far Dave. Me too i have that kit in my stash....Do you need references ?

Are you going to do a Russian exemplar?
Trumpeter kit doesn't have the tarp on the gun mantlet, but actually all the Russian exemplars had the tarp



Another inacurracy is about the track links. The teeth should be drilled because Russian exemplars carried the lighter type of them. ASU-85 had track links which were almost equal to the PT-76 ones, but they were drilled because the ASU-85 was conceived to be airborne, so it must have to be lighter



cheers

thanks Mauro the tracks that i'm geting are for the aus not the pt and if you have any references that would be great thanks
dave

I'll be watching this build as well!

I would like to add one of these to build soon so hopefully what I see here will push me over the edge!









~ Jeff

Great stuff Dave, I'm looking forward to seeing this build log as I have this kit in my stash!

Not to be a wet cloud, but the Spade Ace ASU tracks seem to actually be PT-76 tracks (No lightening hole I can see in the pictures anyhow). Let us know if they DO have the lightening holes.

There is one (!) photo of a ASU-85 m56 in use without the mantlet cover. Exactly 1 I could find. SO it is not ENTIRELY necessary but extreemly rare.

The base kit is a great build and a lot of fun. I have yet to finish mine, but my review on here should help you, I hope! https://armorama.kitmaker.net/review/7079

Jacques as soon as they get here i will let you all no and i will take some pic thanks for the info
dave

hay all got a update for you hope you like and have a great weekend












































by the way if any one as any ref pic thay are much need thanks dave

hay all seeing that i just got the track in and Jacques want to see them i have some pic for you'll and Jacques is right they do not have the lighing holes in them !!!!















i will say that they are well made and well casted
dave
ps Jacques can you move this to Cold War Soviet Armor for me thanks

Accurate Armour do a mantlet with cover

I'll be doing this kit for an upcoming campaign, so I'll be watching this one with interest.

Nice progress Dave, has the build been fairly easy? Any problems so far?

Pity the tracks aren't the hollow guide versions but they do look nice nonetheless.

Nice progress Dave

I've been downloading your reference pics on my site

I think I'll send you the link soon

cheers




Thanks for the info Pat

So does The Bodi, I prefer the look of that last one, but it's a matter of taste...

http://www.thebodi.hu/model/35052/asu-85-cover

Cheers,

Christophe

Dave, you have a PM

thanks Mauro hay are a big help
dave

hay Karl thanks to answer you question the kit is going to grather well the only fit problem I can see so far is the upper hull with the lower hull but nothing that some putty cant fixs
dave

hay all got another up date for you'll hope you like





































next up the tracks
dave

Great job so far Dave!!

Nice look build Dave. One of the uglier tanks in my opinion, but I'm sure it'll look scary.

Great progress Dave, this is really coming together nicely.

I was going to say the grille has a gap at the bottom, but it appears to be the same on the real one. That PE part is not very realistic though...

I am not sure if that screen in the picture is original or not. Assuming that it is correct, the PE is not THAT far off considering scale. I would hate to have to make a accurate one...

This is a much better looking kit than I had envisioned! Everything is looking great AND with metal tracks too!

Hey, thanks for taking the time showing it off!









~ Jeff

Well I think it would be hard do it better. I don't know if there are finer metal meshes on sale, but even if they were available, it would be hard indeed and incredibly time consuming make that detail in a decent way. It might be better to use a plastic mesh