I am interested in building a JS-3 as seen in the July 1945 Berlin Victory Parade. I have the Tamiya JS-3 kit, which Im already tracking is the early version of the vehicle oob.

As far as I can tell from the pictures and film available from the parade, the only difference from the Tamiya kit and these tanks are the spare tracks on the front glacis and sides.

Does anyone know of any other modifications necessary to the Tamiya kit to make it match the tanks from the parade?

This might help?

http://www.4bogreen.com/is-series/plastic-and-resin-kits/1-35-scale/tamiya/35211-js-3-stalin-russian-heavy-tank

Regards,
Andy

Andy,
Thank you! that was perfect!

Hi, I did a little research about the JS-3, following is the very early version I've found (took me some time)

*no cable on the fuel drum,
*no track on upper hull front,
*tiny grips on the turret back are in different arrangement than latter version)

hope it will be helpful