Are the Eastern Express kits of the SU-152 long gone now? What's the status of Eastern Express? I checked their website, and it's looking to be three years out of date. I'm getting ready to start gathering KV kits and I'm finding I may be too late...
Thanks,
Matt
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Eastern Express SU-152?
MKessler
Joined: February 28, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:58 AM UTC
hogarth
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 11:08 AM UTC
Yep. They are OOP. They appear on ebay from time to time but don't go for ridiculous amounts of money, usually around $25. I grabbed one at AMPS last year for $10 and then unloaded it on ebay for about $25 a month or so later.....I already had one built, so only bought that one as an "investment". It paid for part of my other purchases.
The SU 152 and the KV-1s/KV-8 are the ones to search for, as no one else has released kits of them (The KV-1s/KV-8, though released as two different kits, both have the same parts, so if you buy either one you can make the other, if you want).
Rob
The SU 152 and the KV-1s/KV-8 are the ones to search for, as no one else has released kits of them (The KV-1s/KV-8, though released as two different kits, both have the same parts, so if you buy either one you can make the other, if you want).
Rob
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 11:26 AM UTC
I have one if you want to buy or swap for it. It's not a bad kit although the tracks are awful. It is accurate but has a lot fo 1970s-type flash. I can throw in an extra set of DML IS-2 tracks (not 100% accurate for the SU-152 but pretty close) or not as you wish
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PBR_Streetgang
Joined: February 10, 2008
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 09:17 AM UTC
Matt,
A late update, if you go to the Alanger website
www.alanger.us
The sell some older EE kits and such. On his Coming Attractions, he lists the EE KV-14, which was the SU-152. You probably know the SU-152 was built on the KV chassis, whereas the JSU-152 was built on the JS chassis. I think the JS was a derivative of the KV chassis anyhow.
I know they were used at Kursk in the Norht offensive and were responsible for knocking out Ferdinands, Nashorns and Brumbars.
Check it out, you can get the ICM US6 Studebaker for like $22. He runs sales on occasion.
BB
A late update, if you go to the Alanger website
www.alanger.us
The sell some older EE kits and such. On his Coming Attractions, he lists the EE KV-14, which was the SU-152. You probably know the SU-152 was built on the KV chassis, whereas the JSU-152 was built on the JS chassis. I think the JS was a derivative of the KV chassis anyhow.
I know they were used at Kursk in the Norht offensive and were responsible for knocking out Ferdinands, Nashorns and Brumbars.
Check it out, you can get the ICM US6 Studebaker for like $22. He runs sales on occasion.
BB
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 05:03 PM UTC
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Are the Eastern Express kits of the SU-152 long gone now? What's the status of Eastern Express? I checked their website, and it's looking to be three years out of date. I'm getting ready to start gathering KV kits and I'm finding I may be too late...
Thanks,
Matt
Eastern Express is reportedly out of business (or, as one correspondent has written on another newsgroup, the maker is concentrating on small scale kits instead), and some of their kits are turning up in other maker's boxes. However, their KV-1 kits haven't reappeared because most kits in the series have been superseded by better kits from Trumpeter and, to a lesser extent, Zvezda. The exception would be the KV-1S and the SU-152. These are very basic kits, with lots of flash, poorly molded engine deck screens, and stiff vinyl tracks (if you are used to the Trumpeter kits, prepare for a nasty shock). However, with love, attention and sandpaper (and aftermarket tracks and photoetch), they can be very presentable models.
generalzod
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Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 12:06 PM UTC
Anyone know if it's possible to combine the Trumpeter and EE kits? Maybe use the Trumpeter parts as a cheap upgrade for the EE kits 
GeraldOwens
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Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 05:34 PM UTC
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Anyone know if it's possible to combine the Trumpeter and EE kits? Maybe use the Trumpeter parts as a cheap upgrade for the EE kits
Not really feasible. The KV-1S was a major redesign of the KV series intended to drastically reduce its weight, and the KV-1S was the basis of the SU-152. The tracks were also narrower, so no joy there, either. Even the wheels were different.
generalzod
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Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 09:55 AM UTC
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Quoted TextAnyone know if it's possible to combine the Trumpeter and EE kits? Maybe use the Trumpeter parts as a cheap upgrade for the EE kits
Not really feasible. The KV-1S was a major redesign of the KV series intended to drastically reduce its weight, and the KV-1S was the basis of the SU-152. The tracks were also narrower, so no joy there, either. Even the wheels were different.
Thanks Gerald
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