Since the local hobby shop had a sale I decided to restart one of my former hobbies, I once made a Supermarine Spit and a Tornado, both of em didn’t turn out the way I wanted so I just stopped building, this was over 8 years ago now (I’m 19 )
So I bought myself a small supply.
Aircraft still fascinate me but I wanted to try something different at this moment, so I chose for a real piece of Heavy Metal . A Russian tank destroyer the SU-85(CY-85) 1/35 Tamiya Kit
Enough of the chatter, let’s show some pics.


























It’s all a dry fit so I can still correct any issues
So far my first post in this thread.

Insane out

looking good for a new start. You know that the rims on your wheel will have to be primed over thought.

That grey plastic sure does look weird , all the Tamiya SU-85s I've seen were dark green plastic? New production run maybe...

Cheers,

Christophe

I was thinking the same thing. I have that kit, green sprues and gray/silver tracks.

I can’t help you guys with the color of the sprues, all i can say is that this was what i got when i opened the box and that the sprues have a copyright from 1974.
Indeed the wheels need some work. but I will get to that later
Today was canon day. So I made a small report of building the 85mm canon.
The parts:

The instructions:

Well let’s get some building done then.
First off the ball joint which will hold the canon mount and the barrel.



The ball joint and the canon mount



The gun shield installed

Now for the tricky part: The cover of the canon. This is also a movable part so we still don’t need any glue.
The mount for the cover. Keep in mind if you glue this you can’t move the gun since this piece rests on the gun shield.

Mount in the right position

Now the only ‘hard’ part is the whole gun assembly is to keep the mount in the right position to glue the cover on. When u managed this (u can fix the mount in place with a nickel under the mount) the canon mount should look like this:




Now to glue the back plate of the cover mount:


And now to refit the ball joint and gun shield. Remember to hold the entire gun mount upside down.

The barrel has a small nozzle since Tamiya didn’t go through all the trouble of making a one-piece mould. This nozzle was a small disaster on its own but nothing some putty couldn’t fix.

Barrel in its place

And the entire canon in placed in the tank:


Parts to glue:
cover mount to the cover
cover back plate to the cover mount (only use the pins otherwise the cover is immobilized
barrel to the gun shield
barrel nozzle to the barrel


the rest of the canon can be glued but if you want the canon to move you don’t have to glue anything else.
I guess this kinda was the building of the gun, a pretty long story but then again if you can’t it build it now you should look for another hobby
If this story was to long just tell me and I will shorten the next one.

Insane out

great start mate!
keep up the amazing build!

Martyn

Very Fine start, Cant wait to see the finished build. milvehfan

Looking good Bento !!
This is a bit but it's odd that your kit is molded in gray plastic.
I have the same kit in my stash, much older mind you, and it's molded in a very dark green.
Most of Tamiya's kits in the past 10 years that I've seen have been molded in either pale green plastic for U.S../British/Soviet/Allied vehicles or pale yellow for German/Axis vehicles.
Back in the bad old days, most of Tamiya's kits were molded in dark green plastic, mainly their Allied vehicles.
In some cases, Allied vehicles used in North Africa were molded in pale yellow as were some of their Axis vehicles.
German vehicles were molded in dark gray while there was some molded in odd colours like their pink plastic SAS Land Rover.
Of late, some of Tamiya's newer figure sets have been molded in gray but your kit's gray plastic is unusual.
Gray is the colour of choice for DML but this is the first time I've noticed it used on a Tamiya kit.
Are other Tamiya kits sold in Europe molded in gray?
Cheers

jjumbo

Yes, some time ago I got a Tamiya T-34/76 mod.1941 on eBay. When I opened the box I was surprised about the light gray plastic. As you said they usually used the dark green...

Bento, I am looking forward on your build ( I made mine oob, only used Maquette tracks)!


Cheers, Andreas

I just finished mine this weekend, with german markings and some extra armour.
Yes it was moulded in dark green, also have the Su-122, dark green too, as well as the T-34-85.